Painted Fires And A Wife Missing In A Northern Town
Jack Doran returns to Bannerman to fetch his wife Helmi after a break in their marriage. He learns from a magistrate that Helmi has fallen in with a rough crowd in the city and may be in a Chinese-run eating house, while Jack plans a trip to Edmonton and confronts a troubled past and looming debt as he recalls happier days with Helmi.
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Jack
Helmi
Sim
Cleo
Sita
Helms
Arthur Warner
Helimi
Mr. Doran
English River
Jack Doran
Awful at Three and Its Dangers in Sucking and Habits
A 1920s style health column notes thumb sucking harms in a three year old and suggests stopping methods. It records bowel irregularity as a cause of weak bowels and promotes Fletcher’s Castoria as a safe remedy. The piece urges mothers to use the product and seek the genuine Chas. H. Fletcher signature.
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Chas. H. Fletcher
Britain’s War Library at Imperial War Museum
A London correspondent notes that the Imperial War Museum Library, housed in a mansionlike building, is the sole British national collection on the European War. It documents the era in a diarylike form for unborn ages, already comprising about 40,000 volumes with an annual inflow of at least 1,000 volumes.
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London
John O
Imperial War Museum
Queen's Gate
Manitoba Wheat Pool builds elevators at record pace
The Manitoba Wheat Pool reports a rapid expansion with a new elevator every two days since spring. Close to eighty new elevator points have been organized this year and new elevators will be erected at nearly all these locations.
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Manitoba Wheat Pool
Pinkham's Compound Praised by Ontario Mother
Mrs Minton McMullen of Vanessa Ontario says Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound helped her through six pregnancies with four successful births. She believes the remedy would aid others seeking relief.
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Vanessa
Lydia E. Pinkham
Minton McMullen
Vasessa
Ontario
The Wonder Metal of the Age for Tea Packaging
The piece extols aminum as a light bright flexible rustproof metal ideal for many uses. It highlights its use as a superior container for Red Rose Tea and notes its modern metal packaging as a key advantage.
The Walking Stick in an Age of Bus and Train Travel
The essay laments the decline of the walking-stick as a symbol of the Englishman and traces its evolution from a simple branch to a cherished heirloom. The author recalls a personal blackthorn stick cut by his father in County Down, shared memories of Christmas day craft, and muses that a future revival of walking might reawaken interest in pedestrian life.
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London Daily Express
County Down
James
Shank
Toasted Raisin Sandwiches From Simple Pantry
Plump raisins are drained and chopped and mixed with American cheese. Spread the mixture on thin buttered bread slices, assemble, and toast both sides until hot and golden. Serve immediately.
Vanilla Junket Ice Cream Recipe Card
A classic instruction: mix milk and cream warm to lukewarm then sugar and vanilla. Dissolve junket tablets in cold water and add to the milk, stir briefly, then freeze in a can. Chill briefly, pack with ice and salt, then freeze slowly to a thick mush before finishing.
Puzzle for the Blind: Braille Crossword in Paris
A Paris puzzle item describes a tactile crossword made from stiff cardboard with many lines of squares for pegs. Each square uses cross lines as black squares and directions printed in Braille guide the solver.
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Paris
Canada Consumes Most Beef Cattle in Dominion
R J Speers of Winnipeg told the Alberta Cattle Breeders Association that Canada uses 85 percent of beef cattle produced in the Dominion. The remaining 15 percent is sold outside Canada.
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Canada
Dominion
R. J. Speers
Winnipeg
Alberta Cattle Breeders’ Association
Teeth and Health Issue Ties with Canadian Dental Bodies
A brief notice states Teeth and Health issued information in partnership with the Canadian Mental Health Council and the Saskatchewan Dental Society to promote dental health and mental wellness, outlining collaborative goals and public outreach efforts.
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Mental Lygiens Council
Saskatchewan Dental Sociey
Prenatal Diet Builds Teeth for Mother and Child
The article explains how maternal calcium intake affects both her teeth and the infant’s. It urges expectant mothers to consume ample milk, eggs, cereals, leafy vegetables, and fruits, aiming for at least a quart of milk daily to support fetal bone and dental development and to prevent tooth decay.
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Peter
Paul
Look Up and Trust in Heaven and Worm Powders Ad
A church excerpt urges looking up to God and trusting divine care with references to a sparrow and angels. The piece ends with an advertisement for Miller's Worm Powders claiming quick relief for children from intestinal worms and restoration of digestive health.
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Heaven
Earth
William Ellery Channing
Farmers Forecast Strong 1928 Demand for Machinery
Prospects for 1928 look bright as sales of implements and machinery outpace 1927. Dealers report high demand for small tractors and expect combined reaper-threshers to double if crops are fair.
BC Poultry Industry Valued At 6.2 Million In 1927
The 1927 BC poultry and egg sector reached an estimated total value of 6.2 million dollars for eggs and table birds. About 1.5 million mature fowl and nearly 2 million young birds populated British Columbia farms.
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British Columbia
Confidence for Young Mothers and Baby's Own Tablets
A safe home remedy for common baby and child illnesses. The ad promotes Baby's Own Tablets as a mild laxative free from opiates, useful for colds fever sour stomach and teething irritability. Sold by medicine dealers or by mail for 2½ cents a box from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
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Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Wonderful Paper Machine for Great Lakes Paper Company
A giant 2000 ton machine for Ontario’s Great Lakes Paper Company will churn out a mile of newspaper every three minutes. The 25 feet wide behemoth showcases the era’s industrial prowess. A separate note laments a growing belief that murder is permissible when the weapon is an automobile amid discussions of public safety.
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Great Lakes Paper Company
Ontario
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Wellie L. McClung
Dana
Bannerman
Edmonton
Col. Blackwood
Thomas
Ruth Brittain
Britain’s War Library
Manitoba Wheat Pool Elevators
Walking
Betty Barclay
Minard
Acts x
Anna Maria Sargeant
Bayer
Ean
British Columbia Poultry
Hercules
Appleford Paper Products
Hamilton
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