World Happenings Briefly Told
Italy blocks off Sardinia coast and Cyrensica north coast to foreign filers. Britain’s Singapore base ready for general use in 1930. Dave Laura Knight named Royal Academician first woman RA since Angelica Kauffmann. Germany opens talks on bilateral arms limitation. Lord Tweedmouth to open Cape Breton museum in July. Free import of ball and roller bearings for traction engines announced. William Duff sworn in as senator. Dominion Housing Act loans total 118 with values from 3000 to 10000. Mrs. T W Sutherland appointed Dominion Council of Health member effective June 1. Trout reported capable of over twenty years in captivity.
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Italy
Sardinia
Cyrensica
Africa
Great Britain
Great Singapore
Kenneth Lindsay
Dull Ford
The
Admiralty
House of Commons
Laura Knight
Ito
Angelica Kauffman
Germany
Lord Tweedataui
Loutaburg
Cape Breton
Dunkirk
America
Teley
Senate
Edward VIII
William Duff
Dunning
Vicks Va-tro-nol Claimed As Cold Preventive Aid
An old promotional note touts Vicks Va-tro-nol as a unique aid to prevent colds. It says a few drops in each nostril can reduce nasal membranes swelling and shorten cold duration, appealing to mothers guarding children from sniffles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youle
Vicks
Investiture at Buckingham Palace honors Navy Army in royal ceremony
King Edward inaugurates his reign with a New Year investiture in Buckingham Palace White and Gold Throne Room. Royal Victorian Order decorations awarded to officers and sailors who served in King George V s funeral, amid Coldstream Guards guards and National Anthem.
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Edward
Buckingbaum Palace
George V
George
Runne
George Crichton
Royal Household
Guard of Honor
Coldstream Guarda
Arma
Royal Horse Artillery
Sandringham
Hing’s
Grenadier Guards
Royal Horse Guards
Life Guards
London
Windsor
Toll Of Carelessness Drives US Accident Deaths
The Chicago report and The National Safety Council show 99,000 US deaths in accidents last year, with 365,000 permanent injuries and 9,100,000 temporary disabilities. Total economic losses reached about 3 billion dollars in property, wages, and medical costs.
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United States
Kitchener
Chicago
National Safety Council
The Happy Farmer by Artemus Ward
A humorous verse satire on rural poverty and debt. The speaker, a farmer, laments low crop yields and failed wages. He notes hired help skimming profits, creditors pressing debts, and border stays that fail to relieve poverty, ending with a bleak provincial fate.
First In Canada Television Station Planned for Toronto
A 5000 watt high powered radio television station will be erected in Toronto early this spring making it Canada’s first. Dominion Peck Television Limited formed by Toronto business and financial interests announced the project after tests at WESAR Montreal last year. The station will broadcast to Toronto and surrounding areas within about 100 miles.
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Tornto
Toronto
Canada
Dominion Peck Television, Limited
WESAR
Montreal
Great Lakes Hold Millions in Sunken Ships and Cargo
The article notes vast sunken fleet riches in the Great Lakes with over 2 000 ships lost in 70 years. It highlights coal whisky and metals as the main salvaged prizes including the Lexington and Anthony Wayne wrecks and earnings from the Atlantic Erie and William H Stevens salvages.
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North America
Goaway
Five Lakes
Buffalo
Lakes
Duluth
Lexington
Cleveland
Port Huron
Anthony Wayne
Lake Erie
Westmoreland
Manitou Island
Dean Richard
Foy
Detroit
Atlantic
Erie
Harris W. Baker
William H. Stevens
Meade A Good Story Of Bird Conservation Letters
Naturalist Jack Miner of Kingsville Ontario recalls receiving odd letters about his work in bird conservation. A U S police officer sent a tale claiming he shot a duck tagged with Miner's name while pursuing hijackers, then found the bird dead after his shot.
