Global news digest with war debt and archaeology notes
A mixed world brief reports Britain's war debt settlement narrowed to ten million pounds Ramana and coal industry strikes in the United States national rail lines and anthracite miners earnings Manitoba expands its government telegraph system September earnings rose by nearly seven hundred dollars. Cattle disease in Lancashire leads to culling Hawaii plans a Kealakekua park near Captain Cook monument. London traffic rises with Elephant and Castle tonnage up from 125000 to 165000 Hyde Park Corner traffic grows. Tutankhamun tomb reopens October 12 with sarcophagus raised and flowers preserved.
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New York Times
Manitoba
Lancashire
Eng
Winnipeg Electric Railway
Territory of
Hawaii
Kealakekua
Kona
James Cook
Elephant and Castle
London
Hyde Park
Relics Of Ancient Mayas Unearthed In British Honduras
Archaeologists report about 200 relics from the Maya civilization found in the interior of British Honduras. The items, now in the British Museum, include fragments of pottery and a miniature smiling figure whose modern look intrigues researchers. Pottery using molds is also indicated, suggesting technique unknown to earlier Maya studies.
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Mays
FA. Sn
British Honduras
British Museum
London
Mitchell Hedges
Dla
Bugpes
Itea
Factory Turns Out Speeches in Pennsylvania Sales Soar
A Pennsylvania factory sent a circular detailing the sale of after-dinner speeches and other oratorical productions. It reported three million speeches sold in 1924 with prices from 24 to 40 cents each and offered bundles of varied lengths and topics.
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Pennsylvania
United States
Weller
The Fates of Famous Strongmen
The article notes that many top strength athletes die young. It cites Eugene Gandon who died at 58 due to past automobile injuries, Sigmund Breitbart who died suddenly in Canada, and John Marx who perished in his forties from consumption. It warns that envy can turn to frailty through neglect.
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Eugene Gandon
Sigmund Breitbart
Canada
John Marx
Sandow
Alberta United States and Eastern Canada link tested
A successful phone test linked Alberta with the United States and Eastern Canada inaugurating a direct line. Lieutenant Governor Brett and Minister of Railways W W Smith spoke with Montana Colorado and Arizona officials in Helens Denver and Phoenix. Premier Greenfield observed with other officials as Ottawa and Vancouver calls were postponed due to a short circuit near Wetaskiwin.
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Alberta
United States
Canada
R. G. Brett
W. W. Smith
Minster
Montana
Colorado
Arizona
Helens
Denver
Phoenix
Greenfield
Ottawa
Vancouver
Wetaskiwin
Mars Climate Questioned by W. W. Coblentz Study
W. W. Coblentz of the Bureau of Standards Washington uses a new delicate instrument to estimate Mars mean surface temperature about 20 degrees Fahrenheit. He notes Earth averages 58 degrees and that 100 degrees below zero can occur on Mars, with most work done last August during a closer approach.
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Mars
W. W. Coblentz
Bureau of Standards
Washington
Coblentz
Earth
Pattern Order Notice From Winnipeg Newspaper Union
A Winnipeg notice from the Newspaper Union at 175 McDermot Ave lists pattern orders by pattern number size and collector name. Send 20 cents or stamps to obtain patterns, with wrapping coin requirements noted.
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Winnipeg ‘Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Simple tailored frock pattern No 1127 for sizes 40 42 44 46 48
An Autumn frock design features a heavy crepe tailored silhouette with four narrow tucks along front and back. Convertible collar options include high or open with a veaten set. Long or short sleeves and shaped pockets on the plaits. Pattern No 1127 fits sizes 40 to 48 with fabric needs listed and a 20 cent price. The Fashion Book offers advance styling for home dressmakers.
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Cops
Personal farm success stories from Canadian wheat crops
The piece cites regional newspaper reports of high wheat yields in Canada. Edmonton Alberta’s Journal notes E. Rasmngton of Crooked Lake with 41 acres at 45 bushels per acre of Red Bobs. Deloraine Manitoba reports C W Johnstone at 45 bushels per acre. Saskatoon Star notes Aberdeen Sask district averages and up to 110 bushels per acre in some areas.
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Canada
Dominion
E. Rasmngton
Crooked Lake
Alberta
Edmonton
Journal
C. W. Johnstone
Deloraine
Manitoba
Portage la Prairie
Graphic
Aberdeen
Sask
Saskatoop Star
Drastic Reform In Turkey Bans Monasteries and Dervishes
The Turkish government issued a decree closing all monasteries and authorizing only secular religion. It expels about 20 000 monks and dervishes who led a life seen as unfit for any other pursuit. Dervishes are categorized as howling whirling and whispering and relied on peasant superstition for support.
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Republic
Nfe
Hfe
New Health Society Aims for Golden Age of Health
The London Daily Express reports a group of three former prime ministers, the Earl of Oxford and Asquith, the Earl of Balfour, and Ramsay MacDonald, with prominent physicians forming the New Health Society. Inauguration is planned for December with a focus on disease prevention and a new lifestyle to create a healthier nation.
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London Daily Express
Great Britain
Earl of Oxford
Asquith
Earl of Balfour
Ramsay MacDonald
England
New Health Society
Daily Express
Just Settlement Needed in China Says N W Rowell
Hon N W Rowell addressing the Toronto Canadian Club luncheon argued force will not settle the China issue. He urged a just settlement that gives China tariff autonomy and control over trials of foreigners, while protecting foreign trade interests. He noted the China boycott on British goods has crippled British trade there.
