Doctor and Charmian discuss future home and John Carter
The doctor and Charmian talk of selling the old house and turning to a smaller home with a kitchen and bath. He reveals John Carter’s background, his struggle with family tragedy, and his steady Wickfield practice. Charmian jokes about love and photographs while they near the widow Smithson’s cottage.
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Charmian
Grandma
John
John Carter
Harvard
Smithson
Jim Bennett
bin “Shylock
Young Wife Strengthened by Vegetable Compound
Mrs Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound helped a 19 year old Bancroft Ontario wife recover her strength during her first pregnancy. She reports improved nerves and a healthy baby after using the remedy as advised by her mother and friend.
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Bancroft
Ontario
Lydia E. Pinkham
Sean
Charmian Reflects On Life Changes And Debt
Charmian contemplates aging, care, and future loss as Grandma, the doctor, and Jim Bennett exit her thoughts. She worries about Wickfield without them, balances kindness vs. business, and recalls Jim Bennett’s bank debts. The scene ends as Doctor Howe’s successor looms and Charmian is asked for Jim Bennett’s address.
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Charmian
Jim
Grandma
Wickfield
John Carter
Doctor Howe
Jim Bennett
Widow to gain pension under British Widows and Orphans Act
Arthur Greenwood announced at Hackney that a widow of a Waterloo veteran will receive a pension under the act. Her husband fought at Waterloo in 1815 at age 18 and married after age 60, born about 1797, era of George III, Nelson's death, and the war with America.
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Waterloo
Arthur Greenwood
Hackney
England
Greenwood
George III
Nelson
America
Neglect Of Good Books And Public Responsibility
Stanley Unwin criticizes the neglect of books among educated Britons and Canadians, arguing many never enter a book shop or read. The piece links library use with book neglect as a social crime and notes Miller's Worm Powders as a long standing remedy for worms in children.
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Stanley Unwin
London
George Allen and Unwin
Canada
Global river discharge to Atlantic estimated at 3400 cubic miles
The Atlantic receives about 3400 cubic miles of river water yearly, roughly half of the world total. The figure reflects estimations and is discussed in relation to global hydrological patterns.
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Atlantic Ocean
Nations face new view of global borrowing and lending
A League of Nations report shows 1928 per capita borrowing leaders as The Netherlands, Australia tops abroad borrowing, while Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Argentina, and South Africa pay high per capita interest. The United Kingdom leads net interest and dividends, with the United States second in maritime freights. Canada gains from tourism beyond Switzerland.
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Germany
United States
League of Nations Economic Section
Geneva
New York Times
Times
Netherlands
France
United Kingdom
Australia
Argentina
Norway
Hungary
New Zealand
Canada
Argentine
South Africa
Italy
Sweden
Switzerland
Literary Digest
Diner Quip Turns on Chicken Soup Menu
A diner jokes with a waiter about chicken soup, noting no chicken is found in the dish. The waiter replies that one should not expect to find a horse in horseradish, reflecting regional humor.
Dallas Woman Tours New York For Humorous Trinkets
A Dallas visitor arrived in New York to find cheap trinkets to send home as a joke. She asked about the Woolworth Building while in the city. The piece also notes the San Francisco Chinese telephone exchange with 2,300 subscribers and two long-serving operators.
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Dallas
Texas
New York
Woolworth
Chinese Telephone Exchange of
San Francisco
Calif
Dysentery Relief Claim From Wild Strawberry Extract
Mrs H F Stewart of Findlater Sask says her family suffered severe dysentery two years ago. After taking Dr Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry three to four doses, all symptoms disappeared and the family kept a bottle at home. The product has been on the market for 85 years, produced by The T Milburn Co Ltd Toronto Ont.
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Mra H. FP. Stewart, Findlater, Sask
T. Milburn Co. Ltd
Toronto
Canadian bred cattle expert invited to Perth Angus show
May Judge Perth Cattle Kenneth McGregor son of Manitoba's Lieutenant-Governor and native of Amherstburg has been asked to judge the Aberdeen Angus show in Perth Scotland in February. It marks the greatest annual event of its kind in Scotland and no Canadian has prior been invited. McGregor is a renowned Aberdeen Angus breeder.
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Kenneth McGregor
Manitoba
Amherstburg
Malcolm McGregor
Perth
Scotland
McGregor
Sturdy Childhood and Baby’s Own Tablets Claim Health
An ad extols sturdy children and blames mothers for ailing offspring. It promotes Baby’s Own Tablets by The Dr. Williams Medicine Co. Brockville Ont as remedies for stomach and bowel irregularities, priced at 25 cents a box and available by mail or from medicine dealers.
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Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
New Alloy Promises Light Strength for Aviation
A Stockholm engineer Johan Haerden developed a light yet hard metal alloy. It can be rolled forged and resists all acids and salt water, seen as a boon for aeroplane makers especially hydroplanes in Sweden. Also note the advertised Douglas Egyptian Liniment for burns sprains and rheumatic inflammation.
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Johan Haerden
Stockholm
Sweden
Black Sheep Slayer Strikes Wyoming Flock
In Cheyenne Wyoming a bizarre killer attacked a sheep flock killing seven black sheep in a single night and spared every white sheep. The incident stunned farmers and sparked a local hunt for the mysterious predator targeting only darker individuals.
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Cheyenne
Wyoming
Little Helps For This Week
A devotional column discusses finding hope in hardship and maintaining faith. It cites Isaiah, Celia Thaxter, Job, and Robert Collyer to urge steadfastness, right living, and belief that trials shape a worthy life through enduring light.
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Job
Robert Collyer
France leads in world aviation records says La Liberte
Lead In Aeronautics states France is a nation of birdmen with 28 of 90 official records held by French flyers under the International Aeronautical Federation. Germany has 25, the United States 22, Italy eight, England and Switzerland three each, and Czecho Slovakia one. The top five records are distance and closed circle to France, altitude to Germany, speed to England, and duration to the United States.
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France
International Aeronautical Federation
Germany
England
United States
Edmonton Land Office Sees Record April Homesteads
Homestead filings at the Edmonton land office rose in April with 529 homesteads and 19 soldier grants taken up, surpassing March's 319 homesteads and 8 grants. The surge marks a new record for April.
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Edmonton
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