World Happenings Briefly Told
A mosaic of brief items reports David Uscan’s death at Aberdeen, the Most Rev Dr Ttr hon trial set for July, the Sexon textile boycott of Australian wool, a wireless claim of Easter Island’s disappearance, the James Johnson trawler crew release from captivity, the arrival of the Earl and Countess of Minto in Canada, Britain’s territorial army reaching 140000, and France wheat sowings rising to 15 660 000 acres from 12 700 000 in 1922.
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David [Uscan
Herbert Spencer
Aberdeen
Ttrhon
All Russia
Moscow
Daily Express
Sexon
Australia
Melbourne
Easter Island
James Johnson
Newcastle
Eny
Earl and Countess of Minto
Lady Bridgett -Elliott
England
Minto
Miss Cooke
Montress
Canada
Northumberland
Wales
Highlands
East Lancashire
Department of Agriculture
International Institute of Agriculture
France
Lights Under Water at 235 Feet for Lusitania Lift
Divers working to raise the Lusitania will use electric lights and telephones to aid operations at 235 feet depth. The 1000 watt incandescent lamps are housed in pyrex glass rated to withstand 2000 pounds per square inch. Nautical scientists compare this depth to nearly a mile.
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Lusitania
Old Cypress Ym Says Ancient World’s Longest Living Tree
The Santa Maria del Tule cyprus near Mexico City is cited as 5,000 to 6,000 years old with claims it was a mere 200 years old when Cheops built the Great Pyramid. A 1903 measurement reported a 126 foot circumference, among remarkable historic notes.
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Santa Maria del Tule
Mexico City
Experia
Cheops
Helland Architects Cut Housing Cost in Amsterdam Reforms
Helland's architects drive postwar housing relief in Amsterdam with wind, efficiency, economy, and beauty. Government subsidies funded $1000 per house, now $125 as materials cheapen. Across Barrow streets and canals new suburbs rise with wide avenues and parks while top architects join town council to deliver stylish homes at minimal cost.
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Helland
Wordsidies
Aira
Amsterdam
Ats
Ctty
Haalland
Old Folks Need A Mild Bowel Tonic
An old notice promotes Dr Hamiltan's Pills as a gentle remedy for constipation aiming to help elderly readers. The advertisement warns against severe symptoms and suggests occasional use to ease bowel discomfort.
Dr Hamiltons Pills Promises Gentle Constipation Aid
Dr Hamiltons Pills are touted as a mild yet active remedy for habitual constipation used by thousands. The ad claims prompt bowel regularity improving health digestion and appetite with a 25 cent price at dealers.
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Dr. Hamilton
Lewis Institute dust particle study covers a gins plate test
Investigators at the Structural Materials Research Laboratory of the Lewis Institute in Chicago report that more than six million tiny dust particles are needed to cover a one inch square plate. They conducted a series of tests measuring particle coverage and size to quantify this unlikely task.
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Structural Materials Research Laboratory
Lewis Institute
Chicago
Calf Prices Reported at Calgary Spring Show
At the Calgary spring show 236 Shorthorn bulls sold for an average price of $106.24, 24 Herefords averaged $131.73, and 23 Aberdeen Angus averaged $133 each.
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Calgary
Thankful Mothers Praise Baby's Own Tablets
Thousands of mothers across Canada testify to Baby's Own Tablets for infants praising safety and effectiveness. A Saskatchewan mother commends them as indispensable. The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario sells boxes at 25 cents by dealers or mail.
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Canada
David McRobb
Divide, Sask
Dr. Willams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Russia Seeks Wheat Exports to Stabilize Market
A Louisville Courier-Journal report quotes Soviet plans to export 170 million bushels of wheat next fall to stabilize global food supplies while the world is urged to feed the starving Russians.
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Russia
Louisville
Vermicide praised as lifesaving Worm Exterminator remedy
A old advertisement extols Mother Graves Worm Exterminator as an exceptional vermicide that has saved countless children by eradicating worms. The claim emphasizes its effectiveness and life-saving value for families seeking pest control.
Mining output in British Columbia over decades
The history of Western Canada’s mining in British Columbia shows total mineral production of 754 259 619 dollars. In the five-year span 1896 to 1900 production was 94 547 24 dollars, in 1916 to 1920 it reached 189 922 935 dollars. The last ten years accounted for 336 562 897 dollars in minerals.
