Night Descent and Robbery at La Turbie Club
Brandon guides Joanna and Kenilworth to safety only to see them seized by masked raiders on a foggy descent. In a mountain hideout the couple faces forced humiliation as bandits rob the revelers, while Kenilworth narrowly keeps his own valuables from exposure.
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Deanns
Raise Historic Nancy Schooner To Be Recovered
Ontario plans tenders to raise the Nancy schooner sunk in Nottawa Saga Bay during the War of 1812. The British vessel was scuttled after a blockhouse fire and powder train accident amid pillaging and retreat to Mackinac.
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Ontario Department of Public Works
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Nottawa Saga Bay
Plan to travel across North America on horseback
Six Toronto men of the Canadian Machine Gun Corps plan a five month 6 009 mile expedition from Toronto to Prince Rupert BC on horseback via untracked routes across rivers and the Rocky Mountains. Lance Corporal Fwart Warren leads Privates Hancock Miller Matton Halliday and Flannigan with backing from local businessmen starting May First.
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Machine Gun Corps
Rocky Mountains
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E. Hancock
S. Miller
M. Matton
D. Halliday
S. Flannigan
Toronto
First Telephone Conversation Inventor's Statement
The Brantford Ontario claim is supported by Dr Bell who said the telephone was conceived there in 1874 and first tested with instruments in Brantford Paris and Toronto. He notes the first long distance speech occurred August 10 1916 with transmitter in Brantford and receiver in Paris.
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American Telephone and Telegraph Company
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Toronto
Famous Brighton Twins Meet Prince at Tea
The Prince of Wales visited Brighton a century after the Prince Regent era. At tea with the Mayor the famous Brighton twins Matthew and Mark, aged 94, were presented. One twin recalled delivering goods to Duckingham Palace at age ten.
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England
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Prince of Wales
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Mark
Saithew
Duckingham Palace
Oklahoma editor to retire with sizable fortune
An Oklahoma newspaper editor plans retirement with a $106000 fortune earned through industry and toil. He once received $100000 for oil found on land he owned. A trade expert urges wary buying tricks and promotes buymanship through public education. Read before you sign. Wealthy relatives may aid futures deals.
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Oklahoma
I Want To Help Says Allen Boudria Ottawa Engineer
Allen Boudria of 432 St Patrick St Ottawa an engineer and well known citizen describes how Tanlac restored his health after five years of misery and stomach problems He says he lost weight improved appetite and sleep and feels 30 years younger with over two million bottles sold by druggists Nationwide.
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St. Patrick St
Ottawa
M. Laponte
Mystery towers on English coast finally explained
Two 80 foot towers built during the war on England southern coast cost about 5.6 million dollars each. They were designed to stretch across the Straits of Dover with nets and guns, connected by searchlights in top towers. Armistice halted the project. one tower broken up, the other serves as a lighthouse off Spithead.
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English Channel
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Shoreham
Spithead
A Good Medicine for Spring Time
A spring tonic commercial promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills as a blood enriching remedy. It argues purgatives weaken the body and cites a testimonial from James Dickson of West Meath Ontario. It notes availability from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario and claims fair haired people resist disease more effectively per Sir W Arbuthnot Lane.
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James Dickson
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Ont
Pr. Williams’ Medicine Cop
Brockville
W. Arbuthnot Lane
Not Always a Good Rule
An editorial argues age alone cannot judge a person or judge’s fitness and questions compulsory retirement at 75. It also notes the value of experience on the bench and warns against relying on birthdays as a measure of intellect or judgment. The piece ends with a promotion for Miller's Worm Powders addressing intestinal worms in children.
Little Helps For This Week On Love And Duty
A compact meditation on love of God and neighbor. It cites John XIV, Henry Vaughan, Charaba in Gebir, and Julius Hare to urge trusting the two great commandments and exploring their expansive reach beyond first impressions. The tone is devotional and exhortative.
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Gebir
Julius Hare
Queen Mary Bans 14 Dickens Characters at Luncheon
The Queen enjoyed a luncheon where menu cards bore Dickens character sketches. She correctly blocked 14 of 19 depicted characters. In the same note, observers state there is roughly one automobile per five people in the United States, nearing one per family.
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Queen Mary
United States
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