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Jack Miner
Kingsville
Ontario
United States
Expired Patent Fuels Bible Printing Debate in Britain
The accession of a new sovereign renews the dispute over who may publish the Bible in Great Britain as the king’s printers Oxford and Cambridge University privileges end with King George's death. Rev. J Moffat leads a protest against renewal while defenders warn of misprints mistranslations and possible stunt editions and ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Oxford
Cambridge
George
J. Moffat
Scottish National Church
California firm uses special mower towed by barge
A California company deployed a special mowing machine towed by a barge to harvest help from the sex, a peculiar approach cited alongside advice that reputation for intelligence comes from habitual thinking.
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One California
A Disciple's Prayer Lesson From Luke and Matthew
Sunday school lesson explains Jesus teaching the Lord's Prayer as given in Matthew and Luke. It discusses reverence in addressing God, the meaning of Thy name and Thy kingdom, daily bread, and forgiveness, emphasizing forgiving others to receive forgiveness from God. It cites commentators like Moffatt Canon Farrar and Phillips Brooks.
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Matthew
Jesus
Luke
John
A. KE. Garvie
God
Father
Canon Farrar
British War Costs Rise Over Ethiopian Italian Conflict
The Baltimore Sun notes Britain spends about 150000 dollars daily to counter aggression in the Mediterranean. The fleet moves to Malta and Gibraltar with the Hood ship headed to Gibraltar, bringing total Mediterranean ships to 158 compared with 157 a month earlier.
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Great Britain
Mediterranean
Baltimore Sun
People Seek Seats for Coronation Procession Routes
Empire residents write from many regions to reserve seats in stands or windows along the procession route. Although the coronation is not until next year, demand is high and prices are offered, but no sales occur as the route remains unconfirmed. Applications wait on official arrangements.
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Edward
Land changes shaping fishing in streams
The article notes that land activities such as deforestation and swamp drainage influence water cycles, with forests removed and wetlands drained leading to more frequent spring floods and summer droughts. These hydrological shifts subsequently impact fishing conditions in streams and rivers.
New Mountain Playground Puts Seymour Mountain Park On Map
The Alpine Club of Canada Vancouver section helped establish Seymour Mountain as a 667 acre provincial park. Access from Pipeline Road or Seymour Creek via Buck’s logging road allows a day hike from Vancouver to Theta Lake. No cabins yet but a shelter may come later and business trips to inspect the area are planned this summer.
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Alpine Club of Canada
Vancouver
Seymour Mountain
Seymour Range
Buck
Deep Cove
James Or
Theta Lake
Alpine Club
Tablets Recall Siege of Italy with Eight Thousand Tablets
Mussolini ordered 8,000 marble tablets to be embedded in town halls across Italy as a memorial of the economic siege imposed by 50 nations in 1935 and 1936. Prefects Massa Carrara and Lucca coordinated tablet production with a fascist emblem and inscription noting November 18 1935 Italians Remember. A nationwide ceremony will mark their installation.
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Italy
Mussolini
Massa Carrara
Lucca
British 1760 watch turned clock in Marrickville
A centuries old British watch made in 1760 was converted into a clock at Marrickville in New South Wales. Eardley Norton, a prominent eighteenth century clockmaker, created the piece. It is now owned by jeweller Mr. E Powning and continues to keep excellent time.
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Marrickville
New South Wales
Eardley Norton
E. Powning
Ten Commandments Cannot Be Repealed They Can Only Be Violated
A pithy maxim asserts moral law endures beyond political change. The saying implies commandments persist, and violations reflect human action rather than legislative repeal.
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Scott
Scott’s
Tour Pruggist
Health Council
T. W. Sutherland
Weils
B.C
Dominion Council of Health
Department of Pensions and National Health Act
Canada Gazette
Helen Vincent
Saint Jonhn
Bick
Artemus Ward
Willie
Mr. Filbert
Great Lakes
Meade
Fins
Dack
Household Arts Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Alice Brooks
Levnon
Philips Brooks
Saids
Ethiopia
Warehou
Fargy
Edmonton
Regina
New Mountain Playground
D. D. Dennis
Campana
Bruggist
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