Promised Land Dreams Pull Helmi From Finland to America
Helmi, seventeen, hopes to escape a strict Finland life after Aunt Lili sends money and a picture of an imagined future in America. In Minnesota, Aunt Lili battles illness while warning of men’s cruelty as Helmi faces a harsh home life and looming choices.
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Viben Hetmi
Aunt Lill
Finland
America
Thi
Heluch
Lili
Helmi
Anna
Helmut
Promised Land
Ifelmi
Nhiones
Granny
Groner
Hielmi
Saint Paul
Minnesota
Lil
Women of Middle Age Endorse Lydia E Pinkham’s Treatment
Hamilton Ontario ферmer’s wife Mrs A Wilson reports severe back pain, weakness, depression, and poor appetite improved after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills. She credits renewed energy and health after two months in bed and urges others to try the remedies with letters invited. Sold by druggists everywhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Ontario
Lydia
Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Aa Wilson
Wilson Street
Divers Seek Sunken Treasure of Jeune Henri Wreck
Divers plan to explore reefs off Isle de Oleron France in search of a fortune sank with the three masted schooner Jeune Henri. The treasure reportedly includes diamonds gold and other riches from the Comte de St Paul exile lineage. A separate anecdote notes a man asks for a hundredweight exterminator in a shop, remarking that locusts would be destroyed in Queen's County. Sea water appears blue reflecting the sky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isle de Oleron
France
United States
Comte de St. Paul
Vendee
Moderation in Exercise Warned by Expert
A health adviser warns that excess training harms health and grotesquely enlarges muscles. He notes ancient sculpture favors moderation and that overtraining depletes strength while undermining enjoyment of life. Parents should avoid idolizing athletes, who often lack strong intellect.
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Greece
Bureau of Statistics
Life Insurance Company
Girdling the Globe by News of the World Printing Power
The News of the World on Bouverie Street London prints a weekly 25.9 million copies, totaling about 1.2 billion per year. It requires 7 000 copies per minute to meet Sunday distribution and consumes vast amounts of paper and ink. A new building under construction aims to modernize the operation and promote outdoor fitness for workers. Holloway’s Corn Remover claims to remove corns without harming surrounding flesh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
News of the World
London
Atlantic
United States
Pacific Ocean
Japan
Bouverie Street
British Isles
Baby's Own Tablets Said Best For Children
No medicine equals Baby's Own Tablets for newborns or growing children. They are free from opiates or harmful drugs and praised by Dr. Williams Medicine Co. A Montreal Ontario mother reports three healthy kids given only these tablets. They aid stomach regulation, constipation, indigestion, colds, fevers, teething and are sold for 25 cents a box from Brockville Ontario.
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John Armour
South Monaghan
Ont
Babs
Tobacco Growing Trials Begin on British Columbia Coast
Experiments sponsored by T. Coven try test BC coast as a potential tobacco belt. Seed imported and planted on two half acre plots at Saanich, one irrigated and one run dry, to determine best production method. Mother Graves Worm exterminator advertised as a trusted solution in Nova Scotia's Cape Breton region.
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T. Bo Coventry
Saanich
Soviet Propaganda Push and Dairy Show Notes
The Third International executive committee in Moscow calls for intensified propaganda to aid the Chinese revolution and worker mobilization worldwide. In the United States the National Dairy Show dates are October 15 to 22, 1937 in Memphis Tennessee with Canadian exhibitors noted. Campers urged to take Minard's.
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Memphis
Tennessee
United States
St.outs
Missouri
Gum-Dipping Gives Thousands of Extra Miles
Gum-Dipping provides greater economy safety and comfort through insulated rubber impregnation of every strand creating longer wear. The Firestone process is exclusive and marketed as an advantage for Firestone tires sold by dealers in Canada.
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Firestone
Wisdom and Wit Shared Across Faith and Home
A collage of quotes and notices touching faith comfort and家庭 life includes Margaret Preston on Christ’s sympathy, Lady Powerscourt on child suffering worms, Millers Worm Powders praised as a vermifuge, praise for alfalfa crops in Canada, Mirard’s Liniment for sunburn, and Samuel Clemens Mark Twain urging parental example to guide children.
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Christ
Lady Powerscourt
Samuel le Clemens
Mark Twain
Ruch
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Toster
Heimi
Aunt Lil
Sahfi
Quarly
Helms
Helmis
Lill
Amer
Manil Saari
Keimi
Veimi
Ilelini
Rie Ek
Aolso
Ileimi
Wlace
Pont
Mike Ile
Ile
Heloie
Lita
Nea
Jle
Ana
Tie
Mrs. Wilson
Iste
Queen’s County
Dodds
Charfe
Tia
Borden Co. Limited
Montreal
Bordens
St.charles
Mila
Samson
Tlercules
Viser
Fleet Street
Thames Embank
Ment
Holloway
B.C
British Columbia
Cape Breton
Scotland
Mrs. Pacque
Peanut
Minard’s
Fort
Firestone Tire & Rubber CO OF Canada Limited
Hasulton, Ontario
Jie
Ise
God
Margaret J. Preston
Canada
Pacific
Mirard
Lumbago
Bayer
Wademark
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