A Glimpse of Unselfish Courage on a Long Island Train
A newspaper writer recalls a stranger who, after dropping a glove, returned it by sacrificing his own to give the finder a complete set. The incident is praised as a model of selflessness, urging readers to turn loss into benefits for others and to emulate Boy Scouts in daily good turns. The piece links such conduct to national Thanksgiving and upcoming Christmas joy, urging resilience and positive action over regret.
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New York
Long Island
Tim
Boy Scout Organization
Canada
Nelson Monument Decorated on Trafalgar Anniversary
The Nelson monument in Trafalgar Square was decorated with laurels on the anniversary, now a cenotaph for sailors buried in the Great War. Nelson’s flagship Victory remains drydocked at Portsmouth with topmasts not yet replaced. the signal from the signaling school read Pugl and expects that every man will do his duty. A Navy League dinner saw Earl Beatty propose a toast to The Immortal Memory of Lord Nelson, supported by the Hon. Sir Edmund Fremantle in his 2nd year as admiral.
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Trafalgar
Lord Nelson
Trafalgar Square
Nelson
Victory
Portsmouth
Japan orders 300 Lindbergh planes a doubtful move
News item notes Japan ordered 300 Lindbergh type planes, a bold procurement that faces practical questions. The phrase suggests tension between ambition and feasibility in aviation arms plans.
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Japan
Health cure claim for Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription
Mrs. George Turansky of Hamilton Ontario reports relief from back aches nerve distress and poor appetite after using Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription. She states she is now strong with a good appetite and that her nerves are in good condition. Trial package of tablets offered by Dr Pierce’s Laboratory.
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George Turansky
Prize Rejection Slip From Chinese Publishers To Williamson
Detroit author John K. Williamson touring London receives a censoriously glowing but impossible rejection note from a Chinese firm praising his manuscript. The item mocks the impossibility of publishing such a work and begs forgiveness. Also presented is an asthma remedy advertisement promoting Dr Kellogg’s product for night-time attacks.
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John K. Williamson
Detroit
London
Britain Tops World as Leader in Electrical Exports
The twelve months ending June saw new records for orders in generating plant and heavy electrical equipment. British Industries reports first half of the year secured more plant capacity than all of 1924 or 1925. Major buyers included India Australia New Zealand South Africa South America and Japan.
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Britain
Federation of British Industries
India
Australia
New Zealand
South Africa
South America
Japan
Angora-Caesarae Railway Opens with Nine Bridges
The new Angora Caesarae Railway in Turkey covers about 20 miles of right of way featuring nine bridges and 33 tunnels. The project promises improved transit between Angora and Caesarae with substantial engineering challenges cleared.
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Angora-Caesarae
Turkey
Fokker Foresees Planes as Peace Factor Through Deterrence
Anthony Fokker told a New York Netherlands Chamber luncheon that aviation could deter war by its enormity and deadliness. He warned subsidies for European air transport train pilots and provide bases for future military use, arguing war would be deterred if safety could not be found anywhere.
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America
Anthony H. G. Fokker
Netherlands Chamber of Commerce of
New York
Fokker
Europe
Hnes
Putnam's Corn Extractor Claims Quick Relief
An advertisement touts Putnam's Corn Extractor as a fast relief for corns on ladies' toes. It promises instant pain end and drying, with a single drop stopping pain and a bottle available at drugstores, urging to refuse substitutes.
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Putnam’s
Putnam's
Weathered traction engine emerges from four decades idle
An old ISP traction engine from Leeds, England, landed in Stevenson Washington area, lay by a grain field for forty years, and is revived to work again. The device burns wood and uses axle grease, a rare usable relic of farm machinery.
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Stevenson
Wash
Leeds
England
The Least Excitement Changes Heart Palpitations
Ambrose Orser of Flyinburg Ontario suffered a nervous heart condition with palpitations and fluttering until trying a remedy advertised in a shop. After taking a few boxes he felt markedly better and described his heart as feeling different. The product is sold for 50 cents a box by The T Milburn Co Limited, Terato, Ontario, or mailed on receipt of price.
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Mra
Ambrose Orser
Flyinburg, Ont
T. Milburn Co., Limited
Tereato
Ont
Edmonton Awaits Government Plan For Moth Planes
Ottawa officials report two formal requests for the shipment of two Moth planes under the light-aero club scheme. Edmonton wires that its airport is ready and its application is in the mail, backed by Albertans and clubmen. Montreal flyers have shown interest and more may follow as maintenance standards are pledged. A stray ad for Mother Graves Worm Exterminator appears with no relevance.
