War and welcome in a Canadian shipyard town
Maggie Kenny confronts Anna Milander amid a busy station crowd as both women face class conflict and union rhetoric. Anna, now in Canada, aids a Finn girl while Maggie negotiates meals with Mrs. Spencer. A police incident drops Anna into custody as she declares her union loyalty and class struggle.
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Anna
Maggie
Maggie Kenny
Waltreas
Margaret Kenny
Anna Milander
Canada
Anca Milander
Central
Freedom
Expectant Mother Credits Medicine for Healthier Pregnancy
Mrs Oliver Menarp of 24 Harvey St, Chatham Ontario credits Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound with easing headaches and fatigue during pregnancy. She notes she could work again, her newborn son is thriving at five months, and she continues to recommend the remedy to other expectant mothers.
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Chatham
Ontario
Lydia E. Pinkham
Faretable
Mre
Oliver Menarp
Harvey St
Ceathem
Aluminum Tea and Paper Quality Claims
An old report claims experiments over thirty years prove aluminum is the best material for tea containers and worst for paper. It notes Red Rose Tea is now packed only in aluminum with a guarantee of perfect condition.
Carter ridicules mummy curses in Tutankh Amen tale
The article notes Howard Carter debunks curses blamed on tombs in his new Tomb of Tutankh Amen volume. It cites sterile tomb when opened and remarks that sensational tales may outstrip fact, referencing the British Museum mummy and Titanic era rumors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Carter
Messrs
Cassell
British Museum
Prison reforms carried to extreme in Quebec claims
George S. Rioux, chief of detectives in Quebec, told a Windsor police chiefs convention that prisons now rival hotels in comfort. He criticized mollycoddling and said 70 percent of triple convicted criminals return to crime after release, despite sentiment and rehabilitation rhetoric.
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Quebec
Canada
United States
George S. Rioux
Windsor
Rioux
First Electric Street Car in World Linked to St. Catharines Inventor
George E. Patterson who built the first electric car, later operated between St. Catharines and Thorold in 1887, died recently in Pasadena at age 83. He started a carriage shop in 1874 in St. Catharines, forming Patterson and Corbon, and retired from business five years ago.
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St. Catherines
Ont
George E. Patterson
Pasadena
Calif
St. Catharines
Patterson and Corbon
Thorold
A Great Puzzle to Careful Parents
A nursing parents guide advert describes Baby's Own Tablets from The Dr. Williams Medicine Co. Brockville Ontario as safe for infants and helpful for fever griping pains colds vomiting constipation teething and sleep. The ad promotes mail order and in store sale at 25 cents a box.
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Baby
Dr. Willams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Ceremony in India prompts Naga chiefs to end human sacrifice
Pioneer's special correspondent reports a manau festival in the Naga Hills where 500 chiefs heard promises to abolish slavery and sacrifice. Seven buffaloes were slain to feed the gathering as skulls of victims were turned over to the civil officer.
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Naga Hills
Burma
Manau
Norse Settlement Ruins Alleged on Labrador Island
Arctic researchers led by Donald B. MacMillan report rock foundations on Sculpin Island off Nain Labrador as remains of a Norse settlement possibly a thousand years old. Eskimo tradition names the site Tunitvik the place of the Norsemen. The finding challenges Columbus 1492 as the sole starting point of North American history.
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Labrador
Sculpin Island
Nain
Canada
Donald B. MacMillan
Field Museum
Greenland
Tunitvik
America
United States
Columbus
Leif Ericson
New World
Refusal to Pay Fees Delays Lord Byng Elevation Gazetting
The viscounty given to Lord Dying upon retirement as Canada governor has not been gazetted due to high fees for peerage elevation. Lord Byng refuses to pay, mirroring other honored soldiers who decline such costs. The piece notes costs ranging from 330 to 730 pounds and remarks on royal titles and German leaders with satirical jabs.
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Canada
Lord Byng
Giant Tornieria dinosaur to be reanimated at South Kensington
At the Natural History Museum in South Kensington a Tornieria, one of the world’s largest dinosaurs, will be set on its legs again. The 50 ft long, 30 ft high creature weighed around ten tons, lived near river estuaries, laid eggs, and fed on floating vegetation. bones were found in Tanganyika.
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Natural History Museum
South Kensington
Tanganyitka
Extra Mileage at No Extra Cost Firestone Claim
Gum-Dipping is an exclusive Firestone process promoted as delivering extra mileage without added cost.
Little Helps For This Week Vouchsafe Dear Lord
A devotional verse prayer invokes daily grace and guidance. Two authors, Thomas Hornblower Gill and William Elicry Channing, offer wishes for a sinless day and acts of charity to uplift others.
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Thomas Hornblower Gill
William Elicry Channing
Pr Thomas Eclectric Ol helps burns and scalds
An advertisement touts Pr Thomas Eclectric Oil as a quick remedy for burns and scalds. It claims no preparation is needed and that applying the oil reduces pain and ends it in a short time. It urges keeping the product in every kitchen for immediate use.
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Forst
Thomas
Scenic Banff Windermere Lake Louise routes open for 1927 season
The Banff Windermere highway and the Lake Louise Field road in the Canadian Rockies opened for the 1927 season on June 1. Officials expect more tourists than ever to view the scenic wonders along these routes. A humorous Life magazine quote is included among unrelated lines.
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Banff-Windermere
Lake Louise Field Road
Canadian Rocky Mountains
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eeKs
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London Sunday Pictorial
Minard
Firestone
Firestone Tire & Rubber CO. OF Canada, Limited
Hamilton, Ont
Pireatone
Edith E. Hunter
RF. F. 3
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