Helmi in the Hellish House Aided by Miss de Forest
Helmi endures isolation at the Girls Friendly Home where Miss de Forest advocates for her protection from wilder peers. A hospital night, Lucille’s fate, Minnie’s hopes, and Mrs. Wymuth’s stern discipline reveal a grim charity system and the girls’ fragile solace.
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Helmi
Helmis
Hell
Miss de Forest
Miss de Forrest
Tlome
Misa de Forest
Ike Helmi
Rose Lamb
Wymuths
Lucille
Esther
Helm
Minnie
Helms
Mrs. Wymuth
Asey
Minhie
Mr. Wymath
Miss Lamb
Mary
Tielmi
Woman Credits Lydia E Pinkham Remedy for Childbearing Health
Mrs Susan Darman of Colborne Ontario says she was weak and advised surgery but improved after five bottles of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She reports successful motherhood with three girls and a boy and urges others to try the medicine. Sold by druggists everywhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colborne
Ontario
Lydia FE
Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Susan Darman
Competitive honey classes debut at Royal Agricultural Winter Fair
Beekeeping gains national prominence as competition returns to Toronto. Entries must come from the 1927 crop and exhibitor apiaries. associations or provinces must use 1927 produce from local apiaries. Judges may disqualify poorly presented displays regardless of honey quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ontario
Toronto
Military Reform and Odd Inventions in Briefs
A Cleveland Plain Dealer note reports Army regulations changing spiral puttees winding direction from calf to ankle. A Cincinnati professor's collection includes flutes made of gold jade ram's horn and glass among 711 specimens. A humorous exchange features an architect asking for four den windows, and a line about walking a mile with little movement.
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United States Army
Army
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Cincinnati
Red Rose Tea Aluminum Package Satisfaction Guarantee
Advertises a money back guarantee from your grocer if not thoroughly satisfied with Red Rose Tea in a new aluminum package. Return allowed on receipt of the container, regardless of used contents.
Edison Portrait and the Power of Education
A 1927 essay argues that a sixteen year old Edison looked ordinary yet held latent genius. It contends teachers shape potential, warning that neglect can lose great minds while faithful educators can elevate youths to their fullest abilities.
Castoria Promotes Health For Children and Sleep
An advertisement touts Fletcher's Castoria as a over 30 years old remedy for babies and children. It claims relief from Constipation Flatulence Wind Colic and Diarrhea and says it calms feverishness while aiding digestion for natural sleep without opiates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fletcher
Brains and Intelligence The Missing Link to Mind
The article argues brain size does not govern intelligence and cites examples across genders and occupations. It notes Turgen Leff had a large brain yet an imbecile lay among peers, and references a large woman’s brain at 1742 grams who died of consumption, concluding quality outweighs size.
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Turgenleff
Women Break Barriers in British Professions Since 1911
A 1911 snapshot shows Britain with 46 women as consulting engineers, 26 as barristers, 17 as solicitors, 147 female nonconformist ministers, 24 veterinary surgeons, and 49 architects, reflecting growing female participation across fields.
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Britain
Dominion water power resources and future turbine capacity
The Dominion’s recorded waterPower resources allow a turbine installation of 41 700 000 horsepower. Up to 1924 total hydraulic capacity reached 4 556 226 hp or under 11 percent of recorded resources. Also notes about censuses in Persia Afghanistan Indo Chinese peninsula Africa parts of South America and much of China. A man may build a palace but it takes a woman to make a home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion
Persia
Afghanistan
Africa
South America
China
Free Braille Books Reach Blind Readers Across Canada
The Hi brary department of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind distributes 1000 bulky volumes monthly to blind readers in Canada and Newfoundland. The Canada library offers wide ranging titles from geology to poetry with no library fee and free postal delivery nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
National Institute For Sightless
Toronto
Hibrary Department
Canadian National Institute For the Blind
Newfoundland
William Mulock
Ontario
Gibbons
The
Dominion
Poem Excerpt Encourages Righteous Path To Fortunate Isles
A short reflective piece cites scripture and poetry to urge the desire and will to do right as a divine gift. It contrasts human effort with spiritual guidance and ends with a blessing for those who seek virtue. The tone is earnest and moralistic.
Alberta's Coal Wealth Could Supersede Global Supplies
Sir Thomas Holland of the Empire Mining and Metallurgical Council says Alberta holds coal wealth exceeding all other known deposits in the empire combined. He notes that successful efforts to convert coal into a liquid fuel could let Canada surpass the United States as the world supplier of liquid fuel.
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Alberta
British Empire
Thomas Holland
Empire Mining and Metallurgical Council
Canada
United States
It Has Many Qualities
An advertisement extols Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil as a remedy that cures coughs and colds, prevents sore throat, reduces swelling from sprains, heals sores, cuts, and contusions, and functions as a portable medicine chest.
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Dr. Thomas
Silent Car War Declared by Police Across Nation
The police under the home office orders have launched a campaign against noisy motor cars. A year after a Joynson-Hicks warning on silencers, about 6,000 prosecutions occurred in the metropolitan area, with a nationwide intensification now planned.
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Home Office
Home Secretary
William Joynson-Hicks
Metropolitan Police District
Origin of Wait and See in British Parliament
In Fifty Years of British Parliament Lord Oxford traces Wait and See to Napoleon at St Helena who is said to have spoken Wait an See. The phrase was caricatured into a policy maxim when used in answers in the House of Commons. Minard's Liniment for Lumbago.
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Earl of Oxford
Asquith
Lord Oxford
Napoleon
St. Helena
House of Commons
Farm prosperity shown in farm implement sales rise
An unfailing indication of farm prosperity is the rising sale of implements across the west this year. Demand for harvesting machinery is heavy while threshers binders combines and tractors show exceptionally large gains, with some firms reporting 100 to 200 percent increases.
Dr Williams Pink Pills touted as blood builder cure
Advertisement claims Dr Williams Pink Pills enrich and purify blood to treat anemia especially in young women and overworked individuals. It cites a testimonial from Miss Margaret A. Smith of Burgoyne Ontario and urges purchase from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario at 50 cents a box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willilams
Willams
Margaret A. Smith
Burgoyne
Ont
Dr. Williams
Worm Exterminator Promotes Child Health
The notice warns that worms in children can cause convulsions or death, and promotes Mother Graves' Worm Exterminator as protection. A courtroom scene follows with a judge asking the prisoner to speak while the husband reacts excitedly.
Great Man Valued Less Than Worth Yet Others Sell High
A reflective line on how a revered figure is rarely appreciated at his true worth while many others profit beyond their value by profitable deals and tradeoffs.
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Laat
Ise
Royal Agricultural
U.S.A
Thomas Edison
Thomas A. Edison
Edison
Minard
Cuthura
Basil Lee
Gammmage St
London
Jacpes Exch Pree
Canadas
Canada’s Water Power Resources
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Theodore Parsons
Minard’s Liniment
West
Minard's
Straphonic Gramophone
Poisson
Mount- Noyal East
Montreal
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