Methodist Revival and Dissent in Early Toronto Church Scene
In a Toronto scene, William Trueman attends a Wesleyan meeting with Nancy as revival services unfold at the Adelaide Street church. It recalls Primitive Methodist preachers, itinerants, and fiery baptisms, contrasting with Strachan’s Anglican dominance and city religious tensions.
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Willie
Mr. Trueman
Grace
William
Adelaide Street
Nancy
Trueman
Miss Nancy
Jesse Ketchum
Queen Street
Methodist Church
St. James’ Cathedral
Wesleyan Meeting
Yonge Street
Metropolitan Church
Brethren and Sisters
Carter’s Little Liver Pills Advertised Claim
An old advertisement promises to wake the liver and stimulate bile flow to aid digestion. It touts Carter’s Little Liver Pills as harmless and mercury free and urges readers to request the pills by name.
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Carter
Arctic explorer urges Canada to lead in northern air routes
Manitoba born explorer Dr Vilhjalmur Stefansson told Winnipeg audiences that world air routes will grow with trans oceanic lines and non tropical, direct routes through Canada. He urged Canada to boost Arctic geography education, noting limited university coverage and only Toronto offering a full geography professorship.
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Canada
Vilhjalmur Stefansson
Winnipeg
University of Manitoba
Stefanssor
Soviet
Russia
Arctic
United States
Great Britain
University of Toronto
The Span Of Life In Metropolitan Life Policyholders
The Metropolitan Life Bulletin notes that mortality has declined sharply for children aged one to four by about 75 percent over two decades, but gains for those aged 75 and over are minimal since 1916. Causes include elimination of common childhood diseases and limited progress against late life degenerative conditions, with death seen as inevitable and life's extreme span essentially fixed.
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Upper Canada
John Strachan
John
Toronto
University of Toronto
Paddy Slater
St. Cornelius’ Catholic
Silver Creek
Caledon Township
Pat
Metropolitan Life Bulletin
King George VI Visit to Dublin in July Celebrated
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth will visit Dublin as sovereigns on July 28. They will be met in Belfast by Northern Ireland government members guiding them through flag draped streets, arches, and flower canopies. Naval military and air forces will participate in maneuvers during the reception. American visitors may travel aboard the S S Transylvania from New York to Belfast on July 25 to witness the events.
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George VI
Dublin
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Ireland
New York
The Good of Latin and Cement Output in 1936
An analysis argues that knowing a subject matters more than preconceptions. It cites Canadian cement production for the first seven months of 1936 at 2,169,000 barrels versus 1,786,000 barrels a year earlier, underscoring growth.
Telephone Of The Future Described At Melton Institute
Dr. F. B. Jewett outlined carrier current communication enabling many conversations over a single channel. The system uses an electric field around circuits to carry calls up to a mile from power lines, with coaxial cable experiments between New York and Philadelphia advancing high capacity channels for distant talks.
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Pittsburgh
Melton Institute
F. B. Jewett
Bell Telephone Laboratories
Boulder Dam
Los Angeles
Jewett
New York
Philadelphia
Enviable Bermuda schoolmistress dies at 95
Jamie Ingham Frith, dubbed the oldest active schoolmistress, died in Hamilton Bermuda of pneumonia at 95 after 79 years of teaching. She taught four generations at Rose Cottage Paget and had 22 pupils when ill. Buried at Christ Church Warwick she was made an Officer of the British Empire in 1935.
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Jamie Ingham Frith
Hamilton
Bermuda
Rose Cottage
Paget
Christ Church
Warwick
Order of the British Empire
New District of Columbia Directory Lists 405632 Adults
The fresh DC directory catalogs 405,632 residents over 18 starting with Anton Aaberg and ending with Albert Zyvoloski. It names families and varied surnames such as Pinchbacks Broadnecks Green horns Longhorns Moneymakers Greenbacks Bonebreaks Huckle berries Raspberrys Pancakes Horseclothes plus 48 John Lewises and 73 William Greens with 1 Labor 3 Strikers 1 Sitter and 12 Downers. Aden Arabia i ships more goatskins to the United States than in recent years.
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District of Columbia
Anton Aaberg
Albert Zyvoloski
John Lewises
William Greens
Sun of Righteousness and Healing Light Prayer
A devotional text invites readers to seek divine illumination from the Sun of Righteousness and to mirror reverence humility and modesty in daily life. It emphasizes lifting eyes to the eternal Father and following a Godly pattern despite worldly sadness.
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Malachi 4
Father of Lights
Model Villages in China Show Promise for 50,000 More Families
In Shanghalt Greater Shanghai officials review funding to extend the model village program to 50,000 additional families after 1,000 laborer families found content in spotless new homes. The Labor Welfare commission released the first survey of about 50,000 poor families living in huts, signaling potential policy expansion. A lighthearted aside about bakery gifts and a superstition about glasses appears amid the reportage. Workers in Nicaragua push for higher wages to cover rising living costs.
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Shanghalt
Greater
Shanghai
Greater Shanghai
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Nancy Trueman
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Cherbourg
Dr. Stefansson
King George
Aden
Arabia i
Model
China
Nicaragua
Cpplefoud Paper ‘Products
Ont
Calgary
Regina
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