Italian Soldier Returns as Campi Native After War Trials
August Lorenzi 38 left Campi near Trento as an Austrian soldier to fight Russians. He endured years in Russia from 1914 to 1928, laboring from Semipalatinsk to Tomsk and Samarra, then farming in a miller's service after the revolution. He married a Russian woman in poverty and finally, through Italian efforts, gained permission to return with eight dollars and a few clothes.
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Campi
Trento
Italy
August Lorenzi
Lorenzi
Semipalatinsk
Tomsk
Samarra
Tamboy
Gorod
Russia
Moscow
World Happenings Briefly Told
Canada uses 27 aeroplanes as government fleet and funds 63886 to send delegations to Geneva first, while Earl Brydges plans Ontario Quebec residency with his winning dog team. Great Lakes opened navigation with port Arthur ships carrying 3000 tons. Radio licenses total 406989 with Ontario leading at 201941. BC 34426, Alberta 20574, Saskatchewan 31266. France vaults gold stock to one sixth world reserves, second to US. Forest fires total 29 in BC this year, 49 last year. Robert Bridges cremated at Golders Green with family present and no flowers. Louis Nadeau and family drive home from Chicopee to North Portal Ontario Saskatchewan in a converted truck.
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Earl Brydges
Ontario
Quebec
Pas
Great Lakes
Hamonic
Noronic
Port Arthur
Western Canada
Canada
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Bank of France
France
United States
Germany
Italy
Britain
Robert Bridges
England
Golders Green
Industry grows in Manitoba mining value report shows rise
The Manitoba Chamber of Mines report on 1927 28 and 29 expenditures reveals mining sector spending of 1 535 619 in 1927 4 853 185 in 1928 and 12 302 926 in 1929 Wages in 1929 were eleven times higher than in 1927 highlighting rapid growth and stronger employment prospects in the industry.
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Manitoba
Manitoba Chamber of Mines
Smart frock pattern from Paris for American women
All Tingey models are created in Paris and sketched there. The pattern adapts for American women in New York by American patternmakers. The frock features box-pleats, optional tucks, and a scarlet cream wash silk collar and cuffs. Fabrics include reps crepella kasha serge broadcloth and more. Sizes 14 to 20. Pattern price 25 cents. Fill in pattern size. Pattern Department.
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Paris
New York
Canadian Pacific Summer Tours Offer Two Excursions
Canadian Pacific promotes two summer tours running May 15 to September 30. The Eastern Tour visits Ontario lakes, Old French Canada, Quebec shrines, Montreal, St Andrews, Digby and Yarmouth, with optional Great Lakes steamship travel and coastal Maritimes. An alternate Pacific Coast excursion includes Banff, Lake Louise, Kicking Horse Pass, Vancouver, Victoria with Alaska or Vancouver Island cruises. The Trans-Canada Limited offers rapid travel with extensive onboard amenities.
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Canadian Pacific
Ontario
Canada
Habitants
Maritime Provinces
Great Lakes
Niagara Falls
Quebec
Montreal
Bonsecours
Maritime
St. Andrews
Digby
Nova Scotia
Parrsboro
Yarmouth
Weymouth
Old Orchard
Maine
Pacific Coast
Canadian Rockies
Lake Louise
Banff Springs
Emerald Lake
Banff-Lake Louise
Kicking Horse Pass
Yoho Valley
British Columbia
Vancouver
Victoria
Colwood
Dominion Astronomical Observatory
Butcharts Sunken Garden
Alaska
Vancouver Island
Trans-Canada Limited
Canada Large Exporter Of Gypsum Products
R E Haire of Gypsum Lime and Alabastine Canada Limited announces a London trade conference on April 30 focused on Canadian gypsum products. He notes growth over three years with 35 other nations and states the firm is now the world's largest exporter of gypsum materials.
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London
R. E. Haire
Canada, Limited
Manitoba Dairy Output Tops History in Early 1930
Provincial dairy commissioner L A Gibson reports Manitoba winter milk production for January and February 1930 reached a record high, with January up 0.9 percent and February up 6.4 percent over 1929 levels, signaling a strong start to the year.
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L. A. Gibson
Manitoba
Germany trials two week prison vacations for high grade inmates
A German experiment grants selected inmates two weeks annual vacation and outside work options with a stake in prison management. Captain Franz Romer sailed 2,944 miles from Lisbon to St. Thomas in 58 days, paddling a rubber boat without escort and without knowing how to swim.
