Opening Doors Through Hard Winters On Spruce Creek
The author details a lean harvest season ended by late snows, keeping the family out of debt but wary of the future. They conserve resources, sell few assets, and await spring while neighbors struggle, with political debates about Canada’s wartime debts and policy priorities filling quiet evenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray
Herrington
Winnipeg
Bunker
Nicolas
Rupert
Camerons
Carrie
Fenwicks
David Wilson
Mrs Anderson and Mrs Keusry Endorse Vegetable Compound
In letters from Saskatchewan and New York readers, women report relief from painful periods headaches and backaches after using Lydia E Pinkham s Vegetable Compound. They credit the remedy with improved strength and ability to work and urge others to try it.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia E Pinkham
Herbert Keusry
K.F.D
Copenhagen
N. Y
Dominion
Treasure Seeks Sixty Million on Cocos Island Expedition
Captain Polkinghorn and Vancouver crew sail the little steamer Gener to Cocos Island about 560 miles west of the Panama Canal in search of sixty million dollars in gold. The legend says gold plate and bullion were buried by a British ship's crew after a Chilean government seizure in the early 1800s, drawing treasure hunters for over a century.
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Vancouver
Polkinghorn
Gener
Cocos Island
Panama Canal
Peru
Bolivia
British Museum
Salt Stronger Than Steel Discovery Claims Revolution
A Russian chemist reports a method to make wire stronger than steel from rock salt. By high heat and pressure he changes atomic structure, arrests decay, and supposedly increases durability and ductility by about three hundred times. Further work may apply to other metals for faster trains.
Winter Milk Handling and Frost Related Losses
The article discusses cold weather issues in dairy supply, noting losses when frozen milk adheres to cans and ice particles form during transport. It warns against warming milk overnight to prevent freezing, which invites continuous bacterial growth and tainted milk. Maintaining a temperature just above freezing is essential in winter as in July.
Use of Narcotics Highlights World’s Neurotic States
Cambridge professor Dr. Walter FE Dixon told a Royal Institution lecture that the United States is the world’s most neurotic country and Britain is a close second. He said neurotics are easy drug victims and that coffee tea and alcohol are drugs. He warned that smoking twenty cigarettes daily removes five per cent of blood from circulation.
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United States
Britain
Walter FE. Dixon
Cambridge University
Royal Institution
The Call to Honesty in School and Life
A moral essay extols honesty as the noblest trait and condemns cheating. It contrasts truthful character with dishonest acts, using metaphors of rings and mirrors, and cites the Silas Marner tale of theft and its ruinous consequences for a life built on deceit.
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Silas Marner
Silas
Be True Little Jaddie Urges Honest Behavior
A moral admonition urges honesty, warning that dishonesty leaves a dark stain on anyone. It rails against deceit and calls on children to live by virtue with a memorable rhyme stressing moral integrity.
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Jaddie
Dodd's Kidney Pills Help Mrs. Kozakewich Speak Kindly
Mrs. J Kozakewich of Wubbard Saskatchewan credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with improving her health after years of kidney related illness. She suffered backache dropsy headaches dizziness and nervousness before using the pills. The ad touts the pills as a remedy for rheumatism dropsy backache diabetes and heart disease tied to kidney problems.
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Saskatchewan
Dodd
J. Kozakewich
Wubbard
Kozakewich
Alberta Butter Dominates Canadian Exhibitions
Alberta dairy add won 50 percent of all prizes at twelve exhibitions in Canada over the past year, and took 62.8 percent of first prizes. The report was prepared by the provincial dairy commissioner. A cynic remarks that one must learn to do somebody to be somebody in these times.
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Dr. Chase
Bright
Edmanson, Bates & Co., Ltd
Toronto
Alberta
Canada
Alberta Lumber Shipped East from Ghost River Logs
Alberta lumber cut on the Ghost River Bow tributary is shipped east from Calgary to Battle Creek Michigan and as far as New York. A 5,000,000 feet cut is expected this winter.
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Battle Creek
Michigan
New York
Ghost River
Bow
Social pressure drives many marriages among young women
A concise observation notes that many girls marry mainly due to peer influence from peers who have wed. The remark highlights social conformity and the impact of surrounding marriages on decisions.
Ambition Without Pluck and Energy
A terse aphorism notes that ambition without effort energy fails to serve purpose, urging action to realize goals rather than mere desire. It cautions that drive must be paired with vigor to yield practical outcomes.
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Elinor Marsden Eliot
Anada
Arthur
Jim
Jack Severn
Gwen
Jack
Severns
Carsdale
Spruce Creek
Fenwick
Mowbrays
Gagnon
Laurier
Gilbert
Lke
Farmers’ Party
Adam
Charles Burtos
Mrs. Anderson
Lester Sask
Oscar A, Anderson
Leslie
Sask
Dr. Dixon
Little Foxes
EA Hey
Permission Thomas Allen
Honour
Obie Street
Chicegg
MacDonald
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