Doctor Hints Charmian On Old Homestead Plans
In continued CHAPTER XVIII Charmian and the doctor discuss selling the family house while Grandma and Charmian weigh the future. The doctor proposes Charmian keep her great grandfather’s office if they move, and reveals John Carter’s troubled but hopeful past, shaping Wickfield ties and a possible nurse for his future. The scene ends at the shabby cottage where Charmian once met Jim Bennet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charmian
Grandma
Hors
M.D
John Dr
John Carter
John
Harvard
Wickfield
Charmian Davis
Jim Bennet
Ghim
Shylock
Charmian Reflects on Change and Care in Wickfeld
Charmian revisits life with Jim Bennett, wonders about future loss and care from doctor Howe and John Carter. She weighs wealth and humanity as she and Jim discuss debts, the cottage’s condition, and the looming question of Jim Bennett’s address before the scene ends.
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Charmian
Jim
Colt
Grandma
Wickfeld
John Carter
Jim Bennett
Jobin Carter
Waterloo veteran eligibility under new pension act
Arthur Greenwood, minister of health, said in Hackney that a widow who married late could qualify for a pension under the British Widows and Orphans' Pension Act. He cited a Waterloo veteran who fought in 1815 and married after age 60, born about 1797, recalling Nelson's death and the war with America within living memory.
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Waterloo
Arthur Greenwood
Hackney
England
Greenwood
Nelson
America
Neglect Of Good Books And Its Social Impact
Stanley Unwin warns that thousands of educated Britons and Canadians never enter a book shop or read, while neglecting books harms society and children. Separately, estimates show the Atlantic receives about 3,400 cubic miles of river water annually, roughly half the world’s river discharge.
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Stanley Unwin
London
George Allen and Unwin
Canada
Atlantic Ocean
Biggest Borrower and Bet Lender Revealed by League Report
The League of Nations report shows per capita borrowing led by Australia, with the Netherlands, France, and the United Kingdom following. Germany tops total borrowing at 1.067 billion dollars, while the United Kingdom holds the largest net interest and dividend receipts in 1928. The U S ranks high in maritime freights income and tourism profits, with Canada and Switzerland also prominent.
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Geneva
Germacy
United States
League of Nations Economic Section
New York Times
Ogares
Times
Netherlands
France
United Kingdom
Germany
Australia
Argentina
Norway
Hungary
New Zealand
Canada
Argentine
South Africa
Norw
Italy
Sweden
Switzerland
Literary Digest
Diner Quip About Chicken Soup and Horse Radish
A waiter quips that chicken soup should not contain chicken, joking that one would not expect to find a horse in horse radish. The brief exchange reflects humorous dining room banter.
Woman travels from Dallas to New York for trinkets
A Dallas visitor arrived in New York to visit a friend and said she wanted to buy inexpensive trinkets for a joke to send home. She asked where the Woolworth Building is while mentioning a Chinese telephone exchange in San Francisco with 2300 subscribers and two long-serving operators.
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Dallas
Texas
New York
Woolworth
The
Chinese Telephone Exchange of
San Francisco
Calif
Wild Strawbery Extract Promises Quick Dysentery Relief
A Saskatoon reader recalls a severe dysentery outbreak in his family two years ago and credits Dr Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberries with rapid improvement after three or four doses. The product, by The T Milburn Co. Ltd, Toronto, has been marketed for five years.
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HF. Stewart
Fowler
T. Milburn Co. Ltd
Toronto
Ont
Canadian cattle breeder named judge for Perth show
Kenneth McGregor son of Manitoba’s Lieutenant-Governor and cousin of Malcolm McGregor, Amherstburg native, invited to judge the Perth Scotland Aberdeen Angus cattle show in February. It is Scotland’s premier annual event and no Canadian has ever been asked to judge. McGregor is a renowned Aberdeen Angus breeder.
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Kenneth McGregor
Manitoba
Scotland
Amherstburg
Malcolm McGregor
Perth
McGregor
Sturdy Child and Infant Remedies Promoted
The advertisement claims sturdy health for every child and praises Baby's Own Tablets as best for correcting stomach and bowel irregularities. It urges mothers to ensure relief and mentions The Medicine Co. of Brockville Ontario selling or renting boxes.
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Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
New Metal Alloy Combines Lightness With Hardness
A Stockholm engineer Johan Haerden developed a metal alloy as light as aluminum yet as hard as steel. The material can be rolled forged and resists all corroding acids. In Sweden aviation circles it is seen as valuable for aeroplanes especially hydroplanes for salt water resistance. Also mentions Egyptian Liniment and a Cheyenne sheep slayer that killed seven black sheep in one night.
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Johan Haerden
Stockholm
Sweden
Little Helps For This Week From Faith And Hope
The piece cites Isaiah and Celia Thaxter urging steadfast faith and hope during dark days. It invokes Job to illustrate value of struggle and enduring light, urging right living and resilience as life’s glow grows through trials.
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Celia Thaxter
Job
Robert Collyer
France Claims Top With Ninety Aviation Records
France leads in the I A F categories with officially 90 aviation records, followed by Germany with 25 and the United States with 22. The five major world records cover distance in straight line, distance in a closed circle, altitude, speed, and duration, with France holding the distance title and Germany the altitude record.
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France
International Aeronautical Federation
Germany
England
United States
Edmonton Land Office Records Fall as Homesteads Rise
Filing totals at the Edmonton land office show April with 529 homesteads and 19 soldier grants, besting the prior month which held 34 homesteads and 8 soldier grants. The surge follows earlier record activity, highlighting rapid land filings in the region.
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Edmonton Land Office
Homsteads
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Mercury
Zero
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George K
Lydia E. Pinkham
Bancroft
Ontario
J.B. Stans
Mimard
Douglas
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Isaiah Ix
Minard's
John A. Chantler & Co., Ltd
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