Ruggles Ambition and European Trade Ties Feature in Paris Tour
A long narrative traces Ruggles's rise in the Walkeasy Shor Company, its global reach through stores in Britain, France and Italy, and plans to expand to Austria and Switzerland. It also details Ruggles's partnership with Simon Streletski, their Paris excursions, and his language study with Lorenz as he pursues promotion, amid company dynamics and character portraits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rogeles
Flea
Ruggles
Arsevica
St. Peter
Carnegie
Rusigles
White
Regsles
Humnd
Simon Streletsk
Streletski
Lorenz
Herr Lorenz
Ruggles Seeks Vienna Store Post Amid Ambition
Ruggles returns to his room and contemplates Ruth Downing while drafting a polished application for managing the new Vienna store. He secures a favorable endorsement from Durand, who resents the honor passing to Ruggles but lends support due to family pressures and need for funds. A European manager approves the submission and forwards it with endorsements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruggles
Ruth Downing
Vienna
Gran
Tone
Durand
Angeles
Force
Ike
Downings
Focal
Ragfiles
Pean General Ma
Freezone claims corn removal without cutting
A Cincinnati author touts a sticky ether compound that dries on contact and supposedly shelv es corns without harming surrounding tissue. The ad warns against cutting corns as a sticidal habit and promotes freezone as a cheap solution sold at various stores.
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Ise
Cincinnati
Rick Abe
Ruggles Faces Hidden Fame in Luxembourg Studio
In Paris Durand and a French typist complicate a store feud while Ruggles visits two poor yet well-born ladies in a Luxembourg garden studio. He weighs revealing his modest origins, noting his rise from subordinate to his current standing and the chance to explain his father’s inventions, but the ladies show no curiosity about his life. The scene ends with Ruggles torn between truth and discretion as the tale continues.
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Durand
Lorenz
Simon Streletski
Miss Challand
Ruggles
Roggles
The
Luxembourg
Marne
O Challand
Bit
Darthea
Westbrooke
Rugales
Ruth Downing
Maine
Up to Her A Bachelor’s Studio Visit
A young woman enters a photographer’s studio asking to be photographed and to look pretty. The photographer responds with a wary, witty remark about deciding the likeness, while the dialogue hints at social ideas about safety in numbers and frugal honesty among bachelors and their companions.
Postal Workers Protest Dismiss Winnipeg
Representatives of the Postal Workers Union testified before the Robson commission condemning government dismissal of striking workers and denying that the sympathy strike aimed to promote a Soviet government or revolutionary sentiments. J A Elvick led the statements with J B Johnson and W J Boyd supporting. Ernest Robinson of the Trades and Labor Council criticized employer hostility in Winnipeg toward union leaders who held positions before the strike as they were penalized. Witnesses were cross examined by C B Wilson KC. none were sworn.
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Winnipeg
Postal Workers’ Union
Robson
J. A. Elvick
J. B. Johnson
Ottawa
W. J. Boyd
Ernest Robinson
Therades and Labor Council of
Winipee
Win
C. B. Wilson, KC
Hero Of Delhi Veteran Soldier Dies In Toronto
Notices recall Lake Alfred, survivor of the Delhi besiegement, who helped blow up the Cashmere Gate in 1857. The account details the perilous assault and casualties, marking his lasting remembrance in British Indian Army history. Also noted are Canadian aviator decorations and awards.
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Toronto
Lake Alfred
Delhi
India
Punjab
John
Lawrence
Salkeld
Smith
Carmichael
Burgess
Sirits Dali
Cassmere
Hawthorne
Annals of the
St. Thomas Times- Journal
London
Mesopotamia
Lieuts
Roy Campbell
Manly street orator joke sparks crowd laughter
A street speaker quips that a man who concedes when wrong is wise, but one who yields when right is married. A muted crowd reacts with a chorus of laughter as the remark echoes through the scene.
Unusual State Of Art In Japan Tokyo Trade Of Feudal Treasures
A Tokiyo sale of Marquis Theda of Inaba Province treasures drew huge sums, featuring armor and helmets, No theater costumes, and masks. Notable prices included armor and helmet sets at 38909 yen and 12000 yen, with No costumes totaling 141400 yen and masks around 41600 yen, reflecting Japan’s feudal lore and No drama heritage.
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Tokio
Japan
Nippon
Theda
Inaba
Tokio Fine Art
Talor
Calgary Building Permits Reach Nearly 1.5 Million
Building permits issued in Calgary this year total nearly one and a half million dollars, compared with about eight hundred thousand last year. Permits issued last month reached 380,900 dollars. Western Canadian cities report similar activity, signaling a good start but reconstruction work not yet underway and signs of renewed activity in the near future.
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Calgary
Western
Canada
There Is Only One Genuine Bayer Aspirin
An old wartime advertisement promotes genuine Bayer aspirin made in Canada and sold with the Bayer Cross on tablets. It warns against imitations, notes aspirin’s safety and uses, and mentions available box sizes and the registered trade mark in Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Bayer
Canada
Has Ruined Both Rich and Poor is communism in Hungary
The passage argues that communist policy has not elevated the working class nor saved the poor. It claims both rich and poor are ruined, leaving the poor with no hope. It notes a youth earning nine dollars weekly feels grim, while a girl who cannot sing is mocked as unaware of her flaw.
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Hungary
Dr Fowler's Wild Strawberry Extract Cure Ad
An old Ontario advertisement promotes Dr Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry as a quick lasting remedy for bowel complaints. It cites Mrs Daniel Hartwick of Mountain Grove and a child patient, urging households to keep the product, sold by The T Milburn Co. Limited, at 35 cents a bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dt Hawai
Hasilton
Hamiion
Hamilton
T. Milburn Co. Limited
Toronto
Khaki College Aids Returning Soldiers At Manitoba University
Khaki College in Winnipeg Manitoba offers free tutorial classes to returned servicemen. About 30 men attend, enabling them to resume interrupted studies without returning to high school. Courses prepare for university reentry next September and include arts, engineering, law, and diplomacy tracks.
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Winnipeg
Mea
Connectissity
Manitoba
Berlin Urges Restraint After Soldier Killing
A German wireless note offers 10 000 marks for information leading to the arrest of the killer of a French soldier on Friedrichstrasse. Berlin papers urge restraint and warn against provoking foreign troops. French soldiers are advised not to walk Friedrich Strasse at night. American and English troops are said to have caused no trouble and to display more restraint.
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London. Eng
Friedrichstrasse
Berlin
Friedrich Strasse
Maintenance of War Alliance Urged in Paris
The King of Italy requested in a letter to Raymond Poincare that the wartime alliance with France be maintained in peacetime. Poincare replied that France would not relax the common bonds after victory, preserving the close unity forged during the war. The article ends with a bleak proverb about a widow.
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Paris
Italy
Raymond Poincare
Pre
France
Poincare
Vie
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Henry C. Crowland
Thos. Allen
Rye Book. Company
Chicago, U.S.A
Corns
Dodds
Khaki College
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