Mail Carrier Bravely Delivers Alaska Letters
Alfred Collin, a young Government mail carrier, struggles in a wooley storm to reach Two Rivers. He faces hunger and temptation at a cache, returns the mail, and earns Big Tim’s respect after confessing his actions and delivering more than four hundred letters.
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Omething
Alfred Groom
Alfred
Alaska
Toter
Toters
Collin
Veders Point
Two Rivers
Northland
Cer
Uncle Sam
Tim
Big Tim
North
Mr. Timm
Big ‘Tint
Strawn
Chuck
States
Strawn's
Bik
Social Roundup from Acton Weekend Visits
Residents and friends flocked around Acton with weekend greetings in Toronto Woodstock Paris and Long Branch. Notables include Mrs Begley Mr Kennedy Mr McPherson Mrs Barbetree and many others visiting relatives, with Miss Ruth Nelson returning from Moose Mountain Mission. The piece notes a death in Belfast and a local illness recovery, plus sympathy extended to the Louttit family.
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W. J. Kentner
Beatrice Bailey
Long Branch
W. G. C. Kenney
R. J
Kerr
Acton
Ernest Gurney
Fergus
C. A. G., Matthews
End
Hubert-Smith
Jos. Boyd
Toronto
Adam Stewart
Harold Stewart
Kitchener
Brampton Church Fire Quelled During Minister's Sermon
Firefighters kept a Brampton church blaze from spreading as Rev. H. Soper wrapped up his sermon at St. Paul's United Church while smoke drifted from a timber near a steam pipe. Chief W. H. Milmer and the brigade ensured no further danger after the incident. The largely readable note recalls Canada’s outdoor sports boom and the growth of skiing clubs and associations across the country.
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Auditoriium
St. Paul’s United Church
Brampton
H. Soper
W. H. Milmer
Canada
Dominion
Montreal
McGill University
Delat
Earl of Minto
Ottawa
Canadian Amateur Ski Association
Western
Federation Internationale de Ski
Europe
United States
Be Your Own Censor Say No to Slips Temptations
A New York newspaper uses a team of letter censors to weed out errors politeness slips and bad temper in outgoing business replies. The piece urges readers to be their own censor by avoiding careless spelling grammar flaws and heated tone in correspondence.
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New York
Business Department
Donations to the Acton Welfare Board Acknowledges Gifts
The Acton Welfare Board thanks donors for contributions to their funds. Listed gifts include $184.51 from the Duke of Devonshire Chapter and $201.86 from Hewitson Shoe Factory, with smaller amounts noted.
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Acton Welfare Board
Duke of Devonshire
Byaasinssteg
Devapecnvsarshee
Hewitson Shoe Factory
Remarkable Asthma Remedy Claims Great Efficacy
An advertisement extols a remedy praised by Dr J D Ke for asthma relief. It asserts the product cures thousands of cases where others failed and promises relief even in severe asthma, claiming easy access to the remedy.
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J. D
Silent Artillery Reduces Smoke and Noise in Trials
Italian engineers in Naples report a smokeless nearly silent artillery test at the Ansaldo yard Puzioul with 15 millimetre gun using fixed muzzle and breech patent. Tests followed by officials on commission show smoke reduced to a vapor, and the blast to a faint hammer-like sound audible only within a few hundred yards.
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Naples
Ansaldo
Puzzuoll
Royal Artillery Arsenal
Tom Bills girl drops him in reverse English joke
Tom says his girl dropped him and broke him. Tim quips that she broke him earlier, making a pun on the order of events.
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Tom
Bill
Government costs vs farm value of crops in Canada study
A 1913 comparison shows government ordinary expenditures at 50 percent of farm crop value, rising to 216 percent in 1931. With 1927–1931 average crop value at 866 million, 1931 government spending reached 920 million, highlighting growing shortfalls in ordinary public finance.
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Canada
W. Sanford Evans
National Committee
Chamber of Commerce
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Begley
Angus Kennedy
Galt
J. W. Barbetree
Re “Coon
Reeve H. Cleave
Georgetown
R. F. Johnstone
London
Wm. Johnstone
Frank Foster
Babs
Cheltenham
W. E Smitt
H. Davis
Mitchell
Jos. Holnes
S. Begley
Manitoulin Island
Alice Wales
Ted Wilson
Friends
F. A. McLean
Billie
Weston
Ellen Sanderson
Mrs. G. Edwards
H. T. LePage
Moorecroft
George Mason
Stratford Normal School
Wm. Ramsden
Babe
L. G. King
Dorothy
G. P. Dutchburn
Paris
Gordon Wilker
Tavistock
C. Arnold
C.N. R
W. J. Russell
Helen
Betty Russell
Unionville
J. R. Kennedy
Maimie Mainprize
Wm. Mainprize
City
Ruth Nelson
Moose Mountain Mission
Carlyle, Sask
James Louttit
Alexander Bell
Belfast
Ireland
Harold L. Wansbrough
JR. H. ‘Wansbrough
Frank Day
Rockwood
L. L. Mullin
Esquesizyg
Guelph General Hospital
Canada and Outdoor Sports
Ogden L. Mills
Tbs
SODAL
China
Vackase
G. M. Tea and Plate
Gov
Central Park
Joan Blondell
Nancy Carroll
Douglas Fairbanks,Jr
Fox News
the Maid of the Mountains
Frederick Lonsdale
Clark Gable
Jean Har
Che Arton Hree Press
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