World Happenings Briefly Told
Dr Freeman Stocker a famed mathematician dies in a Baltimore hospital. Mexico forms a company to install long distance telephone service. League of Nations invites non signatories to a Washington treaty meeting. Dawson communicates with High River 1400 miles away. St John opens a giant drydock, the world’s largest. A Cromwellian Rowan catacomb found near Light Beach England. Riga aids 369 Romanian children from the Rubes for care. A Church of England elder honored by China for saving 347 soldiers. Mussolini’s birthplace Predappio buys his birthplace house. Cookstown Tyrone reports wireless news of Kennedy murder near Calcutta.
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Freeman Stocker
Baltimore
Mexico
League of Nations
St. John
N.B
Byng
St.John Drydock and Shipbuilding Company
Ligh Beach
Epping Forest
England
Riga
Latvia
Church of England Walls and Strays Society
London
Predappig
Mussolini
Cookstown
County Tyrone
William Magid Kennedy
Fils
Calcutta
Minister Reprimands Parishioner Over Sabbath Cards
A Savannah News item describes a black minister catching two parishioners playing cards for money on Sunday. He scolds a man named Rastus for gambling on the Sabbath, the reply being evasive yet humorous about paying debts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rastus
Savannah News
Inventors and Inventions Through History in Brief
A survey of inventors from spinning frames to sewing machines and engines. Notables include Goossear solving rubber vulcanizing, Wright brothers building the ground vehicle, and Gatling as early gun inventor. It notes Churchill and Wells influencing tanks and submarines, with figures like Fulton Morse Westinghouse and Wright among others shaping technology.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fae
Fosteria
Chance
Walt
Necomen
Purny
Kira
Glaskow College
II Whitney
Neher Howe G
Singer
Fulton
Morse
Westinghouse
Goossear
Wright Brothers
Maxim
Maines
Gatling
Winston Churchill
H. G. Wells
Tshaell
Holland
Lake
California Fig Syrup Ad and Chinese Currency Note
An old advertisement touts California Fig Syrup as a gentle laxative for babies and children, claiming it cleans the liver and bowels without griping and contains no narcotics. It warns buyers to insist on the genuine product with proper directions. The page also cites a St Catharines Standard remark on Chinese currency with many dollar species and daily value changes.
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California
St. Catharines
Guard the Baby Against Colds With Baby's Own Tablets
Promote the health of infants with Baby's Own Tablets described as a gild laxative that regulates stomach and bowels. The company claims better overall health, selling at 25 cents per box through medicine dealers or by mail from The Dr. Williams Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Pa to Johnny Dialectic Sparks Lighthearted Debate
Dialogue shows a child choosing music study with defiant wit. An odd aside promotes Holloway's Corn Remedy as relief for foot pain. A speech by Mr Justice Riddell urges unity among fugitive language groups at a Boston University event marking its fifteenth anniversary.
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Justice Riddell
Supreme Court of Ontario
Boston
Boston University
Piazza Peraistage Sheat Resorts
A fragmentary dialogue references tides and a character’s realization that coming here is pointless without something missing. The readable lines hint at a scene of contemplation and retreat from a location called Piazza Peraistage Sheat.
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Sheat Resorts
Diversified FarmingAdvances Highlighted for Prairie Prosperity
An article by Sidney T. W. Hooper in the Fargo Daily Tribune argues that diversified farming boosts western agriculture. It cites North Dakota wheat valued at 52 million dollars and farm animal products at 62.7 million, urging prairie provinces to shift from a single crop to mixed farming for long term prosperity.
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Actondigg Tn
Sidney TW. Hooper
Fargo Daily Tribune
North Peakota
North Dakota
Prairie
Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
West
Prairies
Liquid Light Discovery Promises Long Lasting Street Illumination
A New York report describes a luminous liquid that can be poured into a bulb for years of light without renewal. Inventor claims it could replace coal fuels and oils for street lighting, mines, aviation, and bicycles. Sir Dease predicts coal and oil power will fade as this light outshines electric light for a decade or more.
