Setting the Table From Many Lands by Lloyd Roberts
Poem describing a traveler laying a cloth and arranging foods from around the world. The speaker notes dishes and ingredients such as shamrock, pepper, sugar from Cuba, bread from Saskatchewan, olives from Italy, figs from Smyrna, dates from Algiers, nuts from Brazil, oranges, and brass bowls from Baghdad, concluding that the ends of the earth meet at the table.
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Donegal
Zanxibuar
Cuba
Saskatchewan
Italy
Orient
Smyrna
Algiers
Brazil
Edani
Bagdad
Lloyd Roberts
Twenty Years Ago Local Notices from Free Press 1906
A 1906 Free Press item notes sale of the late Thomas MecMacken residence and various property transfers. It also reports church renewals, a concert plan at Township Hall, business moves for Chas McLain and a drunken-night disturbance on Mill Street. Specials in Hy Una Worth’s grocery list include currants and oats. Young Men’s Association forms with officers led by Rev. W Barker and a December 3 opening date.
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Thomas MecMacken
Gilbert Creamer
Alex
Crawford
McClure
John Gibbons
Young St
Bella Kennedy
John’ McMurchy
Munn
Trafalgar
Chas. T. McLain
Midland
Chas. E. Aking
Mill Street
Hamilton
Unaworth
Tillson
Young Men's Association
W. Barker
Harold S. Nicklin
G. P. Hayman
Chars
A. G Matthews
A. T. Brown
Organ grinder's serenade brightens hospital children
A downtown hospital balcony scene shows children with crutches and bandages watching an organ grinder perform for them. The brown faced man shares a quiet moment of care, waving to nurses and children, offering simple joy without expecting money.
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Heegins
Gospel of Love in a London Pocketbook Incident
A poor woman crossing a London park drops small bits of broken glass from her apron while a policeman questions her. She explains she meant to keep the children from stepping on the glass, quoting a gospel call to remove obstacles. The scene ends with the officer puzzled by the fragile contents and the woman’s quiet virtue.
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London
Marmer
The Value of Covenants Joshua’s Covenant Renewal
A Sunday School lesson outlines Joshua’s renewal of the covenant with Israel, urging fidelity to Jehovah despite Canaanitish influence. It contrasts three paths: worship of ancestral false gods, conformity to popular idols, or steadfast devotion to righteousness, culminating in Joshua’s personal pledge to serve Jehovah.
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Joshua
Josh
Pan
Euphrates
Kovah
Moses
Mit
Empire girdler Cobham completes 28000 mile air feat
Sir Alan Cobham returned to England after a record 28000 mile round trip to Australia and back. The knighted aviator flew over France Italy Greece Egypt India and Indian Ocean in a British engine praised for reliability. Crowds welcomed him in Paris and London with tributes including a message from the king and remembrance of fallen mechanic Eliott.
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Alan Cobham
England
Australian
Cobham
King George
Sir John Aledok
Brown
Royal Air Force
Atlantic
Australia
France
Italy
Greece
Egypt
India
Indian Ocean
London
Cape Town
Africa
Sartrouville
Paris
A. V. Clark
Canadian Pacific Railway
Thames
Big Ben
House of Commons
Parliament Buildings
Samuel Hoare
Marshall
Sefton’ Branker
Eliott
Arabian Desert
Me.t Cobham
Holloway's Corn Remover Advise on Doorstep Use
A nostalgic ad copy asserts the rightful place for a door knocker outside the door and promotes Holloway's Corn Remover as effective when used as directed, promising relief from stubborn corn growth.
Seeds of Libraries and Civic Charity Across Cities
A Philadelphia printer's night study yields the first circulating library, inspiring later orphanages in the west and the New Century Club for working women. A German pastor, a philanthropic Philadelphia woman, and community groups spark lasting aid, libraries, hospitals, and mutual support in towns and cities.
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Philadelphia
Ben Franklin
West
New Century Club
Imland
Uncle Joe Cannon coats and a bargain tale
A comic tale portrays Uncle Joe Cannon sparing with expenditures in 19th century politics. The editor relays a caper over a new coat priced at eighty five dollars, a daughter arranges a thirty dollar purchase, and a friend offers fifty, highlighting frugality and savvy bargaining in the Capitol. The note shifts to public health, urging mothers to guard infants against worm attacks with Miller’s Worm Powders as a reliable vermifuge.
