Helmi Seeks Home and New Life Across the Train
A Finnish immigrant girl Helmi leaves the farm for Saint Paul, faces pressure from her aunt and Michigan landlord, and vows to find friends and English learning while a tense house keeps debating her future. Tensions rise as workers and family clash over immigration and power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Laine
Lie “Parmer’n Home
Mike
Big Kate
Tiehul
Helmi
Wientpes
Saint Paul
Tam Oehanter
Katherine Kenny
Mr. Laine
Miss Kenny
Ifelmi
Stelmi
Heimi
Woman Recovers After Severe Surgery in Coniston Ontario
Mrs Lajeunesse, a farmer's wife of Coniston Ontario, describes a lengthy recovery from a major operation. After four months of pain she used Vegetable Compound and Lydia E Pinkham products, reporting complete relief and regained ability to work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Coniston
Ontario
Edi E. Pinkharm
Oldest sewing machine in Canada traced to Cranbrook
A province wide search drew 53 040 entries with over 106 000 machines at least 40 years old. The oldest is believed to belong to Mrs. P Willis of Cranbrook British Columbia at 73 years and still in regular service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Columbia
Canada
Rockies
Cape
United States
Aluminum touted as the wonder metal for tea packaging
The excerpt extols aluminum as the wonder metal of the age citing its lightness brightness and rust resistance. It highlights its adaptability and declares Red Rose Tea to be packed in this modern metal container.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Kenny
Miss Kenny
Kate
States
Misa Kenny
Trade Routes and the Global Sea Lanes
A sweeping view of international trade routes describes how ships traverse the globe from bustling ports to remote outposts. It contrasts steamers and sailing ships, noting direct routes versus wind driven detours, and mentions the enduring old regime of sea travel. A second brief item promotes Dr Thomas Eclectrical in the dressing as a healing salve for persistent sores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olen
Harbor Mouth
Lasway
Joseph Leming
Thomas
Paper Money Shrinks For First Time In Decade
Secretary Mellon approves reducing U S paper currency size about one third starting with the dollar Assistant Secretary Dewey endorses the plan to 6 5 by 2 5 inches New dollar bills likely produced within months but public release about a year away The text also notes changes in tobacco use among women and a claim of extreme age by Teku Oglu Ali Agha with memories of events from 155 years ago
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maggie
Tim
Anna
Maggie Kenny
Qet
Anna Milander
Spencer
United States
Mellon
Dewey
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Teku Oglu Ali Agha
Typewriter Letter Writer Tours Britain for Farmers
Horace Woodford of Otley England a former Hull clerk now tramp typewriter letter man travels England Ireland and Wales offering to type letters for farmers and navvies at 12 cents a page He says he has typed thousands including love letters and even adds occasional poetry for the farm women noting much romance on the land and that he plans to visit Scotland next.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Woodford
Otley
England
Hull
Ireland
Wales
Scotland
Unusual Bequest: Toronto Father Leaves Kindness to Children
A Toronto real estate dealer who died left little money to his heirs but bequeathed enduring guidance. His will urged his children to seize every chance to do good and show kindness to all. He believed such daily practice brings riches in this life and the next, echoing Tennyson that kind hearts outweigh coronets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Tennyson
Pure in heart see God and find joy in presence
The piece quotes Theodore Parker and John G Holland on the pure in heart seeing God everywhere and obtaining bliss. A joke notes a Parliament member aboard a sinking ship seeking publicity with a back to the land remark. Barnes comments on a father forcing four hours of practice to drive his son from music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soula
Theodore Parker
God
John G. Holland
Minard's Liniment Endorsed For Sunburn Relief
Ease sunburn with Minard's Liniment. The text credits a Rus sian village of ikon painters in Kholur with a mass production system. By passing each ikon through 100 hands the village supposedly turned out 2 000 000 items annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kholur
Growth of Winnipeg Now Canada’s Third Largest City
Winnipeg remains the third largest city in Canada with a population of 294,616 including suburbs per the Board of Trade. Henderson's Directory lists Winnipeg proper at 198,932, up about 7,000 from a year ago, while Montreal tops at about a million and Toronto at around 750,000. Vancouver follows Winnipeg with roughly 160,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Canada
Board of Trade
Henderson
Montreal
Toronto
Vancouver
Baby's Own Tablets Promote Health in Children
An advertisement extols Baby's Own Tablets as a pleasant laxative for children and a remedy for feverishness indigestion colic vomiting constipation diarrhoea teething pains and sleep. It notes the product is sold by medicine dealers at 25 cents per box from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario and cites Liberty magazine noting six as a common age for accidental death in children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Williams' Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
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Dili
Lan
Tiell
Itelmi
Lili
Bi Hate
Big Nate
Ced Neel
Katy
W. N. UL 1688
Cranbrook
Horn
Holloway
Ambruzzi
Italy
Ks McGregor
McLennan Alta
Dr. Fowlers
T. Milburn Co., Limited
Eronte
Anii
Notin
Pearsons Weekly
Matthew
Barnes
Rod
Minard
Wrigley's
Baby
Insurance Company
Liberty
Meera
Linimen F
Leeder
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