London Poet Builds Cottage Hospital for Lepers
Francie Cartésal, a London poet, funds a cottage hospital for lepers in Manamadura, India. He built the facility at £126 and used money saved from an old neighbor who left him a small sum, following his wartime service in India and later friendship with the neighbor in Goswell Road.
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London
Francie Cartésal
Wisn
Goswell Road
Cardinal
India
Manamadura
Fern India
Painted Fires Chapter XI Continued
A prose excerpt follows Helm as she recalls reading by the river, contemplates winter, and wrestles with messages from the past. She plans a personal space and imagines independence but grapples with societal rules and the lure of a self-determined future. A thunderstorm on a Sunday unsettles her thoughts and actions.
Gin Pills Promoted Despite Reported Dangers
A fragmented, long-ago advertisement claims Gin Pills relieve kidney pain and backache. It mentions a Mr W Mert of New Brunswick and a supposed recovery after torture months, but reads as dubious medical assurance with repeated warnings about neglecting symptoms.
Storm Wrecks House in Sudden Rescue
Mrs McMann finds Jack unconscious after a storm floods the house. She drags him inside to shelter him and keeps vigil as rain pounds the walls. Jack shows no obvious injuries but lies pale as Helsal notes his features and a faint recovery begins.
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Tim
Unknown Soldier Interred Beneath Arc de Triomphe Resting Quietly
A tribute from France and Britain honors unknown soldiers buried under Paris landmarks. A perpetual flame burns beside a marble slab bearing the inscription in imperfect English, pledging remembrance for French dead who sacrificed for their country.
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Honereé
France
Engizhdinster Abbes
Paria
Tritzaphal
Rer
Niagara Falls Faces Erosion Threat and Rapid Future
Geologists warn the Horseshoe Falls erosion could reduce the falls to mere rapids within 50 years as the arch deteriorates and deepens. A 30 passenger bus on the London Folkestone route has ceased service. Language may mislead about race.
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Niagara Falls
Lonfod
Folkestone
England
Oxford Students Embrace Aviation with Certification Push
Oxford undergraduates now include more than 75 certified pilots as aviation training expands. The university has provided four aeroplanes to the Oxford air squadron with five engines for ground work and full aircraft parts. Trainees move to a nearby Royal Air Force station for flight experience as aviation is promoted during school term with hope that Oxford Cambridge aeroplane races may become a popular sport alongside rowing and team games.
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Stude
Oxford Air Squadron
Oxford
Royal Air Force
Cambridge
Experiment On Fasting Finds Night Eating Increases Weight
Frederick Moelzel of the University of Chicago reports a rule from 500 days of fasting experiments including forty one days without food. He says hunger is an urge to eat like breathing and that hunger often disappears after eating, noting eating heavier in the evening can aid weight gain.
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Chicago
Frederick Moelzel
The
Physiological Laboratories
University of Chicago
Imitation Fur Demand and a Channel Bicycle Feat
The fur trade notes a boom in box and cat skins turned into imitation leopard and gray rat designs. Rene Savard, a French youth, rode a water bicycle from Calais to Dover, marking a claimed first crossing by this method though exact time is unavailable.
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Channel
Rene Savard
Calais
Dover
Monument Honors Lille Woman Louisa de Putignies
A Lille memorial unveiling honors Louisa de Putignies for fifteen months of covert service during the war. She dodged German patrols and even sneaked through a canal at night to aid allied fronts, aided by children slipping passports past sentries. Condemned to death, her sentence was commuted. she died in prison in Cologne two months before Allied victory.
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Femorial
Lille
Louisa de Putignies
Sweet Urchins
Sentrien
Sue
Cologne
Byrd Heroism Aboard Plane Kept Courage Under Fire
Commander Richard Byrd earned honor for three life saving feats during the Atlant ic fight scene. He twice saved men from drowning and, during a hotel collapse in Washington, he aided victims as a heavy beam threatened. He worked three years amid dangerous conditions without pause.
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Byrd
Richard Byrd
Washington
Widow Sues Ex Kaiser for Damages Over Sussex Sinking
Mme Prieur, a French war widow, sues former Kaiser Wilhelm II for manslaughter damages alleging German submarine involvement in the Sussex sinking. Her husband perished when the liner went down in the English Channel during World War I.
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Kaiser
Mme. Prieur
Wilhelm
English Channel
Ministry of Justice
Canadian Graduates in Demand Outpace Supply
Authorities say Canadian college graduates are in high demand and not sufficient to meet it. The piece quotes C W Horton and notes Canadian students are assets in business despite claims universities fail to prepare youths. The text also recounts varied anecdotes about a clothing store, a joke about a bag carrier, and old farming notes.
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C. W. Horton
New York
Litle Helps For This Week And Moral Reflections
A small devotional piece quoting religious exhortations on loving God and neighbor, with moral reflections and a biblical verse. The dated tone references scripture and pious maxims attributed to Henry Vargian and Julius Mare. It invites readers to seek broad understanding beyond immediate sight and to live according to commandments.
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Menry Vargian
Julius Mare
Baby's Own Tablets Proclaimed Safe for Newborns and Children
An advertisement claims Baby's Own Tablets are the ideal medicine for infants and growing children, free from opiates, with a testimonial from Mrs. John Armour of South Monaghan. Haley's Oxalets laxative is offered as a mild remedy for stomach and bowel issues, advertised at 25 cents per box from The Dr. Wikmans Medicine Co in Brockville Ontario.
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John Armour
South Monaghan
Ont
Haley
Dr. Wikmans’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Carnivorous cow terrorizes near Bremen farm
A German newspaper reports a cow at a Bremen area farm that ate five geese from a crate before the farmer noticed. The incident ends with a dramatic scene as the cow finishes the crate contents and departs.
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Bremen
Alberta Forest Area Figures Released
Alberta forest area represents 35 percent of total land area. Total land area is 252 925 square miles with 86 650 forested. Softwood and hardwood volumes are 1 009 000 feet BM and 5 200 090 000 respectively.
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Alberta
Canadian Pacific Railway
Saskatchewan Meaning of Liniment for Grippe
Saskatchewan, the name of the great river rising in the Rockies and flowing through Alberta into Manitoba and Lake Winnipeg, is an Indian word meaning rapid or swift flowing.
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Saskatchewan
Rockies
Alberta
Manitoba
Lake
Winnipeg
Cure for Nervous Heart Ailment Mentioned by Ontario Reader
Mrs. Geo. McKenni of Campbellford Ontario reports relief from weak nerves and heart trouble after taking a tonic recommended by The T. Milne Co. She notes rapid improvement and high regard for the remedy mailed direct to her.
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T. Milue Co
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