Thieves Try to Steal Colt in a Quiet Farmain Night
Dennie Montgomery overhears a plan by three men to steal a beloved colt from the Randall place near Ashmore road. She calls the sheriff, cuts telephones, and hides as the men confront the house. A dramatic rescue ends with the culprits captured and Bluebell kept safe, gifting Dennie the prize.
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Tennant m
Anatrange
Clueball
Jarling
Minlebill
Pertis
Santa Mears
McDourall
Ashmore
Roy
Rollo
Denlo
Donnie
Dennie
van Central
Jacks of all trades in a wild tale of ambition and risk
A young woman watches a rattling motor approach from a thunderstorm drenched road, confronts intruders and a gun, and fires to defend her home. She contemplates a life spent mastering many trades versus one focused skill, debating whether a single vocation can define success. The scene blends danger, memory of a past boss, and a parable about choosing a meaningful craft over wide but shallow talent.
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Q.theavens
Basan
Suzan
Dennie
Donnie
Ditchen
Ture
Bluebell
Dennie White
Doug
Rollo Boy
Jia
Uncle Whitney
Coles County
Nomark One
Whitney
Wennie
Volver
Tar—Hen
Rolla
Gartain
Peggy
Pate
Roto
Deonle
Inkhaki
Deantee
Pault McDougall
Doog
Fuller
Ntello Ray
Ho Warn
Hello May
Ife
Ducky
Prohibition plebiscite and church events noted
Twenty years ago notes report a New York prohibition plebiscite in Albany, street pipe projects on Aun Street, and parish activities at St Joseph’s Church with Rev Father Feeny. Ontario items include marriages, deaths, clergy movements, and a science column discussing a stellar giant. editorial prose on thrift and farming in Canada.
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St Joseph's Heading Circle
St. Joseph's Church
Father Feeny
Toronto Presbytery
Boston Presbyterian Church
Mr. Gregory
J. W. Hlfling
Ottawa
Vr Wron-Mcphate
Bern
Gearze Lawoeon
Mies
Jennie BrePhall
Acton
Sanold-Smith
Cooke's
Local Fuel and Oil Prices From Historical Ad Notice
An OCR fragment lists various oil and fuel prices including Electrolene Coal Oil at 2c per gallon, Mc in barrelots, 5 gallon galv. O11 Cana at $1.95, 3 gallon at $1.45, 3 gallon $1.15, 1 gallon 7c, 1 gallon Tin Oil Cana 60c, 2 gallon 75c, and Canadian Queen. Also mentions Hiedtric Lions at $450 each.
One easy place in a hard world
A young man asks Henry Ward Beecher for an easy berth and is told the rare easy place is the grave. Beecher lists many professions to avoid and concludes life offers no easy path. Selected.
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Henry Ward Beecher
Friend
Theory and Practice at the School Moral Test
A group of boys debate the principal’s strict moral code triggered by a chapel talk. The headmistress slyly tests them by proposing a shared theft of Judge Holt’s missing pocketbook if no one notices. A student resists, exposing the gap between theory and practice as the principal reveals the lesson and cites the Ten Commandments’ relevance today.
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Lfe
Judgs
Holt
Judge
Saltry
Just Suppose Mothers Remember in Over the Land
A reflective verse by Fernald imagines a world where mothers forget to care for children and chores. If mothers forgot baking, tidying, teaching, and comforting, the world would turn dreary for kids. The poem concludes that mothers’ memory keeps daily life intact.
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Toyn
Fernald
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Acton Free Press
Paris
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Ontario
United States
Janertion
Omeoia
Business Directory
SS Medical
Thos. Gray
M.D. G
McGill Lm C. P
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Britiah Medical Association
Frederick Street
Ont
J. A. McNiven
Hower Avenue
Elgin Strecta
Nce
D. ML. Henderman
John Lawson
Ontario Veterinary College
Omecs
Arthurn’lock
MN Street
Weer
Mackinnon
Omeco—Bullt
Perryman Block
J. M. Bell
D. D
Toronto Univerality
Reaidance
Corner Alm
Frederick Btreda
H. P. Moors
Lasuer
Pee Press
Offco
Francis Nunan
Wyndham Street
Guelph
Willams
R. J. Kerr
Halton
Wellington
Peel
Dufferin
Salee
St Renidence
the Free Press
Omco
Mercury Ofice
Nowoccor
Fergus
W- J. Gordon
Harneas
Wuitsburg
Salea
J. J. Kerr
Young Street
Roy Hindley
Ospringe
J. E. Cheevers
Sinder Quebec St East
Guelph, Ont
Alex. Niven
Bulldera
Municipal Couswell
Mathuates
Molean
Douglas Bt. Guelpil
Dominion
Hamilton & Sons Cor
Norwich & Woolwich
Wong
Himilo
James Lower
Isabel McKinney
Susan
Meara
Susan Mear
Mebody
McDougall
Dennis
Feng
Wollo
Merriweather
Medicing
Art
Rollo Boyt Gho
Percy Ad
Father
Donalo
Theas
Diratans
Scott
Ling
Enqueaing
John
James Scott
Chadlotch
Toronto
Elizabeth
George T. Beardmore
Canopus
W. WA. Ellison
Umea
Surfa
Uns
Sama
Elbo
Venus
Earth
Chad
Noble Savings
Talmage
Heaven
W. G. Whisttler
Ilorace
Seneca
Viehn Gay
Dr. Guthrie
France
Les Belmas
Canada
Bank of Nova Scotia
Savage & CO
Wyndham ST
Fine China
Veara
The
Bond Hardware CO
Kenney Bros
Hnea
Yeomfort
AMO Mfg
Up “Opticians
Ugup Ry
Guelph Trust Co
Guelph and Ontario Investment and Savings Society
Charnes II
Wowilter
George Db
Forbes
Hh, Howitt
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Phin
Bree Cable Brugt
Camppany
Oiles
Wyndham
Dark Sireets
J. E. McLlderry
DIF
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