Forged Bill Claim Prompts Liquid Detective Formula
John Wentworth Gold learns of a Treasury claim that twenty million dollars in counterfeit notes circulate. Maple unveils a colorless liquid revealing watermarks, a method to brand notes. Gold plans to obtain the formula and pursue the forged currency ring through London and Peckham. Verity Maple and Gold face pursuit after a hoax telegram disrupts their plans.
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John 8. Wanager
Bill Department
The
States Treasury
Wall Street
News Herald
Treasury
Europe
Wentworth Gold
New York
Maple
Lica
Peckham
Verity Maple
Mr. Gold
Gold
Ple
Tom Maple
America
Helder
Peckham Rye
High
London
Victoria
Lord Dellborough
Hampstead
Crystal Palace Road
Cuticura Heals Baby's Itching Rash in Three Weeks
A High River Alberta mother reports her baby suffered chest and back itching and a spreading rash for two to three weeks. After trying remedies unsuccessfully, Cuticura Soap and Ointment relieved symptoms in about ten days and cleared the eruption in three weeks. The ad promotes Cuticura for hands and general skin care with a free sample offer from Potter Drug & Chem. Corp.
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High River
Alta
Alice Wolford
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Dept. D
Boston
Maple Voice and a Locked Kitchen Door
A hurried stranger arrives at a house and forces entry with a key. He calls the absent Maple, then pushes a kitchen door with a heavy object behind it. A revolver is concealed on his person as the scene ends with the door giving way. To be continued.
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Gold
Maple
Lord Strathcona’s Career A Visionary Empire Builder
A late 19th to early 20th portrait of Donald Alexander Smith Lord Strathcona, Canadian High Commissioner and HBC head, highlighting his role in uniting Canada, the Northwest Purchase, and the Canadian Pacific Railway. The piece praises his health discipline, will, conscience, and duty, urging young men to emulate his career and public service.
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Lord Strathcona
Canada
Don
Labrador
Wilds
Hudson's Bay Company
H.B.C
Donald Smith
Northwest Territories
Dominion
Canadian Pacific Railway
Great West
Queen Victoria
Strathcona
No A Miracle Just Plain Cause and Effect
A reader recounts relief from coffee related spells after switching to Postum. The letter claims coffee caused fainting, heart weakness, and unconsciousness, while Postum improved sleep and health. The Canadian Postum Co advertises Regular and Instant Postum with pricing and a book offer.
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Canadian Postum Co
Windsor
The Pill That Leads Them All and Airmen’s Flights
A column discusses Parmelee's Vegetable Pills as popular and effective for regulating digestion. It then surveys prospects of Transatlantic air travel with mixed views on a non stop fifteen hour flight, noting fuel weight and aircraft limits, and predicting future non stop flights from America.
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Parmelee
America
Europe
United States Navy
aAmerica
London Citizen
Smith and Jones Exchange Tangled Praise
Pall Mall Gazette quotes a manager and Mr Jones in a brief workplace exchange. Smith defends his three months of effort while Jones interjects with rare praise acknowledging his efforts and intent.
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Mr. Smith
Smith
Mr. Jones
Pall Mall Gazette
Witness Describes Motivating Provocation in Prisoner Assault
In Boston Transcript style, a courtroom witness explains the suspect struck the complainant after seeing a roll of bills. The judge questions whether the act stemmed from the alleged provocation of money, with the witness stating the prisoner attacked for some of it.
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Boston Transcript
Night Dilemmas Tie Family to Town Choices
A mother asks Jack to pick between a concert or a temperance lecture while the squall and waterspout loom. Jack declines the squall and the danger, opting for the moving pictures instead.
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Jack Ashore
Jack—Nix
Knocking on the Door and the Shadow of Silence
A meditation from Atlantic on how a sudden knock suspends thought and action. It describes the momentary fear and collective pause as people turn toward the door waiting for the unknown to be revealed. The piece notes the brief but real shadow of silence that follows until the door is opened.
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Gold
Mr. Gold
Tom Ma
Atlantic
Chesaning Monitor editor becomes town marshal
Blanche D Inglass editor of the Chesaning Monitor is appointed town marshal to run Ches aning Michigan by enforcing her own plans after the former marshal was dismissed for lack of pay. The editor had called for a strong leader to keep the town from “going to the dogs.”
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Chesaning
Michigan
Blanche D. Inglass
Chesaning Monitor
Miss Ingalls
Sun Life Shows 1913 Gains Over 1912 in Key Measures
The Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada reports 1913 gains across business in force and new business, with total policies at $202,363,996 and new business up to $34 million. Surplus to liabilities and capital reaches $5.75 million, with total assets near $56 million. The company reinforces its status as Canada’s premier life insurer amid year over year growth.
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Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada
Sun Life
Carcda
Carcda May Well Be Proud of the Success of Its Inittution Company
Deafness and Catarrh Cure Claim Advertisement
An old medical ad claims deafness arises from inflammation of the Eustachian tube and cannot be cured by local applications. It offers one hundred dollars for a cure by Hall's Catarrh Cure and directs readers to obtain circulars from F J Cheney & Co. The notice also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Young barbarians seek action over books
A quotation from Herbert Strang in T. P.'s Weekly laments boys preferring physical acts to reading. It argues that boys crave incidents and romance outside dull school life, while parents and teachers misjudge focus and aims. The piece contrasts dreams of adventure with everyday duties.
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Stevenson
Herbert Strang
T. P.'s Weekly
London
Truth and Fiction Major Schnapps Rug for Golf Club Bar
A client requests a rug for the bar area of a golf club. The assistant confirms suitability, referencing durable material suitable for heavy use. The exchange suggests a practical, service-oriented approach to furnishing the clubhouse bar.
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Schnapps
Baby's Own Tablets Replace Castor Oil
A Mother endorses Paley's Own Tablets as a gentle pleasant laxative for children, replacing castor oil she finds barbarous. The Dr Williams Medicine Co sells boxes for 25 cents by dealers or mail from Brockville Ontario.
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Hector Blanchette
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Snappy Exchange Sparks Defiant Challenge
A witty dialogue features Tom insisting he has the sand to propose while claiming he lacks the dust, prompting a retort about belief in their resolve. The banter centers on confidence and readiness in a flirtatious clash.
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Jack
Tom
President I Suspenser None and Easy Cussworthy Exchange
A brief comic exchange frames a mock confrontation with a dismissive tempo. The speaker jests about suspending authority while another retorts with witty cuss words, delivering a light historical flavor of political theater.
Humorous Plain Folks Jokes About Tailors Goose
A light anecdote sketches a tailor debating the plural of tailor's goose. He worries over geese vs geezes before a soda inspires a punchline about sending one goose and suggesting two instead of one.
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A. F. Phillips
Ayer’s Cliff, Que
Picnicker’s
George A. Warburton
Toronto
Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada
Minzrd
Pierce
Centerignans
Invalids
Ictal and
Seapead Lestene Beka
Dr. Pierce
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