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Isaue
Saya N. W. Rowell
Toronto
China
N. W. Rowell
K C
Orient
The First Potatoes Reach England and Ireland
The potato plant, native to Chile and Peru, was likely introduced to England from Santa Fe in 1565 by Sir John Hawking or possibly by Sir Francis Drake in 1586. Its first Irish cultivation is attributed to Sir Walter Raleigh with estates in County Cork.
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Chile
Peru
South America
England
Santa Fe
Tropical America
John Hawking
Francis Drake
Ireland
Walter Raleigh
County Cork
Automobile maintenance costs reach 150 million yearly
G D Finlayson, superintendent of insurance for Canada, told the Ontario Fire and Casualty Insurance Agents Association in Toronto that the domestic auto industry has surged since 1921. He cited 500 000 pleasure cars in Canada with maintenance at 25 dollars a month, equaling 150 million annually.
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G. D. Finlayson
Dominion of Canada
Ontario Fire and Casualty Insurance Agent's Association
Toronto
Finlayson
Mr. Finlayson
Canada
Hungarian settlers to join Alberta ranch project
Baron Joseph Canyonsy and his brother Anjre, who recently bought a ranch in the Cochrane district, Alberta, will bring several families from Hungary as settlers. The immigrants will travel via the Canadian Pacific Railway and will receive improved tracts of land on the Csavossy estate upon arrival.
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Hungary
Settie
Anberta
Joseph Canyonsy
Anjre
Cochrane District
Alberta
Canadian Pacific Railway
Nes
Csavossy
Premier Baldwin and Crossword Puzzles as Political Parley
The piece notes Premier Baldwin's devotion to crossword puzzles and his habit of weaving wordplay into security and disarmament talks. It mentions his struggle to find puzzles challenging enough and hints at his study of Russian amid growing crossword interest in the Soviet Union.
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Premier Baldwin
Britain
Our Country Canada Inspires Patriotism
A compact exhortation praising Canada as a great land. It urges efficiency and determination for glorious success and national pride, with scattered phrases about border cities, rivers, and nature. The text resembles a patriotic, period-voice bulletin.
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Canada
Winter dust bath prep hints from Kingston Standard
Those who intend to have a winter dust bath should provide material beforehand. Road dust is largely a myth when compared with ordinary earth which poultry prefer and which keeps houses less dusty. Dry road dust is better than earth since the latter may freeze and be unavailable when needed. Washington may cut the French war debt, then consider Britain.
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Earth
Washington
Kingston Standard
Crossword Puzzle Word List From Historical Page
A readable OCR fragment presents numerous crossword clues and partial entries across a wide range of numbers. The list includes both horizontal and vertical entries with hints for words such as schemes paradise tinra bring into printer s, speck sty exists grubs once mobile precious extract little eh flat bottom devil large woody plant loose outer covering superlative ending for adjectives trouble morning church service commemorated, and many more.
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Mynolf
Perent
Remove Tattoo Marks Frenchman Claims to Have Discovered Formula
Antoine the knife thrower of Paria claims a tattoo removal formula gained from a police interrogation. He describes applying tannic acid solution, injecting with fine needles, then rubbing with nitrate of silver to form a crust that heals with the tattoo fading in weeks. The method allegedly leaves little pain and removes ink details.
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Yesteryear
India
Antoine
Paria
Bertillon
Antoine Inpdecatly
Ruth
Nehdy
Toronto Woman Wins Six First Prizes at National Exhibition
Mrs. J. Hamilton of 537 Windermere Avenue Toronto is named Canada's best cook at the Toronto National Exhibition. She won six first prizes in brown bread milk buns canned strawberries canned raspberries strawberry jam and orange marmalade while her white bread took second and cookies third. A farm woman by training she learned cooking on her Owen Sound area farm home as Margaret Merchant before settling in Toronto 25 years ago.
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Toronto
Canada
J. Hamilton
Windermere Avenue
Year 1859 shaped Canada with currency, capital move, cable
In 1859 Canada adopted decimal currency. Queen Victoria chose Ottawa as the capital of United Canada, to become the Dominion capital nine years later. The Atlantic cable linked England and Nova Scotia that year.
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Canada
Queen Victoria
Ottawa
United Canada
Dominion
England
Nova Soothe
Wembley Exhibit Shows Unwrapped Groceries Draw Scare
At Wembley an exhibit simulating a grocer shop uses bare cheese oatmeal bread sugar and other items with dummy rats and mice feasting to stress the need for proper packing. Real rats later attacked the unwrapped food, destroying it and underscoring the message with a harsh cost.
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Wembley
Seventy Year Old Woman Scales Alpine Peak Alone
A seventy year old English woman, Miss Wheeton of Dalysi, climbs the 12 000 foot Wetterners in Switzerland with only guides for company. The ascent is described as the most demanding yet by an elderly climber and surpasses all prior age records.
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Wheeton
Switzerland
Conference urged to boost cattle tuberculosis eradication
Hon W. L. Motherwell, agriculture marketer, proposed a conference of provincial governments and municipalities to plan a stronger tuberculosis eradication program. The meeting would support the department of agriculture's move to create tuberculosis free areas for cattle.
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Motherwell
Department of Agriculture
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