Arab Homecomings Silent for Women in Train Arrivals
The piece notes that Arab women are ignored as men return from journeys. Men greet male friends and family with solemn, sober faces and leave the station without looking at the women. The tone describes a rigid social scene along a 300 mile rail journey.
Daring Romance and Rivalry Near a Stairway Door
Joanna faces two suitors as a dramatic confrontation unfolds at the doorway of a rooming house. Brandon flatters and cheers her while John remains cool and distant, forcing Joanna to choose between caution and passion as weathered desires rise above propriety. Meadow larks around Glenwood City interrupt the scene with a fleeting rural note.
The Million Dollar Flapper Gift
Joanna, a pretty shop girl, is given a million dollars by an unknown benefactor to spend as she wishes. Gray Don, her employer, learns nothing about the giver or motives. Eggleston and his nephew help her write a check while rumors swirl about the fortune. She returns home to find Brandon and John awaiting her.
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Joanna
John
St. John
Brandon
Sally
Graydon
Eggleston
Mother Glad Daughter Is Well in Toronto
A Toronto mother reports her 16 year old daughter, invalid since infancy, has improved after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The mother notes the daughter now attends school every day and health has gradually improved.
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Mrs. Parks
Lydia E. Pinkham
Toronto
Ontario
Amperes Plane Under Construction by Fokker in New York
Dutch designer Anthony H. G. Fokker resumes work in New York on a large multi motor passenger plane nicknamed Amperes. The craft, housed in Amsterdam factory plans, aims to sleep thirty five to forty passengers with upper berths and a lower parlor car style seating system for transcontinental service between New York and San Francisco. The project faces design delays and secrecy.
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Anthony H. G. Fokker
Mr. Fokker
New York
Fokker
Amsterdam
Holland
America
San Francisco
Pullman Company
A Perfect Medicine for Little Ones
The advertisement promotes Baby's Own Tablets as a gentle laxative suitable for children and even newborns. It claims to regulate bowels, ease indigestion, relieve colds, and promote sleep, with no opiates. A testimonial from Mrs. Alex J. Perry of Atlantic, Nova Scotia supports its use, and it is sold by druggists or by mail for 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co.
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Alex. J. Perry
Atlantic
N.S
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Celtic Calendar Deciphered from Coligny Fragments
French archaeologists decipher the 200 bronze Coligny fragments found in Ain department. After cleaning and electroplating a full plate, they reveal a 355 day Celtic year with months of 30 and 29 days and an extra month every 2.5 years to align with the solar year.
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Coligny
Ain
France
Little Helps For This Week And Prayer Quotes
The text presents uplifting quotes on prayer by Alfred Tennyson and Lucy Larcom and notes about asthma. It highlights that prayer sustains the spirit and describes nocturnal asthma disruption, urging readers to seek relief through Dr J D Kelloge's Asthma Remedy as a lasting remedy.
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Earth
Heaven
Lucy Larcom
Miller's Worm Powders Restore Digestion and Health
Miller's Worm Powders act to expel worms and repair digestion. They invigorate the constitution and speed recovery from digestive disorders caused by parasitic intruders. The product is described as thorough and resulting in strength and soundness after use.
Middletown Youth Severely Injured In Auto Crash
Clifton Babcock age 20 of Middletown New York was hurled from a car and struck a tree sustaining a fractured Adam's apple. Doctors fear he may never speak again though he is expected to live.
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Clifton Babcock
Middletown
N.Y
Ministers of agriculture meet on poultry in Australia
The six Australian states discuss participation in the World Poultry Congress in June. Australia holds a prominent role in poultry activity and its laying tests are noted worldwide.
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Ministers of Agriculture
Australian Commonwealth
Australia
Budget Strain Echoes in Grocery Bills at Home
A couple discusses tight finances as the husband notes letting some bills go this month. The wife agrees the grocery bill remains fierce, emphasizing pressure from rising costs and the grocer.
Lesson in Resource Use for Canada
A Kingston Standard editorial argues Canadians should invest more abroad, citing University training and capital moving to the United States. It urges Canadians to deploy funds in mining and diverse industries rather than complain about graduates seeking opportunities, noting Canada’s rich resources and need to develop them locally.
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United States
Canada
Kingston Standard
Epidemics Toll More Than Wars Since 1914
T. B. Kitteridge of the League of Red Cross Societies told the second Pan-American Red Cross conference that epidemics have claimed about 40,600,000 lives worldwide since 1914, outpacing all wars and civil conflicts in that period.
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Pan-American Red Cross Conference
T. B. Kitteridge
League of Red Cross Societies
Aerial Survey Plan Aimed at Canada By London Firm
Col. C. R. Ryder arrives to seek permission for the Air Surveys Company of London to undertake a complete aerial survey of Canada. He will interview Federal and Provincial heads in Ottawa and the provincial capitals about authorizing the project.
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C. R. Ryder
C.B
C.I.S
D.S
Ottawa
Air Surveys Company
London
Canada
Dr. Thomas Eclectric Oil Promises Quick Sprain Relief
Advert says Eclectric Oil reduces swelling after sprains, cools inflamed flesh, and draws out pain from bruises by countering inflammation. A trial will convince those who doubt its power.
Woman Railroad President Succeeds Husband in Louisiana
Mrs Sarah Drain Denborn of New Orleans, in her seventies, becomes president of the Louisiana Railway and Navigation Company after succeeding her husband. She is described as founder of the steel wire industry and a partner of John W. Gates. He died recently a multimillionaire.
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Sarah Drain Denborn
New Orleans
Louisiana Railway and Navigation Company
John W. Gates
She Could Hardly Do Her Housework Nerves Were So Bad
Mrs. I. M. Parks of Consecon Ontario describes heart and nerve trouble causing extreme breathlessness and nerves. She says ordinary sounds felt like shocks and she could not stay alone. She sought relief and found benefits in the remedy cited.
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I. M. Parks
Consecon, Ont
Boxed remedy ad claims a changed woman after use
An advertisement by The T. Milburn Co. Limited of Toronto promotes a boxed remedy. The copy implies a transformation in the user after taking the second dose, describing the result in vague terms.
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T. Milburn Co., Limited
Toronto
Ont
Australia Airlines Carry Over Two Thousand Passengers
Five privately operated aeroplane lines in Australia carried more than 2,600 passengers in the past year.
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Australia
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