World Happenings Briefly Told
Britain proposes League of Nations expulsion measure sent to supervisory committee. Italian grain allowances shift with Sardinia restrictions. An Armenian woman and two sons travel to India. Empire Day call for unity by J H Thomas. Shanghai postal strike isolates city. Baychime salvage efforts abandoned. A youth in Chicago shoots himself over dreams. Angus D Graham pays five pounds twenty five into London Ontario court for stampless cheque.
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League of Nation
Great Britain
Eumanutes
House of Commons
Italy
Sardinia
Marianne Djanikian
India
British Empire
J. H. Thomas
Dominions
Shanghai
Hudson's Bay Company
Wiliam BR. Graham
Edna Christoffer
Chicago
Angus D. Graham
London
Ontario
New Earl of Egmont Inherits Troubled Estates
The 18-year-old new Lord Egmont inherits his father’s troubled arr estate with death duties and settlements reducing value from 2 5 million to 1 5 million. The boy, isolated from society, lacks education and support and faces managing debts while coping with family misfortune.
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Lord Egmont
Earl
Egmont
England
The Value of Advertising in a Struggling Economy
Le Droit Ottawa notes that heavily advertised stores attract more customers, sustain higher sales, and can offer lower prices due to larger volumes. It urges merchants not to cut advertising, arguing reduced ads would harm demand and ruin economy.
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le Droit
Ottaws
Carpet beetles blamed for wool damage, parrots misled
Article notes that clothes moths cause little wool damage while carpet beetles do most harm to wool fur and feathers. It mentions elephants living 4200 years.
Vacations in Canada Offer Wide Scenic Variety
The National Development Bureau in Ottawa promotes Canada as a vacation destination with diverse landscapes from Atlantic shores to the Pacific. It highlights travel ease by road and rail, outdoor activities like fishing and hiking, and varied accommodations. Free booklets including Vacations in Canada can be requested by readers planning a trip.
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Canada
Atlantic Coast
St. Lawrence River
Great Lakes
Laurentian Mountains
Prairies
Rockies
Pacific Coast
Totcern
National Development Bureau
Department of the Interior
Ottawa
Dress Pattern for Children with Yoked Skirt and Guimpes
The pattern describes a child dress with deep armholes and square neck and an attached yoked skirt in French blue and white batiste with deep blue bindings. A pale blue sheer guimpa with puff sleeves and several guimpes in white Swiss dotted blue or white batiste striped in blue are offered. Pattern No 485 fits sizes 8 to 12 years with yardage for dress blouse and binding and costs 25 cents.
Empress liners overhaul to move to Esquimalt
Canadian Pacific Steamships will overhaul Empress liners at Esquimalt instead of Hong Kong, with Orient overhaul still in winter. The switch, agreed with the Dominion Government, adds BC jobs and covers higher local labor costs. Empress of Russia sails July 15 for drydock followed by Empress of Japan Empress of Asia and Empress of Canada.
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C.pr. Pacific
Canada
Canadian Pacific Railway
Vancouver
Esquimalt
Hong Kong
E. Aikman
Canadian Pacific Steamships, Ltd
Orient
British Columbia
Dominion
S.S
Cookies From A Weeknight Recipe List
A weeknight baking guide outlines a cake flour based cookie recipe with 2 cups sifted flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 14 cup butter 1 cup sugar 4 egg yolks. Steps include creaming butter and sugar adding yolks and flour chilling rolling into balls coating with nuts and cinnamon or colored candies baking at 350 degrees for 15 minutes yields 319 to 4 dozen cookies.
Coconut Souffle with Coconut and Lemon Sauce
Butter and flour are blended then mixed with sugar and milk to a thick custard. Egg yolks are folded in, then stiff egg whites and chopped coconut are added. Bake in a water bath at 375°F for about 50 minutes until firm. serve with lemon sauce. Serves 8.
Sunday School Lesson Genesis and Luke Teachings
Fragmentary text lists lesson topics Genesis chapters 39 to 41 and Luke 18 11 23. It references devotion reading and perhaps weekly study notes. Names or places are not clearly legible.
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Petre Kines Broverhs
Genesis
Devehenat Rrading
Luke
Joseph and Ali as Vizier and Nation's Saviour
An analysis of Joseph's rise from slave to vizier of Egypt at thirty and his seven years of plenty. The piece emphasizes centralization of government under the vizier, his oversight of grain storage, and the balance between prudent planning and faith. It contrasts biblical guidance with practical governance.
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Juseph
Egypt
Ali
Joseph
Jesus
Canada Begins Large Scale Selenium Production
Canada has started producing selenium as a by product of copper refining at Copper Cliff Ontario with initial output in 1981. Market demand is currently limited but expansion is expected as research widens uses. Selenium is used in glass pottery rubber and may power selenium cells for television.
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Canada
Copper Cliff
Ontario
Arthur Buisson
Dominion Department of Mines
Ottawa
Hundred Point Man Defines Ideal Conduct for Employees
A hundred point man is true to every trust and word, loyal to friends and employers, polite to strangers, and never freed. He carries a civil tongue, is considerate to workers, moderate in habits, willing to learn, cautious yet courageous, and safe to deal with across occupations.
Nations shout for economy yet stay armed to the teeth
The text notes a tension as nations demand economic relief while maintaining heavy arms. It reflects a paradox of prioritizing markets and security, suggesting public concern over balancing fiscal restraint with military strength.
Civil Service Act sparks debate over absorbing private secretaries
In Ottawa the question of absorbing private secretaries into the civil service without exams triggers protest. Supporters cite unfairness to longtime staff when governments change. House committees back phasing out nonexam absorption, while MPs stress cabinet confidants deserve choice secretaries.
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Civil Service
Ottawa
Civil Service Committee
House
House of Commons
Forgotten Soldiers War Office Oversights Across WWI Duty
Candide in the Sun day Fictorial recounts cases of British servicemen forgotten after the war. Two soldiers guarded a rifle range at Havre in 1914 and only reported for back pay years later. A Innsbruck sighting shows a captain claiming similar neglect and choosing to stay abroad.
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Cédric Hardwicke
Havre
Candide
Innsbruck
Tyrel
War Office
London
Congressman Garner Doubts Witness Veracity in Hearing
In a past House investigation Congressman Jack Garner questioned a witness. A reporter later asked if Garner doubted the witness truthfulness. Garner denied doubts, saying he called the man a damn har or similar remark. Scientists have discovered gasoline can be manufactured from cotton.
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Jack Garner
House
Garner
Arabs Introduce Sugar Cane To Europe In History
A fragmentary note recalls that Arabs introduced sugar cane to Europe. The text includes a dialogue about a pocket knife and carving two hearts crossed by an arrow on a tree, attributed to a Berlin source.
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Europe
James
Berlin
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