World Happenings Briefly Told
Monasignor Gregorina dies and a proposed Urkish Empire Exhibition for next year is warned. A 1920 global agricultural census will be taken by the International Institute of Agriculture at Home. Ceyton skips the 1926 Wembley Empire exhibition. it attended this year. A Scotland home rule convention in Glasgow drew British MPs. Canada’s root and ladder crops value is pegged at 278 083 008. Ted Sear and Rodney Ward plan Africa work with Boy Scouts. Three Irish firm lotteries to Canada via mail are blocked by post officials as illegal.
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International Institute of Agricutiure
Ceyton
Wembley
Scotland
Glasgow
Bureau of Statistis
Ted Sear
Rodney
Ward
Carp
Boy Scouts’ Associaion of
Canada
Central
Africa
Ireland
Stinging Corns Drop Out In Hot Foot Bath
Readers learn that corn and callus relief comes from a hot foot bath followed by Putnam's Painless Corn Extractor. The ad claims rapid, pain free removal and urges purchase from druggists with the brand name spelled out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Putnam's
Putnam’s
Canada shows rising postwar incomes study says
Regina Leader notes a surprising postwar trend that Canada stands as the only country where average income is higher today than before the war. The claim highlights Canadian finance and Winnipes context as a point of national economic strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Winnipes
Regina
Wonderful Work Of French Scientist Produces Sugar
The article reports a French experiment near Paris using ultra violet light to convert air into edible sugars and foods. Daniel Bertier rot, son of a noted French scientist, carries out the Tselag project showing plants may synthesize aldehydes sugars and starches under UV exposure.
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Paris
Tselag
Daniel Bertierot
Police Post to Be Established North on Ellesmere Island
Royal Canadian Mounted Police announce a new police detachment at Bache Peninsula Ellesmere Island as part of a plan to safeguard Canada's northern territories. The existing northern post is at Craig Harbor with a temporary depot near Cape Siren. A Paris congress is studying synthetic petrol production from mineral animal and vegetable materials. Chelmsford high power station aerial span reaches 600 feet on 400 foot masts.
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R.C
Bache Peninsula
Ellesmere
Polar
Ellesmere Island
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Craig Harbor
Paris
Yuipers
Chelmsford
England
Government urged to cut motor vehicle duty at Ottawa
Delegations press the Ottawa government to reduce the motor vehicle duty or end the sales tax. Current rates show 35 percent duty plus excise, with price disparities favoring U S producers. Canada is a large motorcar exporter and seeks tax elimination or modification to align prices with the United States. Action would come with the budget.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Okewe
Wekdag
United States
Canada
Canaria
Large Refracting Telescope Worth 75000 Nears Completion
Two astronomers from the Roman Observatory at Nikolaiev in the Black Sea oversee England’s build of what will become the world’s largest refracting telescope. Derby glassworks craft the 42 inch diameter lens, with other parts at St Albans. The $75,000 instrument features a mirror 12 inches thick weighing about 1060 pounds after a year of grinding and polishing.
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Nikolaiev
Black Sea
England
Derby
St. Albans
Target For Naval Guns Washington Dreadnought To Be Destroyed
The partially built U S dreadnought Washington was towed from Philadelphia to a point off Virginia Capes for use as a naval target. The Supreme Court ruling ended efforts to save her, completing the U S disarmament programme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Three Airmen Take Planes to Egypt for Desert Joyriding
Three former British airmen reportedly traveled with three aircraft to Egypt with plans to offer tourist joyrides over the desert. A rumor they aimed to attack Wahabi forces near Mecca was denied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egypt
Mecca
Surgeons Test Awake Procedures With Nerve Blocking Claim
Reports from a medical convention discuss a nerve blocking technique to operate while the patient remains conscious. The method aims to eliminate pain without anesthesia and has seen early trials in major operations. The piece contrasts other notes on Highlands life and unrelated dialect lines appears in the text.
Subject To Change Jeondean Doctor Saya Attempted Suicidea Run
A West London Hospital report notes cycles in attempted suicides and the need for an accident ward. The medical superintendent warns that after poisoning by gas oxygen cylinders are exhausted, followed by river jumps and window falls, with Mondays often highest for self harm cases.
