Maudie Visits and War Talk Shape Winnites Life
Maudie stays two weeks in Winnites with Teddy visiting later, as she balances work in real estate with family duties. Her friendship with Murray grows, while Maudie supports Captain Leslie Ormond recovering at Deer Lodge Hospital, and laments the male wartime shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maudie
Teddy
Mowbrass and Company 100
Mee
Murray
Maudi
Herrington
Daddy
Uncle Frank
Margaret Anne
Pata
Tani
Mandie
Senegambia
Ally
Mauute
Leslie Ormond
Deer Lodge Hospital
Winnipes
Cone
Leslie
Leslie Thad
Deloraine
Nicolas
Leslie Ofmond
Relics of Pioneer Days Prices and Wages in Belleville Area
Bundles of old ledgers reveal prices and wages from the Loyalist era in Belleville and surrounding townships. Items include sugar at 1 shilling 19 pence per pound, tobacco at 1 shilling 6 pence per pound, and labor at various day rates. The article notes wages required for basic goods and work, illustrating early settler life. It also mentions recent CN Hotels leadership changes and a quip about a lecture advertisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dellevue
Cape Can
Efi
Hamleess
Mstortan
Ufehulat
Ontario
Bar Asociartion
Villance
Natule
Thurow Vilage
Belleville
Hell A
Jay
Canada
United Empire
Gilbert
Tobseen
Margaret Keeper
Testimonial Claims Strong Health After Use
A reader from Port Mann BC reports weakness and backache ending after using a herbal compound. The message cites personal improvement, housework capability, and long term use of the product as a testimonial for a female wellness remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alee
Bie
C Gaeaves
Port Mann
Maudie’s Country Visit and Strawberry Picking Tale
A reminiscence details Maudie’s pleasant countryside visit with Murray and neighbors. They recall her cheerful, fearless nature, social ease with strangers, a tennis gathering, and a strawberry picking trip four miles northeast to a shaded lunch spot where wild berries thrived despite earlier fires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray
Pata
Maudie
Miss Jones
Dr Chase Kidney Liver Pills Aimed at Back Aches
An old newspaper blurb explains a mother’s backaches stem from bodily poisons and poorly filtering kidneys and liver. It touts Dr Chase's Kidney Liver Pills as the prompt method to cleanse the blood by stimulating those organs and relieve pains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Chase
Edmanson, Bates & Co., Ltd
Toronto
Thankful lessons from a tale of mercy and gratitude
A rustic fable follows a stingy woman who dough is pinched away by strangers claiming Christ and Peter. She learns harshly of ingratitude as punishment turns her into a woodpecker, then white again with age. The tale ends urging thankfulness for home, school, church, and God’s care, echoed by a bishop’s tale of providence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ
Peter
Tadie
Fragmented historic text about a legend and a boy
A garbled OCR fragment mentions a legend of a stude bird and two woodpeckers. It references a boy, Harriet, a new mistress, an ice cream soda, and a druggist. Details are unclear but imply local people and a small incident or tale from a community setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ree
Harriet
Inadvertent use of Americans in Nobel article
A fragmented art column critiques a headline about Nobel Prize winners noting the mixed use of the term Americans. The piece argues many laureates hailed from beyond United borders and cautions against assuming shared national identity. It reflects on identity and language in early 20th century discourse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
N.Y. Thhes
Also Mentioned on This Page
Anthor
Pattie
Jones
Mom
Wille
Oime
Saab Mithon
Mr. Jones
Tare
Winnites
Margaret Fine
John Fairman
Buiter
Ory Rowe
Bacon
Asa Wallbridee
John Janico
Venton
V. C. Mulligan
Canadian National Railways
Walter Pratt
Canadian National Hotels
Addon
Sian
Ana Ocrength
Keene
N. H
Esfrott Teief
Lysia E Pink
Mas Allen
OXQ
Atsoim Pacxaces
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