War Comes to Eagle Mines in Painted Fires Chapter XIX
In August a war report stirs Eagle Mines as locals react with mixed indifference and fear. Sim and Helmi weigh risks while workers keep mining. an English war proponent, the so-called crazy Englishman, returns with a new shock for the town. The Empire’s reach unsettles a community long focused on coal and routine.
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Old Sim
Eagle Mines
Helms
McEtin
Peter Hamilton
Simpson
Large Federal Highway Outlay in Canada 1926 Report
Acting Federal Commissioner George W. Yates reports 1926 totals under the Canada Highways Act show 7,436 miles completed with 872 improved under Federal subsidy. Provinces also expanded programs, totaling 5,788 miles improved at 29.585 million dollars, with overall road spending around 45.5 million. 24,708 miles eligible for the 20 million Federal subsidy. 18,775,604 paid to provinces. no further federal grant expected.
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George W. Yates
Fox Farming An Established Industry In State Report
The Hon Mr Motherwell minister of agriculture says silver fox farming is an established industry with yearlong growth. During the year 37 000 foxes were registered and tattooed by department inspectors showing a sizable rise from the prior year. Live fox prices remained steady while pelts fetched higher averages, and breeders reported a strong export market to the United States and Europe. The pine marten note adds context about its tree loving name.
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Motherwell
United States
Professor Condit plans Venus voyage by experimental rocket
Miami chemist Professor Robert Condit has built an early rocket like device aimed at Venus. He expects a single jump to reach the planet, with discussion centered on how he would return and survive air friction and meteor streams.
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Jules Verne
Robert Condit
Miami
Earth
Condit
Venus
Cream Rice Pudding and Stage Chatter in Small Town Show
A recipe for cream rice pudding uses rice sugar salt milk and water baked slowly in a buttered dish with nutmeg. The piece includes a theatre manager quip about substitutions in a Julius Caesar show and a joke about engagement to two men.
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Borden's
St. Charles
Small Town
Juilius Caesar
Little Helps For This Week And Thoughts On Temper
A collection of moral aphorisms and quotes on temperance self control and kindness. Notable lines attribute Epictetus Sir John Lubbock Dorothy Pattison and George Eliot urging patience charity and inner discipline. The piece ends with an advertisement for Dr J D Kellogg's Asthma Remedy promising reliable relief after failed treatments.
English Prisons for Sale Amid War Driven Decline
English prisons fully equipped with gallows condemned cells graveyard warden s house and grounds are for sale in groups. Twenty jails remain on offer though few bids come in with prices ranging from 25 to 100000 dollars. The Stornoway prison sold for 25 while Newcastle and Carlisle fetched 135000 and 80000 respectively. Downpatrick Brecon prison bids show limited appetite.
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Home Office
Stornoway
Hebrides
Newcastle
Carlisle
County Down
Downpatrick
Brecon
Wales
The Romantic Soldier and Modern War’s Grim Reality
A reflective note on war’s glamor fading as modern conflict becomes mud and blood plus dull office work. The excerpt markets Miller’s Worm Powders as a gentle stomach and intestinal cleanser for children. It ends with a quip about a lecture audience and a remark on a Siberian fable with valuable fur.
Diary of Earl Haig May Reveal War Secrets in 1940
London Daily Express reports a diary left by the late field marshal Earl Haig deposited at the British Museum under seal till 1940. The diary reportedly contains frank revelations and criticisms of war chiefs, statesmen and others, with potential sensational disclosures when opened.
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Vield Marshal Earl Haig
London Daily Express
British Museum
Confidence to Young Mothers A Safe Baby Remedy
A simple home remedy for common baby and child ailments advises keeping Baby's Own Tablets in the house. The mild laxative, free from opiates, is sold for 25 cents a box by The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
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Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
The Great Columbia Icefield and Earache Remedies
The piece notes the Columbia icefield in the Canadian Rockies covering about 150 square miles and feeding streams to three oceans. It touts Dr Thomas Earache remedy as a simple home treatment using few drops on lint to relieve ear pain, followed by a brief remark on an Oklahoma editor inheriting a quarter of a million dollars as an example of opportunities in newspapers.
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Columbia
Canadian Rockies
Thomas
Oiling Cures and Moments in Federal Representation
Minard's ointment for sick animals mentioned alongside trivia about a 25 cent piece dated 1876 valued at 50 cents. Notes list one woman representative in Congress from California Kentucky Massachusetts and New Jersey.
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California
Kentucky
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Congress
Phillips' Milk of Magnesia Antacid Ad Claim
An advertisement extols Phillips' Milk of Magnesia as a standard effective antacid used by physicians for decades. It promises rapid relief by neutralizing stomach acid, claiming a pleasant taste and quick pain relief within minutes. The copy urges readers to purchase genuine Phillips' product prescribed by physicians.
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