Al Stone Returns to Blackie Joe's in a Faded Dream
Al Stone, once a popular singing waiter at Blackie Joe's, wanders back to the old club after Molly Winton's disappearance and his public fall from grace. He is recognized by Blackie, who welcomes him and urges a reunion with the staff and Grace Farrel, while Al struggles with his faded fame and unresolved love.
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al Stone
Blackie Joes
New York
Grace Farrel
Molly Winton
Junior
Molly
John Perry
Als
Perry
Andores
France
Broadway
Grace
Whch
Blackie Joe
Blackie
G'wan
Black’e
Blacke
Marcus
Blackie Recoils From Al as Past Hearts and Fights Return
Blackie confronts Al about their strained memories and Molly while admitting his own past defeat by a woman. Al shows rare life but remains sardonic as Blackie offers support, and a waiter interrupts with a customer request before the scene continues.
Baby's Own Tablets A Help To Mothers
A Canadian medicine ad promotes Baby's Own Tablets as a mild laxative that regulates bowels, eases indigestion, and helps teething. It claims early use prevents illness, cites a testimonial from Mrs. B. G. Carver of Lyndale, P E I, and lists mail order at 25 cents per box from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
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B. G. Carver
Lyndale
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Scientists Locate New Lead Ore Deep Underground In Derbyshire
In England a lead mine that had “petered out” was revived by two young schoolmasters who built an ore detector. They found a new lead ore body 1000 feet down worth about 250000 dollars. Mine owners, trusting science, reemployed miners and opened the ore body through a tunnel, and the mine now operates at full capacity.
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England
Derbyshire
Polticians
Science
Vancouver Sun
Wonderful For Indigestion
A historical ad touts Bisulated Magnesia Bisurated Magnesia as a fast relief for indigestion gas sourness nausea and after eating pains. It claims instant relief in many cases with pleasant and inexpensive use and urges readers to ask their druggist.
Child marriages and ancient church works cited in India and London
The report notes more than 25 million Indian girls married before sixteen, including 218 thousand under five and 2 million under ten. It also cites 15,139 widows under fifteen in India and mentions eight London churches with fourteenth and fifteenth century works.
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India
Ancient Eskimo Culture Unearthed On St Lawrence Island
Smithsonian scientist Henry B. Collins Jr reports a fifty foot deep frozen mesa on St Lawrence Island preserves a thousand year old Eskimo culture. Thousands of ivory bone and wooden artifacts reveal an advanced art form with decorative lines surpassing modern Eskimo work. The discovery suggests western origins for Eskimo culture, predating Canadian and Greenland finds, possibly tied to iron introduction.
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Henry B. Collins, Jr
Smithsonian
Alaska
St. Lawrence Island
Ales Hidicks
Diamond Jenness
National Museum of Canada
Collings
Siberia
Canada
Greenland
Incredible Human Ostrich Feats Reported in Historic Accounts
A Stratford telegraph operator died in an Essex asylum from asphyxia after swallowing stones grass leaves wood and scrap iron. A London Hospital case known as The Champion Ostrich swallowed cork tin foil pens iron ring leather strap strings and numerous odds and ends. Another man consumed over two pounds of broken lamp chimneys nails tacks screws and tumblers, turning his stomach into a dust-bin.
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Stratford
England
Essex County Lunatic Asylum
London Hospital
Curious Country Woman Irked by City Pedestrian Notice
An elderly rural woman paused in a crowded street to read a pedestrian notice. She muttered in disbelief and said she would not blame others if they grew angry at the urban traffic and signage.
Wet Paint Sign Prompts Dry Humor in Minard's Liniment Ad
A quip features a couplet about crying and a hanging sign reading Wet Paint. The ad copy promotes Minard's Liniment claiming relief from stiffness.
Long Lived War Leaders Four Who Bore Heavy Burdens
Fifteen years after World War I four leaders surpass eighty years. Gustav Stresemann died at fifty after health decline. Paul von Hindenburg, Joffre, Mackensen, and Georges Clemenceau reached octogenarian ages despite wartime burdens and crises.
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Stresemann
Hadenburg
Gustav Stresemann
Paul von Hindenburg
Hindenburg
Joffre
Mackensen
Georges Clemenceau
Miller's Worm Powders Promises Cure for Child Worms
An advertising blurb claims morbid stomach and intestinal conditions foster worms and that Miller's Worm Powders will destroy the worms, restore digestion, remove favorable conditions, and end the child's suffering.
Etna Steam To Supply Observatory Heating This Winter
Steam issuing from Mount Etna fissures near the main crater will be used this winter to supply the central heating plant of the volcobiological observatory on the mountain’s higher slopes. Professor Gaetano Ponte, director of the Etna observatory, announced the plan.
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Mount Etna
Volcobiological Observatory
Gaetano Ponte
Etna Observatory
How shall we address women senators in Canada
A Timely Question from the Lethbridge Herald debates proper forms of address for female senators, pondering whether Mrs Senator Mrs or plain Senator. The piece also spotlights Minard's Liniment and criticizes grafting on a steel foundation.
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Lethbridge Herald
Senator Smith
Little Helps For This Week and Miscellany
A mixed excerpt includes devotional reflections from William Burleigh, Thomas A Kempis, and Fenelon about seeking strength from God. It also advertises Holloway's Corn Remover promising scarless corns treatment. It notes wild duck breeding grounds in Canada’s Prairie Provinces and Japan’s population growth adding 900000 in 1926 and 1000000 in 1927.
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Prairie Provinces
Canada
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