Mrs McNair Tells a Scottish Halloween Tale of Regret
An elderly Mrs McNair recalls a Highland Hallowe'en memory at Lochmore. Seventeen-year-old self and cousins prank Evan Rossie, a beloved simple-minded worker, by a prank that ends with him soaked and shamed, leaving lifelong remorse and a wounded spirit.
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McNair
Malcom
Goig
Wire
Alice
Malcolm
Lochmore
Hichland
McAllister
Hallowen
London
Hallowe'en
Ian
Jess
Avi
I Sal
Fitzroy
Mary
Cameron
Marjory
Ardtornish Castle
Jan
Jessie
Essie
Uncle Lochmorf’s
Aunt Lochmore
Kintra
Morag
Lechimore
Old Morag
Maggie
Grandmamma MecNair
Old Murag
Grandpapa McNair
America
St. George's
Edinburgh
Evan Rossie
Lacie
Kiatra
Ivan
Lily
Uncle Lochmore
Morocco
Evan
Mrs. McNair
Ben
Lan
Evan Roasie
Grandmamma McNair
Bruce
Lucy
Archie
Paredvenaure
Hallowe’en
Fishermen Rescue Gone Wrong Echoes of Courage
A fragment recalls a middle aged man who died attempting to save fishermen whose boat never returned. The tale honors a peaceful sleep and the bravery of Evan Bessie amid peril at sea.
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Grandmamma
Evan Bessie
Our Own Solomon On House Cleaning
A humorous snapshot of domestic labor and marital strain. The wife’s strict cleanliness clashes with the husband’s oblivious indifference as a long day unfolds with chores, mishaps, and tensions surfacing over a cluttered home and unspoken frustrations.
Warning to Mothers About Fake Baby’s Own Tablets
A public notice warns mothers of imitations of Baby's Own Tablets offered by unscrupulous dealers. It advises verifying the full name and four-leaved clover emblem on the outside wrapper and to avoid substitutes. The notice instructs sending 25 cents to The Dr. Williams Medicine Co. in Brockville Ontario to receive a genuine box by mail.
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Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Brockville, Ont
Another Woman Wanted Him and Her Hat
A fragmentary verse piece by W. D. Nesbit contrasts a woman flaunting a plain straw hat with fashionable rivals. It moves through material vanity and domestic tension, recounting a wife's purchases and a husband's domineering gaze, ending on the line another woman wanted him.
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Tre
W. D. Nesbit
Willing Hands Snow Shoveling Offer
A humorous back-and-forth where a tramp asks for food in exchange for shoveling snow, and a lady notes there has been no snow for months. The joke hinges on the tramp offering 4 sandwiches if they had snow to shovel.
Farmer's Trials Show Pink Pills Restore Strength
A Spry Ontario farmer, once weakened by pernicious anaemia, credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with renewed blood, appetite, and weight after a month of use. He reports rapid health improvement after six months and recommends the pills as a serum-like blood tonic and nerve restorer. Sold by dealers or mail from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario.
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George Huntsberg
Spry
Bruce Peninsula
Stokes Bay
Dr. Williams
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
A Greyhound of the Seas
A banker narrator depicts emigrants leaving an English port aboard a vast liner bound for Canada or the United States. People include Russian Jews escaping persecution, a newlywed couple, a widowed mother bidding farewell, and a wary traveler. The piece ends noting moral stakes and salvation.
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Canada
States
Syren
Ancient Trees Across Lands and Ages
The Dundee Advertiser notes extreme tree ages from 600 year coconuts to 5000 year baobabs. It cites Arabs on date palms reaching 200 to 300 years and Wellan's oak near Paisley over 700. Olives on Mount of Olives date to 1099, Fountains Abbey yews predate 1132, redwoods in California centenarian.
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Wellan
Paisley
Scotland
Mount of Olives
Jerusalem
Fountains Abbey
Yorkshire
Mariposa Grove
California
Africa
Chapultepec
Humboldt
Orotava
Teneriffe
Dundee Advertiser
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Scoff
Solomon
Chicago Post
Oteon
Dodds
Piggie
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