Gillett's Pure Flake Lye Promises Easy Toilet Cleaning
A vintage advertisement touts Gillett's Pure Flake Lye as a powerful weekly toilet bowl and drain cleanser. It claims enamel and plumbing safety, germ kill, and odor destruction, urging readers to ask grocers for a tin and request a free booklet with cleaning and soap making directions.
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Gillett
Gillett’s
Lye
Standard Brands Limited
Fraser Avenue
Liberty Street
Toronto
Ontario
William Clark Leaves Canada High Commissioner Role
Eldest notes Sir William Clark returning to England after six years as United Kingdom high commissioner in Ottawa. He praises Canada and Prime Ministers Mackenzie King and Bennett, while a desert scene unfolds with ranchers Dustin, Kane, and a grubstake discussion revealing Kane’s long pursuit of fortune and trust in Dustin.
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Wiliam Clark
United Kingdom
Ottawa
England
Canada
William
Union of South Africa
W. L. Mackenzie King
R. B. Bennett
Mother Lode Found by Desert Rat Kane
Old Kane reveals a sack of gold nuggets and white quartz with gold streaks found underground. He taunts partners Dustin and Spike Goddard with the discovery, promising soon to claim a share as they discuss cattle theft suspicions and looming trouble with Hour-glass branding.
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Kane
Dustin
Dad Kane
Gray
Ulysses
Wood
Spike Goddard
Spike
Joe Carr
Epps
Tonopah
Goddard
Alaska
Arizona
Earth
Mother Lode
The Tenderfoot in a Montgomery Ward Wild West Outfit
The Tenderfoot story introduces Gerad Keene facing trouble at the Hour Gilasgs Ranch. A lawyer warns of looting by The Broken Spur and Joe Carr’s ruinous drinking. Keene disguises himself as Duro Stone to investigate the situation firsthand.
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Gerad Keene
Joe Carr
Keene
Gerald Keene
Duro Stone
Tenderfoot
Little Helps For This Week
A devotional note cites 1 Corinthians 10 31 and Ephesians 6 7 to urge daily duties as acts of worship. It argues that ordinary tasks performed for God become part of obedience and sanctification, not obstructions. The author emphasizes viewing daily work as God given.
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H. E. Manning
The Rhyming Optimis and Refugees in a Turbulent Era
A fragment evokes hardship and charity in verse before noting that over 11,000 Jewish refugees fled Germany to Palestine in the nine months after April 1, 1933. A separate scientific claim estimates the sun’s core at about 180 million degrees Fahrenheit.
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Germany
Palestine
Fly speed far outpaces man by proportion
The statement notes that a fly, relative to its size, travels about 55 times faster than a human. It highlights how scale changes perceived motion speed between species.
AmericanR School Savings Bank Expands to 15,000 Schools
The AmericanR system for school savings opens across fifteen thousand schools, broadening access for students to save and learn financial habits. Officials say the rollout strengthens community banking ties and promotes early financial literacy.
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Americanr School Savings Bank
Alberta Wheat Pool Pays Third 1929 Overpayment
Alberta treasury gains 453425 dollars as third annual payment from the Alberta Wheat Pool toward the 1929 crop overpayment guarantee. Payment from central Calgary headquarters announced by manager R D Purdy. The 1929 guarantee exceeded five million dollars under the government pool agreement.
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Alberta Treasury
Alberta Wheat Pool
Calgary
R. D. Purdy
Bread Boatman Completes 45th Delivery Round
W. Selmin known as the Bread Boatman has finished his 45th daily bread run on the lower Clarence River at Maclean New South Wales. He has covered between 60000 and 70000 miles with no accidents in his career, mostly by rowing boat before switching to a motor boat in recent years.
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W. Selmin
Clarence River
Maclean
New South Wales
Smarter Tie For Sailors
The British navy will replace the 56 inch square silk scarf with an oblong 36 by 38 inch pattern. The scarf will be tied to meet the collar point, producing a neater knot. Officials say new pattern issues start immediately.
Large British insured groups for unemployment and illness
The record notes that up to 12,000,000 people in Great Britain are insured against unemployment, while 17,000,000 are insured against sickness, maternity, invalidism, and old age.
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Great Britain
Aspirin Provides Fast Relief Says Bayer Ad Copy
An old Bayer aspirin advertisement touts quick pain relief from headaches and neuralgia. It asserts aspirin begins relieving pain soon after swallowing and emphasizes safety for the heart. The ad urges buying Bayer aspirin, made in Canada, in 12 tablet tins or 24 and 100 tablet bottles.
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Canada
Bayer
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Gillett’s Lye
William Clark
Dad
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Tehuantepec
Hell
Dr. Wernet
RUKN
the Tenderfoot
Snypolis
G. Herbert
By Aline Michaelis
W. WU
LT A
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Alberta
Appleford Paper Products Ltd
Hamilton
Edmonton
Regina
Winnipeg
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