Loggers Rally as Summit Lake Mill Starts operation
Donald follows Rennie and Gillis through the new three story Summit Lake mill. The first shift stamps in as loggers, including Gillis’s feared redshirts, begin a high speed setup with spar trees and high leads. A flamboyant crew arrives, led by Hoop la and Blackie, as Gillis extols the double breasted loggers over the old days.
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Robert Rennie
Gillis
Renwick
Donald
Him
Andy
Funkus
Duttie
Rockies
Gilte
Europe
Ira
Comox
Cassiar
Donnie
B.C
Ed Gil
la’ McKenzie
Blackie’ Anderson
Blackie
Jack
Johnnie
Hoop-la
Fellers
Ol’ Boss
Short of Breath Smothering Feelings Plague Dartmouth Writer
Dartmouth resident H Day describes a year of smothering spells and severe shortness of breath that left him unable to walk brief distances. After vainly attempting various treatments, he resolves to try a new method or remedy.
Toronto firm advertises 30 cent remedy boxes
A brief trade notice notes The T Milburn Co. of Lea, Toronto Ont offers a remedy boxed for 30 cents at druggists or dealers or mailed on receipt of price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Milburn Co
Lea
Toronto
Ont
To Be Continued
A narrator describes a group except for Blackie, noting many were under six feet tall, carried themselves with a swag, many were middle aged or grey, and all had the sparkling health of the outdoors with mahogany skin.
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Blackie
Dental Hygiene Guide Appears in Canadian Publication
A Canadian dental health pamphlet titled Teeth and Heath outlines basic care and hygiene practices. The booklet emphasizes brushing, flossing, and regular dental visits for better oral health.
The Mastication Habit and Tooth Strength
The piece argues for vigorous chewing at meals to strengthen teeth and gums. It contrasts hard ancestral diets with modern refined foods, claiming reduced chewing weakens dental structures and increases infection risk. It urges choosing foods that demand strong mastication to maintain tissue tone and tooth health.
Preventing Flu With Early Cold Care and Vicks Use
Public health guidance urges treating a cold at the first sign to prevent flu and pneumonia. Advice covers hot baths, laxatives, and Vicks VapoRub on throat and chest to ease congestion without upsetting digestion, with emphasis on keeping stomach and respiratory health for strong resistance. Mothers favor Vicks for children and suggest nightly nasal use to reduce infection risk.
Grippe scares sweep Canada with preventive advice
Public health warnings urge preventive care as influenza spreads across Canada. An advertised remedy, Catarrhozone, promises to clear air passages and curb germs, with a complete outfit priced at $1.00 and a smaller 50c size available at druggists.
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Australia
Fish abandon waters fueling Great Lakes fishing boom
The article notes fish migrate into the Great Lakes drawing American fishermen who harvested large yearly totals: Lake Erie 23,726,000 pounds, Lake Michigan 23,689,884 pounds, Lake Ontario 697,821 pounds, with Lake Superior and Lake Michigan also cited alongside. It also advertises Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil for croup and other ailments and mentions a Berlin husband seeking help for a departing wife, plus a Minard's Liniment plug.
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Great Lakes
Lake el
Lake Michigan
Lake Ijuron
Lake Superior
Lake Ontario
Little Helps This Week: Daily Kindness and New Missionary
Short devotion notes uplift readers with quotes on generosity and service. Poems reference free giving and daily acts of kindness. A lighthearted joke about a Cannibal Chief closes the piece, noting the predecessor’s fate.
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Lucy Larcom
Jarvis Pass Lakes Mark Continental Watershed Boundary
Jarvis Pass on the Alberta British Columbia boundary hosts several small summit lakes. Waters from some lakes drain west to the Pacific while others drain east to the Atlantic, marking a natural continental divide.
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Jarvis Pass
Alberta
British Columbia
Pacific
Atlantic
Santa Claus should be spelled Santa Klaws
The note argues the proper Dutch form for St Nicholas is Santa Klaws and discusses spelling origins.
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Santa Claus
Santa Klaws
St. Nicholas
Experience Is What You Get While Looking For Something Else
This quip notes that true understanding often arrives unintentionally as a byproduct of pursuing a different goal. It reflects on the irony of learning and insight emerging from detours and unexpected outcomes.
A Perfect Medicine for Little Ones Baby's Own Tablets
A short classified style note touts Baby's Own Tablets as a safe gentle laxative for children. It claims they regulate bowels, ease indigestion, and promote sleep, with no opiates, and includes a customer testimonial from Mrs. Alex J. Perry of Atlantic Nova Scotia. Sold for 25 cents a box by The Dr Williams Medicine Co. Brockville Ont, or through dealers. The item also includes a joke line about workplace marriage.
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Alex
J. Perry
Atlantic
N.S
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
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Royal Yeast
THE
Crimson West
BY Alex
Philip
Janes
Vancouver
Tneman
Nilburns
Fornea
Basks'Sewan Dental Bocttery
Icks Over
Gion Ma
Aes Haas
Grippe
Canada
Dr. Thomas
RY. Thomas
Berlin
Finder
Minard
Matthew
Elizabeth Charles
Rocky Mountain
Maud
Myrtle
Hunter-Martin & CO
Regina
SASK
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