Canadian News In Brief From Across Regions
A patchwork of notes reports a Toronto mayoral outcome for John Carter g1, a forecast of a hard summerless year for agriculture by Washington expert Browne, and the Canadian Red Cross unit opening at Engle Bart. Shipping records show 499000+ cross-border travelers in the year to June, while a memorial tablet honors Sir William Price at St James' Anglican Church. Quebec port data note 78288 passengers up to Nov 7. Belarus envoy Vorace Rumbold heads League of Nations inquiry into Bulgar-Greek clashes. Manitoba Power Co to invest 2 million in lines for Fort Alexander mills. inventor Grindell Matthews demos a lamina- phone and color advertising beam device. Winnipeg engineer Jonny Smith touts a self-powered stationary engine. Vice-Admiral Sir Roger Keyes sustains minor injuries in a plane incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Carter
John Cattery
Toronto
Oxford
Browne
Shipping Board
Willam’ Price
St. James
Alogilcan
Kenegant
Quebec
Canada
United States
Vorace Rumbold
Ambasasdor
Madrid
League of Nations
Manitoba Power Company
Manitoba Pulp and Paper Company
Fort Alexander
H. Grindell Matthews
Jonny Smith
Winnipeg
Roger Keyes
Mediterranean
Debacle in Shipbuilding Hits Early Quarter Output
The Department of Commerce reports a sharp drop in US shipbuilding during the first quarter with construction down 32 000 tons. Britain France Denmark Italy and Holland also show declines in new work started while overall output weakens across major nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of. Commerce
Goring
Great Britain
France
Denmark
Italy
Holland
Fosrénten
Important Discovery in Brine Cure by Lead Saye Pool
A Toronto medicine committee announced a study on a novel brine based treatment for a deadly disease. Professor trueien presented findings from a trial noting most patients appeared well after exposure to the chemical agent and early administration showed signs of recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saye Pool
Trueien
Toronto Deadaray
Academy
Alberta inaugurates continent wide telephone service
Alberta government telephones celebrate long distance links with Montana Colorado and Ontario Chief Justice Anglin in Ottawa the Mountain States Telephone Company aided by repeaters at Lethbridge Calgary and Medicine Hat. Long distance calls rise from 1.9 to 2.5 million yearly revenue climbs from 393 300 to over 1 060 000. First commercial call: Edmonton to Minneapolis Minnesota.
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Tena Sietanca Rervice
Alberta
Brett
Montana
Colorado
Ariwoos
Anglin
Ottawa
Ontario
United States
Canada
Mountain States Telephone Company
Lethbridge
Calgary
Medicine Hat
Afontana
Shelby
Edmouton
Edmonton
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Serum Aims to Cut Hypertension Morbidity, Starr Reports
Dr. F H G Starr of Toronto described a silver extract serum at the Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons in Philadelphia. He credited William J McDonald and University of Toronto labs for work, but warned the serum not yet ready for detailed description or efficacy statements. He linked high blood pressure to hard arteries caused by inflammation, possibly germ origin.
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F. H. G. Starr
Toronto
Canada
American, College of Surgeons
Philadelphia
Starr
William J. McDonald
University of Toronto
Edmonton City Milestone Recounts Growth Since 1904
A 1904 creation anniversary highlights Edmonton becoming a city and its population rising from 7,600 to about 65,378. The piece notes early growth driven by railway and telephone expansion, the Klondike rush, and the city’s rise as a provincial legislative and educational hub and distribution center for central and northern Alberta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
Hhey-Dany
Alberta
Arctic
Far Lands
New Colonization Plan Aims British Families for Canada
A London report states the British immigration department and overseas board propose a cooperative scheme to move 50 000 families from the United Kingdom to Canada within five years. The plan would place settlers on Canadian farms in new colonies.
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Canada
White
Department of Immigration
overseas _set
United Kingdom
Replal
Department of
London
Cremated Ashes Scattered For Mountain Climber Reymour Gubb
The funeral rite scattered the cremated ashes of Reymour Gubb, a longtime headmaster of Taunton's School in Southampton, as a fitting tribute. The report notes the climb and the mountain locale north of England, describing the act as symbolic.
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Cimber
Lake District
England
Reymour Gubb
Gubb
Taun‘ton's
Southampton
Western Canada Editor and Saskatchewan Club Leader
Liberal members for North Battleford select Cameron as Western Canada editor to Ottawa. Mcitosh runs three weekly papers The North Battleford News The Turtleford Record and the St Walbur Times. Meintosh active in Saskatchewan Press Association since formation president of executive and part of the 1924 Canadian Weekly Newspaper excursion to Europe. honored by royalty and Marshal Foch. He helped found the Canadian Club of Battlefords and led Saskatchewan on the national Canadian Clubs executive.
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Cameron
Meintosh
BSA
North Battleford
Western Canada
Ottawa
Mcitosh
Turtleford Record
St. Walbure
Saskatchewan Press Association
Ofurope
Great Britain
Belgium
Marshal Foch
Paris
The
Battleforda
Saskatchewan
Canadian Clubs of Canada
Simple frocks for street wear and bridge or dance
Fashion notes describe two frocks made from one pattern with coordinated lace trim and pastel ribbon details. The flowered dress uses side panels and a raised waist, while the plain frock opens at the neck with satin revers. Sizes 16 to 20 years. fabric and yardage specified. price 20 cents. The Fashion Book offers practical styles for home dressmakers at 16 cents.
