Inspector Haskell's cunning win over Williamson
Haskell skilfully portrays Baker as untrustworthy to gain Williamson's trust. Williamson, moved by Haskell's praise of an enemy, approves the demotion and backs Haskell against Baker and the deserters. Pedneault arrives with help for Alan and Joyce, fueling the pursuit as the narrative heads toward a confrontation.
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Endurance
Pedneault
Haskell
Baker
Williamson
Alan Baker
Alan
Old Guard
West
Ottawa
Ped
Elizabeth
Larry
Bill
Canada on economic upgrade and recovery noted in Loyalist celebration
Three Canadian captains of industry visiting St John New Brunswick declared the nation on an economic upgrade with recovery now felt to a moderate degree. Speakers included John C. Newman James Playfair and D A Campbell. Mention of ongoing kidnapping in the Irish Free State.
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Canada
St. John
N.B
John C. Newman
Montreal Harbor Commission
James Playfair
Midland
Ont
D. A. Campbell
Montreal
Help for Tired Wives From a 1900s Patent Medicine Ad
A vintage ad targets wives worn by hardship urging them to take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a tonic. It claims women report benefit and encourages purchase from a local druggist.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydien E. Pinkham
Old Fashioned Cream Cooking at the Cost of Milk
An endorsement of St. Charles cream cooking noting it is economical and convenient. The product promises double the richness in cream and a rich cooked-in-cream flavor for every dish.
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St. Charles
Women Ambassadors and Soviet Diplomat Aboard Baltic View
Ruth Bryan Owen stands as the first US woman with ministerial rank abroad, in Copenhagen, near the Baltic. Madame Alexandra Killantay, 61, longtime Soviet ambassador to Stockholm, rose from Moscow political envoy to Sweden to Mexico, then to Sweden, shaping trade pacts and authoring works like The Class War and Society and Maternity.
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Ruth Bryan Owen
Copenhagen
United States
Ae Baltic
Alexandra Killantay
Sweden
Madame Killantay
Moscow
Norway
Mexico
Stockholm
Smolky Institute
Leningrad
Switzerland
Lenin
Russia
Rhyming Optimist and Calixa Lavalle Discovery and Transit
The poem titled The Rhyming Optimist to Aline Michaelio presents hopeful vows on hope love peace faith and compassion. A Boston Mount Benedict Cemetery discovery places Calixa Lavalle composer of O Canada’s grave with plans to move remains to his homeland. Reports note army tanks repurpose as snow plows and Italy eyeing motor services on smaller rail lines.
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Calixa Lavalle
Liver Pill Promises Health From Purely Vegetable Formula
Fragment from an old advertisement extolling liver pills as a remedy for digestive troubles. Claims poor digestion and general wretchedness stem from lack of bile and touts a vegetable product as a cure, contrasting with laxatives, oils, and mineral waters. The text is garbled but centers on promoting a bowel health pill.
Mass production pegged to Maya and nunneries in Yucatan
Archaeologist Dr Frans Bion of Tulane reports Maya civilization shows unit production and standard sized stone blocks at Uxmal. A replica of the Uxmal nunnery will debut at the Chicago World's Fair. Mayans used stone tools to hew blocks and likely sleds for transport. A clay idol production factory is noted for Mayan homes.
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Frans Bion
Tulane University
Yucatan
Central America
Blom
Uxmal
England Sends Special Train to Copenhagen
A special Newcastle to Harwich train carrying 304 tons of electrical machinery built by C A Parsons Co. departs for Copenhagen. The unit, part of a 51x set for the H C Ofsted Power Station, travels land and sea by rail carriages through Zeebrugge Belgium Germany to Fredericia Middelfart Nyborg Korsor and into Copenhagen.
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Newcastle-upon- Tyne
Harwich
Copenhagen
Messrs. C. A. Parsons and Co
Newcastle
H.C. Ofsted
Zeebrugge
Belgium
Germany
Denmark
Fredericia
Middievart
Nyborg
Korsor
Walk On Right Side Of Road Habit Of Pedestrian Safety
The text urges pedestrians to walk on the right side of rural roads facing traffic to improve safety. It argues back to traffic increases awareness for both walkers and drivers, reducing fatalities by allowing pedestrians to see approaching vehicles and anticipate danger.
Eskimos Drink Denatured Alcohol Amid Arctic Hardships
Report from Corporal Wall of the North West Mounted Police notes Eskimos on Victoria Island bound to denatured alcohol and methylhydrate as aperitifs during inter-tribal visits. Health risk cited, but missionaries gain influence as hymn singing and Sunday observance grow. Mars map project announced by William H. Pickering and Italy to accelerate train service.
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Victoria Island
Arctic
Canada
Wall
North West Mounted Police
Mars
William H. Pickering
Harvard
Little Helps For This Week Prayer Reflection
A devotional excerpt credits G. MacDonald, urging trust in divine care. It highlights God as dwelling, present in past and future, and invites readers to rest in the All-in-All while walking in hope, courage, and duty. The tone is reverent and exhortative, fitting a devotional column.
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G. MacDonald
Dickens Boom Stuns London as Newspapers Battle for Sales
London circulates surge as four papers the Laborite Daily Herald Daily Mail Daily Express and News Chronicle join a Dickens promotion. Readers snap up inexpensive 4 guinea sets for 11 shillings and coupons as presses run day and night to meet demand.
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Charles Dickens
London
Fleet Street
Laborite
Daily Herald
Dickens
Daily Mail
Daily Express
News Chronicle
St. Thomas Times-Journal
Boy seeks help with a puzzling sum at home
A boy asks his father to help with a math problem. The father declines saying it would not be right. In other notes, German savings deposits recently surpassed 10 billion marks for the first time since 1932. A ton of wood pulp yields paper for three acres.
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Haskell
Williamson
Baker
Mackenzie
North
Alan
Featherer
MacMillans Trading Post
Thal- Azzah
Buzzard
Joyce
Haskeil
Ped
Bobby
Sonny
Germany
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Pilliew Byers
Williamsons
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Younge
Big
Alooska
En Traverse Lake
You
Frank Pedneault
Thief Brow
Irish Free State
N. U
Aline Michaelio
Italy
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