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Uncle Joe" Cannon
Joe
Capitol
Uncle Joe
Humorous church tales from a temple and a Rochdale sermon
A writer in Temple Magazine notes a phase of behavior towards clergy, recounting a well dressed man praising a sermon yet warned by a deacon about his brain condition. Another minister in Rochdale faces a plainly candid parishioner remark about a large, unexpected congregation.
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Temple Magazine
Rochdale
Atalra
Brown
Moxniis
London Host to Canadian Party Recalls Golf Legend Tale
Lord Riddell spoke at Criccioth Golf Club recounting a tale of a Scot who played golf from dawn to night by candlelight in 1710. His wife sought separation over neglect, and the man reportedly declared let her have the business if she provides him enough to clothe feed himself and buy balls. He reportedly lived to age ninety five and kept playing golf to the end.
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Lord Riddell
London
England
Lady Riddell
Iena
Criccioth Golf Club
Scotaman
Nalion
Sir ‘Rabindranath Tagore
Ays
Tunbridge Wella
Torquay
Aly
Aneacat Storage Battery Locomotive Heads West
The 110 ton storage battery locomotive travelled under its own power from Erie, Pennsylvania to Chicago, carrying a passenger coach and several railroad engineers and materials. Representatives from the General Electric Company, which built its electrical equipment, witnessed the run.
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Errie
General_ Elestric Company
Prayer and Dr Thomas Electric Oil Aid Travelers
A fragment advises prayer and self-reliance with Mr. Philipa Brooks and Dr Thomas Electric Oil as a camp aid. It claims the oil warms feet and legs and prevents cramps sprains and contusions, urging use for explorers surveyors prospectors and hunters in camp settings.
Prohibition Origins Cited by Crane as Social Forces
Frank Crane argues that prohibition was driven by four groups beyond temperance reformers. Scientists exposed dubious alcohol benefits, life insurance firms relied on mortality statistics, business interests fought drunkiness to protect profits, and women opposed alcohol. Dr J D Kellogg’s Asthma Remedy is advertised as a natural help.
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Frank Crane
Universal
Life Aggurance
Canada
United States
BC Sheepmen Shine at Oregon State Fair
British Columbia breeders led by J A Higginson & Son and others excelled at the Oregon State Fair in Salem. They won forty four blue ribbons and seven championships amid strong competition from Oregon and Washington breeders.
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Oregon
Washington
Chilliwack
British Columbia
Salem
Ore
J. A. Higginson & Son
Making Excuses and Self Delusion in Everyday Behavior
The piece examines why people make excuses and how self indulgence fuels insincerity. It argues that excuses protect feelings but worsen faults, while honest accountability reveals character. awkward apologies can magnify the blame and tone of judgment remains.
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Acarcely
Requisite on the Farm Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil
Farmers and stock raisers should keep Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil on hand as a ready remedy for family ailments and as a potent horse and cattle remedy. It serves as a substitute for sweet oil and is claimed to far surpass existing treatments.
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Thomas’ Eclectric
A Kansan Threatens Road Rage With Revolver Vow
Joseph Stephenson warns drivers in a Western newspaper notice that reckless auto traffic endangers his wife and him. He says he will shoot tires and legs if harmed, insisting he means business and blames “top-eared jokers” for unsafe highways.
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Kansas City
Crixen
Joseph Stephenson
Is Your Child Thin and Weak Cod Liver Extract Tablets
An advertisement touts McCoy's Cod Liver Extract Tablets as a quick flesh builder for frail children after illness or suspected rickets. It markets 30 day trials and claims a nine year old gained 12 pounds in seven months, urging buyers to consult their druggist for the candy like tablets priced at 40 cents.
Little Girls' Game Causes Heartache To Lonely Mother
Two young girls at a window play a game awaiting their mother to return home. The mother is undergoing treatment at Muskoka Hospital and hopes to be with her children again. Contributions are requested to President W. A. Chariton at 238 Dodge Street, Toronto.
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Mother
Ashe Ia
Muskoke Hospital
W. A. Chariton
Dodge Street
Toronto
Ontario
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