Kalevala Tunes and a Bold Wedding Proposal
Helmi awakens to a sunlit morning and recalls the Kalevala as she moves through a settler kitchen. A tense breakfast unfolds when Mrs. McMann accuses Jack Doran of strings and scheming, then Jack declares his plan to marry Helmi before Easter, asking for her hand as the chapter ends.
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Heli
Jack Doran
Helini
Kelmi
Helmi
Mraz. McMann
Welms
Eagle Mines
Why People Grow Nearsighted Says Wiseman at Meeting
Dr. Eugene G. Wiseman of Buffalo, speaking at the American Academy of Optometry convention in New York, links near sightedness to the eye’s natural divergence and points to prism lenses that restore parallelism. He notes human eyes evolved for binocular vision and warn that modern life increases demands on close work.
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Eugene G. Wiseman
Buffalo
American Academy of Optometry
Hotel
Pennsylvania
New York
Wiseman
Dr. Wiseman
Real Wooden Wedding on a Log Boom at Hoquiam
Gertrude Ohman and Wade Rowand were married by a minister in spruce veneer garments with arm eye and lip openings. Both employees of a local mill, the couple exchanged vows on an open air log boom. Guests showered sawdust as they toasted the couple and began their honeymoon on a raft of logs down Gray's River.
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Gertrude Ohman
Wade Rowand
Hoquiam
Wash
Gray's River
Radio fingerprints used by police to identify wanted man
Scotland Yard officials sent a suspect’s fingerprints by radio from London to Chicago and confirmed the identity of a man believed to be wanted there. The use of radio transmission for fingerprint comparison aided in locating the right individual.
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London
Chicago
Scotland Yard
Vigilance Against Undesirables at Britain’s Gates
The British Secret Service works relentlessly to bar blacklisted individuals from entering the country. French communist Valiare, listed by the Home Office, was arrested in London after landing from a boat near Folkestone. Earlier, Immigration Chief Burnett was told of planned smuggling of Chinese migrants aboard the President Lincoln. searches in Hawaii found coffins containing men. A prior pursuit ended with crewmen confessing a smugglers’ scheme to discard twenty seven Chinese captives by tying firebars to their legs and throwing them overboard.
Canadian Delegates See Aggressive Gains in Imperial Research
Dr. J H Grisdale says Canada led Empire in grain rust and bovine tuberculosis research at the London Imperial Agricultural Research Conference. Dr John Boyd Orr invited to visit Canada, with Orr to come next October. Also reports record grain harvest for KR Fraser of Munson Ohio at 16 620 bushels on 223 acres. A new spiral bacillus at Kandia French Guinea causes a yellow fever like disease in chimpanzees.
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J. H. Grisdale
London
England
Grisdale
Canada
Dominion
John Boyd Orr
Aberdeen
Orr
Soldiers’ Settlement Board
KR. B. Fraser
Munson
Alto
Wilbert
Pasteur Institute
Kandia
French Guinea
New Northern Manitoba Map Details Cormorant Lake Sheet
The Topographical Survey issues the Cormorant Lake sheet of the National Topographical series at four miles to an inch. Provisional map from Royal Canadian Air Force aerial photos with Dominion Lord Surveyors as navigational officers. Available from Ottawa for 25 cents. 50 cents in folder form. Area lies north of The Pas, Manitoba, into Saskatchewan, with lakes like Flin Flon and Athapapuskow.
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Flin Flon Lake
Topographical Department
Topographical Survey
Department of the Interior
Cormorant Lake
National Topographical
Royal Canadian Air Force
Dominion Lord Surveyors
Office of the Topographical Survey
Ottawa
Pas
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Wekusko Lake
Hudson Bay
Flin- Flon Lake
File Lake
Elbow Lake
Sturgeon Landing
Athanapuskow Lake
Mandy
British, Columbia
Flin-Flon
Women at Geneva in disarmament talks with League of Nations
The article notes women playing key roles in Geneva negotiations. Muse Litvinoff translates Russian documents for the Soviet delegation. Mme Anatole Lunacharsky is a famed actress. Mme Launacharsky stars in her husband’s plays. Countess von Fernstorff, US-born Jeanne Luckemeyer, accompanies the German delegation. Soft corns are hard to treat, Holloway’s Corn Remover advertised.
