World Happenings Briefly Told
The Ontario command Canadian Legion favors a five day week and six hour day. The American Journal of Cancer reports cancer not increasing among younger Canadians. Italian wells will power dynamic electric dynamos. British bands forbidden to march with dogs that have won races. Col James S Harvey, 60, died after leaving Canada with draft for Princess Pats in 1915. British Columbia to spend 4.5 million dollars for relief funded by federal and municipal sources. Alberta Bar Association branches back voluntary debt adjustment to avert moratorium. Greek earthquake toll 232 dead 360 injured and 2.2 million dollars in damages. Iraq joins League of Nations October 3 and gains sovereign status. Geologist H F Cowden cites 60 million year old petrified forest as evidence for polar shift.
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American Journal of Cancer
Canada
Italy
Col
Jamess. Harvey
Vancouver
Princess Pats
British Columbia
Calgary
Edmonton
Alberta Bar Association
Iraq
League of Nations
California
North Pole
H. F. Cowden
Tropics
Mixed Sensations In Parachute Jump
R J Groome a Regina airport pilot instructor who made his first jump describes the momentary confusion of whirling earth and sky and a sudden supernatural quiet. He says the parachute brings confidence and affection after a landing.
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R. J. Groome
Regina
Groome
McGill Opens Medical and Dental Faculties Amid Overcrowding
Overflow classes in medicine and a 20 to 25 percent rise in dental students marked the opening at McGill University. The medicine faculty received more than 700 applications, far exceeding its typical 100 annual intake. A separate note cites a columnist’s view on a woman’s idea of relocation, per the Atchison Globe, to visit her married daughter's home and stay with fruit.
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McGill University
Faculty of Medicine
Atchison Globe
Farmer Seeks Prosperity Through Market Finds
A farmer pursues prosperity by aligning production with market demand, emphasizing adaptive strategies to grow profits. The note highlights the link between available markets and farming success, suggesting responsive planning as key to stronger earnings.
Oldest Regiment Claims May Be Older Than Royal Scots
The Honorable Artillery Company dates official origins to 1537 under Henry VII, tracing to London's trained bands. Despite now ranking fourth in parade order, HAC asserts primacy over the Royal Scots as Britain’s oldest regiment, with bloods claiming superior lineage and full privates paying a guinea annually to march with HAC.
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Honorable Artillery Company
Guads Ami Bas
Rl.s.m
Corps d
Vipers
H.A.C
London
Royal Scots
Pontius Pilate
Public Story Teller Returns In Berlin Park
One unemployed German man, Theodore Lemge known as Uncle Edwin, supports himself by telling fairy tale adventures to children in Litzensee Park. He charges six to fifteen cents per tale, has a large repertoire, and now has more work than he can handle. He recalls a slow start but notes growing trust from parents and kids who value his stories.
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Germany
Berlin
Theodore Lemge
Edwin
Litzensee Park
Saskatchewan Leads Canada With Lowest Maternal Mortality
The 1931 Dominion Bureau of Statistics report shows Saskatchewan posting the nation’s lowest maternal mortality at 4.4 per 1 000 live births, with 93 maternal deaths that year, 60 in hospitals and only 2 of the 33 deaths outside hospital unassisted by a physician. The province also reports improved heart, cancer, tuberculosis, and birth statistics amid drought and economic strain.
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Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Saskatchewan
F. D. Munroe
M.D
Asfar
Canada
Dominion
Alberta
Ontario
British Columbia
Quebec
Maritime Provinces
Sunday School Lesson Golden Text and References
Sunday School lesson centers on Proverbs 22 6 training a child in the way they should go with related passages Genesis 18 17 19 Deuteronomy 6 4 9 1 Samuel 1 24 28 Mark 10 13 16 and 2 Timothy 1 3 6 Devotional reading Psalm 128 emphasizes spiritual upbringing and parental guidance.
Teaching Children At Home In Abrahamic And Deuteronomic Law
Excerpt discusses Genesis 18 with Abraham as mentor of households and the home as foundation of a godly nation. Emphasizes obedience as insight, home authority, and passing Shema duties to children. Warns that neglect of home life and parental respect endangers society. References Matthew 22:37 and Shema teaching.
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Abraham
Dead Sea
Plain
Sodom
Gomorrah
God
Alexander Maclaren
Jehovah
Brownies Recipe From Week Guide
A compact brownie recipe lists ingredients including cake flour baking powder butter unsweetened chocolate sugar eggs vanilla and walnut meats. The instructions cover sifting the flour blending butter with melted chocolate beating eggs with sugar combining mixtures adding vanilla and nuts then baking in two 8 by 8 by 2 inch pans at 350 degrees for about 35 minutes yielding about 50 squares.
Peanut Butter Cutlets and Other Oddities
A recipe for peanut butter cutlets uses peanut butter hot milk salt and bread. A half century old tennis racket still in use in London owned by J L Strachan has never been restrung. A Russian factory near Leningrad will produce typewriters in large quantities. German footwear demand lowers quality of output. The Volvox is a minute freshwater organism that is both plant and animal.
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London
England
J. L. Strachan
Leningrad
State Dept Publishes Useful Pamphlet on Foreign Names
The U S State Department issued a pamphlet compiled by the U S Geographic Board teaching Americans correct spellings and locations for about 2 500 foreign names including cities countries provinces rivers and features Tokyo Yugoslavia and Cape Town are clarified as proper spellings Tokyo is Tokyo Yugoslavia is correct and Cape Town should be Cape Town written as one word.
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State Department
United States Geographic Board
Tokyo
Tokio
Yugoslavia
Jugoslavia
Capetown
Cape Town
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Canadian Legion
Barry Jones
Maurice Colbourne
Raymond Massey
Anne Grey
Shaw
Arms and
the Man
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Ruth Rogers
Japan
Betty Barclay
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Redlezays
Nipigon
Carters Jezepills
U.S. State Department
Jaye
Canapar
Appleford Paper Products, Ltd
Hamilton
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