Comeback for Al Stone at Blackies Club
Al Stone, a struggling songwriter and waiter at Blackie Joe's, wins Grace Farrel's love after a messy marriage to Molly Wonton ends with her eloping. He travels from seedy rooms to Washington Square, buys a polished wardrobe, and plans a public comeback while Grace supports him and waits at Blackie's Club as night drifts toward a possible revival.
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al Stone
Blackie Joe
New York
Grace Farrel
Molly Wonton
Rai
Junior
Molly
John Perry
Shend Perry
France
Blackies Place
Gracie
Grace
Als
Blackie
Washington Square
Italia
Theorthern
The
Rch
Waverley Pisce
Blackie’s
Little One
Hs Show
Azure
Untitled fragment hints at comeback struggle
A fragmentary excerpt shows a speaker questioning if Al can mount a comeback after strenuous efforts, suggesting doubt about a successful rebound and a driving force behind the attempt.
Abolition Bid Sought To End Hong Kong Mul Sai System
A bill in the Hong Kong legislature aims to end the mul sai practice where young girls are sold into domestic slavery. Critics say enforcement fails due to public opinion, custom, and religious adoption loopholes.
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Hong Kong
Engineers Discuss Plan to Reclaim Submerged Europe
A vast reclamation project is proposed to unite England and the continent by two long dams from Spurn Head to Denmark and Dover to Calais. The plan, feasible technically, would create land for up to 20 million people, though political division among England Belgium Holland Denmark and Germany is uncertain. The barrier would sit on a submerged mountain range, with land to be drained and fertile plains emerging across the former seabed.
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Europe
North Sea
England
Belgium
Holland
Denmark
Germany
Continent
Anticipated Modern Science: South African Witch Doctors
The Durgaka, an old South African witch doctor league, claims to cure diseases with herbal knowledge and other traditional methods. They allegedly treated general paralysis long before modern medicine, using bites from malaria carrying mosquitoes as a cure, a practice later adopted by medical professionals.
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South Africa
Holloway's Corn Yemover Promises Quick Relief
A brief 19th century style ad suggests Holloway's Corn Yemover as a simple remedy for corn troubles, claiming fast relief with no lingering discomfort.
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Holloway
Sunspot Sun Impact Seen in Quebec Spruce Growth
Dominion Observatory data from four spruce sections in Quebec show annual growth rings varying with the sunspot cycle ALS years. Maximum growth averages 22 percent above the minimum, indicating a measurable solar influence on tree growth.
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Province of
Quebec
Dominion Observatory
Cattle to Manchuria via South Manchurian Railway
A number of Canadian Shorthorn cattle are being shipped to Manchuria. An agent of the South Manchurian Railway plans to improve the native cattle of Manchuria with these imports, as stated by the Agricultural Department of the Canadian National Railways.
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Manchuria
Agricultural Department of
The
Canadian National Railways
Vikings showed modern style with 1000 year zipper finds
Archaeologists near Tilst East Prussia open eighty Viking graves dating to the ninth through eleventh centuries. Swords, lance heads, belts, stirrups, and brooches fill graves. women’s items include bracelets rings and headbands. A young woman’s grave reveals bobbed hair and zippers used as garment fasteners. Finds to be housed in Prussia Museum and Kongsberg.
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Tilst
East Prussia
Prussia Museum
Kongsberg
When Your Baby Catches A Cold
A fragment outlines early home remedies for infant colds stressing that babies benefit from giving Baby Own Tanlets early to ease symptoms. The ad portrays Tanlets as safe, drugless and like having a doctor in the home, claiming relief from constipation and indigestion and prevention of complications.
Canadian Tourist Association Formed in Montreal
A new organization named the Canadian Association of Tourist and Publicity Bureaux was formed at the Canadian tourist convention. With headquarters in Montreal, the body will operate coast to coast and seek a Dominion charter. Hon. Mr. Justice Arsenault of the Prince Edward Island Publicity Association was elected president.
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Canadian Association OF Tourist and Publicity Bureaux
Montreal
Canadian Tourist, Convention and Publicity Organizations
Justice Arsenault
Price Edward Island
Health Agencies Plan Co-operati Ottawa Health groups to pool efforts
Ottawa meeting chaired by Dr J H King brought together Red Cross Canadian Tuberculosis Association Canadian Social Hygiene Council Canadian Council on Child and Family Welfare St Johns Ambulance Association Canadian Dental Hygiene Council Canadian Nurses Association Canadian Medical Association National Council of Women Canadian Public Health Association Canadian National Committee for Mental Hygiene Federation of Women’s Institutes Federation of French Canadian Women and Victoria Order of Nurses to coordinate annual budgets and pre programme planning.
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Ottawa
J. H. King
National Council of Women
Canadian Public Health Association
Canadian National Commttee For
Federation of Women’s Institutes
Federation of French-Canadian Women
Victorian Order of Nurses
Cancer Threat to Women Highlighted at Toronto Meeting
Dr Gordon E Richards of Toronto said one in eight Canadian and American women die of cancer but noted steady gains. He cited five year treatment advances raising cures in women and a 25 percent rise in throat and mouth cancer cures. Dr Joseph Colt Bloodgood urged public education as the key weapon in fighting cancer.
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Gordon E. Richards
Toronto
Radiological Society of North America
Richards
University of Toronto
Joseph Colt Bloodgood
Johns Hopkins University
Man in a hurry meets baby car on road
A fast driver appraises a baby car driven by a wild-looking person on his tail. The speedometer nears seventy-eight mph as the hooting continues. The pursuer finally yields, asking to pass, and the other replies he hooked on.
Saskatoon Extends Paving Budget For 1930 Plan
Saskatoon council approves $159000 paving and road making spend for 1930 subject to WGB approval. Of the total, $104000 is set for permanent paving. Also notes a caution about epsom salts being harmless in stomach yet poisonous in veins.
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Wocal Government Board
Saskatoon
Guide to prudent living and a remedy claim
A fragmentary column blends devotional maxims from Henry Vaughan with a moral exhortation to inner piety and restraint, followed by an advertisement for J. Kellogg's Asthma Remedy promising relief from choking fits and better sleep, urging readers to test its value.
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Dr. J
Transcontinental rail speed record noted for CN trains
The speed record for crossing Canada from Montreal to Vancouver, 2044 miles, stands at 67 hours with Canadian National Railways electric locomotives. A caution that it is easier to live on income than without one is included as a moral remark. Vitamins have been found in hash, but the explorer’s name remains undisclosed.
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Dr. Thomas
Canada
Canadian National Railways
Montreal
Vancouver
Explorer
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