Cost of the royal grain enquiry commission
The total cost of the royal grain enquiry commission was 176,610 dollars. In the House of Commons Hon. R. J. Manion reported the figure as part of a statement by Hon. T. A. Low. Counsel fees and living allowances amounted to 44,832 dollars. Payments included 8,300 to Ivarcy Scott, 18,177 to S. B. Woods, and 18,355 to J. F. Fisher.
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Royal Grain
R. J. Manion
Fort William
House of Commons
T. A. Low
Trade and Commerce
Ivarcy Scott
S. B. Woods
J. F. Fisher
Captain Blood saga of piracy and romance in Tortuga
Lord Julian Wade encounters Arabella Bishop and Captain Blood aboard the Royal Mary. Arabella recalls Blood's past as a slave and pirate leader, while Blood seeks wealth and power amid buccaneer brigantines and the volatile Caribbean theatres. The tale interweaves love, betrayal, and ruthless battles on the sea.
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Peter Blood
Barbadoes
James
Arabella
Bridgetown
Tortuga
Levasseur
Madelon d‘Ogeron
Goveror
Blood
Madelon
Captain Blood
Cahmeac
Clotho
Lachezsis
Atropos
Don Miguel de Espinosa
Caribbean
Lord Sunderland
Morgan
England
Lesser Antilles
Milagrosa
Hidalgo
Hispaniola
Don Miguel
St. Nicholas
Plymouth
Jamaica
Julian Wade
Spain
Colonel Bishop
Bishop
Charles II
Sunderland
Julian
Port Royal
Arabella Bishop
Antilles
Mary
Royal Commission
Monmouth
Ontario Woman Reclaims Health After Vegetable Compound
Mrs. Wainsworth of Mount Forest Ontario reports renewed strength and relief from long running pains after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She credits a friend's recommendation and speaks highly of the medicine for women with similar troubles. The ad notes the product is prepared from roots and herbs and is for sale.
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Mount Forest
Ont
Lydia E. Pinkham
Vis
Ailsa Craig
Wa. Rinsons
R.R. No.1
Ontario
Minard's Liniment Fame Reaches Abroad
Letter from Captain O W Dolbow of Philadelphia praises Minard's Liniment while in Columbia. He notes no local substitute and asks for guidance to obtain a new supply so he need not be without the product.
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D'Ogeron
Blood
Minard
O W. Dolbow
Philadelon
Ata
Dog Heroes of the Alps and the St Bernard Hospice
The St Bernard hospice high in the Alps, founded in 962 by Bernard de Menthon, houses about twenty dogs trained to locate missing travelers. Barry the hero dog is memorialized for saving forty people before being killed in a mistaken identity incident, a reminder of the hospice’s famed canine role.
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St. Bernard
Alps
Bernard de Menthon
Rome
Barry
Mammoths Unearthed Near Kennington Cricket Ground
Workmen digging near Delgrave Hospital for Children on Clapham Road uncovered a fan shaped woolly mammoth shoulderblade dating from the ice age. Measuring 3 ft 4 in by 2 ft 8 in, the bone was handed to hospital officials and forwarded to the Natural History Museum which identified it as from a mammoth that hunted in the Thames Valley.
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the Oval
Cricket Ground
Kennington
London
Delgrave Hospital For
Clapham Road
Natural History Museum
Thames Valley
Ancient Roman Relics Unearthed at Richborough Castle
Ten thousand Roman coins pottery jewelry and two stone dice were found at Richborough Castle near Sandwich Kent along with stone slabs bearing lines forming small squares. Excavator Walter Klein believes the slabs were used in games for Roman soldiers resembling word puzzles.
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Richborough Castle
Sandwich
County of Kent
Eng
Walter Klein
Wolf Lured From Forest by Radio Shot at Fox Point Ont
A timber wolf attracted by radio music wandered into a yard at Fox Point Ontario and lingered by a radio aerial. Joseph Tapley alerted Thomas Hungerford who shot the animal as it fled toward thick brush. The hit came after Hungerford answered a telephone call requesting his gun.
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Thomas Hungerford
Fox Point
Canadian Manufacturers to Use Radio in Campaign
The Canadian Manufacturers Association will broadcast "Produced in Canada" addresses from CKAC Montreal for the first time in its history. F W Stewart chairman and Joseph Beaubien vice chairman lead the campaign. Mrs Oscar Seaholm, the sole woman to reach first grade detective on the New York police force, has retired after 28 years of service.
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Canadian Manufacturers’ Association
F. W. Stewart
Joseph Beaubien
Canada
CKAC
Montreal
Oscar Seaholm
New York
Bad Boy Teacher Exchange Prompt
A brief classroom exchange features Jimmy and a teacher. The teacher asks about verb tense and Jimmy answers with a witty, confident joke about grammar. The moment highlights playful student humor in a learning setting.
Peace Ceremony Between Drak Tribes in Dutch East Indies
Dispatches from Barnes describe a peace gathering of 4600 Dyaks on the island. Dutch and British officers witnessed war dances songs and prayers by medicine men. The head priest killed a pig by a slow method and sprinkled its blood while cursing anyone who would revive inter tribe quarrels.
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Barnes
Dutch East Indies
Havey
Ancient water droplets found in Brazilian quartz
Water droplets estimated at over ten million years old were discovered by O C Farrington of the Field Museum. The droplets are trapped in quartz from Brazilian rock, with ages inferred from the rock’s period which some scientists place over 500 million years ago.
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O. C. Farrington
Geology
Field Museum of Natural History
Brazil
One Idea on Foods and Dental Health
The Child Health Magazine article suggests chewing the right foods strengthens teeth and reduces toothaches and cavities. It argues diet should actively stimulate chewing to promote dental health and fewer dentist visits.
Crossword Puzzle Clue Dictionary Fragment
Crossword puzzle list shows row and vertical clues with definitions. Many entries hint at common short words such as A knob, or rounded headed nail and Taken de A reply. The fragment appears to be a partial crossword with clues for different lengths and directions.
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Rafael Sabatini
Reler’ Sa
Vitagraph
J. Warren Kerrigag
United States
Lord Julian
Pinkham
Minard's Liniment
Inecto Rapid
VHI
W. T. Pember Stores
Yonge St
Toronto
St. Bernards
Britain
Bad Boy
Jimmy
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Lumbago
Bayer
Nandy
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Sister of Mercy
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