Amy Marries Tom After Aunt Jane's Warning Test
Aunt Jane Prentiss plants a sudden test of love with a thousand dollar bet to determine Amy Lovatt's true feelings. Amy's fiancé Wally Haversham pursues fame in New York while Tom Baker, a shy doctor, remains a stable alternative. In the end Amy marries Tom, not Wally.
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Martha's Vineyard
Aunt Jane Prentiss
Jane
Vineyard Haven
Amy Lovatt
Amy
Aunt Jane
Wally Haversham
Wally
Rascal
New York
Tom Baker
Tom
Derby Sweepstake Downtrodden Passenger tale told by Pett Ridge
A train passenger explains his Derby sweepstake misfortune in a muffled tale. He bought a ticket then sold it for half a crown after the horse won, missing an eight five pounds profit of eighty five pounds, leaving him in despair and confessing thoughts of self harm.
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Pett Ridge
Garden Notes Plenty Of Time For Early Planting
Garden guidance urges partial early sowing with reserves for later to stagger harvests. Planting too soon or too deep hurts germination. use three times seed diameter for fine seeds and one to two inches for beans and peas. Ensure ample thinning and room for plants to grow strong and tolerate wind.
Gems of Thought and Religious Aphorisms Digest
A collection of quotations from religious thinkers and writers. The verses span scripture from Matthew to Pascal Emerson Parker and others, highlighting themes of virtue prudence heaven and divine assurance. The compilation presents a faith oriented seal of wisdom and hope.
Regime of strict upbringing shaped Queen Victoria’s early life
The Leeds Yorkshire Post notes Victoria’s twelve year wait to learn she would wear the crown and that she slept in her mother's room until becoming queen. She spoke with adults only with consent, reflecting an austere education that influenced her later tastes for simple social pleasures.
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Victoria
Leeds Yorkshire Post
Long Railway Career Marks Over Fifty Years of Service
Samuel Lees a Montreal native and locomotive engineer for Canadian National Railway retires under company pension rules. He began in 1892 with Montreal Warehousing Company later joining Grand Trunk in 1898 and became a locomotive engineer in 1904. A highlight came in 1939 piloting the Royal Train for King George VI and Queen Elizabeth from Ottawa to Brockville. He also served as fireman on the 1901 Royal visit to Montreal.
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Samuel Lees
Canadian National Railways
Lees
National
King George VI
Queen Elizabeth
Ottawa
Brockville
Canada
Duke and Duchess of Cornwall
York
King George V
Queen Mary
Victoria Bridge
Montreal
Pattern 4698 for misses and women sizes 12 to 40
Anne Adams pattern 4698 offers a side-buttoning design in percale chambray or rayon. Sizes 12 through 40 require 344 yards for size 16, and buyers in Winnipeg submit 20 cents with name address and style number to the Anne Adams Pattern Dept. Winnipeg. Mail delivery may be slower.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
Teachers And Taxes in Canada News Analysis
The piece argues realty taxes hinder teacher pay, hitting poorer districts hardest. It notes municipalities nationwide are financially better but could still raise teacher salaries despite low mood times, with Winnipeg Tribune quoting these views.
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Canada
Winnipeg Tribune
War worker earns Bendix $584 for auto switch to prevent drills
Stanley Koselak of South Bend, Indiana received $584 from Bendix Aviation Corp for developing an automatic switch. The device stops a precision drill when castings shift by about the width of a sheet of paper, preventing breakage during carburetor production.
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Stanley Koselak
Bendix Aviation Corp
South Bend
Ind
Seized Allied Planes Move Into Commission Talks
Neutrals are building up air forces using seized Allied aircraft as talks with Allies consider air power issues. Neighbors like Ejire Spain and Sweden have aircraft such as Spitfires Hurricanes Liberator bombers and Martlets Hudsons in operation or conversion.
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Colin Bednall
Daily Mail
Ejire
Fleet Air Arm
Spain
Sweden
Britain
King's Messengers Seek Pay Increase for Foreign Office Despatch Duty
The King's Messengers seek higher pay for duties carrying despatches from the Foreign Office to overseas embassies. Qualifications include fitness, fluency in three languages, swimming and riding ability, quick drawing and marksmanship, and residence within three miles of the Foreign Office. Recruitment comes from decoding staff and retired military officers. maximum pay cited is 2400 dollars annually. It is noted that black horses are more heat sensitive than other colors.
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The
London Evening News
Foreign Office
Canadians Begin Training Centers For Army War Effort
Youthful Canadians enlist in the Canadian Technical Training Corps to be trained at four centres across the country and a French speaking centre in eastern Quebec. The piece notes casualties among Canadian troops in the first four war years and describes Camp Shilo displays of Allied and enemy equipment. It mentions civics wear in athletic contexts and outlines modern warfare gear including tanks radios radar and searchlights. Twenty officers will study jungle warfare with Canadians joining allied forces in the Pacific.
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Canadian Technical Training Corps
Canadian Army
West
Canada
Maritimes
Quebec
New Zealand
Pacific
All Bran Molasses Muffins Recipe Mentioned
A breakfast guide praises a bowl of All Wheat cereal and All Bran Molasses Muffins with a boiled egg. Recipe lists 2 cups All Bran 14 cup molasses 14 cups milk 1 egg 1 cup flour 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon soda.
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Royal Math
Wallace Haversham
Ne ‘i
Jack Bates
Jack
Haarlem
Matthew
Epicurus
God
Pascal
Theodore Parker
W. K. White
Mary Baker Eddy
Queen Victoria
Lydia E. Pinkham
Army
Navy
Air Force
Camp Shilo
National Defence Headquarters
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