Wade and Moran clash under the old trail night
Wade returns to town seeking action against Moran and the sheriff while Santry faces danger. Wade orders Lawson to guard the pine camp as he heads toward Crawling Water to confront the looming confrontation with Moran’s group and the cattle faction.
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Nic
Wade
Moran
Dorothy
Santry
Tim Sullivan
Big Bob Lawson
Lawson
Jensen
Big Pine
Bill Santry
Sullivan
Vancouver mother praises Lydia E. Pinkham's remedy
Mrs J McDonal of 2447 26th Ave East Vancouver recounts how her daughter suffered severe pains dizziness and loss of appetite until using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The mother also uses it for herself reporting improved energy and wellbeing and urges other women to seek relief.
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Vancouver
B.C
Lydia E. Pinkham
The Congo as Big as a Continent Reach
A Christian Science Monitor piece explains the Belgian Congo spans about one third of the United States in area. It compares the Congo River to the Amazon in Brazil, noting the river’s width averages five miles and reaches sixteen miles in places while envisioning its vast scale.
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Belgian Congo
United States
San Diego
Cal
Texas
Des Moines
Iowa
Yellowstone Park
Brazil
Africa
Amazon
Congo
Christian Science Monitor
Local Laundryman Rivalry Sparks Supper-time Talk
In a humorous note residents compare a new minister to their household laundryman who supposedly reveals unseen things. The quip hints at community chatter and shared in-jokes about familiar local figures. Pelican.
Grain Movements Show Vancouver Season Peak
Grain via Vancouver totals 15 million bushels for the 1922 23 season with Europe taking 4 183 000 bushels and 4 306 155 yet to load. The Orient has 423 000 bushels with 1 396 003 to be dispatched. Last year 14 500 000 bushels of wheat were shipped and 484 037 barrels of flour were exported, four times the prior year.
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Vancouver
Europe
Orient
Conditions in the West Show Widening Farm Cost Gap
R A Hoey of Springfield argues that farm economics reveal a persistent imbalance between input costs and produce prices. He recalls buying a wagon for 78 dollars in 1912 and selling wheat at 70 cents a bushel, later paying 67 dollars for a wagon box while wheat net price stood at 78 cents. He says the old equilibrium between costs and prices has not yet been restored.
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Prairies
R. A. Hoey
Springfield
Natural Wonder in Bruce County Ontario Farm Geyser
A flowing well on Christ Weller’s farm at For mosa Bruce County Ontario erupts 20 feet into the air from 600 feet underground. The ice cold geyser has held a constant output for 22 years and draws visitors from far away to the Palace Garden.
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Bruce County
Ontario
Christ Weller
Formosa
Palace Garden
Spider in paper sparks Twain reply on luck and ads
Mark Twain in his Missouri editor days replied to a superstitious subscriber who found a spider in the paper. He said the spider was not lucky or unlucky but merely watching which merchants fail to advertise so the paper can spin a web across their doors and enjoy peace thereafter.
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Mark Twain
Missouri
Taxicabs Offer Cheaper Night Shelter in Vienna
In Vienna the high hotel prices push travelers to hire taxicabs for a night. Petrol costs make taxi travel costly for many, but a cab can serve as a cheap shelter in any quarter, excluding the chauffeur service.
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Vienna
Good Advice From Mind Telephone Motto
A concise, folksy aphorism proclaims keeping thoughts tuned to love, joy, and health so negativity cannot reach you, depicting a perpetual busy signal against hate sorrow and disease. The quip credits Philk Delpila Batletin as author.
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Philk Delpila Batletin
Europe subsidizing commercial aviation
The article notes a continental trend of state subsidies to support commercial air lines. Germany, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Russia and Romania grant funds to enable airline operations, while Britain’s Air Ministry subsidizes lines with a quarter of gross receipts plus per passenger and per freight payments.
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Europe
Germany
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Russia
Rumania
Great Britain
Air Ministry
Dental cleaning mix praised for tooth care
A historic note claims a paste of emery powder sweet oil and kerosene is excellent for cleaning the teeth of a falcon. This blends mineral abrasive with oil and fuel based solvent.
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Montreal
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Canadian Match CO Limited
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