World Happenings Briefly Told
Highlights include Roosevelt studying surplus crops as an aid to agriculture and Shaw viewing the Great Wall from 8000 feet. McGill University to honor Vincent Mansey with a Doctor of Laws on May 25. Paris pawnshop boom spurs 2000 car garage. Alberta opposes taxation survey commission. Trinidad grants first divorce after years of debate. John Robert King of Vancouver dies at 80. pioneer in mining, fishing and lumber. Prof Piccard seeks 500000 to build a 500 mph stratosphere flight craft. Japanese embassy defends Manchuria and Geneva actions before the League of Nations.
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United States
Roosevelt
George Bernard Shaw
China
Vincent Mansey
McGill University
Montreal
Paris
Alberta
John Brownlee
Canadian Manufacturers’ Association
Trinidad
Air transit of Manitoba white fish speeds inland trade
Canadian inland fisheries hold high value as white fish and pickerel form the main catch from Lake Winnipeg, Lake Winnipegosis, Lake Manitoba and nearby lakes. Fish are delivered by aeroplane within half an hour of catching to a Hudson Bay Railway point 35 miles away for rail shipment to Canadian and U S cities in demand.
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Manitoba
Hudson Bay
Canada
United States
Lake Winnipeg
Lake Winnipegosis
Lake
Recuperative wellness claim ad from 98 out of 100 women
An ad promotes a tonic claiming to steady nerves and improve sleep mood for women. It asserts 98 of 100 women say it helps, offering liquid or tablet forms and urging readers to try for better eating, sleeping, and appearance.
Artists Hands in Focus Show Varied Strengths in Portraits
Alma Reed opened a New York exhibit of over 150 photographs featuring hands of famous figures including actresses, prizefighters, writers, painters, politicians and housewives. She notes actresses display decorative hands with long slender fingers and well kept nails, while musicians writers sculptors and men or women in other fields show hands that are strong and capable rather than beautiful.
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Alma Reed
Pulp and Paper Industry to Recover on Sound Lines
The Montreal Star argues that the pulp and paper sector can regain its former status if government and industry leaders ensure sound development, avoid overproduction, and expand to meet normal demand rather than artificial stimuli, warning against American schemers.
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Montreal Star
Lunch Basket Pinwheels From Betty Barclay
Betty Barclay shares a lunch basket recipe for pinwheels using flour baking powder salt butter milk sugar orange juice and grated orange rind. The dough is rolled spread with butter sugar and orange rind filling, rolled jelly-roll style cut, placed in buttered muffin pans and baked.
Ham and Breadcrumb Custard Cups with White Sauce
A recipe describes finely chopped ham mixed with stale breadcrumbs milk and egg seasoned with sugar salt and pepper. Melt butter stir in breadcrumbs and milk then add ham and beaten egg bake in custard cups set in hot water until firm and serve with white sauce.
World’s Brains Still Busy In 1843
A former United States patent office official resigned declaring everything possible had been invented. Since then the sewing machine typewriter electric locomotive air brake wireless telegraphy internal combustion engines airplanes cash registers incandescent lamps motion pictures and about a million and a half other devices have since become common.
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United States Patent Office
Sunday School Lesson Highlights and Biblical Commentary
The lesson surveys Jesus the worker who came to minister not to be served, with references to Matthew 20 28 Mark 6 71 56 and Isaiah 35 1 2 3 10 plus a devotional note on John the Baptist’s death as a turning point. It notes the return of the Twelve apostles mission two by two and Jesus urging rest and quiet conversation with his disciples by the lake.
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John Bunyan
Mr. Prejudice
Bar-Gate
Mansoul
Prince Emmanuel
Jesus
J. D. Jones
the Baptist
John the Baptist
Featherweight plane offers new slow flight promise
Britain reports a featherweight aircraft designed by C H Lowe Wylde showing flying potential with a 6G horsepower motorcycle engine. A woman beginner earned an A certificate after hours of ground instruction and air time. The craft tops at 50 mph yet lands at 18 mph, suggesting ease of use and possible wide accessibility.