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Jeondean
Saya
West London
Hamburg America Trials New Rotor System For Freighters
Berlin dispatch says Hamburg American Line plans ten 10 000 ton freighters using Anton Flettner rotor tech that steers ships without crew or sails. The company will convert other ships to rotor principle for freight service on the Asiatic route.
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Hamburg-American Steamship Co. Ta
Wamburg-American Steamship Company
Anton Flettner
Saya
Berlin
Lloyd Shipping Gazettes
Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills Help Nova Scotia Woman
Mrs James Rutledge of Nappan Station Nova Scotia writes that years of heart and nerve trouble left her fainting and bedridden at times. After starting Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills she reports significant relief and renewed hope for life.
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James Rutledge
Nappan Station
N.S
Milburn
Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills Advertisement
Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills claim to improve heart and nerve conditions. The copy asserts rapid relief after using a first box and for a short time, stating the remedy did what no other had. Sold by druggists in Canada, produced by The T. Milburn Co. Limited, Toronto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reef
Colonel Garton Receives Long Service Honour in London
At a Grenadier Guards Sergeants Club dinner in London Col. A W G Garton received a £228 cheque. Garton, who enlisted as a drummer boy at age 12, stated he had worn the uniform for 38 years. Also notes Holloway's Corn Remover and Canadian grain profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grenadier Guards
Ianeuil
1St Grenadier Guards' Sergeants Club
London
AW. G. Garton
Col. Garten
Love God and Neighbor The Core of Christian Law
A Sunday school lesson explains the love commandment from Luke 10 25 37 and Deuteronomy 6 5 as the basis for eternal life. It cites Robertson and Whittier on loving God through purity truth and mercy and loving one’s neighbor through charity and peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus
Lanier
Frederick W. Robertson
Whittier
God
New Flight Propeller Aims To Let Man Fly With Less Effort
Vienna inventor Major Pila fsky introduces a wing propeller promising air grip and reduced effort versus conventional blades. A German firm plans to mass produce motorboats and aero planes using the device. A parallel ad touts a worm extractor as a lifesaving votary product.
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Major Pilafski
Vienna
London Firm Buys Scuttled Cruisers
London firm Cox and Danks purchases scuttled German battle cruisers Hindenburg Seydlitz and twenty four destroyers sunk at Scapa Flow. Work begins to raise vessels with aim to sell as scrap and armor plating for parquet floors if successful. British admiralty restricts raisings to UK for breaking up.
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Seana Flow
Clair Price
London
New York Times
Price
Admiralty
London Iron and Steel
Cox & Danks
United Kingdom
Cold Bath Will Kill Fist A Cold Bath Danger Claims
A report by Professor Frank Smith of the University of Haineis to the United States Bureau of Fisheries describes cold baths as lethal. Experiments were done in a Northern Michigan lake noted for stagnant, very cold water. The account warns of danger in extreme cold immersion and mentions Minard's Liniment as a contrast.
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Frank Smith
University of Haineis
United States Bureau of Fisheries
Smith
Michigan
Hollow Log Home Mounted on Motor Truck in Kelso
A 22 foot hollow log eight foot diameter was converted into a modern mobile home by Mr. and Mrs. Cave in Kelso Washington. The log houses a bedroom parlor kitchenette breakfast nook and a bathroom with shower. It features electricity and running water and is mounted on a motor truck for mobility.
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Cave
Kelso
No Familiarity In Japan Says Old World Manners
A dated note on Japanese salutations warns against familiarity and embraces. It contrasts nodding as the ritual greeting with the lack of physical affection and cites gendered appearances used to praise or reassure in harsh conditions.
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Japan
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Montreal
Monasignor Gregorina
Bayer
Lumbago
Bapet
Menaaeatles Batorbeeca
Babess
Thomas
Highlands
Red Ray
Trossachs
Bret
Italy
Minard
Hewse
Meo Utes
Holloway
Piesa
Colde
Royal Yeast
Cas
Scotts
Dominion Express
Voue
Williams
McDermott Ave
Winnipeg
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