Opening Doors By
In a house and garden plan that grew from sketches and ideas Murray and I shared We picture a bright home with ample light and orderly design yet a life where children may play freely We discuss national change balance between individual and community and the pride in a modern yet domestic woman We plan the children’s futures Rupert Nicolas and Nicolas’s future in faith and family while wondering about careers and independence for the daughter Nicolas
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Murray
Margaret Anne
Solomon
Rupert
Nicolas
Alywin
Grandpa Alywin
Mrs Anderson and Mrs Kersey Endorse Lydia Pinkham’s Remedy
Two letters from Canadian and New York women describe relief after using Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. Mrs Anderson of Leslie Saskatchewan reports relief from distressing pains and headaches after a year of discomfort. Mrs Kersey of Copenhagen New York says she regained strength and can do housework and help her husband.
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Leslie
Lydia E. Pinkham
Oscar A. Anderson
Cope
N. Y
Lydia Pinkham
Teddy Murray’s Restless Postwar Dilemma in Winnipeggia
In Chapter Eight Murray welcomes his 18 year old brother Teddy to Winnipeg after the war. Now twenty, Teddy is unsettled and resists college, weighing options from the Mounted Police to Peace River prospects and even South America clerking, while his parents and Mrs Algwin advise differently.
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Murray
Teddy
Winnipeg
England
Teddy Algwin Comes East for Change and Family Ties
Teddy Algwin, fourteen when last with his relatives, moves to Winnipeg for work and to be near Murray and his family. He lands a bank position, rooms at the YMCA, and, while popular and generous, drifts into a fast crowd, prompting Murray to push discipline while the narrator hopes the visit will strengthen family bonds.
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Teddy
Algwin
Murray
Y.M.C.A
Cub
Many Rejections Among 106 071 Applicants to British Army
The Hamilton Spectator reports that over 51 000 of 106 071 who offered to join the British army were rejected. The high rejection rate is attributed to the army resuming a strict standard of admission and numerous applicants whose physique had been harmed by the war.
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Hamilton Spectator
Engineer cites efficiency gains from machinery use
An engineer states that 5000 people, aided by machinery, now perform the work that required 16,000,000 people a generation ago. The remark highlights drastic productivity improvements and scale in industrial output.
Mon built sleeping cars for Canadian National Railway
Thirty new all electric sleeping cars for transcontinental service feature upper berths with secure curtains, private dressing rooms with movable wing mirrors and electric lights, boudoir seating, dual berth curtains for privacy, advanced ventilation, exhaust fans, and multi pipe heating. Cars weigh 169 400 pounds, have anti telescoping devices, green plush interiors, and list of station names such as Algonquin Allandale Amherst Battleford Biggar Brantford Campbellton Dorval Goderich Hamilton Ingersoll Jellicoe Kitchener Lachine Lindsay London Matapedia Melville Oshawa Pembroke Regina Rest gouche Sarnia Stratford St Catharines St Annes Wainwright Watrous Windsor Woodstock. Algonquin first to reach the west prompting admiration.
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Canadian Nationa Railways
Canadian Car and Foundry Company
Montreal
Algonquin
Allandale
Amherst
Battleford
Biggar
Brantford
Campbellton
Dorval
Goderich
Hamilton
Ingersoll
Jellicoe
Kitchener
Lachine
Lindsay
London
Matapedia
Melville
Oshawa
Pembroke
Regina
Restgouche
Sarnia
Stratford
St. Catharines
St. Annes
Wainwright
Watrous
Windsor
Woodstock
No Sense Way to Grow Rich Quick Quote
A president of a music publishing firm offers a supposed easy path to wealth. The vice-president asks for the idea and it is proposed to recruit inmates from a lunatic asylum to write songs for them. This remark, attributed to the Baltimore American, reflects a stark, controversial exchange.
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Baltimore American
Seaside Soprano Station Debates Hall Seating
In a London Mail exchange the Seaside Soubrette notes the soprano’s strong hall voice and observes audience members leaving to make space. The playful dialogue captures a moment of performance and audience reaction.
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London Mail
Registrants Held for Military Service Share Stated
Of the registrants, 36.22 percent were held for military service, reflecting a significant portion deferred or assigned to service. The report notes a breakdown by categories and implications for local manpower.
Lake of Fire at Kilauea Drains After Earthquakes
Reports to the Department of the Interior describe Kilauea's Lake of Living Fire draining after subterranean tremors. The crater surface dropped 600 feet below the rim while gas and lava bursts issued from cracks. May 1922 saw prior disappearances and later partial fillings, with a dramatic May 12 surge producing over 2,006,000 cubic yards of lava in a day across more than forty five acres.
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Department of the Interior
Washington
Hawaii National Park
Kilauea
Oldest Plant In World Found In Coal Ball Near Harrisburg
The University of Chicago has obtained the oldest known plant specimen, preserved for centuries, from a coal ball in a Harrisburg Illinois mine. Paleobotany professor Dr Aleph C Noe notes coal balls preserve interior life while surrounding matter becomes coal. This discovery advances knowledge of ancient plants millions of years old.
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University of Chicago
America
Aleph C. Noe
Harrisburg
Illinois
Noe
Daughter's music debt fuels neighbor dispute
A mother laments her daughter's costly music, while a guest quips that a neighbor sued her over the matter, reflecting a domestic dispute stirred by ongoing expenses and legal contention.
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Boston Traveler
Indian Students Tackle Large Multiplication Tables
Students in India face learning the multiplication table up to forty times forty and the added complexity of fractional parts. The challenge highlights curriculum breadth and math proficiency needs across schools.
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India
Fooling the Hen Clock Regulates Lights for Hens
A Utility Bulletin describes the cackle switch an invention for farmers. It is a clock with an on and off switch to automatically turn hen house lights on at dark or early morning and off after the desired hours of light, aimed at extending the hens working day and increasing egg yield.
Minard's Remedy Prevents Wind Chapped Hands
A brief note recommends Minard's cases and heals chapped hands by rubbing it on before going out in windy conditions as a preventive measure.
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Minard
Silence as a social bugbear and its effects in urban life
A London Daily Mail quote laments silence in crowded flats and its toll on nerves, noting how extreme quiet can drive people to morbidity or insanity. It contrasts desert and plains isolation with city hush and questions if silence can ever be truly pleasant. The note then adds a historical aside: bicycle manufacturing began in France in 1863.
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Imperial Tobacco Company of Canada Limited
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Chapter
C.N.R
MeOn
Canada
Jemima
Muskard
Lornees
Hawaii
Lake of Fire
California
Ilinois
London Daily Mail
France
Cuthura
Purc
Maybelle Brett
Pullman
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