World Happenings Briefly Told
Gas pressure in Turner Valley declines per tests. Rumors circulate of Mahatma Gandhi release negotiations. Britain to tax imported foreign potatoes at £1 per ton. Sir Richard Threlfall dies at Edgbaston England. Prince of Wales predicts move toward better times. Eva Mitchell 11 rescues baby at Thorndon Park. Mrs M Stansall 102 flies with Sir Alan Cobham loop the loop. China orders £40,000 Marconi wireless kit for Shanghai Beam station. Chicago attorney B L August dismissed for speeding 51 mph citing 1833 statute. Pocket knife for British youths engraved with Dames. Britain Egypt telephone link opened by Baldwin and Sidky Pasha.
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Turner Valley
Mahatma Ghandi
Britain
Richard Threlfall
Edgbaston
England
Prince of Wales
Essex Girl Guides
Thorndon Park
Brentwood
Princess Royal
Eva Mitchell
M. Stansall
Mansfield
Alan Cobham
Marconi
Wireless Telegraph Company, Limited
Shanghai
B. L. August
Chicago
Great Britain
Egypt
Baldwin
House of Commons
Sidky Pasha
Memory Experts and the Noted Mnemonists of History
The article recalls a railway track memory feat where a young man memorized numbers of freight cars. It notes memory experts in large tasks like entire books and legal instruments, mentions spies memorizing orders, and highlights Mme Bessy Neumann who memorized the Old Testament and studies Shakespeare by heart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mme
Bessy Neumann
Captain Randell Heads New Radium Field Expedition
Captain John T. Randell, captain of the rum-runner I'm Alone sunk by the U S Coast Guard in 1929, has left Edmonton to lead a boat crew exploring claims at the Great Bear Lake radium fields. He will command the vessel used by a party investigating radium field prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John T. Randell
United States Coastguard
Edmonton
Great Bear Lake
Randell
Radium Field
New Electric Apparatus Delivers Heating and Cooling
Inventor unveils an electric device that provides both hot and cold air. In cooler seasons a fan and heater emit a hot current, while in hot terms the air passes over cracked ice or ice water for cooling.
Defensive Bidding in Contract Bridge An Analysis
An article outlining when defensive overbidding pays in rubber bridge. It explains penalties for saving or risking games, the two key factors for defense, and how precise hand valuation and estimating losing tricks govern defensive overcalls, especially when vulnerable.
Modish day dress with built-up waist and cowl neck
Describes a charming day dress suitable for larger figures with a built-up waist, draped cowl neck, and slenderizing skirt with hip seaming. Notes fabric options in dark blue and white crepe silk, black and white striped cotton voile, polka dotted batiste, and white tub silks. Pattern Style No. 650 covers bust sizes 36 to 48 inches, requires 2.14 yards of 39 inch printed material and 1.39 yards of plain material. price 25 cents in stamps or coin.
Stork on Grimsby Roof Not Realized by Crowds
Hundreds of people in England tried to lure a stork from a Grimsby roof with morsels of food while speculating on its motionless stance on one leg. Bird collector A Sutcliffe later declared the bird stuffed, ending the spectacle at the private zoo he owns.
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England
Grimsby
A. Sutcliffe
Earth’s annual and daily travel around the sun
Science states the earth covers about 584,600,000 miles in its yearly orbit and journeys over 1,601,600 miles each day around the sun, reflecting vast planetary movement.
No Two Minds Agree on Wedding Gifts Says Fiancée
Charles proclaims no two people think alike and his fiancée teases that a review of their wedding presents will change his view. The exchange hints at humorous domestic tension surrounding a forthcoming marriage.
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Charles
Recipes For This Week Rhubarb Juice Uses
Rhubarb juice is valuable for fruit beverages and for combining with other juices to add tartness to jellies. It also suits jellied desserts and pudding sauces. Prepare from stalks too tough to cook. Cut rhubarb, simmer with water until very soft, strain, add sugar, heat to dissolve, bring to boil, seal in jars.
Creole Custard With Coffee Flavor
A simple custard recipe combines 3 cups hot milk half cup sugar 2 eggs and 1 fourth cup cold coffee with a pinch of salt Scald milk melt whisk eggs with sugar and salt and whisk while adding hot milk Cook until thickened then strain into a dish cool add coffee and chill
Memorial cairn planned for Luth eran explorers at Churchill
Memorial organizers in Manitoba announce plans near Winnipeg to raise a cairn at Churchill for Captain Jens Munck and 66 adventurers who founded Winterhaven on Hudson Bay in 1619. The Danish Norwegian expedition was funded by King Christian the Fourth. Chaplain Rasmus Jensen Aarhus died with most crew in 1620, leaving Munck and two others as survivors.
