World Happenings Briefly Told
Chicago experiments with a wireless system linking fire and police stations. Pacific Great Western Railway lowers livestock rates about 30 percent. Lake Superior water warms enough for bathing at Duluth. Germany owes the US up to April 20. Armies in the Rhine area receive $240,744.31 for maintenance. Broad ballad “Bilwer Threads Among the Gokl” rises to popularity with royalties. Australia to likely send a League of Nations delegation. Mrs. Wilbur Sith of Mantua, NL, cuts her third set of red hair. Counterfeiting printing plant seized in Boston. Port Arthur collects $33,875 for Ontario Temperance Act infractions since 1916. Mariners spot treacherous sea off Newfoundland aboard the Columbia. Floods drown 24 in Yamagata prefecture. 5,000 houses submerged, 40 bridges destroyed. Dominion seaplane DS at Lake Winnipeg destroyed by fire. four men narrowly escape. Japan postpones evacuation of Siberia until stability returns. A trapper Saint and an unnamed companion are believed lost in Black River rapids. Don Cawson reports their disappearance.
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Germany
The
Rhine
Reuters Melbourne
Australia
Wilbur Sith
Mantua
Boston
Port Arthur
Grand Banks
Newfoundland
Columbia
New York
Yamagata
Wigtaris Beach
Lake Winnipeg
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Promises Strength
Mrs WJ Brady of Bothwell Ontario reports weakness loss of appetite and nervousness improved after taking Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She recommends the medicine to friends and allows use of her testimonial. The ad promotes the remedy as strengthening for women using roots and herbs without narcotics. The EB Pinkham Medicine Co invites letters for advice.
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Bothwell
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mre
W.J. Brady
Pinkham Medicine Co
Cantral
Lynn
Mass
Not as Wise as the Squirrels The Bolshevik Lack of Footsight
A fragmented clipping cites Secretary Hughes on progress toward land reform, criticizing lack of foresight and future planning. It notes famine caused by drought, Bolshevik production declines, and no reserve when nature slackened. Source attribution to the New York Tribune.
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Hughes
New York Tribune
Russian Predicts World Triumvirate In Global Pact
Exiled revolutionary Serge Makaroff in Paris forecasts a world triumvirate of Germany Russia and the United States. He argues that economic and military ties will push Germany toward Russia and America as allies, with Russia aligned with the United States in the Pacific to avoid clashes.
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Germany
Reasia
United States
Russia
Serge Makaroff
Paris
Law
Makaroff
America
Gemany
Pacific
X Ray Dangers Addressed By British Committee
A British X Rays and Radium Protection Committee urges protection and proper working conditions to mitigate dangers from hard X rays. The report notes only constant exposure poses risk, while patients under treatment need not be alarmed. Promising cancer treatment results with hard X rays at a London hospital aim to kill malignant tissue while sparing healthy tissue.
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Great Britain
Lonedan
The Teaching of History in England Schools
The London Daily Chronicle argues history is indispensable for educated citizens and civic use, noting it is inadequately taught in many English schools and stressing the need for students to be versed in their own and other nations’ histories.
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England
London Daily Chronicle
Deep Lake Baikal Facts From Historical Note
The text describes Lake Baikal in Siberia as the deepest lake in the world with an area over 9 000 square miles similar in surface extent to Lake Erie. It notes depths around 4000 to 4500 feet and a bottom about 3000 feet below sea level while the surface sits roughly 1050 feet above sea level.
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Lake Baikal
Siberia
Lake Erie
Lake Superior
Will Sell Horses After All In Mesopotamia Sale
The Wari government announces it will sell 30,000 army horses in Mesopotamia. The colonial secretary had said the animals would be destroyed due to the high cost of repatriation.
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Wari
Mesopotamia
Cathedral spire height given in feet and street level
Report notes the Cologne Cathedral rises 515 feet above its floor and 525 feet above street level. It adds that a 3x3 cord tire for autos contains 30 000 feet of cord, over five and a half miles. It comments on regret over politeness once you know people well.
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Cologne
Germany
Summer wrap fashions and air needs noted in period sketch
An 19th century style piece describes a bolivia cloth wrap coat with serge accents and silk trims, plus a discussion of air as vital for life and windows needed for ventilation. It includes a humorous schoolchild motor essay and trivia about waterfalls, eye sight, and hearing differences.
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Bolivia
Thorslerr
Alberta Ships Horses to Trinidad for Driving Purposes
A Calgary concern ships Alberta horses to Trinidad, with 20 to 50 head in small builds priced 700 to 1,000 dollars. J. Da Smith of the agriculture department oversees the transfer from Halifax via West India steamers. After delivery, Smith will study the horse market in Trinidad and the Indies, possibly prompting further Alberta shipments.
