Alan Baker’s Northland Deliverance at Endurance
Alan Baker fights his way free against bandits in the Land of Many Waters. He uses a Browning to kill the leader and finish off the attackers, then endures wounds as Joyce, Buzzard, and allies arrive. Four men return to Fort Endurance with loot and guns. Baker faces Williamson with a defiant report.
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Buzzard
Alan
Joyce
Savage
Jimmy Montgommery
Fort Endurance
Mackenzie
Pedneault
Bill Hardsock
Alan Baker
Endurance
Elizabeth
Swan Nest
Haskell
Hardsock
Bill
Thal-Azza
Williamson
Baker
Joyce and Alan Plot a Quiet Ottawa Trap
Joyce urges Alan to manipulate the Inconnu trap and mislead Superintendent Williamson. Alan cautions that the wary target may avoid the plan, while Joyce insists on secrecy and speed before the steamer arrives and the two go into two weeks of absence.
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Bill
Ottawa
Father Claverly
Joyce
Alan
Edison boyhood home sold to Henry Ford for Dearborn move
The childhood home of Thomas A Edison in Vienna near St Thomas Ontario was bought by Henry Ford. Ford plans to relocate and re erect the house to Ford Historical Settlement at Dearborn Michigan. Ford and party dined at the Vienna Hotel where old timers recall liquor fights and a century old building.
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Thomas Alva Edison
Vienna
St. Thomas
Ont
Henry Ford
Ford Historical Settlement
Dearborn
Mich
Mr. Ford
Mr. Edison
Capt Samuel Edison
W. C. McDonald
Palestine's Early Farmers Unearthed by Yale Expedition
Dr George Grant McCurdy of Yale University tells the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia that Palestine had busy farmers 20 000 years ago, twice as old as the Neolithic. Skeletons of long headed planters and primitive sickles from the expedition are shown. First farmers cut grain with sharpened flints on crooked sticks.
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Palestine
George Grant McCurdy
Yale University
American Philosophical Society
Philadelphia
Grant
Christian Science Monitor
Paris to breed special cats to fight rat plague
Paris municipal council approves a farm to breed and train cats with strength and cleverness to combat a rat infestation. Officials fear ordinary cats would be killed by the rodents.
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Paris
Little Helps For This Week
A devotional item reflecting on Romans 14 13 about judging others and avoiding stumbling block speech. It cites poets H S Sutton and F R Havergal noting impatience and ill temper hinder learning charity and spread wrong feeling.
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F. R. Havergal
Preservation of Old Names Sparks Debate in Parliament
The House of Commons debated renaming electoral ridings while Nova Scotia considered Evangeline for three counties. Victoria BC once had Bird Cage Walk later renamed Government Street. The Sherbrooke Record comments on preserving historic toponymy as a nod to memory and lineage.
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House of Commons
Nova Scotia
Evangeline
Longfellow
Victoria
British Columbia
Roughneck Brigade
Government Street
Adam
Sherbrooke
One Big Advantage for One Crop Farmers
The article argues that a farmer who grows only one crop and buys all other food is vulnerable to downturns, while a farmer who grows some of his own food remains less hungry. The emphasis is on security through diversification and local provisioning.
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Malcolm Muggeridge
Russia
North Caucasus
Ukraine
Volga
Freshness Ensured by Frozen-Fish Transport Vessel
A tractor operates in southern French waters where caught fish are frozen alive and stored at temperatures over 20 degrees below zero to preserve freshness during transport.
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France
Liver Pills Advertised to Cure Bad Spirits and Belly Ailments
An odd historical ad promotes Carter's Liver Pills claiming to restore energy and relieve liver related complaints. It urges readers to avoid harsh calomel and to rely on the product for daily health, mentioning price and brand features in a dubious tone.
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Carter
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