World Happenings Briefly Told
A collage of 1920s world notes includes smallpox counts for 1924, excavations in Purley New Mexico, Canadian Expeditionary Force veterans in Toronto, and a post office warning about sending Christmas gifts. London fears France and the United States debt settlement may harm Francs debt to Britain, while Notre Dame de Quebec inaugurates a church site. Senator George Bradbury’s vacancy filled by WP Molloy, and plans for a monument to James Evans are mentioned alongside Manitoba’s Premier Bracken.
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B.C
Purley
Toronto
Sil
Ol Coun
London
France
United States
Britain
Pew
Notre
Dame ‘de Quebec
Éalfteg
WP. Molloy
Morris
Man
Provenchér
Senate
George Bradbury
Selkirk, Mall
Imperial Press Conference Pushes Atlantic Cable Plan
Delegates at Melbourne urge expansion of telegraphic facilities and call for laying another Atlantic cable. They press the British Postmaster General to speed Marconi Wireless and wheelless company station construction and operation in Britain with Canadian participation noted as favored.
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Imperial
Melbourne
Australia
Aad
Gyrstam Toe
South Africa
New Zealand
Marconi Wheleas Company
Great Britain
Canada
Lord Burnham
Prince Demonstrates Sharpshooting During Canadian Trip
The Prince of Wales shot twelve times at a 2 foot distant target using a 22 caliber rifle on a Algoma Central Railway stop in Canada. All twelve shots were bulls eyes, as recounted by conductor Joe Whalen.
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Canada
Prince of Wales
Algoma Central Railway
Spa
Frater
Jack McCall
Prisce
Jack
Prince
Joe Whalen
British Captain’s aid to German officer praised as gallant act
A British captain and a German officer, both naval reservists, cooperated to transfer a sick woman to safety at sea. The Baltimore Sun lauds this act as one of the most gallant deeds by a merchant captain, noting the previous wartime hostility now set aside for humanity.
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Geraml
Wittstein
Abe
Muenchen
Cally
Weanel
Baltimore Sun
Shortest and longest Canadian parliaments in history
Ottawa statisticians note Canada’s fourteenth parliament lasted three years eight months and thirty days before dissolution on September 5. The second after Confederation sat one year four days. The twelfth parliament, wartime government, ran seven sessions over six years.
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Ottawa Statisticians
Mia
Canada
Lipse Fashions Patterns for home dressmakers
The article presents Kashour flannel fashion patterns No. 1053 for a straight-line frock and No. 1052 for an unlined coat with a white lapin collar. It lists sizes bust 34 to 44, fabric yardage, and notes patterns cost 20 cents each and the Fashion Book 16 cents.
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Janes
Carter's Lite Liver Pills End Stomach Troubles
Brooklyn resident ee Min Rich says poor appetite and stomach sickness vanished after using Carter's Lite Liver Pills. She notes relief at once and now recommends the remedy for stomach complaints. Sold everywhere, 25 cents.
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Min & Rich
Brooklyn
N. Ys
Carter
Carters
Treasure Laden Galley Found After City Submerged Off Tunis
Archaeologists report discovering a Greek galley loaded with treasure, buried in submerged streets off the east coast of Tunis. Sir Denison Ross says the find helps date the Mediterranean flood after the city’s sinking near Jerba, between island and mainland.
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Tunis
Denison Ross
School of Oriental Studies
Tunia
London
Jerba
Rome
Carthage
Too Busy to Spend Money Says Baldwin Chief
Samuel Vauclain president of Baldwin Locomotive Works told 700 workers in Duluth that being too busy to spend earnings leads to accumulation. He cited personal habit of saving money and doing work in the best possible manner without regard to pay. A ferryman quips that lost souls are never found, joking about people who drown and are found next day.
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Samuel Vauclain
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Philadelphia
Duluth
Eacy
End of Boycott Signals Resumption of Trade at Amoy
Ships resumed arrivals at Amoy with cargo and took on hundreds of laborers for Singapore rubber plantations, ending the boycott against British shipping.
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Amoy
Singapore
The New Habit and Self Control in Spending
A fragment discusses a social trend where some people feel superior when unable to buy all desired items. It argues that holding a steady job means maintaining self restraint rather than ostentatious handouts or showy consumption.
Life shooting records in Transvaal farmer encounter
A Transvaal Boer farmer near a stream faced a stampede of eight donkeys. He spotted a large lion about two hundred yards away and fired, killing it. A female hunter later shot another lion as the farmer rushed to protect his wagon. He found three more lions consuming a second donkey, shot them, and returned home with five lion skins.
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Dar
Withdrawn Crossword Puzzle Fragments Prompt Update
A messy OCR puzzle list shows clues and partial answers for a large crossword style item with numbers, errors, and typos. The fragment references words like language of Arabs and unit of weight and various misplaced letters and garbled tags.
Why Marriages Are Fewer
The piece argues that modern young women avoid marriage more than their mothers because they enjoy independence, bachelor clubs, and careers. It notes freed women flaunt expensive tastes, deterring suitors and reducing marriage rates as men of secure means become scarce.
Shrunk in the Wash Lesson Sparks Sheep Tale
A classroom nature lesson on sheep ends with a child joke about a lamb’s tail, then a quip that the tale has been abridged in the wash. Joan, age five, recalls the moment as a quirky memory from school. Additionally a fact compares telephone counts abroad and in the United States.
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Joan
Advises Young Mothers Maitland Photo Studio Mrs Clayton Harrs
A testimonial from Mrs Clayton Huras of Stratford Quebec praising Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription for strength during pregnancy and motherhood. She claims four healthy children and no distress, recommending the medicine in tablet or liquid form and inviting readers to consult their druggist or Dr Pierce for free advice.
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Maitland
Clayton
Clayton Huras
Railway Ave
Dr.Pierce
Dr. Pierce
Valida
Buffalo
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CW Maskatt
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Ottawa
USCO
Shanes Ball Telephone “ Steel OF
Atrén
Clair & Co
Canada Cement Hidg
Montreal
Que
Teeta Dee
Cley
James Evans
Bracken
Manitoba
Evans
Sted En Seas
Atlantic Ocean
Alberts
Z. W. Cannon
Agricultural Papers In
Texas
Belgium
Paris
Peoples’ Bank
Galsntry
Eitish
Life of Canadian Parliaments
Lipse: Fashions
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McCarmel Ave
Winnipeg
Peer Esterwasecomelen
Biter. Cwevte Om
Province
Wbeeee Eevee Bend Meelo
Euretaly
How
Dodd's
Tranavaal
Horizonta
Tidler
Francia Gribble
London Sunday Pictorial
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