The Talisman (Continued) Barbara’s London Escape
Barbara Chance unlocks a hidden bureau in her father’s study and uncovers a box of dated letters from Dean Chance. She deciphers a brass key, retrieves the box, and reads letters tracing the years of her father’s life, then slips away with five pounds and heads to London to seek legal help.
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Worthington-on-the-Hill
Barbara
Order of the Garter
Hector
Barbara Bow
Dean Chance
Wortiington
London
Wobhington-on-the-Hill
Parkes
Sunningley
Barbara Chance
Sun
Devonshire
Eczema Battle Report From Kentville Corner
An elderly resident from Kentville Nova Scotia describes a five year struggle with a light rash that itched and burned spreading across affected areas. The account highlights personal impact and ongoing discomfort.
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Kentville, N. S
Fragmented OCR Text Breathes Odd Dialog and Bits
Readable lines show jumbled dialogue about cocoa preparation and recruiting health. Mentions an army officer and a missus figure with uncertain phrases and broken quotes. The passage lacks clear events or names.
Gin Pills for Women Read What Mrs Harrig Says About Them
Mrs T Herris of Tyneside Ontario declares she is taking her third box of Gin Pills. She reports relief from back and kidney pain, says Rheumatism vanished, and urges other women with back pain and weak kidneys to try Gin Pills. Box of six costs 2 50, sample free from National Drug & Chemical Co. of Canada Limited, Toronto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Drug & Chemical Co. of Canada, Limited
Toronto
Rise From Timidity Yet Rises to Rare Honor for Kopp
The Roman Catholic Church leader in Germany, Cardinal Kopp, who died in Tropau Silesia, began as a telegraph operator for the Hanoverian State Railways. A confidential report faulted his timidity but noted industry and intelligence, delaying his appointment and guiding a later rise to prince bishop of Breslau.
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Germany
Cardinal Kopp
Troppau
Silesia
von Griesbach
Kopp
Breslau
Burleson plan to reduce costs by direct farm to city trade
The parcel post should lower living costs by linking farmers directly to city households. An agency would connect producers with consumers, listing farmers ready to supply produce. Ten cities would host the scheme with post offices acting as information bureaus to foster direct trade.
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Burleson
Parcel Post
New York Mail
Punchline at Missionary Meeting Reveals Husband Joke
A home missionary drive asks participants to contribute a dollar earned by hard work. Stories vary from shampooed hair to doughnuts and newspaper subscriptions. When a woman admits earning hers from her husband, the chairman jokes about hard work, and she smiles.
Sammy and the Goat Tale From the Field
A fragmented juvenile tale shows Sammy at odds with his father over a razor strop while his mother finds him in the field gently stroking a large goat he once despised. The scene hints at family conflict and odd rural humor with stray phrases and nursery chatter.
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Sammy
Billy
King George in Napoleon's Bed and Paris Welcome
The article recalls King George staying three nights in a royal bed once used by Napoleon Bonaparte. It praises his cheerful courtesy and diplomatic tact amid Franco British ties. A French observer notes the visit would have made him king of France had the stay continued, underscoring enduring Parisian affection for the monarch and his son.
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George
Napoleon
Napoleon Bona
France
England
le Roi Bonhomme
Purity of water questioned by science and history of London buses
Scientific: distilled water harms plants and human cells, mineral salts improve water, well water favored over purified river water. Historical note traces London’s early buses from Thomas Tilling to the Times bus, plus a Military Examiner riddle about burial with honors and a Harvard Lampoo item.
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London
Thomas Tilling
Grace Church Street
Times
Rye Jane
Oxford Circus
Derby winner Spearmint and a goat mascot at Cheltenham
A British paper notes Spearmint refusing to be boxed with a black cat while Vermouth the hurdler is seen with a plain goat en route to the course. Vermouth, nervous and excitable, benefits from the mascot, having won two $5,000 handicaps as the goat travels with him by train or road. Chili H suffered from company of a dreaded Jonah until a lamb in his box tamed him.
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Spearmint
Cheltenham
Vermouth
Chili H
South America
Craganour
Jonah
Glow of Heath Speaks for Postum
An advertisement urges readers to try Postum as a substitute for tea and coffee after a period of abstinence. A testimony from a woman recalls six years of indigestion nervousness and insomnia caused by coffee. She credits stopping coffee and tea and using Postum with improving her health.
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Heath
Postum
Power of Human Bones
The passage extols bone strength noting that frail women have bones stronger than oak. It explains hollow bones resist weight, with a tiny cross section supporting about 35 pounds, while solid oak of similar width holds only 2 pounds. It asserts bones are stronger by about one half than solid oak and compares to engineered tubes.
What Mothers Say of Baby's Own Tablets
Thousands of mothers rely on Baby's Own Tablets with high praise. A Ontario mother from Clifford sends twenty five cents for another box, saying a tablet or two calms a cross baby and restores happiness, and that nothing equals them and they surpass Castor oil. The tablets are sold by medicine dealers or by mail for 25 cents a box from Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario.
