World Happenings Briefly Told
A government order exempts Saskatchewan railways from tax under the 1928 Gasoline Act. The Oversea Settler notes 63,000 Brits aided to settle overseas from last year. Canada plans trade treaty talks with several foreign nations, including Newfoundland. Dr Otto Hamman, German political figure and former foreign office head, dies at 76. The equal franchise bill clears Lords third reading. Saskatchewan prison at Prince Albert produces more beets parsnips oats flax and wheat than any Canadian penitentiary. In Philadelphia the PN-12 seaplane set altitude records rising over 12 000 feet with a 2000 kilogram load. A new five cent air mail rate and stamp are to take effect August 1. Dr Fridtjof Nansen says polar flight planned for 1926 in a German dirigible being built.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatchewan
Newfoundland
Otto Hamman
Prese Bureau
Foreign Office
House of Lords
Prince Albert
Canada
Philadelphia
Trout In Mountain Lake Experiment In Fish Culture
The largest group of United States immigrants to Canada settled in Jasper National Park. About 200000 Brook trout fingerlings from Creco Pennsylvania were released into Maligne Lake after a winter hatchery program. Park warden Herbert Davis and Dominion Hatchery supervisor Oliver Bright oversaw the move from transport to acclimatization. The project, part of Dominion Government glacial water fish culture experiments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jasper Park
United States
Canada
Jasper National Park
Creco
Pennsylvania
Maligne Lake
Herbert Davis
Jasper
Canadian National Express
Oliver Bright
Dominion
Fort Qu’Appelle
Warren Davis
Expansion urged after Canada meat consumption report
A statement from the Canadian Co-operative Wool Growers' Association argues for expansion citing per capita meat consumption. It notes Canadians eat about 0 pounds of pork per tapira, 75 pounds of beef, and 10 pounds of Jatab and mut ton annually, suggesting potential growth in the last meat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian Co-operative Wool Growers’ Association
Message Fragments From Paris Dialogue
A damaged OCR fragment quotes a Parnassian Paris scene with lines about a morning kiss and a man preferring brunettes. The passage includes a cryptic exchange attributed to Ruy Blas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruy Blas
Paris
Pattern Order Details From Winnipeg Newspaper Union
A Winnipeg notice lists order details for patterns with address at 175 McDermot Ave. It references Pattern No Beareye Size and mentions the Suez Canal length as about 106 miles, about sixty miles longer than the Panama Canal, citing Liberty. The text also contains a fragment about men looking into a mirror and imagining a hero.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Suez Canal
Panama Canal
Liberty
Air Mail Service Cuts British Isles to Canada Delivery Time
Canada inaugurates air mail contracts with Rimouski and Montreal to speed European mail. Incoming ships are met at Rimouski and letters flown to Montreal Ottawa and Toronto. Outgoing mail from Toronto Ottawa Montreal flies to Rimouski for steamship departure. Delivery improves by 24 to 72 hours with no extra postage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Isles
British Ysle
Europe
Canada
Canadian Port Office Department
Haz
trans-Atlantic
Sharfiers
Rimonsk
Ottawa
Toronto
Montreal
Rimouski
Quebec
Airhail
Unusual morning frock apron pattern No 345
A clever apron pattern No 345 features a comfortable one piece front panel waist, side gathers, and a back sash. It suits floral silk, cotton crepe, zephyr prints, or plain gateen in small to extra large sizes with yardage and binding details. Our Fashion Book adds updates. book price 10 cents.