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League of Nations
Muse
Maxim Litvinoff
Mme. Litvinoff
Ivy Row
London
Sidney Row
Mme
Anatole Lunacharsky
Moscow
Roazenel
M. Launacharsky
Count von Fernstorff
Jeanne Luck
Prince George Named French Interpreter for British Navy
Prince George, younger son of King George and Queen Mary, is posted as a fully qualified French interpreter in the British Navy with the rank of lieutenant. The Prince of Wales is noted as the best French student among the king's sons, improved by a six month stay in France with the Duc de Breteuil, and also proficient in German and Welsh. King George and Queen Mary are fluent in French.
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Prince George
King George
Queen Mary
Prince of Wales
France
Duc de Breteuil
Flour Exports Form Alberta Mills Shipments Abroad
Review shows Alberta mills shipped flour to China England Germany Japan New Zealand South America and the United States during the month.
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Alberta Mills
China
England
Germany
Japan
New Zealand
South America
United States
Scotsman Reviews Radio Set with Dim Reading Light
A venerable Scot buys a radio and says it’s fine to listen to but the bulbs aren’t bright enough to read by. The column notes a lifelong wish for someone in the family to study medicine, joking about setting a leg on a card table. Minard's Liniment for Grippe.
Little Helps For This Week
A devotional note featuring quotes on humility from Acts 20, 19 and James Montgomery. It highlights meekness as essential to a life clothed in humility and cites Phillips Brooks and Fenelon on selflessness and reliance on God.
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Soara
James Montgomery
Phillips Brooks
Fenelon
Thousands of Mothers Endorse Baby's Own Tablets
Canadian mothers prize safe effective remedies for children and many rely on Baby's Own Tablets. Mrs. Howard King of Truro Nova Scotia endorses them, saying they are unmatched for young children. Sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario.
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Howard King
Truro
N.S
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Canadian bacon market optimistic on hog production in Canada
A. J. Mills of the British Ministry of Food told Toronto packers farmers should not reduce hog production now. He said British bacon demand would improve and competitors had left the business. Dr. Thomas Eclectric Oil praised as a fifty year staple and valued as a cheap liniment at higher prices.
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Hecht
Helmi
A. J. Mills
Ministry of Food
Toronto
Britain
Thomas Eclectric
Canada
Fox Pelts Valued At One Million Expected For Winnipeg Sale
About six thousand fox pelts from Western Provinces farms will be sold in Winnipeg in January. The total value is estimated around one million dollars as the industry continues to grow in the region.
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Winnipeg
Increase in seals and sea lions threatens California fishing
Officials consider appointing a hunter to partially exterminate seals and sea lions as their numbers rise along the California coast, jeopardizing fishing activities. The note mentions Minard's Liniment for Colds as a non sequitur in the excerpt.
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California
Dizziness Sinking Spells Prompt Relief Claim
Mrs L A Oliver of Granville Ferry Nova Scotia writes of years of dizziness and breathlessness. She tried many doctors medicines with little lasting effect and found relief after reading about a remedy in the B K B almanac.
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Finland
Keimi
Helmit
Jack
Edmonton
Helmy
Helms
Bill Larsen
Mrs. McMann
Ein “King OF
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Scott
British Secret Service Department
Great Bri
Tain
Agricultural Research
Limpire
New Northern
Women In Work
Geneva
Holloway
Alberta
Dodd
Minard
Grippe
Onalta Ae
Sea
Victoria
Victoria and Island
George J. Warren
Victoria, B. C
Peru
St. Hala Nataly
T. Milburn Co. Limited
Erento
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