Gillett's Pure Flake Lye Promoted For Home Use
A Toronto ad promotes Gillett's Pure Flake Lye for closets and drains. Sprinkle half a tin weekly to keep odors away and avoid heavy cleaning work. The booklet explains dozens of cleaning tasks and requests mailing for a free copy from Standard Brands Ltd. in Toronto.
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Gillett
Gillett’s
Gillett's Lye
Standard Brands Ltd
Fraser Ave
Liberty Sc
Toronto
Ont
Revival heats Zion meeting in Briar chapter V
Rev Richardson leads a spirited Zion meeting with exhortations and loud cries as a cobbler roars to Christ. Converts surge forward and many speak in tongues, while observers debate if backsliders will stay and whether grace saves souls at the penitent bench.
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Zion
Mr. Richardson
King Street
Christ
Remarkable wedding tale of Nancy and William Marshall
An elderly narrator recalls Nancy Marshall and William's union sparked by faith and community, describing Nancy's stubborn streak, the wedding fuss over corsets, and a quirky cradle gift. The story traces Nancy's transformation from a lively girl into a pale elder, cherishing memories of her youth and the yellow flowers brought to her by her husband.
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Marshall
John Wesley
Nancy
Martin
William
William Marshall
John Trueman
A Catholic Family Search Brings Patrick to Martin Kelly
In 1847 Patrick leaves the Marshall farm for an Irish Catholic settlement, moving to Martin Kelly’s log cabin in Albion Township. He milks two cows, cares for them, and endures Kelly’s smoky humor and blarney as he starts a hard, nomadic rural life.
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Beulah
Marshall Farm
Marshall
Mr. Marshall
Patrick
Martin Kelly
Albion Township
County Longford
Mr. Kelly
Paddy
Martin
Kelly
Albion
Lockton
Lizzie
O'Leary
Mrs. Kelly
Jimmy O'Leary
London Talking Clock Tells Time by Gramophone System
The London system uses a gramophone voice to announce time after dialing T I M. A motor drives a sound record synced to a pendulum clock corrected hourly from Greenwich. It can serve 200 subscribers at once and cuts off a listener after three minutes.
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Central
New York
Paris
London
Greenwich
New York Times
Factory Tests Frost For Windshield Defroster Parts
A Columbus Indiana factory plans to generate subzero weather with sleet and windstorms to test windshield defrosters and heaters. The system will reach 30 degrees below zero with roof spray for sleet and a blower to create blizzards. London police may need to answer 400 questions in fatal accident cases.
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Columbus
Indiana
London
Poultry Diet Varied to Prevent Feed Fatigue
A poultry farmer notes that fowl diets should be varied occasionally to avoid monotony. He warns against the neighbor who sows the same old seeds year after year, urging diversification.
England's Gentlemen Stand Unmoved by Time and Crisis
Chicago Daily News columnist Howard Vincent O'Brien argues England's ruling class remains defined by formal code. He notes top hat wearers with medals, sticks, and composed manners, who endure hardship without quitting, shaping how the world respects their authority.
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Howard Vincent O'Brien
Chicago Daily News
England
Notorious Bibles and their famous misprints through history
A roundup of misprinted Bibles from 1631 to 1810. The Wicked Bible omits not in the Ten Commandments, the Breeches Bible rewrites Genesis to breeches, the Murderers' Bible changes Jude to murderers, the Printers' Bible alters Psalm CXIX, the Vinegar Bible mislabels Luke, and the Wife hater Bible twists Luke to hate life.
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Geneva
Little Helps For This Week
A devotional urges casting burdens on the Lord Psalm 55 22. Believers are advised to leave worries with God and trust His care. The piece promises peaceful steadiness amid unchanged circumstances and joy in belonging to Him.
What is a Boy and the Future Leader
A Rotarian Magazine piece argues a boy will inherit and carry forward policies, treaties, and institutions from adults, shaping humanity's future as he takes seats in Parliament, cities, empires, and control of churches, schools, and courts. The text notes bee extinction from dusting poisons by airplanes and warns of ecological impact.
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Rotarian Magazine
Theatrical superstition Warns Against Backwards Chair Sits
The superstition among theater folk holds that sitting on a chair backwards brings bad luck. Performers avoid this posture to avert misfortune during shows and rehearsals.
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Burns
Max Equel
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PAIN
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Firestone
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