Tension Binds Wade Parnell Plot in Frontier Town
In Crawling Water, Helen confronts Moran about Gordon Wade as he hints at leverage over her. Moran claims Wade and Dorothy Parnell are close, warning of trouble for Wade, while Helen resists his manipulation and contemplates the danger around her. The scene builds paranoia as Moran presses his claim.
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Gordon
Denver
Moran
Father
Dorothy Parnell
Gordon Wade
Miss Parnell
Wade
Tug Bailey
Ben
Washington
Race
Gilad
March Canada Building Contracts Hit 19.95 Million
Construction activity in March in Canada totals 19 954 800 dollars for new contracts up from 1922. Residential work accounts for 5 974 200 dollars or 30 percent while business projects total 7 566 300 dollars. Quebec leads with 8 305 600 dollars, Ontario 7 342 000, Manitoba 3 165 700. Residences top 1 149 projects valued at 5 787 000 dollars followed by stores 67 projects at 1 455 500 and factories 26 projects at 3 243 000.
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Canada
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
GB Woman Diver Sics Treasure Search in Tobermory Bay
Miss Margaret Naylor, Great Britain’s woman diver, searches Tobermory Bay Scotland for Armada treasure. A ten fathom dive is nothing to her.
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Margaret Naylor
Great Britain
Tobermory Bay
Scotland
Naylor
New York Herald Dialog Sparks Investment and Matrimony Banter
A terse exchange from the New York Herald features a security customer seeking a safe long term investment while a broker teases with a joke about marriage. The snippet captures a light, period voice in a financial news style.
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New York Herald
Unclear Saying on Marital Harmony
A muddled quotation suggests that couples can get along unless both feel irked at the same moment. The fragment hints at relationship tension but provides no concrete events, names, places, or dates.
Trend Toward Commercial Plane Utilization in Canada
Canadian Air Board report shows pilots flew 294,449 miles and carried 9,153 passengers in 1922. Saskatchewan led with 3,622 passengers, followed by Manitoba and British Columbia. Airplanes helped fight forest fires in BC and Quebec, with twenty sea planes and five land machines protecting forests and saving timber worth millions.
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Canadian Air Board
Saskatchewan
Dominion
Manitoba
British Columbia
Quebec
Canadian Air Service
West Needs Bumper Harvest and Aid for 1923
The Toronto Star argues that western conditions are dire for homesteaders. It urges finance transport and government leadership to secure a bumper harvest and comprehensive aid in 1923.
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Toronto Star
Plans for Basilica of St. Anne de Beaupre announced
The new Basilica of St. Anne de Beaupre will be the largest and finest in Canada blending Roman and Gothic styles. Front steeples will rise 225 feet, and the church will house 26 altars including chapels.
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St. Anne de Beaupre
Canada
Progressive voices clash over rails and economy in Ottawa
The Progressives at Ottawa press for budget cuts while urging the Hudson Bay railway project. They cite orders to tear up already laid rails as limiting their options, with the West insisting the work proceed and the enterprise not be abandoned.
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Ottawa
Hudson Bay Railway
Toronto Star
The Oil for the Farmer
A bottle of Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil in the farm house saves journeys for the doctor. It helps children with colds and croop and adults with pains and aches while also offering directions for use on sick cattle. There should always be a bottle in the house.
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Thomas
Language of Simplicity Calls for Plain Words
The London Daily Herald urges the High Court of Parliament to draft measures in the language of the Commons. A wise teacher praises brevity and urges the pretentious essayist to write clearly in simple words.
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High Court of Parliament
Commons of England
London Daily Herald
Immensity of Last Grain Crop Noted in 1922 Rail Move
Figures published show 217 685 grain cars inspected in six months ending February up 30 percent from a year earlier. Canadian Pacific Railway carried the bulk, handling 118 243 cars an increase of about 35 500 over the previous year.
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Canadian Railways
Canadian Pacific Railway
Lighted Rural Highways Transform Quebec Roads
Rural White Ways in Quebec will gain permanent lighting along Montreal to Quebec and Montreal to the U S boundary routes. Once sleepy country roads will become bright thoroughfares as traffic surges and urbanization spreads through villages.
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Quebec
Montreal
United States
Milburns Heart and Nerve Pills Backed by Patient Testimony
Mrs. James Burleigh of Chatham Ontario reports years of heart palpitation and nervous distress. After doctor said her heart skipped every third beat she used Milburns Heart and Nerve Pills for three months and felt markedly improved with better sleep and strength. Price £ per box, sold at dealers or by The T Milburn Co Limited Toronto Ontario.
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Milburn
T. Milburn Co. Limited
Toronto
Tribute to Britain backed by Sun Yat Sen at Hong Kong
Sun Yat Sen praised Britain’s governance to Hong Kong university students, noting eighty years of effective rule and urging China to emulate British administration, despite China’s four millennia of civilization.
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Great Britain
Sun Yat-Sen
China
Hong Kong
Chatham News
Manitoba Forest Fire Seasons Vary by Region
District Inspector of Forest Reserves notes fire danger shifts with seasons across Manitoba. In the south and southwest the period from snow melt to June rains and after autumn brings high risk due to dried grass. In the north moss remains damp longer, with most fires starting in July and August.
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Manitoba
The Poor Man's Friend Dr Thomas Electric Oil
A compact portable bottle advertisement touts Dr. Thomas Eclectric Oil as a powerful concentrated remedy. It emphasizes low cost and wide Uses, claiming it is essential for every dealer and the poor man’s friend.
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Thomas
A Nutty Fish Prof What is an oyster
A classroom joke features a professor asking what an oyster is and a student answering it is a fish built like a nut, with Burr as a possible punch line. The brief exchange captures a light moment in a science discussion.
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Stude
Burr
Siamese Translation Publishes Shakespeare Works
The King of Siam releases a translated edition of Shakespeare plays in Siamese. The project adapts the bard’s writings for local readers, aiming to broaden access to classic literature in the region.
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Siam
Cme
Best Food For Babies The Bottle And Nutrition
Advertisement promoting Borden's Eagle Brand Milk as the best baby food for non nursing mothers. Claims long use by mothers and company offers free materials, feeding instructions, or recipe books upon request. Includes mailing offer to The Borden Company Limited in Montreal.
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Borden
Eagle Brand
Borden Company Limited
Monreal
Muddling Through The Anglo-Saxon Incoherence
A London Daily Express piece notes the chaotic state of Anglo Saxon discourse praising persistence to pursue unclear goals. It contrasts European incoherence with volubility from foreigners and ends by affirming persistence in seeking desired outcomes.
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Europe
London Daily Express
France Reports War Damage In Depleted Regions
The Minister of Liberated Regions announces revised war damage for France at 5.75 billion francs. France has paid war victims 41.225 billion francs, about 48 percent of the total, largely in government securities.
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France
A Lazy Man Is a Dead Loss to Himself
A terse aphorism notes that idleness harms the lazy person, undermining health, livelihood, and dignity by losing opportunities and self respect.
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