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Department of National Defence
Ottawa
Edmonton
Alta
Montreal
Canada to Redeem Dominion Loans on December First
Canada will redeem thirty seven million in Dominion loans from revenue on December 1. Of this, twenty nine million is 514 per cent five year Victory renewal loan with the rest in treasury notes. Sixty three million in Os per cent Victory loans also due December 1. Plan is to meet as much as possible from revenues and issue a refunding loan for the balance to cut interest by at least one per cent annually.
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Dominion
Treasury
First Commercial Plane Reaches Yukon
Lieut. A. D. Cruickshank landed the Queen of the Yukon at White Horse Yukon Territory after a flight from Skagway. The inaugural trip marks Yukon Airways and Exploration Company's entry for freight mail and passenger service with exploration aims. White Horse to serve as base for operations. The monoplane was transported from Vancouver to Skagway by steamer.
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A. D. Cruickshank
White Horse
Yukon Territory
Yukon
Skagway
Yukon Airways and Exploration Company
Vancouver
Most Northerly Post and Tallest Island Claim
The Canadian Government post at Bache Peninsula on Ellesmere Island is described as the world's northernmost police post post office and customs house. Sunday Island in the Pacific is claimed to be the tallest island rising 2 000 feet from five miles of water, implying a height near 30 000 feet.
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Bache Peninsula
Ellesmere Island
Arctic
North Pole
Sunday Island
Pacific
Ex-Emperor Wilhelm Blames German Failures on Faith
The New York World reports Wilhelm II in Liberty interview criticizing Germany’s defeat as due to lack of obedience to God and unwillingness to bear the worst. The article contrasts his lavish life with his people’s suffering and cites his midnight departure for Holland as submission to fate.
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Holland
Wilhelm
New York World
Vickers Aircraft Factory to Expand in Montreal
Increased aviation activity in Canada boosts business for Vickers Limited Montreal. A proposed expansion will add a new building to the plant, already enlarged last autumn with a new shop. Thirty two machines are in construction or on order, including twelve Avro airplanes for the Canadian Government.
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Canada
Vickers, Limited
Montreal
Avro
Aristocrat Czars Premier Acknowledges Waldorf Waiter Career
A six footer with a spike tailed coat at the Waldorf in New York identifies himself as William Schurch de Witte once a famed Czars premier. Now a floor waiter, he rose from the kitchen in six months and says he has more self respect than from bridge games or tea parties in New York. He stayed incognito until a female guest recognized him.
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the Waldorf
New York
William Schurch de Witte
Kitchen Bay
New York City
Deaf Children Band Of Twelve Performs In Wisconsin School
A group of twelve totally deaf children at the Wisconsin School for the Deaf formed a band dedicated to rhythm and discipline. They recently staged a concert featuring a march a dance and a lullaby using three cymbals one set of jingle bells one drum two tambourines two triangles and three miniature xylophones.
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Wisconsin School For the Deaf
Requisite on the Farm and Livestock Remedy Mentioned
Requisite on the Farm urges farmers to keep Dr Thomas Eclectric oil as a ready family remedy and a potent horse and cattle medicine. It claims superiority as a substitute for sweet oil in colic cases for animals. A separate note asks Mr Jones to join a charitable succor list for starving heathen funds.
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Thomas
Mr. Jones
Dialogue Snippet Reflects Domestic Banter
A brief exchange shows Dorothy asking about a husband and baby while Dorie notes others share the sentiment. The text then shifts to a factual aside explaining that fish adjust depth via an internal air bladder.
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Custan
Minard
Central
West Indies
Buckingham Palace
Anne Boleyn
Henry VIII
Horace Walpole
Victoria
Germany
Kaiser
George Sylvester Viereck
Liberty
Wilhelm Hohenzollern
Aircraft Factory of Vickers, Limited
Holloway
Halifax
Antonia
Plymouth
Havre
Athenita
Belfast
Liverpool
Glasgow
Ascanta
ST. John
N.B
Athenia
UOT
Ot Cunard Steam Ship Co., Limited
Main Street
Winnipeg
Band of Twelve
Wisconsin
Dorie
Dorothy
Bayer
Tschists
Bayer Company
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