Pilgrims Climb Croagh Patrick For Saint Patrick’s Day Rite
The annual Croagh Patrick pilgrimage on Ireland's Mayo coast draws Canadians and Americans to Galway Port for the ascent of a 2510 foot holy mountain. On July 31 the 1500th anniversary of St Patrick’s arrival will be celebrated with torch lit barefoot climbs. Thousands, including priests and parishioners, endure hours of ascent amid rough stones, with many reaching the summit by six am to noon.
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Ireland
St. Patrick
Clew Bay
County Mayo
Cunard Line
Galway
Westport
Holy Mountain
Croagh Patrick
Canada’s forests fuel new industries and cellophane boom
Despite global economic uncertainty, progress continues as science yields new products from Canada’s spruce. Cellophane, rayon silk, and related innovations showcase forestry turning into diverse, profitable industries with Canadian Industries Limited expanding into a $1.25 million plant in Quebec. This era hints at broader gains from forest wealth beyond lumber and paper.
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Canada
Magazine of Canadian Industries Limited
Quebec
Prince of Wales funds boy’s dream lifeguard wish
A London hospital boy Peter Gargie who had stitches removed heard a nurse say lifeguards don’t cry. He then told the Prince of Wales he wished to be a lifeguard. The prince visited, praised him, and two days later sent a complete lifeguard uniform with a card from the prince.
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Prince of Wales
London
Peter Gargie
Peter Garvie
The
Altar Erected on Irish Hill for St Patrick Centenary
A vast open air altar near the St Patrick landing site in Ireland is planned to honor the 14th century anniversary. The project aims to raise £50,000 among local villages, with the first sod turned on St Patrick's Day.
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St. Patrick
Rome
Ireland
Siamese twins and rail fares spark legal questions
The Canadian National and other railways face views on transporting Siamese twins. Some authorities deem them inseparable and require one fare, since one dies with the other, while others insist on two tickets for two individuals. Motion picture theatres in India, Burma, and Ceylon total 675.
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Canadian National
Chicago
U.S
India
Burma
Ceylon
Milburn’s Heart and Nerve Pills Credited by Patient
Mr. Fred J. Chase of Thomson Station NL reports dramatic relief from palpitations and nervous pains after using Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills. He states his heart slowed during work and he sleeps better, gaining fourteen pounds after two boxes. The letter appears in a period edition.
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Fred J. Chase
Thomson Station
Milburn
Mu'burn
Wife of a genius faces blunt reply in witty clash
A notable victim retorts to a gush ing young thing about the wife of a genius. The wife quips that he’s as hard to get along with as any other darned fool. Also noted are a French engineer and airline claiming a non inflammable gasoline, Milan’s planned underground streetcar terminal, and that most canned crab meat shipments come from Kamchatka.
That Kruschen Feeling Boosts Energy and Youthful Vigor
A reader describes three years of Kruschen Salts daily use restoring regularity and vitality. Tam claims steady weight and energy enabling hard work for family care and an invalid father. The advertisement promises renewed activity and a joyous feeling after two weeks.
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Tam
Kruschev
Kruschen
Service Is Swift London Overseas Exchange Opens
London overseas telephone exchange, a modern Tower of Babel, routes calls to the United States Latin America India Japan South Africa Australia New Zealand Europe and ships at all hours. One hundred fifty girl operators speak French German Spanish Italian and their native tongue as calls pass through the boards. It is possible to speak within an hour with people in Honolulu Cape Town Sydney Buenos Aires New York or Tokyo.
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London
Overseas Telephone Exchange
United States
Latin America
India
Japan
South Africa
Australia
New Zealand
Europe
Honolulu
Cape Town
Sydney
Buenos Aires
New York
Tokyo
New Industry For Canada Cellophane Plant Opens
A new cellophane plant at Shawinigan Falls Quebec begins production using sulphite pulp from Canadian forests as the basic material. Built with Canadian labor and capital, it marks the first domestically produced cellophane in Canada, replacing imports for the Dominion.
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Quebec
Canada
Canadian Industries
Shawinigan Falls
Dominion
Tne
Canadian Capital and Enterprise
Arctic Islands Preserve Expanded in Canada
The Arctic Islands Preserve has been extended to include all Canadian jurisdiction islands north of Mackenzie and Kee Watin districts, except part of Baffin Island. The expanded preserve now covers about 439,105 square miles of land under Interior Department protection.
