World Happenings Briefly Told
Various world items include a recruitment note from Jamies Whaley, Mich. Carter preparing for tomb excavation work at Pist-Ankhjemn in Serpt Jalca. Rocketeer Foundation funding Zagreb school. Ireland and U S potato embargo prompts ministerial cooperation. Parliament corridor memorial cast in Ottawa. Stresemann open to coalition. Hebridean fisher settlement plans near Vancouver Island. new Royal Canadian Navy Reserve Paymaster sub lieutenant appointments.
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Parliament
Ottawa
H B Co. Wins Land Settlement in Western Canada Dispute
The H B Company secured 6,625,000 acres in Western Canada as final settlement of the 1567 agreement after a long dispute over the share of land owed to the company. The tract lies between the Rocky Mountains and the interprovincial boundary near the Lake of the Woods and the Saskatchee wan River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifa
Chas
Stewart
Amd
Cotapan
Comany Fery
Wester Canada
Lriin
Lake of the Woods
Uabadians
Fertile Bet
RAF officers vanish after July air mission
Two Royal Air Force officers First Lieutenant W. T. Day and Pilot Officer 12. Stewart disappeared after voyaging July 24 from Mielr aerodrome at Shoshah. Their abandoned aircraft was found in a touety parc of the deg erp, and despite exhaustive searches no clue to their fate has been discovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Air Force
W. T. Day
Oficer
Stewart
Mielr
Shoshah
Touety
Degerp
Nerviline Promoted For Pain and Muscle Stiffness
An old advertisement extols Nerviline as a deep penetrating remedy for rheumatic conditions and muscular joint stiffness. It claims strong pain relief and urges a 25 cent trial from dealers, linking health claims to medical authorities and other products.
Ancient Hindu Held for Alcohol Charge Pleads Mercy
An elderly Hindu man, claiming to be about a thousand years old, was arrested on intoxication charges and later pleaded for mercy at the police magistrate’s court. He insisted he could not recall his precise age, saying he might be a thousand years old or older.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hingu
Hondon
Optimism Sweeps Canada and BC Amid Farming Upswing
Reports from pivds statements show general improvement in western Canada and British Columbia with high crop prices boosting circulation in prairie provinces. Farmers face mortgage and bank obligations, but there is cautious spending and rising wholesale orders as retail demand reflects improved conditions.
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Canada
British Columbia
Pivds
Prairie
Mortface
Wobblesale Houses
Radio Orders Tested to Speed Railroad Movements
The New York Central and the Radio Corporation tested radio equipment to direct 43 locomotives. The experiment aimed to speed movement by radio instead of land orders, using a latest RCA apparatus to reduce interference with broadcasting. Reports said the test outcome was satisfactory.
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Omelais
New York Central
Radio Corporation
Century Sailless Ship Predicted to Transform Navigation
Arion Fictines, German inventor, claims the wind driven sailless vessel completed a sea voyage with extraordinary efficiency. Projections say the ship will revolutionize ocean travel by exploiting wind power, though some doubt its claims while others hail a major discovery for the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arion Fictines
Germain
Boyd
Herr Flettner
Genturs
Lamiften
Tourist Traffic Record Set for Canada Travel Revenue
Canada eyes a new tourism revenue record for 1920 as predicted by J. Bo Harkih Commissioner of National Parks. He notes traffic to the Dominion may exceed 1923 levels, with estimated earnings around 136.6 million dollars, placing tourism behind only two larger export categories.
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Canada
J. Bo Harkih
National Parks
Dominion
Englishmen Claim Patent Rights On Fatent For Sailless Ship
Two English brothers from Hal and Newcastle on Tyne claim credit for the sailless ship principle discovered in 1915. They say they applied for patent rights on June 26 1913 and that the Patent Office granted their claim for February 26 1917.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Newcastle-on-Tyre
Britain to Build New 35000-Ton Battleships Nelson and Rodney
A British naval sub committee reported that the battleships Rodney and Nelson will be 35000 tons each and mount nine 16 inch guns. The design features three turrets forward with 50 calibre guns and a range exceeding 30000 yards. They compare to the US West Virginia Maryland Colorado and Japan’s Yamato class in size and power.
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Garry
Rodned4
Nelson
House
Harry H. Hough
Naval Intelligence
United States
West Virginia
Colorado
Maryland
Mateu
Rodney
Milburn Heart and Nerve Pills Said To Cure After Gas Explosion
Mrs LH from St Catharines Ontario reports severe heart weakness and nerve exhaustion after a gas explosion. She says Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills improved her condition after five boxes, noting dizziness, sleep loss, and nervous distress as previously endured. The Milburn Company of Voreno Ontario distributes the pills.