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Britain
C. H. Lowe- Wylde
Charge It: Spending Dips When You Pay Later
A brief note notes that expenses feel lighter when purchases are paid over time. It points to installment payments as a way to manage costs and avoid immediate financial strain. The piece highlights consumer behavior shifts when credit is available.
Editor’s note on Burnell plan to stamp out depression
The letter criticizes Colin H Burnell’s proposed solution to economic hardship. It surveys his idea of officials issuing certify bonds in exchange for cash tickets, stamps affixed to certify value, and currency tied to commodities, while noting practical difficulties for stores, banks, and real cash supply.
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Colin H. Burnell
Burnell
Dominion
Irvying Fisher
Miner’s trek rereun to Squaw Creek amid mood talk
Mrs. F. Muncaster, British Columbia’s lone woman mining recorder, heads back toward Squaw Creek near the Yukon Alaska boundary. She notes locals endure low mood as conditions improve with renewed mining activity, gold recently found, and wages ranging eight to fifteen dollars a day for miners, with little cash to spend.
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F. Muncaster
British Columbia
Squaw Creek
Yukon
Alaska
Boy prodigy William Betty shines in Hamlet at Commons adjournment
The British House of Commons adjourned as 11 year old William Betty performed in Hamlet. Betty mastered the heaviest Shakespearean roles with apparent ease amid the proceedings.
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House of Commons
William Betty
Betty
Kiwi Flightless Bird Description
A kiwi is a flightless New Zealand bird with coarse hairlike feathers. Its wings are small and underdeveloped, making it unable to fly and adapted to a ground dwelling lifestyle.
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New Zealand
Diesel Electric Train Sparks British Rail Renewal
The first Diesel electric train on a British main line completed the 118 mile London to Birmingham run in about the same time as the steam service while using only 25 tons of fuel costing seven shillings. The trial suggests major savings and raises questions about electrification and coal dependence.
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London
Birmingham
Southern Railway
Brighton
Punishment Meted Out By Blue Star Line Head
Lord Vestey of the Blue Star Line declares a stark justice approach after two boys confess to orchard theft. He orders six oversized apple dumplings handed to them to serve as a harsh example, instructing the cook to ensure they eat every bite.
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Lord Vestey
Blue Star Line
James
King George to Open South Africa House in London
The King will officiate the opening of South Africa House, London, in April as the fourth major imperial office in the city. Australia House opened 1918, Canada House 1925, India House 1930, with Trafalgar Square enhanced by the new building. The interior features Cape hardwoods and marble.
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South Africa House
London
Australia House
Canada House
India House
Trafalgar Square
Cape
Campbell aims for 300 mph mark at Daytona next year
Sir Malcolm Campbell, who set a 272 mph world speed record, spoke at a testimonial dinner in his honor and said he hopes to return to Daytona Beach, Florida from England next year to attempt a 300 mph record.
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Malcolm Campbell
Daytona Beach
Florida
England
Bottle from Japan found near Tillamook Bay
A glass bottle with a wax seal was found on the beach a mile south of Tillamook Bay by C. L. Barview Oregon. The card inside from the hydrographic department of Japan shows it was set afloat on June 6 1911.
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Hydrographic Department of Japan
Tillamook Bay
C. L. Barview
Oregon
Wholesale commodity prices rise 20 percent in Japan
Wholesale commodity prices in Japan have climbed by 20 percent over the past year, signaling broad inflationary pressure. The rise reflects increases across multiple sectors and may influence policy considerations and consumer costs in the coming months.
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Japan
Fragmented health ad copy for Carter's Liver Pills
An obscure promotional fragment urges taking Carter's Liver Pills as a liver stimulant. The text references bile, bowels, and mineral water with broken phrasing and garbled claims. No clear person or organization beyond Carter's is identifiable.
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Carter
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TafNoy
Ruth Rogers
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Vicki VaxroRus
Betty Barclay
Milton
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Woman Mining Recorder
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King George
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