Oh Money Money Oh Money by Eleanor Porter excerpt
Mrs Jane and family celebrate a windfall while Mr Smith contemplates the sudden wealth. Benny eagerly asks about the money as Jim notices a changed mood in the household. The father finally declares plans to spend time with his children, then withdraws to his room.
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Mellicent
Benny
Harriet
Jim
Miss Flora
Mr. Jim
Mr. Smith
Mr. Frank
Maggie
Tom
Harry
Jane
Hitlerton
Mother Blaisdell
Father
Frank
Flora
Miss Maggie
Chapter X and the Blaisdell Letters
The Blaisdell family faces nerve wrecking days after receiving three remarkable letters. Mrs. Jane resists confirmation while Harriet yields, fearing mortifying public reaction if talks reveal nothing. Their evasive smiles and shrugged responses heighten the mystery.
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Blaisdell
Jane
Harriet
CHOLERA INFANTUM FATAL DISEASE OF CHILDREN
Mothers should watch for the summer illness as this condition thrives in hot months. It starts with profuse diarrhea, irritates the stomach, brings vomiting and purging, and the bilious ejecta lead to rapid weight loss, weakness, and often death. Early care aims to offset vomiting purging and diarrhea.
Dr Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry Tonic
A Toronto advertisement extols Dr Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry for summer complaints. Mies Charlies Kretlow of Wideview Saskatchewan testifies it saved her daughter, praising the genuine product sold by Th. Milra Co. Limited at five shillings per bottle.
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Mies
Charlies Kretlow
Wideview
Sask
Dr. Fowler
Th. T. Milra Co. Limited
Toronto
Ont
Catarrhozone Promises Relief Through Stomach Dosing
Advertisement claims catarrh relief by dosing the stomach with Ca tarrhozone. Inhale piney vapor to ease coughing clear nostrils and heal the throat. Promotes several daily doses for permanent relief priced one dollar for two months, 50c small size, from The Ca tarrhozone Co. Montreal.
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The
Catarrhozone Co
Montreal
Gossip and the Blaisdells Stir a Tense Town
In a blurred social tangle at Hitlerton, Miss Maggie Duff frets over the Blaisdell legacy and a Chicago lawyer’s arrival. Mr Smith probes rights and duties as gossip swirls, revealing Maggie’s burden of family care and personal sacrifice.
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Blaisdells
Harriet
Maggie Duff
Mr. Smith
Maggie
Chicago
Hattie
Jane
Bessie
Mellicent
Pennock
Mr Smith
Miss Maggie
Rascal
Duff
Youse
Prince of Wales Early Riser Like Grandfather and Athletes
The Prince of Wales follows a disciplined routine with early park workouts and runs in Buckingham Palace grounds, then baths at 9.20 to play squash at the Bath Club. He dislikes cards and billiards and is a heavy pipe smoker, spending mornings with his secretaries. ATex town move mentions Ochiltree residents shifting houses by tractors.
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Edward
Prince of Wales
Buckingham Palace
Bath Club
Largest scientific society the American Chemical Society
The American Chemical Society, the world’s largest scientific society, counts its membership between seven and eight thousand. The group is noted for broad member participation and influence across chemistry disciplines.
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The
American Chemical Society
Dough Used in Watchmaking
Two to three thousand watches per week come from a New England factory using about four hundred pounds of flour weekly. Workers use dough to examine tiny screws with microscopes, each man keeping a dough lump at hand for handling parts. Also notes grasshoppers in South America reach five inches in length with wings spread ten inches.
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New England
South America
Canada Cultivates Mussels as Oyster Substitute
Canada explores mussel farming along the New Brunswick coast as a substitute for oysters, aiming to boost coastal seafood supply and support local fisheries.
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Canada
New Brunswick
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Eleanor H. Porter
Prince
Ochiltree
Tex
Dodd
Panik Aoe
Ane
We Centaur Company
P.Q
Fletcher’s
Yarmouth, N
Bayer
MacDonald
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