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Tirtienbeck
Welland Avenue
St. Catharines, Ont
Milburn
Te Milburn Co., Limited
Vorenio, Ont
Radio growth in Germany surges with subscribers
The growing German radio network shows a leap from 3,000 subscribers to 506,000 by Christmas under the Post Office. Dr. Hans Dredow, head of service, predicts an average monthly subscriber rate near 100,000 with more growth to come.
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Germany
Hans Dredow
Waning Communism Report Across Europe
In a Saskatchewan Star summary, the orgen of communists in England notes the party’s membership shrinking rapidly across Europe. It cites Asia’s member count dropping from over a million in 1920 to under 600,000 and argues communism is an extremist belief. Common sense favors a happy medium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Europe
Insia
Saskatoon Star
Geneva to Host International Radio Exhibition
Geneva plans September international radio exhibition with global participation. Nations worldwide are expected to take part in the event hosted in the city known for the League of Nations.
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Geneva
League of Na- Hons
Success With Alfalfa Part Continues In Western Canada
The article extols alfalfa as a highly nutritious forage crop for dairy cattle beef cattle horses and sheep. It notes Grimm seed and Baltic strain as preferred varieties and explains how alfalfa balances rations reducing grain needs, with practical dairy and pork production benefits and long term farm adoption by the author.
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Canada
Baltic
Epriak
Wratern
Alberta
Glencarnock
Spilent Family Establishes Republican Island Nation
A seventeen member family on a small island off the Italian coast forms a self declared republic with a written constitution. They travel without paying fares to the Malian government and rely on fishing as their sole support.
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Bycure
Italy
Brandon Population Figures Stir 1926 City Planning
City Assessor McLin reports Brandon’s population at 316 536 and notes only slight changes in land and building values for 1926 amid ongoing census efforts.
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Mclintyre
Branden
Minard
Treat Colds Externally With Vicks VapoRub
Quick relief for sore throat bronchitis and chest colds using Vicks VapoRub rubbed on chest and throat then covered with warm flannel. The product works as a liniment and as a vapor to aid the whole family.
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Vicks
Sunday School Lesson on the Judgment and Christ's Kingship
The golden text from Matthew 25 40 frames a lesson on the Last Judgment verses 31 46. The piece quotes theologians and notes Christ will judge all nations separating righteous from unrighteous with a right hand and left, stressing the reliability and perfection of divine judgment.
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Matthew
Napoleon
Jesus
C.K. Jefferson
Fife
Eskimos Road Rasmussen Plans Canada Visit
Danish explorer Rasmussen heads to Canada in February at government invitation to discuss improving material culture and status of Canadian Eskimos. He argues Alaskan Eskimos live under better conditions due to U S educational efforts.
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Road Rasmussen
Canada
Plany
Rasmussen
Tirasa bending technique described with polish and paral
The passage explains a method to bend Tirasa more easily by brightening with metal polish and rubbing with a rag sprinkled with paral. It emphasizes preparation steps to soften the material for shaping.
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Bobbi
Mra
Jamies Whaley
Cadilne
Mich
Eters
hMdren
Mexico
Washington
Hoewerd Carter
Jalca
Serpt
Fran Murepe
Rocketeer Foundation
Fugu Slavia
Jivgivne
Zagreb
Cromlla
Parla
J. Elka Goldman
le Journal
Tiarney Hascerty
Grand Forks
Ontario
Needle Wide
New York City
Stresemann Hay
D. Jones
Scottish Fisheries Board
West Corst
Vancouver Island
Overseas Settlement Board
Mayland
National Defence
Naval Service
Eub-Leutenant
Royal Canadian Navy Reserve
Ale Croskie
Prince “Rupert
Victoria
Vancouver
H. B. Co
Nerviline
Craing
Charles N. Mayo
Lima
Buffalo Courier
Kraus and Geldschwider
Berlin University
Medleal Dinke
Hanting and
Bose
Toronso
Ont
In- Deine
New York Central Railroad
Columbia University
Lowestoft
Eden Cesseer Eee
Britain
Thomas
Alfalfa
Jame D. McGregor
Glencarnoc Meck Farms
Brandon
Manitoba
Knud, Rasmussen
Northern Tribe
Josa
Dominion Express
Sumer City
Mime
Government Patent Department
Acros
Canadian Patent Office
Caron & Caron
Pera
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