The Singing Fool at Club Bombo on Broadway
Al Stone a singing waiter at Blackie Joe's New York club rises to fame on Broadway with the song Always. He marries ballad singer Molly, they have a son Junior. Molly grows distant after a flirtation with John Perry and a quarrel pushes Al toward a fragile family rift. Al consoles Junior with a lullaby, hoping Molly will soften as New Year’s Eve nears amid Broadway revelry.
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al Stone
Blackie Joe
New York
Winton
Molly
Junior
John Perry
Perry
Bombo
Midnight Revels at the Bombo as Molly Is Lated
Al entertains a huge New Year crowd at the Bombo with garish confetti and a playful mood while awaiting Molly who is half an hour late. He hides in the phone room to reach her, hoping the celebration will coax her back to him. The scene ends with the promise of continuation.
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Molly
Junior
Broadway
Bombo
Water carrier stays with circus despite inheritance claim
Robert Sterling, a 21 year old from Philadelphia, refused to leave his water carrier post with a traveling circus in Portland to claim a $275,000 Los Angeles inheritance. He demands $60 hold back from the circus and plans to meet the attorney's telegram in Los Angeles. Sterling’s father once ran a Philadelphia radio shop and held RCA stock kept by a Los Angeles attorney until Robert’s 21st birthday.
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Portland
Los Angeles
Robert Sterling
Philadelphia
Sterling
Radio Corporation of America
Robert
Cook House
Mother Graves Worm Exterminator Promises Healthy Children
Mothers urged to protect children by using Mother Graves Worm Exterminator to combat intestinal worms. The ad emphasizes health and care, targeting households seeking reliable pest control for kids.
Paris Debates Courtesy for Unaccompanied Women
Paris faces renewed debate as many refuse to serve unaccompanied women while newspapers call for lifting the ban. The issue contrasts with New World norms where women freely visit theatres cafes hotels and other public spaces without being observed or escorted.
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Paris
Applies To Every Nation War Knowledge Gap Highlighted
The remark notes that most people in any nation would be unaware of the details of a war involving their country. It emphasizes widespread lack of public understanding about major conflicts.
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China
Russia
Beatty says Vancouver could be coast outlet if rail ties Peace River
E W Beatty, president of Canadian Pacific, returned from Victoria to Vancouver and suggested Vancouver would be the logical coast outlet once a rail connection to the Peace River district is established. He declined to specify timing or method, but noted coast link would follow regional development. He urged waiting for the Pacific Great Eastern survey results before discussing further and said there may be an announcement by year end. He saw no obstacle to a BC branch line to relieve Hythe farmers 60 to 100 miles from the railroad.
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Peace River District
Pacific Coast
Vancouver
E. W. Beatty
Canadian Pacific Railway
Victoria
Beatty
Peace River
Peace Area
Pacific Great Eastern Railway
Canadian Pacific
Canadian National
Canadian P. d
British Columbia
Hythe
Responsibility Of Every Mother In Child Care
A promotional notice extols Baby's Own Tablets as a reliable aid for common childhood digestive issues. It highlights relief from constipation and indigestion, plus calmer teething pains and better sleep, with a testimonial from Mrs W Jennings of Mackay Ontario and mail order details at 25 cents per box from Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario.
Proposed Fish Cannery For Manitoba Reported
According to the Canadian Fisherman a fish cannery is proposed to pack Manitoba lake fish products. Efforts will use the large supply of coarse fish and offal from Manitoba fisheries to stock feed manufacture.
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Manitoba Lakes
Manitoba
Miller's Worm Powders for Children
Do not allow worms to sap the vitality of your children. If not attended to, worms may work irreparable harm to the constitution of the infant. The little sufferers cannot voice their ailment, but there are many signs by which mothers are made aware that a dose of Miller's Worm Powders is necessary. These powders act quickly and will expel worms from the system without any inconvenience to the child.
Works Both Ways Advice on Work and Attitude
A speaker counsels a young man that any job will have disliked aspects from people or tasks. He urges forgetting current irritations and focusing on the future, noting that others may share similar feelings about him.
England's Kingship and William II Themes
Minard's Liniment for Warta. England has had only one king who grew to manhood and who never married. He was William Rufus, or William II., son and successor of William the Conqueror.
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England
William Rufus
William II
William the Conqueror
Real Dyes Easier To Use And Versatile
Real Dyes are easier to use and work with a method similar to other dyes. Ken Bhan notes real anilines with fillers that prevent fabric damage and maintain depth after wear and wash. The blue package is for silk and wool only while the white package dyes all fabrics.
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Ken Bhan
Strange Aerial Cargoes Carrying Every Kind Of Shipment
Airplanes now haul diverse freight from milk to sea horses and lions. Croydon to Le Bourget carried a lion with trainer at 100 mph, circus horse from Paris to London, and Amsterdam bear parrots. Observatories on Mont Blanc use air to lift heavy materials, while zinc lined milk boxes sold abroad show milk’s odd flight.
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London
Continent
Zoo
Croydon
Bay of Biscay
East Indies
le Bourget
Paris
Amsterdam
Mont Blanc
Change Denomination Presbyterian Conference Scene
A group of Presbyterian clergymen traveling through Scotland crossed a river on a temporary bridge that the keeper warned was unsafe. They refused to abandon the crossing, insisting they were from the conference. The keeper warned them they would all be Baptists if they did not step off.
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Scotland
Saskatchewan's Role in Canada's Agriculture
Saskatchewan, contributing about half of Canada's wheat yield, ranks third in dairy production and also in eggs and poultry among the nine Dominion provinces.
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Saskatchewan
Canada
Dominion
Heathen adoption of religion tied to copying vices
Dialogue notes that heathens are slow to adopt the white man's religion until they first imitate his vices, suggesting a critique of cultural imitation before belief.
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Globe Trotter
World Improvement Starts with Self, Not Others
A reflective thought notes many aim to fix the world while neglecting personal change. It urges individuals to begin with self discipline and responsibility before seeking broad reform.
Little Helps For This Week Reflections and Prayer
A devotional fragment urges kneeling before God for aid and strength, asking for meekness to do His will. It warns that prayer alone yields no good without effort and discipline, cites Henry J. Van Dyke on folly, sin, vanity, and usefulness.
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Henry J. van Dyke
Opinion Not Worth Much In Lawyer's Honest Gaffe
A popular solicitor visits a fellow lawyer and asks for legal opinion on a point of law. The addressee says he is paid for what he knows. The questioner pays a half dollar and demands the full knowledge plus change.
Man with Asthma Seeks Relief Through Remedy
A man suffering from asthma longs for death to end his torment but hopes for relief from Dr. J. D. Kellogg's Asthma Remedy. The advertisement asserts complete relief if used faithfully, promising asthma will become a thing of the past.
Early reference to cane sugar as honey from bamboo
The third century B C author Theophilus phrastus noted sugar derived from cane and called it honey from bamboo, marking an early identification of sucrose sources and naming convention in ancient observations.
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Theophrastus
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