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Western
Canada
British Columbia
A Problem Squires Daughter in London Punch style
A wry exchange between a rustic mother and a squire's daughter about a striped kimono. The son sends the item home and the mother jokes about feeding it, imagining placing it in a pig-sty while pondering how to care for it. The humor mirrors London Punch’s satirical, period voice.
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Squire
Teller
Cottager’s Son
London
Regains Lost Sight After Illness at Sea
London poet Gilson Hibbert, aboard a voyage from Seth Africa, endured total blindness and delirium before gradually recovering sight. He credits a return of one eye after visiting South Africa, then later regaining vision fully while seeking a specialist in England.
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Hibbert
Gilson
Inkbain
England
Eiffel Tower defended as necessity despite Paris uproar
The New York Times reports that Le Cri de Paris urged the destruction of the Eiffel Tower on April 13, calling the structure a blemish. General Forte countered, praising its scientific and military value and arguing the tower is essential, likening its absence to needing a replacement.
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Eifel
New York Times
Bones Age Proof by X Rays in Legal Case
X ray age evidence helps fix ages from bones, Tutankhamen mummy image cited. In an Indian court a transfer by Behari Lal involved proving he was under 21. Eight plates showed bone cartilage joins, experts placing age between 18 and 19½, reducing age dispute uncertainty for a wife.
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Tutankhamen
Flinders
Behari Lal
Deeds Or Words In Electing Leaders Speech Humility Versus Eloquence
A piece recounts George Washington’s shy debut in the Virginia House of Burgesses and Robinson’s quick intervention with a quip about modesty surpassing eloquence. It notes the paradox that often the most talkative are chosen to govern, a truth echoed by the Kansas City Times commentary.
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America
George Washington
Virginia
House of Burgesses
Robinson
Washington
Kansas City Times
Canada to See Unprecedented Expansion in Coming Years
Woodstock Sentinel Review quotes Sir John Willison predicting the next twenty five years will bring Canada's most remarkable area of expansion ever known. He warns growth will add responsibilities as well as privileges and notes the big current challenge is securing population while progress continues.
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John Willison
Canada
Woodstock
J Sentinel Review
Hundred Per Cent School Frock From Paris
Charming and practical school frock in marine blue wool with white snowflake embroidery. Described as simple in good taste, warm for early spring, and loose for quick changes, designed for a school girl to wear with ease.
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Paris
Canada Exports Sugar Growth in Global Market Volumes
Canadian refiners sent 316,651,937 pounds of refined sugar abroad in the past year. The shipments reached nearly 27 countries across continents, reflecting a major development in the sugar industry.
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Canada
Medicine Hat Keeps on the Map Brisk Industrial Activity
Medicine Hat reports continued brisk industrial activity with Alberta Clay Products receiving orders from two British Columbia points expected to total about fifty cars. Canadian Farm Implement Company plans a new plant in the city during the summer.
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Medicine Hat
Alberta
British Columbia
Canadian Farm Implement Company
Elly
Cheapest of all Oils by Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil
An advertisement extols Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil as the cheapest public preparation, noting availability in every Canadian drug store and widespread country merchant stock. It emphasizes easy procurement and moderate price, urging every reader to own a bottle.
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Dr. Thomas
Canada
Grain Elevators in Western Canada Reach 3,700 Units
Three thousand seven hundred grain elevators operate across the three prairie provinces with a combined storage capacity exceeding 100 million bushels. This shows extensive regional grain infrastructure and market capacity supporting prairie agriculture.
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Canada
Prairie Provinces
Glass hair wigs touted as best substitute for real hair
German wigmakers now produce wigs whose hair is spun from glass. Manufacturers claim their experiments and user experience prove the glass hair wig is the best substitute for natural hair.
Repaira to Atlantic telegraph cables depth noted
Repairs to Atlantic telegraph cables have often been conducted at depths up to 3 000 fathoms.
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Atlantic
Damaged Fragment Reflects Moralizing Snippet
A terse newspaper fragment critiques a dull man who speaks at length and a remark urging married women to recall that flashy Dagging does not yield wealth. The fragment’s tone mirrors early 20th century moral commentary.
English speech standard urged by Imperial American conference
Professor Walter Ripman proposed an Imperial American conference to standardize English speech and spelling. At the English Association meeting in London on April 10 he argued for simplifying words by dropping letters such as the d in handkerchief and t in castle, and noted practical gains in everyday usage like hanky pram movie and pessel.
