Pancake Girl Becomes Quiet Star of Radio in New York
Marian Barcley, a pancake-flipping aspirant, finds her break after a restaurant rescue. A restaurant manager offers her work, a waitress helps her, and a radio talent agency records her soft crooning. A promotion says her voice invites home comfort and dreams, while her rise fuels talk of an engagement.
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Marilan
Marian
New York
Marian Barcley
Marinan
Marion
Sadie
Alice
Mager
Arte
Marian Bareley
Radio Land
Ward Carson
Miller's Worm Powders Promote Child Health
To protect the child from worm damage this medicine claims to purge worms from the system and regulate organs harmed by infestation. It is promoted as a reliable vermifuge that stimulates digestion and encourages healthy digestive function.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mse Miller
Canada Goes Radio Across the Dominion
Canada reports a radio boom in the first half of its fiscal year with 548 248 licenses issued, about 45 000 more than a year earlier. Production and imports reach records as broadcasts connect distant communities and agriculture topics are aired Coast to Coast.
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Canada
Atlantic
Pacific
International
Arctic
Canadian Department of Agriculture
Canadian Radio Commission
Dominion
Numerous Ancestors Debunk Norman Pedigree Claims
Lord Raglan argues there is no genuine Norman pedigree left and many pedigrees are forged by heraldic sellers. A mathematician notes each person has about 134 million ancestors since William the Conqueror, implying most Britons have Norman connections through countless marriages.
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William
Lord Ragan
Leicester
de Lanceys
Richelieus
Courneys
Moulins
Montgomerys
Toronto Telegram
Lord Raglan
Pevensey
Marking Historic Sites in Canada By Monuments Board
The Monuments and Markers Board of Canada marks sites of national importance with tablets. Since 1919 the board has met annually in Ottawa to review proposals. Recent markings include Capt George Vancouver’s exploratory legacy in Vancouver and a major prehistoric midden site in New Westminster BC with bone and stone artifacts illuminating ancient culture.
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Canada
Monuments and ‘and Monuments Board of Canada
Dominion
Ottawa
Vancouver
British Columbia
George Vancouver
Pacific
New Westminster
The Parts Men Play author Arthur Baxter career arc
Arthur Beverley Baxter, author and journalist, wrote The Parts Men Play and led a varied prewar life as a Toronto instrument house employee and church tenor. He later joined the British press, becoming editor in chief of the Daily Express before moving to a major film company.
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Arthur Beverley Baxter
Toronto
England
Lord Beaverbrook
Daily Express
Sinister Life in Shanghai Reflects City’s Murders
A Shanghai Critic column laments brutal indifference as two murders weekly go unsolved. Bodies often unidentified and shuffled to morgue before quiet burials by charities, with police failures ignored.
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Shanghai
China
Why Bachelors Exist and Canada's Gender Gap
The Canadian Government Bureau of Statistics reports 372 296 more males than females in the population. The finding highlights a significant gender imbalance revealed in the latest census return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Government
Bureau of Statistics
Motorists Travel Vast Distances on Canadian Roads
Motorists in Canada can travel on surfaced roads about four times the earth circumference and on unsurfaced roads more than twelve times that distance.
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Canada
Why is a boatman like a miner
A playful riddle notes a boatman uses the oar just as a miner handles ore, drawing a pun on homophones.
Poultry Field Day and Egg Laying Contests Hope Farm Notes
The Dominion ALF Weekly News Letter reports the Poultry Field Day held October 18 at the Central Farm Division of Poultry Husbandry with lectures and demonstrations for Eastern Ontario and Western Quebec visitors. It covers the Fifteenth Canadian Egg Laying Contest results and top pens from Ontario and general notes on health and production across 51 weeks.
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Division of Poultry Husbandry
Ontario
Quebec
H. Barton
Central Experimental Farm
W. S. Hall
G. W. Grant
A. J. Urquhart
G. S. Taylor
Pen
L. B. Mellon
W. E. Zufelt
H. G. Mitchell
C C B Tonic Tablets Claim Quick Weight Gain
Testimonial from M Fry of Lachine Quebec praises C C B Tonic Tablets for rapid weight gain and improved health. Ad credits four ingredients Calcium Carbonate Brewer's Yeast Bland's Tron and Cod Liver extract for purifying blood, clearing skin, and aiding digestion. Sold at drug stores.
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M. Fry
Lachine
P.Q
The Reward of Work and the Trap of Idleness
The text argues that those who are idle and free from work often fall into folly and crisis. Regular work forms a habit, making labor easier and less bitter. No one should pity or envy the worker or the free spender, for true luck lies in having work to do and the strength to do it.
The Cobbler and the Boy A Riddle in a Shop
A boy asks what items repair boots with and is told to use hide to guard a cow outside. The cobbler repeats the word as a warning and the boy questions its meaning. The exchange ends with a riddle: What is that which never eats with its teeth a comb.
Do You Know Me My Boy
A business man in a crowded station buys a paper from a wizened newsboy. The boy soon follows him daily, asking for a chance to repay the kindness. He recalls being called "My boy" and longs to feel valued, telling the man he liked being somebody's boy.
Sunny way to better health with Kellogg’s All-Bran
An advertorial touts Kellogg’s All-Bran as a high bulk cereal to ease constipation and improve well being. It highlights fiber from bran, added vitamin B and iron, simple two tablespoon daily use, and claims of safety similar to leafy greens.
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Kellogg
London
Ontario
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