Money and Morals Amid Blended Fortunes in Small Town
Eleanor H. Porter描描es a household drama where Mrs. Jane contemplates moving to a better home funded by inheritances. Maggie objects to generosity while Mr. Smith urges spending, and a plan forms for Maggie to board him and hire farm daughters Annabelle and Florence Martin as workers.
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Miss Maggie
Mr. Smith
Mrs. Jane
Maggie
Miss E
Jane
Annabelle
Florence Martin
Father
Andae
Hattie
Blaisdell
A Stitch in Time Pills Sold by Multiple Firms
An advertisement notes Dr Chase's Kidney Liver Pills available from all dealers or Edmanson Bates Co Ltd in Toronto. Each dose is one pill priced at 25 cents per box.
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Bright
Chase
C. E. Raymus
Lindale
Alta
Dr. Chase
Edmanson, Bates & Co., Ltd
Toronto
Catarrhozone Inhaler Promises Throat Relief and Bronchitis Aid
An advertisement touts Catarrhozone inhaler air as a cure for weak throats, bronchitis, and catarrh. It claims healing balsams and pine-essence vapors resemble Adirondack air, promising strength, relieved coughing, and easier breathing. Large size $1.00, medium 60c, sample 25c. distributed by Catarrhozone Co. Montreal.
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Adirondacks
Wealth and mourning shape Flora in a troubled tale
Miss Maggie explains Flora's fear of losing newfound wealth and her uncertain mourning. Flora buys black dresses and a veil, keeps Mr Fulton’s framed picture with fresh flowers, and attends only church and essential errands, while Hattie and Jane watch the unfolding fortune and social shift.
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Miss Maggie
Frank
Fiora
Mr Smith
Flora
Hattie
Mr. Smith
Chick
Mr. Fulton
Musical Handsaw Becomes Instrument In New York Stage
A New York review features a carpenter who plays a handsaw as a violin, improvising soft tones from the vibrating blade. He grips the handle between his legs, uses one hand to hold the tip and the other to bow the blade, producing human voices and ukulele like wails through practiced manipulation.
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New York
London To Bagdad By Airplane
An RAF officer traveled from Bagdad to London in six days via a new air route across Mesopotamia Egypt and the Syrian Desert. The 515 mile desert leg took 34 hours, then 825 miles to Heliopolis before sea and rail to London, arriving September 21, saving 10 to 14 days. The Palestine Mesopotamia air link was opened by the RAF in June with a fortnightly official-mail service starting August 1.
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Royal Air Force
Mesopotamia
Bagdad
London
Egypt
Syrian Desert
Ammam
Heliopolis
Aboukir
Palestine
Carrier Telephone System Sets Canada’s First Carrier Link
The Edmonton Calgary carrier telephone system enters commercial use after testing. Two new lines were installed without wires, delivering about 50 percent better performance than copper lines. The system reaches across Alberta enabling clear conversations over 700 miles with multiple simultaneous chats.
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Canada
Edmonton
Calgary
Telephone Department
Alberta
Edmonton-Calgary
Gigantic Cornish Apple Tree Draws Crowds at Meeth Gardens
A dome shaped orange pippin apple tree at Meeth Gardens Helston Cornwall owned by Councillor W Roberts stands over seventy years old. It reportedly holds 200 people beneath its branches and yielded over two tons of fruit last summer.
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Meeth Gardens
Helston
Cornwall
W. Roberts
John Anthony
Devon
Somerset
Talking Pictures Revolutionary Soundless Motion Picture Demonstrated
Grindell Matthews unveiled a picture that talks without phonographs by recording sound waves as photographic patterns. A piano performance appeared on screen and played music in sync with the demonstration, suggesting a future revolution for the motion picture industry.
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Grindell Matthews
Dutch Honey Bees Arrive for Kelowna Fruit Farmers
A consignment of Dutch honey bees has arrived for Kelowna affarists. The Dutch bee is celebrated for its honey producing qualities. Agriculture is becoming an important branch of husbandry among the fruit farmers of the Okanagan Valley.
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Okanagan Valley
It Is Not the Depth But Fit of Thought to Circumstance
The quotation argues value lies in practical relevance over mere novelty, asserting that ideas succeed through applicable usefulness to our situation. It emphasizes tailoring insights to current needs rather than pursuing complexity for its own sake.
Reflection of earthly good mirrors the above
A contemplative note recalls that all that is good on earth mirrors the ultimate good above, urging reverence and gratitude for divine harmony shaping daily life.
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Earth
Remarkable Weight Gain Reported By Young Woman
Miss La Rue Davis of Chattanooga Tennessee says she weighed 76 pounds before taking Tanlac and now weighs over 100 with improving appetite and complexion. She bought the medicine in Gas City Indiana and praises Tanlac as the only drug that helped. Sold by leading druggists everywhere.
Popular American marching songs from Civil War to World War
A survey notes "The Marseillaise" and "John Brown's Body" among enduring Civil War songs. It lists "Dixie" and "A Hot Times" from later conflicts and names "Over There" and "Madelon" as possible Great War candidates. It remarks "Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here" and states "The Marseillaise" was widely sung by Allied armies in France.
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John Brown
Dixie
Tipperary
Madelon
France
Pure-Bred Stock Bought for Peace River Ranch
The Kleskum Ranch Company bought 150 head of pure bred livestock from Honorable W. W. Smith’s Camrose Alberta farm for a total cost of 25000 dollars.
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Peace River
Kleskum Ranch Company
W. W. Smith
Camrose
Alberta
Lord Cecil Urges Arms Control and German Admission to League
Lord Robert Cecil spoke in Hull on admitting Germany to the League of Nations and argued the body lacks working men delegates. He urged government control of armaments to reduce war incitement and said Germany would have been admitted at the recent assembly if she had applied.
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Robert Cecil
Hull
League of Nations
Germany
Alberta Potato Crop Size Set at 6.43 Million Bushels
The Alberta potato crop for the present year is officially estimated at 6,425,000 bushels. The government agricultural agency released the forecast noting substantial yields across the province and potential impacts on market supplies.
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Alberta
Bayer Cold and Pain Relief Package
The unbroken Bayer package describes directions worked out by physicians over 21 years and proven safe by millions for colds headache earache toothache neuritis lumbago and rheumastem. Made in Canada.
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Canada
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Eleanor H. Porter
Mel- Neent
Scott
Mellicent
Carpenter
Tool
G.C
Clarks
Mi Fc
Clark
League
Lord Robert Cecil
Clare Bros. Western
Winnipeg
Bayer
Bayer Company
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