No Eskimo pelts explain murder clue in Arctic camp
In Armistice, Sergeant Seartet wrestles with a puzzling Eskimo pelts clue amid Moira O Malley’s grief and rivalries. The dinner party at Mission House reveals tensions as Seymour weighs a dangerous trail and La Marr’s fate remains unknown.
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O'Malley
Avie
Harry Karmack
Moira O'Malley
la Marr
Morrow
Oliver
Moira O’malley
Mission House
Moira
Arctic
Seymour
Miss O'Malley
Morrows
Seartet
Mrs. Morrow
Do All My House Work Cobourg Testimonial Prompt
A Cobourg Ontario reader reports improved health after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She says nerve trouble and monthly sickness relieved, enabling her to perform all her housework and recommends the remedy.
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Ellen Flatters
Cobourg
Ont
Lydia E. Pinkham
Eskimo fugitive arrives brandishing rifle at door
In a tense scene a fugitive Eskimo appears at the door, not in cuffs but with a rifle pressed to his chest. Seymour, shocked by the sight, confronts the stranger as the summer heat adds urgency to the confrontation about the Deity and silence.
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Seymour
The Hero Fugitive From Averse Eskimo Feasts on Caribou
In a tense scene, a bound Eskimo named Koymolive lunges into a tent seizing caribou shank. Hunger overrules restraint as Seymour and guests stop him from biting further. Morrow and Moira wrest the meat away. To be continued.
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Koymolive
Seymour
la Marr
Gruff
Morrow
Moira
Italian Roots of British Banking on Five Pound Notes
The article traces Italian influence on British banking history from Lombard Street to Bank of England notes. It notes Italian language terms in the notes, the origin of the word bank, the banco system, and that Bank of England never reissues a note, with each note’s history recorded.
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Bank of England
Italy
England
Lombard Street
London
Compa
Compagnia
Horn-Rimmed Spectacles Spark London Debate
Clement Jeffery a noted eye diagnostician denounces horn-rimmed spectacles as an atrocity in London. He claims mental strain, not near work, causes myopia and urges engaging lessons and patient teachers and parents to wipe out the nation’s defects.
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Clement Jeffery
London
Jeffery
Baldness Believed to Shield Against Consumption Says Doctor
A veteran physician asserts that bald men are unlikely to suffer tuberculosis and that thinning hair signals the illness will pass over the afflicted. The claim suggests a superstition linking hair loss with disease resistance.
The Reason Pegey Dialogue Between Violet and Mother
A short exchange features Violet asking why she and her mother do not attend the same church as another pair. The mother replies that they belong to a different denomination.
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Pegey
Violet
Knights of Self Control Purity and Purpose in Life
A sermon-like piece urges boys and girls to embody self control in driving life, using metaphors of a train engineer and gunpowder, and explains purity with images of flowers and childhood innocence. It recalls Abalone shells and dangers of losing control, then links purity to education and graduation rites.
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Rockies
California
England's roses lose perfume as scent fades in new blooms
The Overseas Daily Mail reports roses grown in England retain beauty but their old fragrance fades. Critics link fragrance loss to emphasis on form and color, noting new strains lack scent. musk and mimosa also show diminished aroma, with Kew Gardens noting a scent mystery dating to 1880.
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England
Surrey
McArthur
Royal Botanic Gardens
Kew
Overseas Daily Mail
Baby's Own Tablets touted against cholera infantum
An advertisement promotes Baby's Own Tablets as preventives for cholera infantum in children, claiming they regulate bowels and calm the stomach. Mrs. Fred Rose of South Bay Ontario credits the product with saving her baby, and the pills are sold by dealers or mail order for 25 cents a box by The Dr. Williams Medicine Co.
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Fred Rose
South Bay
Ont
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Made Everything He Needed Grand Rapids Figure Frank Way Dies
Grand Rapids mourns Frank Homemade Way 69 known for crafting nearly all his own goods. He spent 23 years in his workshop producing hats shoes coats trousers and even his own false teeth and cigars. He built a coffin for himself as health declined and was found dead in the workshop.
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Grand Rapids
Frank
Re Valuation Cost Estimated for Soldiers' Settlement Scheme
Rough estimate places the cost of re valuing property held by soldiers under the Soldiers' Settlement Act at 300000 dollars. S Mather, Secretary of the Soldiers' Settlement Board, disclosed this while testifying before the House Committee on pensions and re establishment.
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S. Mather
Soldiers’ Settlement Board
House Committee On Pensions and Re-Establishment
Climb Life Peaks Not Degrees Says William Blank
A speaker urges choosing character over earned degrees, likening life to mountain climbing. Education peak matters, but a kind, courageous, reverent life grants lasting reward. The orator cites Mount Robson and ends with the vision of a life graduate crowned by the Chancellor of Life.
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Pacific Coast
Mount Robson
God
William Blank
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Canada
Little Foxes
Thomas Allen
Socrates
Greece
Wrigley
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Jean
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Chicege
H. T. Thorne
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