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Trinidad
Horners
D Ikire
Leagle Matty
Calgary
J. da Smith
Department of Agriculture
Halifax
Indies
Mr. Smith
Alberta
Catarrhozone Promises Quick Cure for Coughs and Bronchitis
An advertisement touts Catarrhozone as a magical vapor remedy for dry coughs and bronchitis. It claims to heal congested spots, alleviate irritation, clear phlegm, and vanquish catarrh with a two month treatmentoption. Sold by the Catarrhozone Co of Montreal in 25c 30c and one dollar sizes.
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Catarrhozone Co
Montreal
Australia Faces Unusual Snow Storm Across Victoria
A Reuters report from Melbourne describes heavy weather in Victoria with notable snowfall and rain including Melbourne. Several ships are overdue raising anxiety for coast vessels. Lieutenant Parer and two companions, attempting a circumnavigation, were forced to descend after a blinding snow storm.
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Antipodes
Reuter
Melbourne
Victoria
Lieut
Parer
Australian Air Force
Australia
Putnam's Corn Extractor Promises Fast Relief
An old advertisement proclaims a painless corn remedy claiming divorce from corns after patient suffering. It touts Putnam's Corn Extractor as the sole effective treatment, claiming action within 24 hours and urging readers to refuse substitutes.
Two Million Fur Catch Report From Saskatchewan
During the 1920 hunting season Saskatchewan trappers sold furs valued at over two million dollars. Muskrat pelts led revenue at 1,009,476, selling at two dollars per pelt. Coyote skins followed with 18,000 sold for 204,176. skunk pelts produced 49,870 from 9,974 sales. Other strong items included minks martins beavers foxes weasels badgers and wolverines. Fred Bradshaw notes muskrat pelts dropped 380,328 from the prior year while beaver skins fell 500 and foxes slightly decreased.
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Saskatchewan
Fred Bradshaw
Bradshaw
New Governor General of Canada Receives Varying Titles
The official title list for the incoming Governor General Julian Hedworth George Byng includes General His Excellency and Knight Grand Cross honors. Mexican literacy is cited as under one in three, and a mention of Minacci's Liniment for sale appears among fragmentary notes.
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Canada
Julian Hedworth
George Baron Byng of
Vimy
Orders of the Bath
Royal Victorian Order
Dominion of Canada
Driverless Car Demonstration Amuses Dayton Police
Dayton police watched a radio controlled car speed past traffic signals with no driver aboard. The vehicle, described as the first of its kind publicly exhibited by the radio air services, operated from a transmitter about 100 feet behind the car. The eerie display left officers puzzled as they noted no person inside the small vehicle.
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Ohio Air Service
Dayton Trafic
Ttt
Edriversésa Radio Cutomo
Radio Airt
Yoo
Cholera infantum and Baby's Own Tablets claim
Cholera infantum is a deadly childhood disease and prompt treatment with Baby's Own Tablets is urged to ward off summer complaints. Mrs. Fred Rose of South Bay Ontario credits the product with saving her baby's life during illness. Tablets cost 25 cents per box and are sold by medicine dealers or by mail from The Dr Williams Medicine Brockville Ontario. American engineers group of fifty will visit East Kootenay Cranbrook, meeting with local associations and touring the Sullivan mine and other sites.
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Fred. Rose
South Bay
Dr. Williams
Brockville
Ont
Cranbrook
American Institue
Eas. Kootenay
East Keetenay Prospectors Association
Cranbrook Board of Trade
Sullivan Mine
Getriach
Bowler
Ernest S. Beaton
T. Milburn Cope Limited
Toronto
Minard’s Liniment for Burns and Mackerel Estimate
Minard's Liniment is noted for use in treating burns while a peculiar fisheries claim describes large mackerel schools. Some schools are said to be half a mile wide and twenty miles long and estimated to contain about one million barrels of fish.
Catarrh Medicines and Public Notices in An Old Digest
An assembled scanned text mixes promotional medical notices for Fall’s Catarrh Medicine and Dr Thomas Electric Oil with diverse items. It mentions internal treatment, mucous surfaces, and relief for rheumatic pains plus a London man’s funeral with six black-clad dogs, and notes on the Brooklyn Bridge height.
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F J. Cheney & Co
Toledo, Ohio
Between Girls Thre Hlapper and Mayyelle Dialogue
Fragmentary dialogue from a page shows a quirky exchange about Mayyelle and a character named Bend. The garbled text hints at a character’s sentiment, mentioning a good heart and a light response, but lacks coherent context or complete names.
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Mallett
Chicago
Pacific Great Western Railway
Duluth
Japan
Chita
Far Eastern
Republic of
Saint
Black River
Arctic Circle
Don
Cawson
Rampart Howse
Dawson
N. Ul
Tsaialons
London
Southerland
New Zealand
California
Abe
Yachti
Marie Belmont
Ttederal
George
Mexico
Minacci
Minard
Burns
Thomas
Signor Nini
Italy
Brooklyn Bridge
Trinity Church
Broadway
Whitmore
FREI
Gt A
Army
Whitmore Hanufatturing Coy
Cleveland
O i
Winnipeg
Regina
Triton
9 Feugiens
Tate
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