Captain Blood Seeks King’s Service in Caribbean Bid
Lord Julian Wade offers terms to the buccaneers as Captain Blood accepts the King’s commission and vows to shelter all who join him. Miss Bishop is taken aboard, while Calverley resists, and the Arabella sails toward Port Royal with blood and wit guiding the course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
Mhenop
Wolverstone
Beit
Lee
Tilood
Silood
Lord Julian
Caribbean
Julian
Ogle
Renly
Morgan
Tem
Ife
Secretary of State
Jamaica
Wisall
Blood
Captain Calverley
Nan
Calverley
Captain Blood
Lord Jutta
Saill
Flood
Lord Sunderland
Wade
Julian Wade
Sunderland
Bishop
Calveriey
Fama
Calverles
Miss Bishop
Arabella
Port Royal
Colonel Bishop
Left Side Pain Complaints Lead to Self Treatment Notes
A reader from Lachine Quebec reports persistent left side and back pains and describes using multiple advertised remedies from the Standard and Lydia E. Pinkham products. The letter, signed from 30 West Notre Dame Street, seeks medical advice and mentions prior doctor recommendations and an unwelcome prospect of surgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia
Uae
Betire
Finktam
Notre Dame Street
Lachine
Quebec
Port Royal Harbor Scene From Bloods Adventure
In Port Royal harbor the great ship sits anchored with the fort towering on the starboard side and six men of war in the squadron astern a sunlit deck scene unfolds aboard the medicine ship led by Peter Blood as the tale continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Royal de Arabella
Peter Blood
Winnipes Mayor H L Webb Eyes Lake of the Woods Union
Mayor H L Webb of Winnipes visited Fort Francis on highway matters and urged possible secession from Ontario. He claimed Lake of the Woods territory could unite with Manitoba, arguing Winnip ee would serve as a regional hub while Toronto remains distant and Western Ontario is cut off from eastern development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake of the Woods
Ontario
Manitoba
Ro HL Webb
Winnipes
Fort Francis
Webb
Winnipee
Toronto
Sunlight and Surgery Opens New Light Centre
The mayor of St Pancras Commander F C A Gurney opened at the Highgas Welfare Centre Rayton Road Highgate an artificial sunlight centre for children with Sir Alfred Fripp the surgeon. X rays and bottled sunlight lamps herald a new era in which much of the slashing by surgeons may become unnecessary. If preventive measures are adopted many cases of surgical tuberculosis could avoid operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Pancras
F.C. A. Gurney
Highgas
Rayton Road
Highgate
England
Alfred Fripp
Milk receipts escape from tax proposal in prairie provinces
Strong Progressive groups push to exempt milk deliveries receipts from stamp tax under new budget rules. Prairie provinces could lose about $100,000 yearly. Ontario and Quebec may face heavier losses. Also notes Lacombe and North Western railway preliminary ex ision work under way with Howard Tye as engineer in charge, and Yokohama’s school population rising after the earthquake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairie Provinces
Ottawa
Ontario
Quebec
Lacombe and Northwatteen Railway
Lacombe
Nortwestern
Hoadley
Beld
Howard ‘Tye
Lacombe Road
German Securities Held by Canadian Custodian
The Finmore east of the pre y and securities of Germans, seized after the Great War, are now in the hands of Hon. AB. Copp, secretary of state, as custodian under trading with the enemy rules. About 14,000,000 in value remains to be recovered from various sources. final disposition is undecided, with Versailles treaty allowing Canada to claim Canadian property and securities held by German nationals. Parliament will ultimately decide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finmore
AB. Copp
Copp
Dollinton
Canada
Developing Aircraft Forces Take Prime Role In Future Battles
The article discusses the urgent, expensive push to build aircraft and anti aircraft systems to be attached to every squadron. It argues aircraft may decide battle outcomes, with nations investing to spot, bomb, and protect formations, aiming for air superiority before combat begins.
Malta nobility system tied to British precedence history
The article notes Malta's ancient nobility tied to British recognition, with the Baro di Marli-Bait dating to 1360, and explains the cross mark used in old legal documents due to widespread illiteracy. It also mentions a Wisconsin case where William Casa claims a $6,000 estate from his father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belon
Wisconsin
William Casa
Ex Premier Disappointed by Halifax Reception
A Halifax audience applauded Sir Robert Norden after a speech by a guest praising his work for child welfare. The ex premier, surprised by the praise, denied holding a legislative role and joked about his true duties as a "babies' condensor" in a lively exchange with the speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Norden
Halifax
Robert
Hunselt
Wilfrid Laurier
Gracefstase
Arthur Meigen
Sir Robert
Trend Of Education Says Parents Face New Duty At Home
W. T. Dunlop of the University of Toronto extension department urges a shift in education toward parental responsibility. He warns that officials may visit homes at night to ensure children study under proper lighting and complete tasks on time, implying rising use of institutions for upbringing from birth if trends persist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. 3. Dunlop
University of Toronto Extension Department
Denver Man Seeks Western Canada Land Supply
A Denver man writes to the Regina board of trade seeking a land tract in Western Canada. He requests 600 acres to 51,000 acres adaptable for wheat, with abundant water and timber. He believes such lands exist in the Northwest and that government sales offer low prices with reasonable terms. He was referred to proper quarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Olger
Denver
Regina Board of Trade
Northwest
London Secures Most Meat From Argentina
London in 1921 drew the largest share of meat from Argentina with 224,866 tons distributed through the central market for Smithfield. The report totals city meat imports from Britain, Australia and New Zealand, Canada and the United States, and other countries, and records a London meat bill of £36,500,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Argentina
London
Smithfield
British Isles
Australia
New Zealand
Canada
United States
Fortnight Offers A Two-Week Bond Of Wordplay
In a playful exchange the speaker seeks a single word for two weeks and receives the suggestion fortnight, a concise term used to denote a fourteen day period. The quip highlights language flexibility and shared humor about time expressions.
New York School De Luxe Plans 3 Million Building
New York’s public school expansion aims to modernize Harlem facilities with rooms for 2,600 pupils and new departments. The effort, led by Miss Charles Hughes, promises improved education for families and a shift in community schooling amid urban growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prscipa
Hector Charlesworth
Nina
New York
Harlem
Cilton
Bowery
Hell Gate
Civite
Prinehas
Snondlan
Chalressed
L. Hughes
Tor
Harape
New Health for Suffering Women Relief for Weakness Advised
A vintage advertisement touts Pink Pills for pale and tired women as a cure for backache faintness and fatigue. It cites a patient Ada Le Hi Vinien who reports drastic improvement after taking the pills and urges readers to obtain them from druggists or by mail from The Dr Willams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walliams
Atda
Ameng
Ada le
Dr. Willams Mine Co
Brockville
Ore Seeker Aboard to Boost Zinc Copper Output
Seeks ore in British Columbia for export to Dutch smelting plants. Roger It Hemschwig of Amsterdam, director of the M. Reta Mineral Company, travels to the coast after returning from South American mining contracts in hopes of meeting British Columbia requirements. The pheasant is described as a famed earth predictor by a Japanese writer. A lighthearted exchange ends with a joke about a caterpillar in lettuce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noaing
Columbia
Roger It Hemschwig
Aroaterdam
M. Reta Mineral Company
Fromt
British Columbia
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Jauiaira
Lers
Jan
James
toMy
Calverey
Lamoe
Lydia E. Pinkham
Provost
Alberta
Yokohama
Scenius
Malta
Ireland
Island
Diar-l-Baiet
Charles V
Knights of St
Western Canada
Bovril
School de Luxe
Cereaman
Herbert
Susan
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