Northern Man at Fort Endurance Faces Uncertain Future
Alan Baker, a respected northern detachment leader at Fort Endurance, confronts a political appointment swerve that blocks his promotion. He weighs a loveless engagement with Elizabeth Spaulding against memories of his dead partner Curt Spaulding and a possible future with Joyce MacMillan.
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Elizabeth Spaulding
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Joyce MacMillan
Joyce
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The Rhyming Optimist The Rhyming Optimist The Teacher
The poem extols laughter as a teaching force, linking mirth to morning and bright skies. It praises laughing lips as wise for spreading gladness, fostering friendship and lasting love beyond sorrow and hard study. Laughter is urged to remain a cheerful guide.
Advertising gains rise at Atlantic City convention
See Better Business Sales increased about 23 percent in the last quarter over the prior three months based on reports from more than half of the Association of National Advertisers membership. Lee H. Bristol of New York, president, said improved trade conditions drove much of the rise. He noted 35 percent of represented concerns plan to raise advertising appropriations in 1933, while 22 percent plan to cut.
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Athabasca
Straighot
Association of National Advertisers
Atlantic City
Lee H. Bristol
New York
Bristol
Canada Fur Industry Expands Amid Land and Animal Value Shifts
In 1930 Canada reported 6524 fur farms up from prior totals as land and building investments fell by 5000 to 5,583,846 while fur bearing animals dropped by 5,000,000 to 16,197,747. The expansion is aided by Dominion research and agriculture work, with emphasis on industry growth and support. Miller’s Worm Powders advertised as a remedy to expel worms and improve child health.
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Canada
Dominion
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Grapefruit History Traced From China to the Americas
The grapefruit, developed by the Chinese about 3000 years ago from wild citrus, was introduced to the West Indies by Captain Shaddock in the eighteenth century and later spread to the United States where fruit growers refined it significantly.
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Captain Shaddock
West Indies
United States
Doorman Refuses Entry to Guests of Great Actor
The show had started as Mr and Mrs Berry were denied admission by a rigid doorman. The guard insists tickets are required, even for notable guests. The piece notes numerous mine strikes reported in Scotland this year.
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Berry
Scotland
Aspen Poplar Widely Distributed Across Canada
Aspen poplar is found in every Canadian province with a northern reach to the Mackenzie delta near the Arctic. Its wood yields excelsior boxes and barrels for foodstuffs and certain woodpulp. Lumber from this tree is hard to season and highly perishable, yet it serves as a key fuel source in the prairie provinces.
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Canada
Dominion
Arctic Ocean
Mackenzie Delta
Prairie
Forest Service
Department of the Interior
Soviet order sacks loafing workers in Manchuria
The Soviet government orders dismissal for workers who loaf one day a month without excuse and strips loafers of food cards and lodgings. Previously three absences a month were tolerated, but abuses prompted the crackdown. Harbin, Manchuria, now has 100 American residents.
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Harbin
Manchuria
Carter's Little Liver Pills Promised Quick Relief
An old ad-style note extols liver health and blames poor digestion on lack of bile flow. It touts Carter's Little Liver Pills as a purely vegetable cure offering safe, quick, and sure results and discourages other laxatives or vague remedies.
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Carter
Heluse
Safe Course Joke About Angel Cake
A young wife asks her husband to try angel cake, and he fears not being good enough. She presses, and he admits fear of not being good enough to become an angel. The exchange reveals simple domestic humor and a touch of existential worry.
Little Helps For This Week and Facts On Aluminum
Short devotional excerpts encourage perseverance and self-improvement. The item lists unrelated facts including that aluminum constitutes about eight percent of the earths crust, world abundance, and a note that rents in Copenhagen rose 70 percent since 1916.
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Ins
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