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Geo. M. Binns
Clifford
Ont
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Champion prizefighter buried in Westminster Abbey tale
Boxer Burie tells Westminster listeners that a prizefighter named John Burton, a verger at the abbey, was once asked to be buried there with an inscription proclaiming his title. The chapter later omitted the line, leaving only a blank space on Burton’s tomb.
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Burie
Westmister
Westminster
John Burton
England
Burton
Den
Gove
Recovery Emphasized In City Affairs Debate
A fragment from the Washing on Star quotes Buck McNabb debating honest administration and offering a chance for broader input in city governance. The brief exchange highlights a push for cleaner oversight and public involvement.
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Buck McNabb
Star
Taft Story Questions Public Opinion
Taft described a puzzling public question and noted there is no correct way to answer it. He illustrated the point with a brief anecdote about a man who faced a similar dilemma, emphasizing ambiguity in interpretation.
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Taft
Argentine Remarks on Prairie Life and Ground Buying
A fragmentary note describes humor about the argentine landscape and a misheard idea of buying ground to dig a tub for a house. The text references a Rod photo and a dry meandering tone with scattered phrases.
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Argrotina
Ube
Actress Bernhardt Fetes Rostand With Dramatic Mock Toast
Following Rostand's admission as a French dramatist, actress Bernhardt wore a fine gown made for the occasion and drank from a glass in a Greek fashion. She then poured the liquid over herself. Rostand's two young sons, in velvet suits, joined by imitating her toast and both spilled their drinks.
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M. Rostand
Bover
Rostand
Bernhardt
Birds That Shine at Night Luminous Swans Reported
The St Louis Post-Dispatch notes a white swan that remained luminous all night from July to October last year while other shorebirds vanished after dark. The glow is linked to phosphorescent fungal spores on trees where birds roost.
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National Acclimatization Society of France
St Louis Post-Dispatch
Envious Firet British Workman in France Awake
A fragment reports two British workers in France reacting to a scene. One notes a wakeful, trance like mood lasting seventy seven days and mentions his wife calling him by name. The other calls a gift marvelous and references London Telegraph.
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France
Tranc
Nam
London Telegraph
The Vicar And Boy Hair Comb Exchange
A short exchange unfolds between a vicar and a boy over hair grooming. The boy explains no comb is available in his family while the vicar probes how their father manages grooming.
Dancing at Berlin’s Zoo as a City Night Scene
A Berlin gossip column describes the zoo as a summer dining and dancing venue until early morning with notably good music. It contrasts with American cities and notes affordable remedies like Mother Graves’ Worm Terminator available at druggists.
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United States
Berlin
Mother Graves
Proposal Plan Sparks Quiet Courtship
In a brief exchange from the era, one man confides to a judge that he fears Clara Vere de Vere is entering a decisive courtship phase. He reveals he plans to propose to her that very evening if opportunity allows.
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Clara Vere de Vere
Judg
Palm Tree of Capri Inspires Napolitan Reverie
A fragmentary piece recalls a palm tree on Capri overlooking the Mediterranean and the Bay of Naples. Vivid references span Sorrento and Posillipo, with imagery of Vesuvius, May moonlight, and Siren islands. The passage closes with social snippets and an ad for Holloway's Corn Cure.
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Capri
Bay
Naples
Vesuvius
Sorrento
Tasso
Posilippo
Virgilia
Lechl
Bay of Naples
George William Curtis
Dominion forage plant trials summarize 1913 results
Bulletin No. 76 reviews the 1913 season at the Central Experimental Farm and branch stations. It details tests on 11 corn varieties, 19 turnip varieties, 13 mangels, plus carrots and sugar beets, and reports on leguminous forage plants and grasses breeding for hardiness and yield.
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Dominion Experimental Farms
Central Experimental Farm
Canada
M. O. Malte
Dominion Agrostologist
Department of Agriculture
Otwa
Was She Traitorous Dr Lymang Abbott Speech
A dinner in New York featured anti suffrage remarks by Dr Lymang Abbott. He claimed women still revere men in their hearts despite sex talk. A Washington diplomat addressed a hostess with flattery and the belle replied with a sharp retort about masters and slaves.
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Lymang Abbott
New York
Washoe
Minards Liniment and Lumbermans Friend Cited
A fragment references Minards Liniment and Lumbermans Friend in a dialogue about borrowing and lending. The exchange contrasts two classes and hints at attitudes toward sending and receiving.
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Minards Liniment
Lumbermans
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Bix
Dix
Boston
Willie
Paw
Harvard Lampoon
Aibew
Abbey Vita
Searal
Genuime Sua
Bes
Farlingtons
Arlington CO. OF Canada
Fraser Avenue
Oronto
Ontario
Alver
Sterbourne Street
Madge
Marjorie
Charlie
Jack
Lippincott’s
Holloway
Mrs. O'Seap
Z Re O'Scrap
Scar ‘Anner
Minard
Physi
Charley
Lippincott’s Magazine
Gibbs
Michually Cette
Briggs
Griggs
Raetiwe
Hegt Alla
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