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Department of the Interior
North West Territories
Canada
Mackenzie
Keewatin
Baffin Island
Arctic Islands
Miller's Worm Powders Aid Children's Health
Miller's Worm Powders claim to relieve worm ravages in children by altering stomach conditions that harbor worms and by toning digestive organs to restore health and immunity. A curious diary exchange and notes on granular carbon, telephone voice transmission, and sodium vapor lighting appear as scattered adjuncts.
Carter's Little Liver Pills touted for complexion claims
Miss E. T. proclaims Carter's Little Liver Pills improve complexion better than face creams. The ad touts the pills as a purely vegetable tonic for liver and bowels, claiming relief from constipation, acidity, biliousness, headaches and indigestion with a strong appeal to request Carter's by name.
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E. T
Carter
Red Phys
Settlement tribunal for Empire disputes debated in Toronto
Prof. R A MacKay of Dalhousie University founded a proposed permanent empire tribunal for justiciable disputes within the British Commonwealth at a Canadian Political Science Association meeting in Toronto. Hon N W Rowell questioned attitudes to sovereignty and argued the crown power could be delegated to autonomous Commonwealth members.
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British Commonwealth of Nations
R. A. MacKay
Dalhousie University
Canadian Political Science Association
Toronto
N. W. Rowell
K-C
Dominions
MacKay
Canada
Germany
Hague Court of International Justice
Ireland
Australia
Privy Council
Rowell
Nations Hope for Disarmament After Genoa Talk
William Hard, NY NBC political correspondent, returns from Italy aboard the Roma and reports the disarmament conference in Geneva marks a high point with expected armament cuts. He says no European war is looming as nations fear invasion and pursue defenses. The League of Nations pushes tariff reductions to revive world trade, and France England and Italy show courage, with Italy shifting from nationalism to internationalism.
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William Hard
New York
Natinal Broadcasting Company
Italy
Roma
Geneva
Europe
France
England
United States
Excuse Was Original Warren Artz He Explains Pigs’ Weight Loss
A farmer named Warren Artz told Traffic Judge Joseph F. Smith in Cleveland that he was speeding to avoid his pigs losing weight. He said he hadn’t reached the Cleveland stockyards before they closed and feared the pigs would shrink overnight, counting his 35 fines as he considers the impact.
Banff Park Set Aside in 1885 as Dominion Playground
The oldest Canadian park, Banff National Park, was set aside in 1885 in the Alberta province as a large wildlife sanctuary spanning about 2,585 square miles. The area hosts many mountain sheep, deer, and bears along highways. The note also mentions tuberculosis as a leading cause of death among industrial workers and traces begonia cultivation to 1777 when Jamaica-sourced plants reached England.
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Banff National Parke
Ins
Aspertaxis
Courprises
Canada
United States
Women to Attend Sixth International Federation Conference
Sixteen Canadian university women travel to Edinburgh Scotland for the sixth triennial conference of the International Federation of University Women from July 27 to August 4. The Canadian Federation of University Women announced the lineup including Mrs. Douglas J. Thom of Regina, Miss Laila C. Scott of Toronto, and several others. Professor Winnifred Gullis will preside, with representatives from 36 national federations expected to attend. the federation includes about 50 000 members and aims to foster international goodwill and advance university women's opportunities.
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Edinburgh
Scotland
International Federation of University
Canadian Federation of University Woman
Regina
Sask
Canadian Federation
Laila C. Scott
Toronto
Canadian Committee On International Relations
Hetch Py Mokwn
AW. G
Conover
Weston
Ont
Winnifred’ Gullis
London School of Medicine For Women
International Federation
Substitute for Human Voice Invented by Man
Speechless after an operation, Dr. J. B. Bogart of New York addressed the Annapolis Valley Medical Association via an instrument described as a substitute for the human voice. A curved tube device is placed at the throat and mouth with a box in the hand from which the sound emerges. Bogart said he invented it after removing analg yorak cords in a cancer operation. He is a Nova Scotia native practicing in New forks -serd.
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J. B. Bogart
New York
Annapolis Valley Medical Association
Bogart
Nova Spatia
New Forks -Serd
Asthma sufferer urged to try Kellogg remedy
A distressed man with asthma contemplates a life of torment and fear but is urged by a medical advertisement to seek Dr J D Kellogg’s Asthma Remedy for complete relief. The pitch promises asthma to become a thing of the past if he follows the recommended treatment faithfully.
Russia announces rubber from plant towsagis breakthrough
A fragment reports Russia claiming successful rubber production from a plant named towsagis. The text also includes a dialogic aside about optimism and viewing the irangiql situation as a whole, with a note from a publicist.
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Russia
Towsagis
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