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New York
Mide Blensa
Dease
Sass
Putnam's Painless Corn Extractor Promises Quick Relief
Advert says Putnam's Painless Corn Extractor removes corns without pain by lifting the corn from root to skin. Claims successful results with no failure and skin left smooth. Priced at 25 cents and sold everywhere.
Noxious Weed Eradication Urged For Municipalities
Alberta Minister of Agriculture George Hoadley told the Alberta Association of Municipal Districts that municipalities and individuals bear the onus of weed eradication. He warned no weed inspection funding would be approved unless the municipal association advocates renewed inspection work. The provincial inspection had ended last spring.
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Alberta
George Hoadley
Alberta Association of Municipal Districts
Births rise across prairie provinces in 1921 stats
Dominion Bureau of Statistics report shows 57 532 total births in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta. Manitoba 18 478, Saskatchewan 22 493, Alberta 16 581. Male births exceed female by 1 604, infant mortality down from 1920 levels, Manitoba 3 per 1 000, Saskatchewan 80.6, Alberta 84.1.
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Praire
Natural Resources Intelligence Service
Department of the Interior
Dhana
Prairie Provinces
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Wee Prairie Provinces
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Dr Hamilton’s Pills Advertised For Kidney Relief
A vintage promotion touts Dr Hamilton’s Pills as a cure for backaches and kidney troubles. The copy promises relief after the first dose and a revitalized feeling, urging cleansing and regulation of the system at 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Hamilton
Hamiltion
Oil's Enduring Fame Across the Continent
Dr Thomas Electric Oil, once launched modestly over fifty years ago, gained rapid acclaim as its merits became known. It expanded from a small market to a vast field across a continent, becoming a prized remedy with no equal.
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Thomas
B C Apples Capture Prize at Imperial Fruit Snow
Canadian Metnosi Red apple named champion dessert fruit in the British Empire at the Imperial Fruit Snow in Manchester. Judges also awarded Cox Orange Pippins from British Columbia best among 16 overseas exhibits, winning the Daily Mail prize of 50 guineas.
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British Empire
Manchester
British Columbia
Daily Mails
Danderine Hair Tonic Promises Revitalized Locks
An advertisement extols Danderine as a 36 cent hair tonic, claiming lifeless hair regains gloss and vitality after scalp toning. It markets relief from falling hair and dandruff, touts non sticky formula, and urges continued use for lasting results.
Excellent Christmas Ship Sailings To The Old Country
Canadian Pacific schedules special tourist sleepers from Edmonton Saskatoon Calgary Moose Jaw Regina and Winnipeg to West Saint John for through train steamer service to Liverpool Southampton Glasgow and other ports. Montcalm Montclaire Melita Marioch sailings listed December with an additional Montcalm train out of Winnipeg December 1 to 4 with western connections. Booking advised through CPR agents.
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Canadian Pacific
Old Country
Edmonton
Saskatoon
Calgary
Moose Jaw
Regina
Winaliper
West St John
Montclaire
Liverpool
S.S
Melita
Southampton
Montcalm
Marioch
Clasgow
Winnipeg
Western Points
Happy in Prison Freedom Q Does Not Attract Man in Dartmoor Jail
A Dartmoor convict, 20 years inside, refuses release arguing farms and horses keep him. He asks a week off to visit his sister before returning to prison work, while a chaplain and audience watch a long sermon and a mounting scene unfolds.
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Freedom
Dartmoor
London
Why Earthquakes Occur
The usual cause of an earthquake is crustal dislocation along fracture lines. Fractures run along Japan and California coasts. The earth’s crust shifts up or down or sideways, sometimes twisting. Most slips are tiny, but rare events like a forty foot move in Yakutat have global impact.
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Japan
California
Yakutat
Siberia
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ROYAL
Dawson
High River
Mayo
Dodds
China
Johnny
Holloway
Sten
Mose
Minand
Natural Resources Bulletin
MoMis
Gail Tle
B.C
Psychological Department
Northwestern University
Vancouver
Imperial Tobacco Company of Canada Limited
Boston Globe
Minard’s Liniment
Dandrutt
Dr. Chase
Edimansop
Bates Toronto
Yale
Amon the Cook Medicine CO
Dred Harvey
Buia
Bnoe
ER Connell
Sante Fe Ry
Minneapotes Mann
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