Winter life and a nurse's quiet courage in hardship
In a remote Canadian setting a family adapts to isolation as Gwen seeks change, children help visit, and a nurse tends to Mrs Fenwick and a fragile newborn. A sudden accident near the stable tests the community, while Mrs Mowbray arrives to bolster care and comfort as tragedy unfolds with a baby's death.
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Garnon
Fenwick
Sprase Creek
Murray
Mrs. Fenwick
Mr. Fenwick
Mrs. Mowbray
Goulet
Winnipeg
Country Living Beckons After Family Trials
In this reflective excerpt, a narrator recounts caring for Mrs Fenwick and adjusting to farm life at Herington's Hope. Murray weighs staying on the farm versus returning to the city, praising Canadian solidarity and balanced growth while debating the allure and risks of country life for their family.
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Herington
Macleod
Canada
Murary
Margaret Ann
Murray
Mild Dr Hamilton's Pills Promote Broad System Cleansing
An old advertisement extols Dr Hamilton's Pills as mild yet effective laxatives. It warns that strong purgatives are dangerous, claiming constipation and biliousness are relieved by a gentle action that cleanses the entire system of wastes.
Back to the Farm After Winter Work Begins
The narrator returns home to a bustling spring farm schedule with Murray and the twins managing chores. They list two horses two cows and a calf as their modest stock and describe their amateur yet systematic approach to farming. The calf becomes a favorite with the children who treat it like a pet as they watch it attempt to drink milk from a pail.
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Gwen
Winnipeg
Jack
England
Winnipec
Twins
Gerald
Molly
Tit
Nicolas
Severns
Rupert
Murray
Mrs. Mowbray
Meyeell
Paul
Teddy
Tetraziani
Sophie Braslau
Faust
Rigoletto
Aida
Vale of Tears
Margaret Anne
Agricultural College
Fenwick Murray
Bunker
Patch of Eczema on Chin Healed by Cuticura Products
A Nova Scotia woman details a chin eczema flare with itching and sleepless nights. She reports quick relief and complete healing after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment, with two cakes and two boxes, and endorses Cuticura for daily toilet use.
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Mary Campbell
End Centre
Nova Scotia
Could you be satisfied to live here always in the city
Murray argues about the desire for mental stimulus from city life and whether one could stay content in the countryside. The excerpt ends with a tease that the discussion continues.
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Murray
Good Old Days Nostalgia Echoes In Fragrant Apple Tales
In a reflective note the Detroit Free Press recalls a simpler era when apples were abundant and freely available. The piece contrasts past abundance with modern restrictions, imagining boys easily taking fruit from sidewalks or over fences without wrongdoing.
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Baldwins
Detroit Free Press
Big Drop In War Pensions From Widows Remarrying
The UK pension total fell sharply as 34 percent of widows on the war pension list remarried last year. Government savings reached £14 million, aided largely by many children reaching the pension age of 16, while over 2,000,000 surplus spinsters remain in the country.
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Britain
Mars Worth Judged by Size of His Bank Balance
A brief item notes that Mars worth is assessed by the magnitude of his financial resources, drawing a comparison to wealth as a measure of value.
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Mars
White Lies and Truthfulness Lessons from a Scottish Boy
A mother’s talk to children contrasts white lies with bigger falsehoods, using cancer and leprosy as metaphors. It argues lies corrode character, compare a liar to a weak foundation, and celebrates a boy nicknamed Little Scotch Granite for choosing honesty over easy lies.
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Fort William
Scotty
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Elinor Marsden Eliot
No-o
BSS
Gee Lf
Scotts Emulsion
Cuthura
Little Foxes
Permission Thomas Allen
Minard
Liniment
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