Red Cross Editorial Contest Winners Named in Canada
Prizes awarded to editors across Canada in the Red Cross Society centenary contest for best editorials. Champions include Robert Henderson St Thomas Times Journal and Alisa May Stuart Clendenan Farmers Advocate London Ontario. French winners listed. Judges led by Ey James W Robertson. Florence Nightingale noted as inspiration per Dunant speech.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Canadian Red Cross Society
Dominion
Henri Dunant
Red Cross
Robert Henderson
St. Thomas Times-Journal
St. Thomas
Ontario
Alisa May Stuart Clendenan
Farmers’ Advocate
London
B. Christie
The
Expositor
Brant‘ford
Kenneth ‘M. Haig
Manitoba Free Press
Win‘nipeg
Manitoba
Miss Haig
C. J. Albon
Asquith Record
Asquith
Saskatchewan
C. W. Peterson
Farm and Ranch Review
Calgary
Alberta
Adjutor Savard
la Patrie
Montreal
P.Q
J. M. Estival
la Sol
Henry Dunant
Florence Nightingale
Florence Wnightingale
Dunant
Saskatchewan Anti-Tuberculosis League Annual Meeting
The Saskatchewan Anti-Tuberculosis League held its annual meeting at Fort Qu’Appelle Sanatorium. President A B Cook outlined league work and urged expansion of preventive efforts via contact case examinations, with funding to come from Christmas Seals sales as in other provinces and the U.S. New directors J J Lamb and J G Knox were elected for three years. The group endorsed free treatment resolutions and urged amending the Sanatorium Act for free public TB care funded jointly by government and municipalities, including compulsory school-age TB examinations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatchewan Anti-Tuberculosis League
Fort Qu'Appelle
A- B. Cook
Dominion
United States
J. J. Lamb
Municipal Hall Insurance Association
J. G. Knox
Tuxford
Burg
Marquis No. 197
Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities
United Farmers, Saskatchewan
Independent
Order of the Daughters of the Empire
T.B
Department of Public Health
Canadian Farmers Tour London Markets and Guildhall
The group visits Smithfield and Spitalfields markets with demonstrations of beef handling and a $10,000,000 expansion. They tour the Mansion House and Guildhall, hear speeches by Sir Robert Borden and George Langley, and share a luncheon with London officials honoring Canadian farmers. They observe historic venues, including the Great Hall and Gog and Magog statues, and receive commemorative gifts.
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Snow Hill
Smithfield Market
Great Britain
George Bowles, Nicholls
Wat Tyler
Sir William Walworth
Richard II
Greater London
Great Western Railway
Lord Meyer
Sir Charles
Batho
London
Central Markets Committee
Guildhall
Gog
Magog
Robert Borden
Ypres
W. P. Neil
Larkin
Dominion of
Canada
George Langley
Elizabeth
Afternoon session with London trades and theatre visit
Representatives of the Provision and Grain Trades of London met under the London Chamber of Commerce for frank discussions yielding valuable information. The day ended with an evening at Drury Lane watching The Desert Song, a highly successful musical.
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London
London Chamber of Cammerce
Drury Lane
Sunday School Lesson July 1 Theme and Text
Golden Text urges remembrance of the Creator in youth. Lesson from Deuteronomy 6 4 9 Philippians 3 4 6 Acts 22 8 27 2s Devotional Reading Psalm 119 133 40.
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Exclesiastes
Phillipplang
Psain
The Jewish Training of a Child in Deuteronomy Teachings
The piece discusses Deuteronomy 64 9 and the duty to love God with heart soul and strength. It emphasizes teaching children constant remembrance of the commandments at home and on the road. The sign on the hand and between the eyes symbolizes continual instruction. It cites Kipling and Paul's boyhood in Tarsus to illustrate religious upbringing and national blessing through law obedience.
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Kipling
Paul
Tarsus
Indians Profit From West Coast Seal Fishing
Seals have been unusually plentiful along Vancouver Island and the Indians, allowed pelagic sealing without guns, brought in many skins for sale. Profits are high though storms and rough seas made the hunt hard as salmon fishing was not very good.
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Vancouver
Vancouver Island
French Youth Manual Warns Against Washing the Face Early Texts
An eighteenth century French guide for youths advised rubbing the face with a white towel each morning to remove dirt, warns against washing with water to avoid chills and heat, and a 1667 work cautioned water washing could injure eyesight cause aches colds and pallor.
Modern Miracles On Victoria Day Parade Echoes
Premier Macken zie King spoke from Ottawa to about 100000 gathered in Hyde Park London while High Commissioner Larkin rang in to greet the event. The marvels drew little attention, showing how accustomed the public has grown to modern wonders. The piece notes the trouble with worshipping ancestors is scarce privileges for future generations.
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Victoria
Mackenzie King
Ottawa
Hyde Park
London
England
Larkin
Also Mentioned on This Page
New
Fridtjof Nansen
Arc
Explorer
International Congress of Aerial Arctic Exploration
Germany
Mountain Lake
Bubcher
sTown
Beareye
FafAson
Uausual Apron
Anti- Tuberculosis League
Charles Sykes
House of Commons
Regina
Canadian National Railways
Great Britain and
Denmark
Saul
Brumminger
Berlin
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