Prince of Wales to join Gardeners Company
World happenings brief notes report the Prince of Wales joining the Worshipful Company of Gardeners. Other items include flu deaths in Madrid, a poor wheat crop forecast for 1985, windstorms in Sea Lake Australia, Canadian wheat production by province, education funding urges in Manitoba, foot and mouth disease status, calls for a Peace River Railway outlet, and comments on Canadian wheat needs from Sir Francis Floud in Toronto.
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Prince of Wales
Madrid
Sea Lake
Australia
Canada
House of Commons
Saskatchewan
Manitoba School Trustees’ Associaton
Manitoba
Union of South Africa
Peace River
Alberta
Britain
Francis Floud
United Kingdon
Toronto
Midnight Gold Rush Near Lake Athabasca Rocks Beaverlodge
A Fort Chipewyan radio despatch to the Edmonton Journal reports a discovery of free gold in the Beaverlodge field on Lake Athabasca. The find by a St Joseph's Point trapper sparked a midnight gold rush as 27 men trailed him, while Consolideated Mining and Smelting Company cores reportedly show rich ore deposits 30 feet underground.
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Lake Athabasca
Beaverlodge
Fort Chipewyan
Edmonton Journal
Beaverlodge Camp
St Joseph's Point
Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company
What Does Your Handwriting Reveal
A reader request column describes handwriting analysis as a guide to personality and relationships. The piece mentions a Winnipeg service offering personal analysis by Lawrence Hibbert, with instructions to send writing samples and a fee. It also notes a floating unrelated snippet about snow and a corn disease in Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Hibbert
Winnipeg News Paper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Man
Crow and sparrow debates vex Ontario readers
A long excitable letter recounts experiments and anecdotes about crows, sparrows, and barn swallows across Ontario and Alberta. It cites geese near Lake Erie, CPR agent replies, and a telephoned timing test showing flocks crossing a three mile stretch. The writer argues crows are not the main problem and laments disappearing swallows.
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Ted Ninoa
Sinden
Ontario
Alaska
Arbeck
Dick Tod ‘Colada
Pane
Lhave
CPR
Stratak Ontario
Cochrane
Lake Eri
Lake Erie
No Man's Land
Fecce
Bree
Canada
Betty Barclay Weekly Desserts And Cocoa Balls
Recipes show desserts using condensed milk oranges eggs and sugar. One combines orange custard with meringue baked until brown yields six servings. The other forms cocoa coated nut balls from confectioners sugar cocoa milk and vanilla, yielding about three dozen.
Winnipeg organization forms to combat drought on prairies
The Canadian Conservation Institute Winnipeg branch is organized as a first step to coordinate drought relief and resource protection. Premier John Bracken of Manitoba was elected chairman of a 30 member advisory council, with J Main of the Winnipeg branch aiming to foster similar branches in Saskatchewan and Alberta. The institute pledges to cooperate in drought combat, promote efficient use and scientific conservation, and create a mechanism for citizen participation.
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Winnipeg
Canadian Conservation Institute
John Bracken
Manitoba
J. ©. Main
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Bracken
Main
Drouth
Irish Sea Monster Offered to British Museum
A Dublin or Irish west coast sea creature called a chalandose Lachass has been offered to the British Museum. Described as longer and thinner than a shark with a beak-like mouth and many needle teeth, it bears resemblance to fossil sea life and rivals the Loch Ness monster in curiosity.
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Loch Ness
British Museum
Ireland
Starvation the Cure in Days of Oppression Debate
During a health debate in the House of Commons several doctors spoke. Dr J P Howden Lib St Boniface claimed starvation cures many diseases and that wealthier diets worsened health. He added many people dig their graves with their teeth as money limits food choices. The London parliament clock formerly required two men six hours weekly to wind it. now an electric motor handles the work.
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Taure
Rabie
House of Commons
J. P. Howden
Lib
St. Boniface
Tower of Parliament
London
Canadian bacon exports rise in 1934 amid market access
The article notes Canadian bacon exports grew 52 percent in 1934 due to unrestricted access to the British market, while Danish exports fell 22 percent under quota restrictions. A quoted exchange about knots and ocean tides appears, ending with a numeric figure 2088.
Colleen Moore Doll House to Tour for Charity
The 14 foot fairy castle with 11 rooms built at 435000 will premiere in New York on April 1 before a world tour. Exhibitions will donate proceeds to hospitals for crippled children, featuring a worm cathedral organ, electric feather nightingale, wheat grain sized lights, and a singing robot fairy princess.
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Colleen Moore
New York
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United States Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Florida
Eenaller
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Aa Liniment
Jack Miner
Betty Barclay
Ramsay Co
Vicks VA
Nana Shaggy
Alice
Rchitectural Toy
Beaba
Elave
Waa
Windsor Ey. i
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