Change your method right to win rewards
A reader tale opens with Edgar A. Guest style advice on avoiding grumbling and dressing better to win friends. The scene shifts to Tom and Uncle Jim debating rights over camping, surfacing a Lebanon water dispute parable about water and land rights and lessons on pride and cooperation.
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Tom
Joe Boyce
Jim
Joe
Uncle Jim
Boyce
Jesaup
Syria
Lebanon
Beirut
What has become of the wartime back-yard garden
The article laments that wartime back-yard gardens have largely given way to lawns and leisure after the emergency. It argues such gardens were a public service and still save food costs, but maintenance requires time and sacrifice. It urges households to try profitable vegetable crops this season.
Grapefruit Nutrients and Food Tips from Early Health Note
A vintage health note describes grapefruit as part of the citrus family aiding digestion and balancing body acids. It warns against sugar and praises grapefruit juice for vitamins and minerals, noting its sweet taste and potential beauty uses.
Desirable Early Settler Observes Village Life
A fragmented reminiscence recalls an early settler’s fascination with village interactions. He notes villagers mistreating a neighbor and ponders its cause while reflecting on age and social dynamics. The dialogue hints at tension between newcomers and established residents and shows how respect or neglect emerges in daily life.
Plucky Joyce Saves Baby and Matches Courage with Paul
Paul Keller helps Joyce Oldham rescue a baby after a perilous crossing. In the aftermath Joyce fears darkness and finds renewed resolve, while Paul admires her pluck and the two grow closer as they face night together.
Bible faith endures attacks as Christianity stands firm
A block of religious reflection argues the Bible will survive assaults from skeptics and that removing it from church and home would erase a defining factor in history. It likens faith to a tree with deep roots and cites personal guidance from scripture as essential to life and death choices.
Odd Fish Trap At Dover Reveals Fishes Entrapped Under Water Belt
At Dover England a harbor widening project used a diving belt. Electric light drew fish into the bell area. Sailors watched as fish swam around the bell and some escaped by diving beneath edges. The bell captured nearly a thousand fish at the bottom.
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Dover
England
Gas and Bowel Trouble Relief Ad Launched
An advertisement touts Adlerika as an effective intestinal evacuant to remove old waste matter and relieve gas pressure in the abdomen. It promises relief from constipation and stomach discomfort, urging readers to avoid pills and try Adlerika.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adlerika
Fragmented tale of language missteps and classroom quiz
A humorously tangled story about translating Bible phrases into Indian language and a teacher challenging students to name an animal from clues. The scene includes misread words, failed definitions, and a surprised student exclaiming the answer.
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Elat
Sixera
Slaern
Sip
Valeo
James
The Banker's Glass Eye Tale
A tale of a banker famed for a handcrafted glass eye fitted by gas jet methods. The story recounts a farmer loan demand challenged by the banker who boasted that spotting the artificial left eye would grant the loan. The farmer supposedly identifies the trick by noting the eye’s odd firmness.
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Avho Waa
Hidden Birds Puzzle in Obscured Text
The passage hides two bird names within phrases like old oven and inspiring march. Potential matches include dove and wren embedded in the text, with other readable fragments referencing fish, nets, and prices. The reader is asked to identify two common birds from the obscured phrases.
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Gerald
Long Distance Sales Strategy Echoes Henry Ford Advice
A fragmented ad-like note urges direct telephone contact to boost sales. It promotes Long Distance distribution as a method to bring distant customers into stores, referencing Ford’s "Don't wait, telephone" maxim. The text lacks concrete details beyond the call to rapid outreach.
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Henry Ford
Sudden Snowstorm Stirs Local Bargaining Scene
A binding snowstorm drops nearly three feet in Jahdaca pegs streets and sidewalks. Mr Hipperly balks at labor costs, then offers a dollar for snow removal with his wife watching. A neighbor’s wagging suggestion ends with the deal. Mother Graves Worm Exterminator is cited as a household value.
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Hipperly
Average farm land values across Canada per acre
Canada wide average for occupied farm lands at 38 dollars per acre covers improved and unimproved land plus farm buildings. Provincial averages vary from 24 dollars in Saskatchewan to 67 in Manitoba and 64 in Quebec. 108 dollars in Nova Scotia, 163 in Ontario, and 301 in British Columbia for fruit growing areas.
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Canada
Bureau of Statistics
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Quebec
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Ontario
British” Columbia
The Guardian Reports On A Welsh Parish Church Door
A visitor recounts an old woman repeatedly denied entry to a village church in Wales. She was christened and married there but never admitted inside. The friend questions the vicar’s motive and wonder if fear of impropriety or divine inspection guides the locking of the door.
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Xemarkad
Paul Keller
Paul
Pal
Ming
Joyce Oldham
Slater
Grimaby
Joyce
Joycy Oldham
Kipl Keller
Bobby Abed
Katie
Denly
June
Thair
Wilton
Mrs. Fulton
Macy
Fulton
Grimsby House
Bobby
Rensons
Miscellaneous Riddles and Word Jokes From a Puzzle Page
A set of whimsical questions and pun answers about animals and objects. The farmer asks about Robinson Crusoe type names and the horse, chicken, camel, and fox feature in lighthearted wordplay. Some lines resemble misheard phrases and playful misprints.
Farmer Disputes Ground in Den Kalb County Case
In Judge Gibbons's court an old Den Kalb County farmer faced a lawsuit over a piece of land. The defendant’s advocate struggled to begin his ground argument, prompting a shouted interruption from the farmer and a chorus of corrections from the jury.
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Farrve
Gibbons
den Kalb
Jones
Alibi Confusion Over Measles Sibling in St. Louis
A Chicago boy claimed his sister had the measles. The teacher sent him home to stay until she recovered. Later another boy raised his hand to state Jimmy Dolan's sister, with measles, lives in St. Louis.
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Chicago
Akippea Jourunyi May
Poy
Jimmy Dolan
St. Louis
Notice to Creditors for William Kirkwood Near Acton
The creditors of William Kirkwood Near who died April 23 1926 in Acton Ontario are asked to file full names addresses and descriptions of their claims on or before June 7 1926. After that date the administrator will distribute the estate and will not accept belated claims. Dated May 6 1926 Ernest Herbert Near Administrator By H N Farmer Acton Ontario Solicitor.
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William Kirkwood
Acton
Ins
Ernest Herbert Near
H. N. Farmer
Ontario
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Acton Free Press
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