Al Stone Returns to Blackie Joe's After Lost Fame
Al Stone, once a celebrated singing waiter at Blackie Joe's, drifts from Broadway after Molly Winton's desertion with John Perry. He stalks the familiar club, where Blackie Joe greets him warmly and urges a reunion, while Grace Farrel's memory lingers and Al faces a bleak, uncertain future.
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al Stone
Blackie Joe
New York
Grace Farrel
Molly Winton
Junior
Molly
John Perry
Perry
France
Broadway
Grace
Whch
Lfe
Slackie Joe
Prohibition
Blackie
G'wan
Plackie
Blacke
Marcus
Pinkham's Compound Praised By Vanessa Ontario Mother
A Vanessa Ontario reader praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound noting it helped her after six pregnancies and a baby boy eight months old weighs 23 pounds. She encourages friends to try it for similar relief.
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Vanessa
Lydia E. Pinkham
Tamae
Mars
Minton McMullen
Ontario
Blackie and Al clash over Molly in a dramatic scene
Blackie recalls being knocked out by a woman and vows to rise again. Al admits past pain, denies love for Molly, and explains trying to write after she left. A waiter interrupts, and Blackie steps away promising to return as the scene ends with To Be Continued.
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Blackie
Molly
Baby's Own Tablets A Help to Mothers
A Dr Williams product claims Baby's Own Tablets provide gentle laxative action to regulate bowels and ease teething related discomfort. The advertisement cites Mrs B G Carver from Lyndale P E I praising their usefulness and notes sales by medicine dealers or mail order at 25 cents per box from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario.
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B. G. Carver
Lyndale
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Science helps workers revive Derbyshire mine
In Derbyshire England a lead mine that had petered out was reactivated after two young schoolmasters devised an ore detector. They located a new lead ore body 1000 feet underground, estimated value about 250000 dollars. Mine owners, trusting science, rehired miners and now the mine runs at full capacity.
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England
Derbyshire
Polticians
Science
Vancouver Sun
Wonderful relief with Assurated Magnesia for indigestion
When stomach discomfort with sourness nausea or after eating pains occur a single dose of pure Bssulated Magnesia provides instant relief. Assurated Magnesia delivers prompt effective relief in obstinate cases and is pleasant and inexpensive to use. Ask your druggist.
Child marriages in India and historic London church works
The report cites over 25 million girls under sixteen in India married, including more than 218000 under five and 2000000 under ten. It also notes 15139 widows under fifteen. Eight London churches preserve fourteenth and fifteenth century work.
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India
London
Thousand Eskimo Artifacts Found In Northern Alaska
Smithsonian scientist Henry B. Collins Jr reports discovery of a 1000 year old Eskimo culture layer on St Lawrence Island in Alaska. The 20 foot artificial mesa contains ivory bone pottery and wooden artifacts from a vanished village, suggesting western origins for Eskimo culture and a decline with iron introduction.
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Henry B. Collins, Jr
Smithsonian
Alaska
St. Lawrence Island
Ales Hidlicks
Diamond Jenness
National Museum of Canada
Collings
Siberia
Canada
Greenland
Human Ostrich Feats Record Strange Appetite Dangers
A Stratford telegraph operator died from asphyxia after swallowing stones grass leaves wood and scrap iron. A later London Hospital figure dubbed Champion Ostrich swallowed cork tinfoil pennies leather strap string and other odds and ends. Another person filled a stomach with broken lamp chimneys nails tacks screws and tumblers in a grim display.
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Stratford
England
Essex County Lunatic Asylum
London Hospital
Pedestrian notice stirs town resident in busy street
An old country woman pauses in a crowded thoroughfare before a "Pedestrians cross here" sign and mutters she would not blame pedestrians if they grew angry at the obstruction.
Wet Paint Sign Goes Up After Tearful Moment
A coy exchange ends with a playful plan as one partner suggests hanging a sign that reads Wet Paint after a potential tearful moment. The lighthearted remark signals a humorous coping approach and affection between the pair.
Long Lived War Leaders Celebrate Octogenarian Years
After World War I, four leaders aged in their eighties reflect on peace and war. Hindenburg, Joffre, Mackensen, and Georges Clemenceau are noted for bearing heavy burdens yet reaching octogenarian ages, linking longevity to leadership during 1914–1918.
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Stresemann
Hindenburg
Gustav Stresemann
Paul von Hindenburg
Joffre
Mackensen
Georges Clemenceau
Etna steam to heat observatory facility this winter
Steam issuing from Mount Etna fissures near the main crater will be used to supply the central heating plant of the volcobiological observatory on the mountain’s higher slopes. Professor Gaetano Ponte, director of the Etna observatory, announced the plan.
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Mount Etna
Volcobiological Observatory
Gaetano Ponte
Etna Observatory
How shall we address women senators in Lethbridge
The Lethbridge Herald ponders proper forms of address for female senators, debating whether to use Mrs Senator or Senator Mrs or plain Senator Smith. The column hints at evolving gender norms and hints at social etiquette.
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The
Lethbridge Herald
Senator Smith
Mrs. Smith
Little Helps For This Week In Faith And Courage
A compact devotional notes weekly guidance from biblical quotes and church writers. It cites Nahum Kempis and Fenelon urging reliance on God for strength, courage, and renewed power to meet daily duties and devious paths.
Corns Vanish After Holloway's Corn Remover Treatment
The product promises removal of corns without scarring as a result of its use. It claims fast relief and ease of use for home treatment.
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Holloway
Prairie Provinces host key wild duck breeding grounds
The Prairie Provinces of Canada contain the continent s main breeding grounds for wild ducks. Japan s population grew by 900000 in 1926 and 1000000 in 1927 as its territory expanded.
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Prairie Provinces
Canada
Japan
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William Burleigh
Thomas A. Kempis
Fenelon
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
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Winnipeg
Goloford Paper Products
Hamilton
Hunter-Martin & CO
Regina
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