Community Social Notes Highlight Visits and Weddings
Visitors and local engagements fill the week in Acton Milton and Georgetown. Highlights include Miss Pearl Wallace in Kitchener, James Doble visiting Wingham, Mrs. P. T. Shepherd from Montreal at her brother’s, and engagements of Fréda J. Denyes to A. James Mylrea. Mayor Mackenzie and wife plan a twenty fifth anniversary homecoming event.
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Montreal
Mr. J. A. “McComb
Geo. Ritchie
Mary
Milton
J. M. Denyes
Fréda. J
James Mylrea
Elizabeth
Philip Craine Mylrea
Toronto
J. B. Mackenzie
Georgetown
Mrs. Mackenzie
Kilkenny Cats Tale From Old Irish Legend
The Kilkenny cats legend tells of two rival felines fighting until only tail tips remained. An officer stopped the cruelty as Hessian troops occupied Kilkenny during a chronic Irish dispute. Some say the tale is a parable of Englishtown and Irishtown battles.
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Kilkenny
Leinster
Pnd
Englishtown
Irishtown
Mineipall
Francis Burned With Humble Beginnings to Fame
A narrative recalls Sir Francis of Sheffield who rose from a poor orphan to a renowned English sculptor. He credits a common carpenter’s skill and patrons like Lady Stanley for his early start, noting his honesty about humble beginnings and the value of encouragement.
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Prancks “Lemittemantrey
Washington
State House
Boston
Rogers
London
Sheffel
Sir Francis
Mr. Rogers
Francis
Stanley
Sheffield
Jesus— Christ
Nazareth
Smoked salt shown to cure bacon with less shrinkage
The Ottawa Central Experimental Farm Division of Animal Husbandry reports tests on using smoked salt in curing hams bacon and pork shoulders. Smoked salt produced genuine smoked flavor, less shrinkage about 4.5 percent versus 8 percent with common salt, and lower labor and equipment costs.
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Animal _ Husbandry
Central Experimental Farm
Ottawa
Do not lay too much stress on winning
Ohio State athletics chief argues the goal is growth not victory. He urges players to do their best, accept defeat gracefully, and use sports as life training rather than a fevered chase of wins.
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Ohio_State_University
Hugh
Fullerton
Father Questions Willie About School Day
A comic exchange shows Willie answering his father after first day at school. Willie says he learned to answer with yes sir no sir and yes ma am no ma am. Father asks did you. Willie replies yep.
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Willie
Wille
Population professions per family snapshot
A historic demographic line notes that for every 10 090 US families there are 50 physicians 41 lawyers 22 dentists and 76 ministers indicating a distribution of professional roles across households.
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United States
Jolly Fellows Club Meeting and Prison Disturbance Report
The Jolly Fellows Club gathered at the Morton home with euchre dancing and a dainty refreshments spread. Separately at Guelph Reformatory a disturbance occurred as inmates protested reduced tobacco rations amid economy measures. 10 strokes of the strap were ordered for ringleaders and investigation was launched.
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Jolly Fellows Club
Guelph
Lettecy
Neelands
Mr. Neelands
Travel and Growth After Foreign Travel Debate
A college president proposed that all youths be required to spend at least a year traveling abroad. The piece argues travel at home, by rail or auto, teaches about crops, trees, plants, manufacturers, and local commerce, with the warning that foreign travel could be wasted on some.
Do You Know How to Study
The text notes Freshmen with twelve years of schooling lack training in study methods. It warns that schools teach memorization over understanding and concentration. It urges high school students to learn how to study to gain real value from their education.
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Jizzie
Iizzie
Speakeasy Bust Prompts Tough Questions
Police question a suspect after a covert bar raid. An officer probes why the venue was believed to be active, noting the presence of loud conversations behind closed doors as a key clue. The exchange highlights the tension of undercover policing.
The Near Misses That Shape Our Character
A reflective piece on how close we come to danger and failure and how small chances or illnesses may spare us. It urges recognition of the other side of fortune and the value of steady industry, self control, and consistent cheerfulness.
