Quiet Knots of Domestic Life at Blaisdell House
Mr Smith assists Miss Maggie with Blaisdell family papers while visitors mix work and social chores. Mrs Hattie Blaisdell plans a luncheon and Benny worries about service, revealing domestic complications. Mrs Jane Blaisdell seeks help reworking an old black silk outfit, sparking talk of sewing plans and neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Smith
Mr. Doff
Blaisdell
Rufus
Maggie
Benny
Jane Blaisdell
Jane
Meerie
Miss Maggie
Flora
Catarrhozone Promises Quick Relief for Cold and Bronchial Ailments
Advertises Catarrhorone and Catarrhozone as remedies for colds catarrh bronchitis and sore throats. Claims to clear nasal catarrh relieve chest tightness and coughing and promote healing used by specialists and thousands daily. Offers two month outfit priced at one dollar small and trial sizes 50c and 25c at dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catarrhozone Co
Montreal
Miss Flora’s Struggle and a Mystery Return
In a tense village scene Mrs. Jane pleads poverty to Flora and hides a bundle. Mr. Smith records a plan for a future windfall as Flora laments low rent and envy of others. Sunday visits reveal Benny, Gussie Pennock and the Blaisdells as tensions over money and care unfold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Jane
Flora
Charity
Miss Magate
Mr. Smith
Miss Maggie
Maggie
Hattie
Bessie
Miss Flora
Mr Smith
Blaisdell
Benny
Fred Blaisdell
Gussie Pennock
Jim Blaisdell
Frank Blaisdell
Jane
Carvet
Mellicent seeks escape amid Hillerton family tensions
In Hillerton Mellicent laments restricted receipts and social limits while Mr. Smith counsels, Maggie and Mellicent tend household duties, and Mellicent confesses craving for candy and freedom as she plans to flee to a Pennock dance.
Horses Sleep Standing Most Of The Night In Stables
The article notes horses rest and sleep largely while standing due to instinctive fear of mice and insects. It cites stablemen who claim some horses never sleep on their backs, observing that a small nightly period of recumbent rest often occurs at midnight.
Lowell man fails to swim English Channel crossing
Harry Sullivan of Lowell Massachusetts began a solo attempt to swim the English Channel from Cape Gris Nez near Calais to Dover. After ten hours and ten minutes he had reached the channel’s midpoint and abandoned the effort.
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Harry Sullivan
Lowell
Mass
English Channel
Cape Gris Nez
Calais
Dover
Gur slogan for the coming year promotes local spending
The message urges residents to adopt Buy at Home as a district prosperity drive. It advocates keeping money within the local area to boost personal and neighboring prosperity and strengthen regional commerce.
Quote on Profanity as Prayer to Satanic Majesty
A provocative remark declares that every profanity is a prayer to his satanic majesty, reflecting a stark, controversial view on language and belief. The remark stands as a bold, incendiary statement likely from a column or opinion piece.
Next War Prophecy Warns of Gas and Air Attacks
Hudson Maxim, veteran inventor, predicts in the New York Tribune that the next great war will deploy deadly gases broadcast over land and inland cities. He warns civilians will be attacked, airplanes will spread disease and contagion, and noncombatants face mass destruction.
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Hudson Maxim
New York Tribune
Maxim
Mr. Maxim
Paris
London
Berlin
Vickers Sons and
London traffic booms with buses taxis trams and cars
London activity is described as a continuous flow of transport with around a thousand motor cars crossing London Bridge each hour and six thousand motor buses, two and a half thousand cabs, and 150 micror buses on 138 services threading 130 miles of streets within the county.
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London Bridge
Oxford Street
Dick Turpins
London
Eskimo Trapper Sells Four Wives At Exhibition
At a British agricultural show an attachment for a harvester wins a silver medal, while a north report claims an Eskimo trapper sold four wives for tea and tobacco on a trading route. Buyers are tribesmen returning from Hudson's Bay Company posts. Reclamation may occur if the original owner pays double.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Brochette
Hudson's Bay Company
Wireless telephone plants to serve Norway House and The Pas
Prof. R C Wal lace of Northern Manitoba says a contract is signed for the apparatus to be installed at Norway House and The Pas and to connect the intermediate points. The system will be operating soon, it is understood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norway House
Pas
R. C. Wallace
Manitoba
Amethyst Quartz and Opal: Varied Crystal Content
Definition of amethyst as manganese stained quartz and opal as a water rich crystal. Also a London note: current evening newspapers are fewer than one third of those published 125 years ago.
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London
Britain uses nickel bullet casings for silver coinage
Britain plans a new silver coinage by melting surplus nickel bullet casings. The initiative repurposes wartime material for currency, reflecting postwar industrial reuse.
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Britain
Spills Silver and Ties Up Traffic on Atlantic Ave
Street car traffic on Atlantic Avenue was halted for about thirty minutes when Andrew Higbee a messenger for the Atlantic City Street Railway Company alighted from a trolley to deposit daily receipts. The bag containing $6,000 in coin burst spilling silver across the street and a corps of detectives was called to assist in salvaging the coins and protecting the messenger.
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Atlantic Avenue
Andrew Higbee
Atlantic City Street Railway Company
Higbee
Bear farming idea tested by Salisbury fox man
A Salisbury New Brunswick fox man buys a large female bear to test whether captive bear fur can be a profitable product and whether cubs could fetch good prices as pets.
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Salisbury
N.B
Edison predicts cars distill their own fuel soon
The article notes Edison’s forecast that motor vehicles will manufacture fuel themselves within years. It raises the question of whether any surplus will remain or if the cars will use all the produced fuel.
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Edison
Starvation Warning From Soviet Relief Director
Leo Kameneff, the Soviet relief director, says twenty million five hundred thousand people in fifteen Russian provinces face starvation as food resources run about fifty percent below pre war levels.
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Leo Kameneff
Russia
Egyptians Credited With Invention Of Bells
A historical note attributes the invention of bells to ancient Egypt, citing early metalworking practices and ceremonial uses as groundwork for later bell developments across cultures.
Women Jump at Conclusions and Hit Often
A quip notes that women jump to conclusions and frequently hit, while men reason things out, think logically, and usually miss. The line contrasts quick intuition with deliberate analysis in a humorous framing.
Unclear Wildlife Lifespans Highlighted in Norway
A note contrasts a condor surviving without food for forty days and an eagle twenty days, while stating Norway records the longest life expectancy on average.
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Norway
Water makes up about percent of the human body
The article notes that water constitutes a significant portion of the average human body, highlighting its central role in bodily functions and metabolism. It references typical estimates of body water content in adults and underscores variation by age and sex.
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Eleanor H. Porter
Canada
W. N. UL
Hhe West
Mellicent
Carl Pennock
Young Pennock
Fl & Best Spices
Clark
Clarks Tomato
Atlantic City Messenger
Bear Farm
Hlavev
Whitmore
Cooder
Rem
Whitmore Manufacturing Co
Cleveland
Ohio
Winnipeg
Regina
Toronto
McDermott
Peyne
Sc Bee
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