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Churchill
Jens Munck
Winterhaven
Hudson Bay
Winnipeg
B. M. Hettenning
Pine Creek
Minn
Munck
Christian the Fourth
Denmark
Norway
Rasmus Jensen Aarhus
America
Dinner Guest Hall Caine Honored by American Writer
At a literary dinner Sir Hall Caine was the guest of honor. Thomas Nelson Page, the American novelist, introduced him and asked for Caine to autograph his menu card. Page urged immediate signing to claim he had read something Caine wrote.
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Sir Hall Caine
Thomas Nelson Page
Page
Caine
Sir Hall
Abbreviated Ancestor Reflects on Grandfather Bust
A small boy studies a bust of his late grandfather on a circular stand. He asks his mother if grandpa was very wise and good, then adds if that was all there was of grandpapa, capturing a simple, poignant moment of youthful curiosity about heritage.
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Grandpapa
Defendant Demands Justice in Courtroom Outburst
In a tense courtroom a defendant loudly appeals for justice while the judge raps for order, reminding the defendant of courtroom decorum and conduct during proceedings.
Sunday School Lesson Golden Text Excerpt
Sunday school lesson highlights Deuteronomy 6.5 teaching to love God with heart soul and strength. Devotional readings include Exodus 19.1 to 20.11 and Psalm 19.7-14 for reflection.
Reverence and Rules in the Ten Commandments
An analysis of the first four commandments focusing on exclusive worship and against image idolatry. It discusses God’s unity, the danger of placing wealth or fame above Him, and the prohibition of graven images with references to scriptural reasoning and heredity vs free will. It cites S Parks Cadman and emphasizes the Sabbath as a day of rest for body, mind, and spirit.
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Sinai
Luther
Ruskin
Jehovah
S. Parks Cadman
Jesus
Silence Shapes Forbidding Marwald Monastery Life
In a German monastery near Marawald in the Eifel, silence governs all. Monks prune trees and pick fruit without speech, following a strict penitential order. From abbot to lay brother, they work for a living in complete quiet. Their food is simple and their monastic garb is changed only every eight days, with all inmates sleeping on plain boards in one shared room.
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Marawald
Eifel
Germany
Ye Olde Worm Shoppe Opens for Lake Fishermen
In Pontiac Michigan anglers can buy bait at Ye Olde Worm Shoppe near a popular Oakland County fishing resort. Clerks sell worms at six dozen for 25 cents, offering a value deal for local fishermen.
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Pontiac
Michigan
Oakland County
Sheep on Berlin airdrome prompt dog herd governance
Two flocks were placed on the Berlin Central aero drome to keep grass down. Sheep dogs and shepherds were employed to keep the flocks from the planes’ path. A family joke about blood types and transfusions is noted. A humorous aside mentions home economics specialists warning against washing fine china in very hot water to avoid chipping.
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Berlin
Germany
Billion Dollars at One Dollar a Minute Span Compute
The statement notes it would take ten centuries to spend one billion dollars if spending continues at a rate of one dollar per minute, illustrating the vast scale of the sum. The calculation emphasizes long time frames and large numbers without citing a specific event or source.
Canada Exports Less Wool Sign of Market Shifts
Major Douglas Hallam notes threefold rise in Canadian wool usage and a 39 percent jump in yards woven in Canada driven by better merchandising and a duty on Argentine wool. A National Research Foundation report outlines marketing routes from abattoirs to pulled wool, with Canadian manufacturers buying over 80 percent and five million pounds of clip used domestically.
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Douglas Hallam
Canadian Woollen and Knit Goods Manufacturers Association
Toronto
Canada
National Research Foundation
This Burglar Alarm Works Demonstration in England
A Southend on Sea jewellers demonstration shows a burglar entering a shop through a hole, triggering a loud siren, gas and smoke bombs, and a steel panel sliding to trap the raider inside, protecting the jewels. The display mocks the thief’s methods used during months of robberies.
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England
Southend-On-Sea
Reading Speed Tied to Brain Over Eyes
A passage states six words per second as a good reading pace, about four and a half hours to read a standard book. It argues the brain controls speed, not the eye, which moves with jerks and pauses to process meaning.
Glacier Priest Records World’s Highest Crater Bed Temperatures
Rev. Father Bernard R. Hubbard of Santa Clara University returns from five months in the north after conquering Aniackchak largest active crater. The 21 mile circumference crater drops 3000 feet from rim to floor. Hubbard arrives at Victoria with official data on the highest crater bed temperatures known to man.
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Aniackchak
Bernard R. Hubbard
Santa Clara University
Victoria
Six Months on the Road End at Dover After 12000 Mile Drive
A quartet of women and two men who began their overland tour from Melbourne, Australia have reached Dover, England, after traveling 12,000 miles by car through multiple countries. They completed a long journey that showcased endurance and adventure, highlighting their perseverance and the route taken.
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Melbourne
Australia
Dover
England
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