Wreck of the Westport Tests Boat Owners Resolve
Bruce Maclean and Robert Deering face ruin after the Westport runs aground at Rocky Point shoal. Jean Deering rescues the sloop’s crew with the Blue Nose, prompting a perilous rescue and ending a bitter feud as Jean’s daring and faith aid a return to friendship.
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Hochy
Biter
Point Shoal
Bruce
Portsmouth
Seaport
Bob Deering
Robert Deering
Westport
Bruce Macllean
Westport7
Robert
Cap'n
Sir Jean
Jean
Bob
Brié
Dredg
Rlaul
Deering
Josh
Gayly
Arie
Kyne
Brucel
Brice
Srerner
Urghig
Jimon
Mately A
Jéan
Slats Diary: A Week of Struggles and Small Betrayals
Ross Parquhar presents Slats describing daily frugality and hardships with a working class voice. Entries cover a sandwich, coal jobs, unemployment, shop talk, a broken dinner, courtship misfires, a strike, a death rumor, and a theft from Mose Taylor, all dated across Sunday to Thursday.
A Soft Job for News Editors in Tiny Tales
A humorous column mocks editors as desk bound and editing mundane local mishaps. It lists brief anecdotes about Mrs. Jones cutting herself with a can opener, Joe Doe searching for a roof leak, Harold Green being bitten by a dog on a public square, and Mr. Fang kicked near his corn crib.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones
Cactus Creek
Joe Doe
Harold Green
Violet ‘Wise
Mr. Green
Mr. Fang
Prosperity Mindset and Inner Change for Job Prospects
The text argues that employers seek capable workers and that an anxious face hurts chances. It advises starting with inner confidence to project cheerfulness, claiming inner changes lead to outward success and wider prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jth
Did You Ever Stop To Think In Classified Want Ads
Edson R. Waite urges readers to use newspaper classified ads for buying selling or exchanging items and opportunities. The piece praises want ads as quick efficient and reliable ways to connect people with what they need and warns against losing friends for a dollar.
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Edson R. Waite
Shawnee, Oklahoma
Trent
Dr Southworth URATABS Offer Sleep Relief From Bladder Troubles
Ur Tabs touted as a quick relief for bladder weakness and nighttime urination. The copy promises peaceful sleep, reduced irritation, and backaches, claiming Dr Southworth formulated the medicine for many years and offers a money back guarantee through your druggist.
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Southworth
Ballooning Then and Now A Look at Early Balloon Fancies
In a 18th century reflection Walpole warned balloon craze could become playthings for the idle but celebrated Lunardi and others who ventured aloft with animals and passengers. He imagined air voyages others would mock yet someday prove useful or ruinous for mankind.
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Vincent Lunardi
London
Jason
Lunardi
Walpole
Horace
Aloys
Crea
Salisbury
Plain
Newmarket Heath
Daedelus
Wingate
Aron Brandsands
Nabob
Lapland
Versailles
Mount Etna
W. ‘Hamilton
Mount Ararat
Sheldon
France
Sun Life policyholders receive vast 1931 benefits
The Sun Life paid out 68 million dollars in 1931 to living policyholders, triple the benefits to beneficiaries of deceased policyholders. Agents advised policyholders to secure maximum personal benefit while protecting dependents, boosting persistency and in force business to over three billion dollars.
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the Sun Life
Sun Life
Sun Life Representatives
Heroic Sea Rescue Off Halifax Lights Up Saturday Scene
Salvage ship Reindeer fought to reach a sinking vessel and sent an SOS before becoming a wreck. The Montcalm under Captain A Rothwell raced to the scene guiding lifeboats under Second Officer Knight for nearly four hours. Rescued crew included Captain Featherstone and 27 aboard the Reindeer crew. A public purse and a silver cigarette were awarded to Knight.
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Halifax
Reindeer
Montcalm
Liverpool
A. Rothwell
H.S. Knight
Rothwell
Featherstone
Knight
Walso
E.W. Beatty
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
J. Carr
H. Addicott
L. Page
H. Pearce
J. Lawry
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the Free Press
Giorce Ethelbert
Ross Parquhar
Mr. Stark
Emmy
Mundiy
Thelma Crude
Thelma
Pendlvania
Wensday
Unkel Nate
Ben
Mose Taylor
Mas
Buding & Lone
Presta
Guelph St
Preston, Ont
Montreal
Toronto
The
Cena Arec
Canada
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