Singing Waiter Al Stone Seeks Comeback After Loss
Al Stone headlining at Blackie Joe's in New York earns fame as a songwriter. His wife Molly leaves with his friend John Perry and takes their child to France, leaving him a broken derelict. Grace Farrel, the cigarette girl, saves him and inspires a comeback while doubting Molly's fate.
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al Stone
Blackie Joe
New York
Grace Farrel
Molly Wenton
Junior
Molly
John Perry
Perry
France
Blackie
Grace
Broadway
Marcus
Grace and Al Seek Wedding After Paris Divorce News
In New York Grace fears Molly’s hold on Al as lawyers work on his divorce from Molly who fled to Europe with John Perry. Molly plans marriage to Perry but faces his growing demands and Junior’s care as Al resurfaces famous on Broadway. Grace and Al grow hopeful for a future together.
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Grace
Junior
Molly
Europe
John Perry
New York
Elopers
Paris
Riveria
Deauville
Monte Carlo
Broadway
John
Perry
America
Trust Fund For Soldiers Proposal For A Nationwide Canada Aid
A citizen proposal urges a country wide trust fund for disabled soldiers funded by a dollar per resident. It calls for an expert board to invest and administer the gift, arguing widespread public support and business acumen could efficiently meet veterans needs while noting the Canadian Legion fund is too small. It ends with a jab for Holloway's Corn Remover.
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Canada
Canadian Legion
What He Required
A sick tramp asks a cottage mistress for a spoon and a glass of water but explains the medicine must be taken after meals and requests an available implement. The woman shows sympathy and offers help, acknowledging the man’s plight.
Minards Wards Off Grippe and Feud Commentary
A spirited courtroom exchange unfolds as a magistrate probes a quarrel linked to a funeral. A witness recalls a sarcastic reply about who would be buried, revealing tensions and sharp wit amid the dispute.
Village Church Bell Keeps Its Sole Traditional Ring
Mrs Richleigh notes Rembrandts are scarce while Mrs Goldman jokes about few listings in the telephone directory. The dialogue asserts one thing that cannot be jazzed remains the village church bell despite modern changes.
Name of the Windjammers: The Tragic Garth Line Loss
Sir William Garthwaite of the Garth Line rebuilt six windjammers with the prefix Garth, renaming them after his family. One by one they were lost to iceberg, wreck, typhoon, and decay, leaving the Garthpool the last deep sea windjammer in British ownership. The sailor spoke of a ship’s soul and the fate that befell the fleet.
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Sir William Garthwaite
Garth Line
Cape Horn
Garthpool
Africa
William Garthwaite
Garthway
Garthforce
Garthneill
Garthswaid
Garthgarry
Mauretania
Prehistoric Indian Fortification at Southwold Saved
The Southwold Earthwork near St. Thomas Ontario, a unique prehistoric Indian double walled fortification, has been saved by the National Parks Branch historic sites division. Once three feet high, the walls stood inside a three acre site with a 30 foot wide moat and a probable palisade superstructure. Local lore links the site to the Neutral Nation’s last stand against the Iroquois about 250 years ago.
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Southwold
St. Thomas
Ont
Historic Sites Division
National Parks Branch
Ontario
Busy life marks Kate Ralph eighty second birthday
Miss Kate Ralph of Cromwell Connecticut observes her 82nd birthday while still working at a toy factory where she has been employed 65 years. She paints toys, walks three miles daily to the plant and peddles newspapers, then tends a farm at home with a brother and sister living with her.
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Kate Ralph
Cromwell, Conn
Man Shivered Fourteen Years After Arctic Torpedoing
An omnibus conductor in London says he has not felt warmth in 14 years since being torpedoed on August 8 1915 in the Arctic Circle aboard the auxiliary cruiser India. He spent four hours on a raft and later endured internment in Norway as he recalls the chilling sea ordeal.
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London
Arctic Circle
India
Norway
Testimonial Flood Draws Fire in Byrd Expedition
Critics argue the flood of endorsements for Byrd era equipment and methods suggests exploration is becoming too commercial. The piece notes testimonials may be well paid and widely used by recipients as explorers promote various items.
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Byrd
Persian Balm Promises Soft Skin and Gentle Beauty
An advertisement extols Persian Balm as a cooling soothing lotion that smooths rough skin from weather, adds a delicate fragrance, and enhances appearance. It claims to soften hands and make the skin rose leaf in texture, urging dainty women to choose it as a toilet requisite.
Oak Tree Memorial for World War Dead
A single oak tree planted near the tomb of the Unknown Soldier marks the commemoration of a million and a half French war dead. Thousands visit daily, and the tree is carefully tended with ample water. if it dies it will be replaced to keep a perpetual memorial on the arch of triumph site.
Not Under His Own Power Spectator It Was Magnificent
The exchange centers on a dramatic rescue at sea with a speaker praising an unnamed rescuer who leaped from a height fully clothed to save someone. The rescuer demands who pushed him, revealing a tense before-incident question about the push that sparked the event.
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Grace
Gracie
Desert crossing traffic nears twenty five thousand vehicles
The report counts nearly 25,000 automobiles crossing the desert border between Syria and Iraq this year, highlighting high mobility through the region.
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Syria
Iraq
The Man Who Mind His Own Business
A succinct proverb notes that a person who minds his own business has a cultivated mind and worth.
Little Helps For This Week Spiritual Meditations
A devotional collection urges readers to trust trials as divine discipline. It cites Psalm 94 and quotes James Drummond Burns and Miguel Molinos, reminding that God uses wind and storm to refine believers and to reveal his presence in sorrow and joy.
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Miguel Molinos
Old Motors Fill Farms With Useful Power
An article finds discarded automobile engines repurposed for farm use. Engines powering wood sawing, cider pressing, concrete mixing, fodder cutting, water pumping, and threshing provide practical help, especially as many were located on farms.
Falling Hair-Just try Minard's
A humorous exchange occurs as a lady applicant for a license is asked if she has driven a car. Her husband, nearby, responds with a long mileage claim, “One hundred and twenty thousand miles,” while she answers the question.
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Minard
Foxes Shipments To Sweden From North American Ranches
A cargo of 500 live foxes from ranches in the Maritimes Ontario British Columbia and Washington state left for Sweden. This follows a prior shipment of 250 foxes from the Maritime Provinces to Sweden.
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Maritimes
Ontario
British Columbia
Washington
Sweden
Maritime Provinces
Florence Coutier's Nerves Seek Restful Sleep Aid
Miss Florence Coutier of Bark Lake Ontario describes severe nerves and exhaustion. A neighbor advised a remedy during a morning visit, detailing the treatment or product sought to alleviate sleeplessness and fatigue.
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Florence Coutier
Bark Lake, Ont
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Algonquin Theatre
Lydia E. Pinkham
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North Devon
New Brunswick
Trust Fund For Soldiers
Holloway
Grippe
Thomas
James Drummond Burns
Foxes
Milburn
Maya
T. Milburn Co. Limited
Toronto
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