Silver Ribbons by Christine Whiting Parmenter
Charmian recalls a warm supper with Jim and Grandma Davis as the Wickfield town welcomes Dr Carter to set up practice. Charmian eyes the doctor’s evolving role, recalling past confidences, family stories, and a playful clash of respectability and novelty in a close community.
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Christine Whiting Parmenter
Grandma
Edward Howe
Wickfield
John Carter
Sonny
Charmian
Charm
Pepys
Zam-tuk claimed to cure eczema says Henry Davis
A misrepresented remedy named Zam-tuk is alleged to have misled Henry Davis of South Kansas USA. The claimant says it removed pain and sores but failed to provide lasting relief, noting undisclosed dangers and ineffective results.
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Caren
Zam-tuk
Henry ©. Davis
Sout
Kansas USA
Felel Zambuk
London Bus Driver Emigrates To Western Canada For Farm Life
A. W. Powell, a London bus driver, leaves city traffic after twenty-one years to start a farm in the Canadian Prairies. His sons already moved to Ontario with help from the Canadian National Railways. Powell, who once served in France, joined forty London bus drivers welcomed by the King at Buckingham Palace in 1919 before deciding to settle Canada-bound.
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Western
Canada
A. W. J. Powell
London
Powell
Prairies
St Alfred Arthur Edward
Willam Henry Charles
Ontario
Canadian National Railways
Winnipeg
Dominions
France
Buckingham Palace
Train service to Churchill delays explained by CN Rail
The report of immediate regular passenger and freight service between The Pas and Churchill in April is incorrect says A A Tisdale CN Rail Western Region GM. Ballasting and line completion are slow and no service is planned before well into summer. only construction supplies for Churchill are being moved.
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Churchill
C.N.R
Canadian National Railways
Pas
A.A. Tisdale
Western Region
Seven year old worker-poet rewrites Bible in verse
William Houston of Cincinnati, a seven year old working man, has produced a rhymed verse version of the historic Bishop Bible dating to 1537. He studied old Bibles in the public library, memorized thousands of lines, and composes in seven-line stanzas using early English styles learned from Chaucer and Spenser.
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William Houston
Cincinnati
Houston
Chaucer and Spencer
Vancouver Worlds Fair 1936 Proposed by Vancouver Exhibition
J G Matheson general manager announces a proposed 1936 World’s Fair in Vancouver to celebrate the city’s golden jubilee, pending city council approval. Minard's advertises Wonderful Ant Power.
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Vancouver
J. G. Matheson
Minard's
Castoria for Babies No Need for Stronger Remedies
An old advertisement promotes Castoria as a safe standby for infants and young children. It claims relief for fretful, feverish, colicky, constipated, and diarrheal symptoms with gentle, regular use and advises consulting a physician if relief isn’t seen. The ad notes Castoria is available at drugstores and carries the H. Fletcher signature on the wrapper.
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Grandma
Charmian
Urely
Edward Howe
District Four
Edward
Mercy
Kate Knowles
George K
Lizzie Baker
Denton Howe
Faward
Wickfield
Portland
H. Fletcher
Artificial Fever Wave Promises Cure and Death Ray
E L Manning of General Electric disclosed at the Engineers Club in Philadelphia a new short length wave that can raise blood temperature. He warned it could induce fatal fevers and, in experiments with rabbits and rats, show promising results against diseases analogous to human illnesses.
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Philadelphia
E. L.manning
General Electric Company
Engineers’ Club of
Manning
Alberta Coal Production in 1929 Exceeds Seven Million Tons
Alberta mines yielded 7,147,250 tons of coal valued at 2,491,061 dollars in 1929 per A A Milling chief inspector of mines. Shale output totaled 17,197 tons with 26,077,733 bricks produced. Wheat quality between combined and binder harvesting was similar, with one season favoring combining.
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Alberta
A. A. Miling
Canada
Drought Feeds Waterfowl Struggles in Prairie Provinces
In 1929 drought gripped Canada’s Prairie Provinces drying pords prairie sloughs and shallow lakes used for breeding by waterfowl. Hale notes falling Hale?
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Canada
Prairie Provinces
Cast Thy Burden On The Lord From Paul Pastner
The piece quotes scripture and devotional lines urging the reader to trust in God. It presents lines about bearing burdens, God’s care, and close spiritual companionship. The author references Paul Pastner and Bishop Hall.
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Government of Worlds
Paul Pastner
Bishop Hall
Healthy children sleep well ad promotes Baby's Own Tablets
A vintage health notice touts peaceful sleep for healthy children and urges mothers not to scold cross babies. It promotes Baby's Own Tablets as a mild laxative aiding sleep and digestion, claiming safety for newborns and a 25 cent box price from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co. Brockville Ont.
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Mai
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Canadian dairy official named for Copenhagen congress
Dr J A Ruddick dairy and cold storage commissioner is appointed Canadian correspondent to the International Dairy Congress in Copenhagen Denmark 1931. Also noted is a plan for thirty American airplanes to provide service in Peru.
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Sal
Peru
Phillips Milk of Magnesia for Indigestion Relief
Excess stomach acid causes indigestion with pain hours after meals. Phillips Milk of Magnesia is described as a safe tasteless alkali that acts quickly. The ad urges using genuine Phillips product prescribed by physicians and available at drugstores for relief.
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Jim
Pise
General Steel Wares
Pelle
Minard
Litle
Ernator
Phillips
Aes
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