Alma Seeks Crossroads School Post Amid Family Feud
Alma Smallwood challenges Mr Watkins for a teaching post at the Corners School while facing pressure from her father over a prior land sale. After a blast near the reservoir spooks mules and prompts Alma to heroically halt a stampede to protect local children, earning Watkins’s praise and a pending appointment.
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Alma
Calvin
Pehool
Watkins
Florence
Mr. Watkins
Nina Watkins
Nina
Sola
Ater
Saunders Road
Father
White Face
Reservoir Force
Unemployment Reduced by Land Settlement in Canada
Montreal reports a major back-to-the-land movement as 2,894 families and 2,983 single men were settled on CN Rail land near rail lines, covering about 403 700 acres. W. J. Black says urban unrest drives this shift, aided by federal provincial plans to relocate urban dwellers to farms for sustenance and stability.
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Montreal
W. J. Black
Canadian National Railways
Ines
Mr.Black
Inland Lighthouses and Night Airways Signal Systems
The article outlines a future network of inland night signals for aviation and navigation. It notes France already uses inland lights and compares visibility distances with coastal lighthouses, explains that inland lights avoid the sea curvature issue, and describes a rotating reflector system to create distinctive signals viewable over many miles.
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France
United States
Navesink
New York Harbor
Bridegroom Ends Witty Exchange with Father Over Worldly Goods
A playful exchange shows the bridegroom promising all his worldly goods while the father quips that his son will now lose his bicycle. The lighthearted moment captures family humor at the wedding.
Cheese Dishes Shine Through Lent and Beyond
Cheese dishes are praised as versatile meat substitutes for Lent and Easter meals. The piece extols Canadian cheese, with Parmesan and Roquefort noted for flavor, and offers recipes for cheese soup, rarebits, macaroni dishes, and a cheese cake, plus corn flake pastry and a note on cooking cheese at low heat.
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Sunny
Italee
Drilling Deep Reveals Gold Flakes in Tooth Care
A dentist reports discovering small flakes of gold while drilling a tooth marked as never filled before. The patient laments a possible loss of precious metal and a hidden hazard in dental work.
Making Your Weakness A Tool
A moral reflection on relying on weakness versus effort. The text argues against exploiting faults for advantage, citing a lazy person and a temperamental youth as examples. It asserts genuine achievement comes from strength and hard work, not begging or manipulation.
Junior derby crowns Teddy Turgeon in Ottawa
The second annual junior dog derby in Ottawa saw over seventy entrants under sixteen compete for the Chateau Laurier cup and 25 prizes. Teddy Turgeon and his police dog Don won premier honors in a neck and neck finish against Lloyd Jenkins’ black Collie as spectators cheered from the grandstand.
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Ottawa
Ottawa Valley
Tors
Teddy Turgeon
Don
Lloyd Jenkins
Canadian -National-Railways
Strathmore Farm Sets Canadian Milk and Butter Records
Strathmore Farm at Strathmore Alto led Canada in 1931 dairy output with Mona Pontiac Walker posting 80 464 lbs of milk and 1 160 lbs of butter by November 27 1931. Primrose Lily Pietje followed with 28 271 lbs milk and 1 210 lbs butter, also earning show honors in Vancouver and Victoria in 1981.
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Canadian Pacific Railway
Strathmore
Alto
Canada
E. W. Jones
Mona Pontiac Walker
Primrose Lily
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Rogers
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Niagara
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Ontario Prohibition “Union
Miller
The
Acton Free Press
Acton
Musher
Strathmore Farm
Lady McKinley
Primrose Lily Pietje
Mona
Pontiac
Walker
McKinley
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