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Germany
Franz Romer
Lisbon
Portugal
St. Thomas
Virgin Islands
NYU Receives 400 Early English Legal Documents
New York University was given a collection of over 400 Early English legal documents, some 700 years old, by Judge Moses H. Grossman in the name of Frederick Brown. The set includes a 12 foot parchment pipe roll recording 1638 Crown revenues paid to shield Jews from fraud by knights and to pay knights for license to defraud Jews.
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New York University
Moses H. Grossman
Frederick Brown
Richard Pyle
Southampton County
Betty Barclay Potato Mash With Cream Sauce
Potatoes are cooked until tender then mashed with a little cooking liquid. A thin cream sauce of milk fidur and butter is stirred in to make 3 cups. Season to taste and add 2 tablespoons chopped parsley before serving. Coconut or other flavorings may be substituted.
Kiddies Delight Custard with Spices and Milk
Recipe notes show a milk based custard requiring 3 cups milk 4 tablespoons sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla salt nutmeg cinnamon and beaten eggs. Serve cold. A separate tip mentions iron chains on oil trucks to ground static electricity.
Sunday School Lesson May 11 Golden Text
Sunday School notes focus on Matthew 21 9 and the lesson range Matthew 20 29 to 21 46. Reading from Hebrews 1 8 to 12 emphasizes Christ's supremacy. The text centers on Hosanna in the highest and the exaltation of Jesus as the Son of David in the gospel narrative.
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David
Grevetinay
Triumphal Entry Preparations and Crowds at Jerusalem
Biblical excerpt details Jesus sending two disciples to fetch an ass and colt for entry to Jerusalem. Followers lay robes and branches, shouting Hosanna. Discusses symbolism of the donkey and palm branches, referencing John 12 13 and Revelation 7 9, and notes crowds from Jerusalem and Galilee converging for Passover.
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Jesus
Bethphage
Mount of Olives
Jerusalem
Russia
W. A. Grist
John
Lazarus
David
Canadian Literature Efforts Deserve Loyal Support
The Sherbrooke Tribune urges readers to back Canadian authors over American mags and criticizes insincere patriotism. It argues for a rich, diverse national literature and better reader support. A separate medical note warns that coughing or a cold lasting over three weeks warrants a physical exam.
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Sherbrooke Tribune
Many & Man
England Followers Learn Church Pattern From Italian Missions
England obtained the pattern for her early churches from missionaries from Italy. Some men make a specialty of getting into trouble.
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England
Italy
Constipation Remedy Ad Promotes Carter's Pills
An advertisement criticizes harsh laxatives and promotes Carter's Little Liver Pills as a gentle vegetable laxative that stimulates the liver, cleanses the bowels, and relieves constipation. It notes the pills come in 235¢ and 75¢ red packages and urges readers to avoid habit forming and toxic remedies.
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Carter
Important Letters Now In Dominion Archives
Canada holds most letters written by Sir John A. MacDonald after the Dominion archives added an affidavit he signed on October 6, 1834 as a poll clerk in Upper Canada. He was 19. The collection now includes his letters and the first draft of the British North America Act in his handwriting.
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John A. MacDonald
A. G. Doughty
Dominion Archives
Sir John
Upper Canada
Prince Edward County
Canada
Parachute Demonstration Shows Self Opening System
At Curtiss Field John Runger a professional parachutist jumped from a plane at 2000 feet with hands tied behind him the automatic parachute opened and he landed safely in a tree. Ranger praised the chute and offered to jump from 20000 feet. Inventor John Ruby.
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Curtiss Field
John Runger
Runger
Ranger
John Ruby
Rotation of Canadian Stones for Federal Buildings Plan
The Industrial Development Board of Manitoba proposes to the Dominion Government that future building programs consider rotating various Canadian stones, including Manitoba Tyndall stone, for projected federal projects to diversify materials used in construction.
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Industrial Development Board of Manitoba
Dominion
Manitoba
Woman lives on ground glass in glass cage at Cannes
Cannes showcases a performer who survives within a glass cage resting on ground glass. The world produced 1 323 million barrels of crude oil in 1928 as a separate noted figure.
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Cannes
France
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Mayfair
Louis Nadeau
North Portal
Chicopee
Mass
Florence Coutier
Bark Lake
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Leben
Aia
T. Milburn Co. Limited
Toronto
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Eva A. Tingey
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Berlin
Zambuk
Betty Barclay
Sir John A. MacDonald
Brooder
Wellington St. W
John A. Chantler & Co., Ltd
Toronto, Ont
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