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Walter Ripman
University of London
English Association
Charing Cross Road
The Duty of the Hour Swatche Promotion
The Ottawa Journal notes a bold sales push titled The Duty of the Hour Swatche claiming savings of 137,981,417,539 by midsummer as a promotional hook.
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Okttawa Journal
Dodd's Kidney Pills Help Nova Scotia Woman
Mrs. Alex Goodwin of Mulgrave Nova Scotia reports a two year plus illness with a weak heart and nervousness eased after taking six boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills. She credits kidney focus for relief and urges others with kidney disease to try the remedy.
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Nova Scotia
Dodd
Mulgrave
N.S
Dod
Alex Goodwin
Ron
Vancouver ships carry first direct grain to Scandinavia
A sudden demand for wheat in Scandinavian markets spurred rising grain movement through Vancouver. Four boats sailed with bulk wheat for ports in Norway and Sweden, marking the first direct grain shipments from the Canadian Pacific coast to Scandinavia.
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Norway
Vancouver
Sweden
Canadian Pacific
Scandinavia
Bottles Drift Across Oceans On Navy Ocean Study
Two bottles were dropped overboard by the U S Navy to trace ocean currents. One bottle traveled 8400 miles and was recovered after about two years, while the second moved about 2300 miles from September 1921 to February of the following year.
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U.S. Navy Department
Professor Life Expectancy Beats Blacksmith Says Study
A study cited in Detroit Pree Presa suggests college professors live longer than blacksmiths since professors never shoe mules and instead solely teach them. The odd comparison highlights occupational health contrasts.
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Detroit
Hall's Catarrh Medicine promotes normal mucous health
Hall's Catarrh Medicine is a tonic taken internally and acting through the blood to restore normal mucous surfaces. It aids nature in restoring normal conditions and is sold by druggists. circulars are free from J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio.
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Halls CA
Typhoid Death Rates Drop in Cities with Sanitation
Typhoid fever mortality in large cities fell to 3.15 per 100,000 last year, under a sixth of its level twelve years earlier. Rural areas improved more slowly, though outbreaks were less severe than in cities, as water and sanitation advances spread.
Sunday School Thinks Canaan Land Is Sticky Honey
A Sunday school class discussion on the land of Canaan leads to a humorous reply. The teacher asks what a land flowing with milk and honey would be like, and a student quips that it would be sticky.
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Canaan
Ike
Remarkable Tanlac comeback from illness in Hamilton
Mrs. Bette Young of Hamilton reports a dramatic health turn after using Tanlac. She describes a decline with nervous breakdown symptoms and stomach pains, then a return to vigor with rosy cheeks and strong appetite, claiming Tanlac restored her health after fifteen years. Tanlac is advertised as a popular remedy sold by druggists with over 37 million bottles.
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Taniac
Bette Young
Cathcart St
Hamilton
Outanta
Remarkable Salmon Growth In Sea Speeds Weights
Experiments in England show rapid growth of salmon family fish in the sea. A sea trout marked in 1921 weighed six pounds in 1922, doubling in a year. A thirteen pound salmon marked Jan 1921 weighed twenty one pounds by July 1922. A male salmon marked Feb 1921 near Castle Connell reached thirty three pounds by March 1921, up fourteen pounds in one month and two days, as certified by naval records.
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Castle Connell
Board of Agriculture
O’brien
Simple and Sure Dr Thomas Ee lectrical device
Simple and Sure Dr Thomas Ee lectrical is so simple in application that a child can understand the instructions. Used as a flniment the only direction is to rule, and when used as i dressing to apply. The directions are so plain and unmistak able that they are readily understood by young or old.
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Thomas
New Rubber Brick Named Onazote For Buoyant Walls
A Lincoln factory rises to fashion a novel material called Onazote from vulcanized rubber. Expanded by gas under high pressure the brick is three times more buoyant than cork and promises a radical architectural novelty for building walls.
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Lincoln
Double Scots talk of heaven and Perth in a grim jest
Two Scotsmen die and linger in the afterlife. They meet and compare heaven to Perth. One notes he is not impressed. The other reveals the place is not heaven, ending with a sober, humorous twist.
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Perth
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University of Alberta
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Seth
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Posta Edmans Co
Sion
Darden
Beckeles
Heer
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