Hillerton Becomes Mecca for Fulton Blaisdell Legacy
Readers learn of the Fulton Blaisdell bequest to the Blaisdells and Miss Flora, while reporters and town gossip swirl around the mystery. Mr. Smith courts privacy as neighbors and relatives react with curiosity and greed, and Mrs. Hattie plots extravagant new furnishings despite family dissent.
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Hillerton
Recce
Stanley G. Fulton
Fulton
Hifferton
Blaisdells
Flora
Vermont
Frank
Mellicent
James Blaisdell
Fred
Benny
Mrs. Hattie
Bessie
Mr. Smith
Fulton-Blaisdell
Chicago
Stanley G. Fulton-Blaisdell
Mr. Fulton
Headache Relief Through Nerve Food Claims
A Cobourg Ontario reader credits Dr. Chase's Nerve Food with stopping recurring headaches by rebuilding the nervous system. She details severe pain, temporary head binding, and improvement after seven boxes, noting the product costs 50 cents per box and is sold by dealers and Edmanson Bates & Co of Toronto.
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Chase
Dr. Chase
Nerve Food
Edmanson, Bates & Co., Limited
Toronto
Toys Rattie Out Chapter XIII Finds New Home
Mrs. Hattie locates a respectable, modern house near the Gaylord place after an extended search. She repaints, repapers, adds two new bathrooms, and begins furnishing, noting that even the notable have many baths. She discusses plans with Maggie Duff while Mr. Smith happens to drop in.
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Mrs. Blaisdell
Mr. Smith
Maggie
Miss Maggie
Hattie Blaisdell
Mr. Duff
Mrs. Hattie
Hattie
Father Duff
Jane
Gaylord Place
Maggie Duff
Smith
The Man Who Works Hard Should Follow This Advice
Hard working men should have perseverance and will power. Dr. Hamilton's Pills promise to keep a man feeling fit and at his best. They claim to remedy headaches and digestion issues, improve color, and purify the system by toning the blood and driving away lassitude. Sold for 25 cents by all dealers of The Catarrhozone Co, Montreal.
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Hamilton
Dr. Hamilton
Catarrhozone Co
Montreal
Amphibious Tank The Latest British Armistice Mine Vehicle
At armistice time Britain produced a new tank with great advances over earlier types. Since then progress has continued with a notable amphibious tank that can traverse rough terrain and even footing across steephis and canals.
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Great Britain
Steeffis
Sun Diameter Grows Five Miles In Century
Report notes the sun’s diameter increases by about five miles per century. Current solar width is about 860000 miles across, with measurements reflecting gradual expansion over time. The datum is presented as a long term astronomical trend.
When Autocracy Ruled on Paris Strike 1779
An English correspondent recalls Louis XVI facing Paris drivers who protested a rival company in 1779. He initially promised justice but then warned that disrupting a public service would be punished, noting no modern ruler would dismiss a labor deputation with such a threat.
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Louis XVI
France
Paris
Choisy
Louis
The World’s Most Wonderful Film on Jutland Battle
A British produced film depicts the Battle of Jutland using scale models on a mimic sea. Operators moved each ship just one sixteenth of an inch between exposures, reflecting extraordinary patience and expert precision to create a detailed historical record.
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Great Britain
Battle of
Jutland
Rats Flee Sinking Ship to Lifeboats in Panic
The U S Public Health Service reports on a steamship arriving in San Francisco where 100 rats were killed by fumigation. 89 died in the four lifeboats amid the hull’s distress.
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San Francisco
U. S. Public Health Service
When You Arrive First It Isn’t The Race
A quote emphasizes strategy over speed as the key to success. It speaks to choosing the right actions once you reach a goal, rather than merely reaching it first. The message applies across competitive and professional settings.
Lost 29 pounds dysentery remedy recounted
Dysentery is described as a severe bowel complaint causing prostration and possible death. The text praises a long trusted remedy with a 76 year reputation to control discharge without causing constipation.
Dr Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry Ad
A reader from Mawer Sask describes severe dysentery eight years ago and rapid recovery after using Dr. Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry. The testimonial claims effectiveness for diarrhoea and dysentery, with a 50c bottle sold by The T Milburn Co Limited in Ear Onto Ont.
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G. H. McVagh
Mawer
T. Milburn Co., Limited
Tanlac Wins Boost From Milwaukee Lecturer Nickels
George H. Nickels of Milwaukee reports Tanlac restored his health and added 27 pounds after six months of indigestion and dyspepsia. He says the medicine ended his nervous headaches dizziness and weakness and improved his appetite and digestion. Tanlac is sold by leading druggists everywhere.
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George H. Nickela
Wells St
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Mr. Nickels
Taniac
How Some Animals And Birds Sleep
Elephants sleep standing with guard herd members watching at night. Bats sleep head downward by hind claws. Most birds sleep with heads turned tailward and beak under wing. Long leg birds rest on one leg while ducks paddle in circles to avoid drifting. Foxes wolves curl up noses and feet tucked under tails. Lions tigers sleep flat on their sides with twitching muscles. Owls close their eyes with extra eyelid screens to sleep in daylight.
Restoring European Markets to Rebuild Trade
The Manchester Guardian argues that restoring European markets and stopping waste on armies will reconstruct trade and allow unemployment provisions to be funded on an economic basis.
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Manchester Guardian
Riches Won’t Buy Happiness Notion Provokes Debate
People debate whether wealth correlates to joy as a humorous line suggests some would test the idea by having plenty of money. The remark frames money as a potential path to happiness or its illusion.
Metal trade employs nearly two million in US
Under normal conditions the metal trade industry in the United States employs nearly two million people. The roots of a young oak tree have been known to fit a six ton block of granite. There are now over 200,900 lepers in India.
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United States
India
The Misery of Backache in Meaford Ont
Mildred Brooks of Meaford Ontario describes backache and female weakness. She credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with reducing back pain and restoring energy. She endorses the product to others facing similar symptoms.
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Meaford
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Mildred Broox
Ont
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promoted for Women's Health
The ad urges women to guard their health and use Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for ailments unique to women. It promises restored health and offers confidential advice from the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts with letters read by a woman.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
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Chesebrough Mig. Company
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Chabot Ave
P.O
Eleanor H. Porter
Mr. Chalmers
Frank Blaisdell
Blaisdell
Macee
W. J. Pearse
Nunn St
Cobourg
DR. Fowler
George H. Nickels
Macdonald's
Gathierre Tobacco
Canada
Aulie Ie
Brie
Seace
Ona
Orie
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