Million Dollar Gift Changes a Shop Girl's Life
Joanna Manners, a store clerk, is stunned when employer Graydon and banker Eggleston reveal a mysterious benefactor has deposited one million dollars in her name with no strings. Brandon, poised to woo, guides her through signing checks while she navigates new wealth and uncertainty. The tale ends with promises of continued encounters as the mystery deepens.
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Joanna
Graydon
Eggleston
Brandon
Thad
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Helps Woman
A Moose Jaw Saskatchewan woman writes that Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound relieved long standing dragging pains and side inflammation after doctors suggested surgery. She reports improved health after taking two bottles and using the Sanative Wash and offers to help others.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia Einkham
Esther HovGuton
Athabasca W
Moose Jaw
Saskatchewan
The First Triumph and Defeat in a New World
A dramatic scene unfolds as a woman counts ten thousand dollars on a table while bankers and courtiers mingle, marking a shift in fortunes. The atmosphere blends wealth, power, and ambition, hinting at a pivotal confrontation between old financial gravity and new world modernity.
Tanlac Builds Strong Bodies And Purifies The Blood
An advertisement proclaims Tanlac improves nervous indigestion stomach and liver function, boosts strength and appetite, and claims emotional and physical health benefits. It includes a customer testimonial from Edmund Moonsean and urges buying Tanlac and Tanlac Vegetable Pills at drugstores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tanlac
Edmund Moonsean
McGill College Ave
Moxutregl
Principles Of the Press in Coolidge Speeches
Passages from two addresses by President Coolidge on journalism emphasize a free people need fair discussion of all problems. The press should make truth available, cherish public sentiment loyal to truth, and pursue truth through free discussion. Buffalo Express quotes customersatisfied sentiment on press duties.
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Coolidge
Buffalo Express
Educational tour to Saskatchewan by Montana farmers
Officials from six northeastern counties of Montana coordinate an educational tour for farmers in July. The delegation will visit Regina and Indian Head and likely travel through central Saskatchewan to compare farming practices with southern districts.
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Montana
Saskatchewan
Regina
Indian Head
Alberta Refineries Makes First Gasoline Carload From Edmonton
The infant Alberta Refineries, Limited in Edmonton shipped its first carload of gasoline in March. It was followed by two more carloads to Alberta destinations. The note hints at media distractions as radio and television rise. The lawyer is portrayed as dealing in brains by the case.
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Alberta Refineries, Limited
Edmonton
Alberta
Freed by Livingstone subjected slave Tom Bokivito Gomant dies at 66
A British East African native named Tom Bokivito Gomant, once fettered and released by David Livingstone and Bishop Mackenzie, died at 66. He and freed slaves were taken to Cape Town for education, later served as interpreters in 1875, sought his old home, found relatives, hunted elephants, and became a village chief’s leader.
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David Livingstone
Bishop’ Mackenzie
Tom Bokivito Gomant
Tom
Cape Town
Livingstone
East Africa Lake District
Blantyre
Nerviline Promises Quick Relief for Stomach Ailments
A vintage advertisement touts Nerviline as fast relief for sour stomach and gas. It claims twenty drops in water ease fermentation discomfort, cramps, and general ailments, urging households to keep it on hand. Price listed as 35 cents at dealers.
Stones Reveal Early Egyptian Religious Beliefs at UC Museum
Inscriptions on two stones discovered in the University of California Museum may date to over 3,000 years before Christ and depict the tomb and lintel of Sennetum. Archaeologists link Sennetum to guarding the Valley of the Kings and possibly founding a line of tomb guardians. Dr. H. F. Lutz expects a translation soon.
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University of California Museum
Sennetum
Egypt
Valley of the Kings
Tut-Ankh- Amen
H. F. Lutz
Ingenious mail drop scheme tested from aeroplanes
Letters dropped from 6000 feet may become common as tests aim to prove the idea. Parachutes would open at a set altitude, letting bags float to land intact while motor cars handle final delivery.
Enterprising London Hawker Sells Wedding Luck Items
A London hawker described as highly enterprising offers wedding related items for good luck. He supplies an old boot for luck, ready to tie to the couple’s honeymoon motor car, along with rice and confetti.
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London
Salvage Plan Aims to Raise German Battle Cruiser Hindenburg
Scapa Flow will host the summer effort to refloat the Hindenburg sunk in the German fleet six years ago. Workmen will pump water from the 27,000 ton hull and raise her to the surface using patches over portholes and eight engine-room seacocks. The operation, using four floating docks and twelve divers, is expected to take about six months with possible broader salvage of other ships afterward.
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Scapa Flow
Mr. Cox
Messrs. Cox and Danks Limited
Hindenburg
A Medicine That All Mothers Praise
Mrs. H. Oakes of Sarnia Ontario endorses Baby's Own Tablets after fifteen years use. She cites teething relief cold support and general minor ailment benefits and says she has recommended them to others with satisfactory results. The tablets act as a gentle laxative regulating bowels and sweetening the stomach addressing constipation indigestion and fevers. Sold by medicine dealers or direct by mail for 25 cents a box from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario.
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Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Englishman and Irishman jailed after Florence spree
An Englishman and an Irishman employed in a Florence drug store were arrested after a drunken spree. The Irishman received a light fine for drunken and disorderly behavior, while the Englishman was imprisoned for eight months and fined 3000 lire for drunkenness and disrespect toward Mussolini. The item notes Italians demand quiet speech.
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Florence
Mussolini
Italy
Hamilton Herald
Engineers unveil ten horsepower diesel engine in stables
French engineers claim Minard's Liniment inspired the new diesel unit. The engine weighs little and runs at about one fifth the cost of a comparable gasoline motor, promising economical power for stable use.
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Minard
Fraser River Lumber Shipments to Japan Surge
Lumber exports from the Fraser River to Japan in January and February exceeded 6.06 million feet, more than double the 1925 first two months, according to harbor board figures. The secretary notes the higher tonnage reflects stronger activity in early 1926.
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Fraser River
Japan
Secretary of the Harbor Board
Grain shipments from Vancouver reach 43 million bushels
Vancouver export records show 43,460,613 bushels of wheat shipped for the crop season to date. Daily movements run about 200,000 bushels, with prospects for continued high volume as ships depart over likely a sustained period.
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Vancouver
Merchants Exchange
Keeping Fit A Matter of Habit
Modern living can reduce natural lubrication in the intestines leading to constipation and toxin buildup in the blood. Nujol is promoted as a safe internal lubricant not a laxative, aiding regular elimination without overtaxing muscles and available at druggists.
Quotations and a note on Dr. Thomas Oil
This fragment contains devotional verses by Susan Coolidge and Annie Keary about faith and guidance. It also includes a promotional note for Dr. Thomas's Electric Oil framed as a healing product derived from careful investigation and claimed to repair and heal the body.
Damsel Answers Villain With Cow Milking Plan
A playful dialogue features the Damsel declaring she will milk a cow, prompting the Villain to react to her unusual choice of hat and method. The exchange emphasizes humor over danger.
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Joanna Manners
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Francis Branon
Debonair
Principles of the Press
President Coolidge
Egyptology
London Hawker
Cmpany oWork
Neer
B.C. Lumber
Suray
Lalo
Lorie
the Cape Polishes Ltd
Hamilton Ont
Susan Coolidge
Annie Keary
Cow, Sir
BAYER
Milli
Lumbago
Canete
Habdy
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