How To Order Patterns From Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Fragmentary text describes ordering patterns from a Winnipeg address 175 McDermot Ave. It mentions Pattern No 45.00 and a postage concept 20c colo. The note references a Walking Stick Farm in England and discusses a right angled handle and growth in pegged design.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
England
Surgeons Debate Old Bloodletting Practice At Johns Hopkins
Dr Augh M Young of Johns Hopkins Medical College explains that modern surgeons partially revert to ancient bloodletting while advancing disinfectant injections or digernicides. The American College of Surgeons forms a committee on antiseptics for a large symposium honoring the 100th anniversary of Louis Pasteur and Joseph Lister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leechester
Augh M. Young
Johns Hopkins Medical College
American College of Surgeons
Dr. Young
Lister
Pasteur
Circles Globe In Small Boat Library Navigator Finishes Voyage
Harry Pidgeon 64, known as the library navigator, completed a 38,000 mile circumnavigation in a 34 foot homemade Islander cockle shell craft. He sailed from San Pedro November 18, 1924 to San Pedro port, passing the Marquesas Islands, Torres Strait, Indian Ocean, Mauritius, Capetown, St Helena, and Panama before returning to California. He used a branch library for navigation study between construction tasks.
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Globe
Harry Pidgeon
San Pedre
Cal
San Pedro
Marquesis Islands
South
Torres Straits
Indian Ocean
Mauritius
Capetown
St. Helena
Atlantic
Panama
Canal
Pidgeon
Trying To Make Easter Fixed Date
The piece notes a proposal to fix Easter on the second Sunday in April each year as part of the 13 month calendar reform. Moses J. Cotnworth, director of the International Fixed Calendar, discusses the plan with trade officials and League of Nations experts in Geneva, suggesting it could lead to global adoption despite Christian nations being the first affected.
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Moses J. ‘Cotnworth
Itternational
Toronto
Board of Trade
Fea
Cotnworth
Vancouver
B.C
New York
London
Geneva
League of Nations
Cotsworth
One Ticket For Fourteen Children Rushes On Train
A Burlington train near Jewell City Missouri found Mrs Frank Scott carried one ticket for herself and thirteen children. The mother proved all the children were hers by carrying the family Bible. The Scotts, married under ten years, have nineteen sons and five sets of twins. The thirteen under five rode free. They were en route to Canada to visit relatives. A cablegram from the Canadian Ayrshire Association announced Ayshires won prizes at the Royal Dairy Show in London.
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Burlington
Jewell City
Frank Scott
Canada
Crossword Puzzle Clues Abridged From A Page
A compilation of crossword hints with numbers and word prompts covering definitions for animals actions colors clothing and many common nouns verbs adjectives and phrases across a dense puzzle grid. Several misspellings and OCR glitches appear but entries include clues for 1 to 59 across and down with varying certainty.
Peacably Canadian Officials Report Traffic Influx
Canadian officials reveal 2,000,000 automobiles carried 9,000,000 travelers into the Dominion last summer. The visitors, mainly Americans, matched Canada’s population in numbers, aided by a common language and border ease. The report notes no trade rivalry with the United States and links peaceful ties to the Tenth Commandment.
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Canada
Dominion
States
Americana
United States
America
San Francisco Bulletin
High Living Standards In United States Declared Record High
Secretary Hoover says material conditions for U S people were the highest in history in an economic review part of the commerce department’s annual report. He cites low unemployment high wages efficient railroads fair income distribution and a return to normal business conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Hoover
Secretary of Commerce
Commerce Department
Crea
Nationa
Penny in the Slot Radio Brings Earphones to Rome
Rome unveils a penny in the slot radio novelty. A single penny buys a headset pair placed on the listener’s head to hear one tune selected by a master operator using a single receiver and many phones.
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Rome
Duck call device sparks interest at Vallejo Gun Club
J V O Hara, president of the Vallejo Gun Club, introduces a new broadcasting duck calls device. The apparatus was installed for the club's bronettes with the autumn opening, promising a distinctive quack quack allure as shooters prepare for October events.
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Oakland
J. V. O'Hara
Vallejo
Need Alaskan Base For Polar Flights
Veteran Arctic navigator Captain Bob Bartlett argues polar flights should start from an Alaskan coast base in the Polar Basin. He warns against attempting long Arctic crossings from small, ill prepared outfits near Etah. Bartlett, once with Peary’s party, emphasizes careful planning and adequate funds for such expeditions.
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Alaska
Bob Bartlett
Jaig
Peary
Pale
Arctic
Bartlett
Etah
Alaskan
Polar Basin
Mayfair Stamps Hidden in Old Bureau Worth 76000
A Mayfair London home yielded a stamp collection hidden in a bureau for sixty years. The stash, valued at 76000 dollars, originally cost 150 dollars. Among the finds are two sheets of 1858 halfpenny Ceylon stamps, the only sheets known. The grandfather of the owner's husband started the collection, and collectors from across Europe will attend the dates of the sale.
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Mayfair
London
Europe
New Device Demonstration Records Heart Sounds
Columbia Phonograph Company of New York shows a device for phonographic recording of heart sounds. The system aims to save thousands yearly by improving methods for diagnosing heart diseases, capturing sounds too faint for the human ear.
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Columbia’ Phonograph Company
New York
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Twee
Province
Johns Hopkins College
Sitood
Ayrahirea
Ayrshire Association
Great Britain and Ireland
Ayrahires
Wit
Ireland
Mani
Royal Academy
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