Charmian Faces Jim Over A Debt Visit In Town
Charmian rides with Jim Bennett to collect a loan from a poor mother. Charmian questions whether Jim’s business approach lacks compassion as they observe the shabby cottage and its sobering toll on their relationship. Jim confirms the payment was made, leaving Charmian unsettled by his attitude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charmian
Grandma
Bascomb
Emmy
Emmy Bascomb
Jim
Ezra
Fitza
Bethlehem
Jimmy
South Wickfield
Jimmy Bennett
Carter
Shylock
Beaming but Fractured Evening in Charmian's House
Charmian and Jim retreat from a tepid evening ride while Grandma Davis reports hospital news. Lizzie Baker and Gam Garfield stir in town with talk of beads and a possible suit. Aunt Eldon note closes the piece. a wittier tease ends with a travel-sized ad for Persian Balm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim
Charmian
Davis
Grandma
Jimmy
Eastboro
Lizzie Baker
Gam Garfield
Deacon
Lizzie
India's Caste System Not Breaking Down
Dr. Margaret MacKellar receives the Kaiser-i-Hind Medal for famine and plague relief in India. A second medal marks 40 years of service with four gold bars, presented at Canada's Presbyterian Church jubilee in Montreal in 1924.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Margaret MacKellar
Empire of the East
MacKellar
Presbyterian Church In Canada
Montreal
Queen's University
Halifax
Ingersoll
Two Bird Offer Drives Subscriptions in Fountain Inn
In Fountain Inn South Carolina editor Robert Quillen promotes a white Leghorn rooster to spur subscriptions. He offers the cockerel for a year’s payment with a drawing if multiple readers subscribe or pay. The ad jokes about early crowing and the advertiser’s fatigue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Quillen
Fountain Inn
S.C
Tobe Garrett
Conventions In Maritimes Set For Wolfville June
Two major conferences are planned in Wolfville Nova Scotia in June the Canadian Seed Growers from June 19 to 21 and the Canadian Seed Testing Association a week later. The SE testing group marks the first Maritime hosting of its convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wolfville
Nova Scotia
Maritimes
Longest radio telephone link set between New York and Sydney
A recent radio telephone conversation connected New York and Sydney across 15,000 miles via London, described as the longest on record. The feat highlighted advances in transoceanic communication and marked a milestone in international broadcasting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Sydney
Australia
London
Teach Blind Children Physical Training
Blind children overcome obstacles of sight to excel in physical training at a Montreal class directed by H C Patterson of the YMCA. The program trains visually impaired boys to follow commands and perform exercises, improving overall fitness, with similar gains noted for deaf and dumb children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Patterson
Central Young Men's Christian Association
Montreal
Confidence for Young Mothers and Baby’s Own Tablets
A home remedy article urges keeping Baby's Own Tablets for infants and children to ease colds fevers sour stomach and teething irritability. The tablets are described as a mild laxative without gripping and free from opiates sold by The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont for 25 cents a box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Lifeboats saving lives across British coast reach milestone
A Splendid Record Lifeboats stationed around Britain and Ireland, manned by volunteer crews, have saved 62 187 lives in over a century, averaging eleven lives a week. Worms threaten children and a simple remedy is Mother Graves Worm Exterminator. On July 11 1905 a special Santa Fe train chartered by Walter Scott completed a Los Angeles to Chicago 2265 mile run in 44 hours 54 minutes as a sport.
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Britain
Ireland
Santa Fe
Walter Scott
Los Angeles
Chicago
Burns voyage proves sea of matrimony rough
Minard notes marriages are tumultuous, cautioning that one union often suffices as life at sea mirrors domestic storms. The piece uses nautical imagery to advise restraint and reflection before pursuing further unions.
I Was Skinny and Tired Now Peppy and Fit
An advertisement claims Ironized Yeast builds 5 to 15 pounds in eight weeks turning a skinny weak body into a well developed form. It promises clear skin, relief from nervousness indigestion and constipation, better sleep and rapid pep from day one. The tonic blends Malt Yeast and iron in pleasant tablets with no yeasty taste.
Cross and patience guidance in weekly note
The item presents short religious reflections on bearing the cross and following Christ, with quotes from Mark and Kempis and a remark on coal mines in France holding excess orders. It combines devotional maxims with a brief economic note about French coal production.
Brock's Book on Birds Offered with Free Bird Food Sample
An 842 page revised edition of Brock's Book on Birds details care and feeding of cage birds and 80 extra pages on treating bird diseases. Readers can obtain a copy by mailing 1 cent to Winnipeg Newspaper Union with a sample Brock's Bird Feed and Brock's Bird Treat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brock
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Mcdermott Avenue
Winnipeg
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Christine Whiting Parmenter
Dorn Peondi
Garfield
Eldon
Hampshire
England
Catherine
Clarence
Thom Ontario
Lydia -E
Pinkham
Base
Minard
Liniment
Wrigley’s
Wrigleys
Minard’s
South Carolina
Free Rooster
Mark
R. Leroy
Thomas A. Kempis
Henri Frederic Amiel
France
IRE
Gyproc
Canada
Manitoba
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