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Wrights
Java
Market Reports Dairy Products and Related Commodities
Quotations from Toronto markets cover butter creamery and churning cream prices, poultry eggs and fresh extras, and domestic vegetables. Hides and wool prices for city and country dealers are listed, along with grain and hay quotations on the Toronto Board of Trade. Potatoes in Ontario bags fetch 25 to 28 cents.
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Guinea
Toronto
Foronto—Board of Trade
C.i.f. Bayport
Northern
Ontario
Indian travel in single file reflects caste practices
The article argues that marching in single file among Indians and Hindus stems from caste systems. It claims women as slaves and men as silent, criticizes social bondage, and contrasts with Chinese households where women and children move more freely.
Paper with the little holes plays hymn in doctor tale
A patient describes chest pains and a doctor prescribes a paper with holes to locate the trouble. Ten days later the paper changes hands through the family ending up on a piano with Nearer My God to Thee playing, a quirky misadventure in a medical anecdote.
Gregory Theatre Presents The Squaw Man and The Yellow Ticket
The Gregory Theatre runs Friday February 19 with The Squaw Man starring Warner Baxter and Lupe Velez amid cartoons and amateur acts and a Saturday matinee February 20 at 3 pm featuring The Yellow Ticket with Lionel Barrymore in a thrilling romance of a framed girl. Also shown are Weenie Roast, Voice of Hollywood, Over the Radio, Fox Movietone News and a Silverware giveaway Five O'clock Teaspoons.
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Warner Baxter
Lupe Velez
Voice of Hollywood
Lionel Barrymore
Fox Movietone News
Speckled Band Cartoon and Serial Preview
A recap of Monday listings featuring an English picture with Medbury in Turkey, a Honeymoon Trio comedy, and Chapter 1 of The Galloping Ghost serial starring Red Grange.
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Medbury
Turkey
Red Grange
I Have a Wretched Memory
A quotation argues memory quality is self fashioned. It suggests many great minds began with faulty memories and that improvement leads to envy. The speaker credits personal responsibility for memory and rejects sympathy for poor recall.
BAYS MOTHER GASOLINE GOOSE
A fragmentary report describes a mother and a boy involved in a scene near a corner with gasoline and a car at seven price points. The passage references a man named Jack Horner and a character called Dad objecting to someone leaving with morning papers.
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Jack “Horner
Evergreen
Dad
Bubs
Fragmentary Dialogue Sparks Curious Exchange
A brief, cryptic exchange reveals characters noting several things one can count on, with a focus on fingers as a potential clue. The fragment hints at trust or reliability but lacks context for full interpretation.
Actor tour of Hamlet prompts crowd over county line joke
An actor recalling a Hamlet tour says a Savannah show had a quick run, joking that they beat the audience over the county line by three minutes. The remark highlights theater touring humor and audience reception.
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Savannah
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Mos
Marc Chester ‘Wallies
Hig Sister and Brother
Kenneth
Gurrie
Mrs. Gervais
Geo. Cowie
Richmond
Margaret Grindell
Olive Cooper
Stratford
Audrey Fraser
Mrs
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Thos. ‘Watson
Geo.Allen
Orangeville
Marjorie—Reid
Sick Children's Hospital
Thistletown
McIsaac
Mrs. Smith
Hamilton
J.E. Gamble
Robert Crone
John Campbell
Ospringe
M. R. Moore
Musical Festival Committee
Miton
Kathalen
Lorna McComb
John ‘Dunn
Anne Dunn
Win
Thompson
Davia Carty
Jax Warden
Mrs. A.mason
Florida
South
Geo. Osborne
Rensellear
N. Y
William “"Williams
Kitty
Jolly, Fellows
Guelph’ Reformatory
Mill Street
Ise
British Columbia
Lake Huron
Schneider
Wardlaw & McCaig _ Mill
Canada
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