Stranger delivers news at Blaisdell home
Mrs Blaisdell and her husband greet a visitor who arrives with a note from Mr Chalmers. The exchange reveals a connection to a national firm and signals possible aid or promise amid their financial strain. The scene features the Blaisdell family, Miss Blaisdell, and neighbors as they react to this unexpected contact.
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Robert Cha
National
Mr. Chalmers
Mr. Smith
Bob Chalmers
Miss Blaisdell
Ott National
Entirely New Treatment For Bronchitis and Catarrh
An ad promoting Catarshozone claims a breakthrough bronchitis cure using inhaled vapors rather than internal medicine. The text contrast with older internal dosing, praising the balsamic vapor that supposedly reaches the source and soothes coughs, with a two month treatment sample package offered. The narrative then shifts to a town scene featuring the Blaisdell family and a boarding-house inquiry, concluding with a tease that the story continues.
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Catarchonone Co
Enter Mr John Smith in Hillerton Chapter IL
On a warm June evening Miss Flora Bitell visits her brother James Blaisdell's West Side home in Hillerton. The town's common divides West and East sides as she encounters a family scene with Ross, Bessie, Harriet, and a guest pointing to class differences and local pride amid July heat and social tensions.
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Stanley G. Falion
Whardt
Goa
Conan
Beany
Flo
Uae
Jim
Fred
Miss Flora
Gussie Pennock
Bessie
Benny
Blaisdell
Bessie Blaisdell
Mrs Blaisdell
Tam
James Blaisdell
Dell
James D. Blaell
We “la
Flora Bitell
James
Hillerton
Ieee
Miss Blaisdell
Hillerton Ross
Harriet
Pennocks
Gaylord
Flora
Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills Touted Against Tobacco Effects
An ad cites tobacco's variable impact on heart and nerves and promotes Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills as a remedy. It cites a Coxheath reader, D. McKillop, who claims tremors and chest pains subsided after two boxes, and urges purchase via dealers or mail from The T Milborne Co Limited.
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Mable
Milburn
D. McKillop
Coxheath
M Sect
T. Milbore Co, Limited
Tor
Training Newspaper Men A School Of Journalism
Training newspaper men requires leadership in thought and action. Editors demand both theory and practicality, with executive ability and foresight. A provincial school would help, as U.S. programs show strong success. From the Farmers Sun.
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United States
Farmers’ Sun
Canadian Vessels Lost During War
The Ca merchant vessels captured or destroyed by the enemy totaled 74 323 tons. Most were destroyed by torpedo attack from submarines without warning. The losses numbered 199 with the greatest loss at the sinking of the SS Royal Edward of 11 117 tons on August 13, 1915 torpedoed at warning.
Wheat and Barley Sown Areas Reported for 1921
Dominion Bureau of Statistics preliminary figures show 18,654,100 acres sown to wheat, a 4 percent drop from last year. Coats total 15,295,000 acres, barley 2,436,000, rye 698,500, and hay plus clover 10,545,000 acres.
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Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Water to Beat Tiredness Urged by Dr Mosher in New York
Dr Elena B Mosher urged the Women's Medical Society of New York to drink water at 10 am and again at 3 4 and 6 pm to dilute fatigue products entering the blood and reduce the tired feeling.
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Eliza B. Mosher
Women’s Medical Society of New York
Shutting Out The Air In A New England Town
A writer surveys 400 homes noting only two with screen windows and many tightly closed to keep heat and dust out. Women offer excuses while valuing decor over fresh air, urging awnings as a remedy and stressing air as essential to life.
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New England
Plain Misters Rule Empire Canada As A Seat Of Learning
Premiers of the Empire convene in London as Canada carries a strong learning profile. Canada boasts twenty-two universities, forty-three colleges, and about 500000 students across nearly 30000 elementary schools with 22000 teachers. The piece notes knighthood, titles, and imperial leadership reflecting Canada’s status in education and governance.
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Empire
Canada
London
Dominion
Lomer Gouin
Newfoundland
Richard A Squires
Kcmg
Western Hemisphere
Tasmania
Walter H. Lee
Great Britain
Messrs
Loyd George
Meishen
Hughes, Smuts
Macsey
Toronto Star
L Man
Impen Canada
Canad
A Matter of Looks
A homely young English chap complains that he cannot see because of the girl's headgear. She retorts with a sharp Cockney reply telling him to go home and change his face. The exchange is noted with humorous tone in the Boston Transcript.
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Boston ‘Transcript
Lamp replaces bullseye lantern on London police
A London police station has removed the old bullseye lantern and installed a neat electric lamp in its place. The change modernizes the exterior lighting and updates the historic frontage.
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London Police
Soldiers' Re-establishment and War Benefits Summary
A government report details gratuities totaling 104,009 dollars and 47,000 dependents repatriated after the war. It covers relief programs for returning soldiers and families, noting 7,058,989 dollars spent in 1919 20 and 1,500,000 dollars in the previous year.
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Department
Dog Tops Animals as The Most Intelligent Creature
Scientists rank the domestic dog as the leading intelligent animal ahead of primates and other species, noting advanced problem solving social learning and communication behaviors observed across multiple studies.
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Eleanor H. Porter
Thor. Allen
Toronto
Ont
Lara
Hattie
Stith
Chalmers
Flora Busdell
Mr. John Smith
Crop Statistics
Beecham
Icine
Fletcher
Locke
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