Interview With Mrs Blaisdell Reveals Hillerton Ancestry
Mr Smith questions Mrs Blaisdell about the Blaisdell family in Hillerton. She names relatives and dates, notes Maggie Duff holds diaries, and mentions her own maiden name Harriet Snow and family plans for Fred, Bessie, Benny, and social standing on the West Side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leith
Hillerton
Real Estate Journal
Hilerton
Mr. Smith
Mother Blaisdell
Jim Will
Flora
Frank
Frank Blaisdell
Rufus Blaisdell
Maggie Duff
Father Duff
Blaisdell
Maggie
Benny
Fred
Bessie
Gussie Pennock
Pennock
Alot
Mr Smith
Harriet
Harriet Snow
Jim
Jane
Catarrhozone ad sparks memories in Blaisdell tale
In a dusty page within a Blaisdell family scene, an advertisement for Catarrhozone is read aloud by Miss Flora as she and Mr. Smith discuss money, luxury, and the identity of a newspaper picture resembling Mr. Fulton. The dialogue hints at class and curiosity, ending with a cliffhanger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Fulton
Flora
Mr. Smi
Flora Laugesied
Niagara Falls
Noell
Tate
Mr. Smith
Miss Flora
Miss Flora Blaisdell Teases Mr Smith with Family Photos
Mr Smith visits Flora Blaisdell in a shabby cottage to learn about her father’s kin. Flora guides him through a red plush album, naming relatives and dates while he records details, glimpsing a pictured face that startles him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Smith
Flora Blaisdell
Miss Flora
Miss Blaisdell
Mr. John Smith
Camera Used To Detect Forgery And The Signer’s Health
The article explains that cameras help detect forgeries by enlarging records to reveal tiny irregularities in signatures. It advises plain handwriting, full names, and not overly thick downstrokes, plus signing when health is good to avoid misattribution. It cites a case where same man forged signatures when ill but was proven to be the same person.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Jones
John Thomas Jones
John Jones
Whitmore
Whitmore’s
Whitmore Manufacturing Co
Cleveland
Ohio
Free Access to U S For Canadians
An executive order from Washington allows citizens of Canada Newfoundland Bermuda Bahamas Islands St Pierre and Miquelon to enter the United States without passports or ID. The order ends border permit cards for aliens at Canadian ports for departure or entry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Canada
Newfoundland
Bermuda
Bahama Islands
St. Pierre and Miquelon
United States
Canadian
Oil prospecting advances in Manitoba wells
A test well near Winnipegosis Manitoba reaches 430 feet with slight indications of oil. Boring will continue until definite results are obtained. The provincial well boring department is active at several other Manitoba sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manitoba
Winnipegosis
Man
Turkish Joan of Arc leads new women fighting brigade
Aishe Hanum, dubbed The Conqueror, heads the Kadin Brigade in Anatolia and recruits women and her 15 year old son to aid the Turkish Nationalist cause against Greece. She wears pants and carries a rifle while opposing elder outsiders in village patrols.
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Joan of Arc
Aishe Hanum
Kadin Brigade
Annatolia
Halule Fdib Hanurit
Constantinople College
Aishe Hanan
Halide Hantum
Meannar
Justice Is The Strength Of Law
A London Sunday Chronicle excerpt lauds English obedience to authority and the justice behind the law as the source of police power to halt traffic, contrasting it with praise for the constable as symbol of institutional authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ka‘ina
Manchester
Sunday Chronicle
London
Britain Maintains Four New Battleship Plan
The British government will proceed with building four new battleships despite the disarmament conference. Premier Lloyd George says the conference will not affect construction. The United States and Japan keep their naval programs, and Britain remains far from a single-power standard in 1924 unless these ships are completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd George
United States
Japan
The Old Lady Theorizes On Flight Progress
Orville Wright tells of a Dayton dinner discussion about the Caproni biplane carrying 100 passengers. He recalls scientists doubting manned flight and heavier aircraft, likening them to an old lady who doubted the trolley would go and then stop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orville Wright
Dayton
Soap for Russia Front and Center in Ex- Prisoner’s Tale
An American correspondent freed from Russian prisons argues that Russia’s dire need is soap not locomotives. He condemns Bolshevik cruelty, highlighting mass confinement and denial of basic sustenance as the regime’s worst acts. The piece ends with a quip on political succession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Powdered Milk Plant Planned for Chilliwack
A Dairy Products Company plant in Chilliwack B C will be built with a 40000 pounds daily milk capacity. Construction uses heavy mill frame and costs about 30000 dollars. The process is new to Canada but proven in aU S plants, though currently small scale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chilliwack
B.C
Dairy Products Company, Limited
Canada
Threshing Machines For Palestine And Jamaica Shipment
Sawyer Massey Company of Toronto ships a large consignment of threshing machines to Palestine. Kingston Jamaica orders road machinery totaling about 40000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palestine
Sawyer-Massey Company
Toronto
Kingston
Jamaica
Paper Mill Project Moves Ahead in Prince Rupert
The Prince Rupert Pulp and Paper Company will start construction of the first unit of a two hundred ton per day sulphate mill with an initial output of forty tons per day. It recently acquired the British Columbia holdings of the North Empire Timber Company, about 1,000,000,000 feet, with roughly ninety percent spruce and hemlock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince Rupert
Barking Frog Near Mexico Captures Hotel Florist Fame
Mark Twain popularized a jumping frog but J M Millett, florist of a New York hotel, plans a barking frog from Mexico. It is guaranteed to bark like a dog, notably at strangers he dislikes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Twain
J .M. Millett
New York
Mexico
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Eleanor H. Porter
Mr. Blaisdell
Peumete Co
Cbcaco
Catarrhozone Co
Montrea
U. S
Canadians
Britain
Fletcher
Castoria
the Centaur Company
New York City
Clare Bros. Western
Winnipeg
Cetey
Regina
Winnipeg Aéérese
McDermot Ave
East Telephone
Montreal
Regine
Scarth St. North
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