Al Stone and Molly Winton Saga Ends With A Child Kidnapping Flight
Al Stone a singing waiter and songwriter loses his family when Molly Winton elopes with John Perry taking their son Junior. Al mourns his Broadway life, contemplates selling out, and pleads to see Junior before Molly sails for France. Molly agrees to a brief meeting before the boat departs.
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al Stone
Blackie Joe
New York
Molly Winton
Molly
Junior
John Perry
Billy Cline
Bombo
Broadway
France
Perry
John
86Th Street
Billy
Cline
96Th Street
Muvver
Phillips Milk of Magnesia Antacid Claim
An ad touts Phillips Milk of Magnesia as a standard, safe antacid used by physicians for 50 years. A single spoonful neutralizes acid quickly, leaving the stomach sweet and pain gone within minutes, urging readers to choose this best solution over crude methods.
Linguist Links Hare Indians to Navajo in Language Study
Dr. F K Li, University of Chicago graduate, leads a comparative philology study linking Hare Indians of Chipewyan and Fort Good Hope with Navajo Indians of Arizona. After three years examining Hare dialects he camped with the tribes around Fort Chipewyan and Fort Good Hope, finding no special admiration for the Hare Indian as such.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chipewyan
Fort Good Hope
Arizona
F. K. Li
University of Chicago
International
Canada
Fort Chipewyan
Washable Outer Garments Advocated By Professor Hill
Professor Leonard Hill urged a reform toward washable outer garments for men at the Sanitary Inspectors Association conference. He compared men's clothing to women's and argued washing reduces weight and enhances hygiene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Hill
The
Sanitary Inspectors’ Association
Restoring the Dead Through Electric Heart Stimulation
An Australian scientist showcased a device at the Sydney Medical Congress that revives apparently dead individuals using a needle to stimulate heart muscles with electricity. The piece discusses life as linked to electrical energy, the potential to measure nerve activity, and a larger aim to map metabolism, the brain, and spinal bases toward a broader realization of life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney Medical Congress
Vancouver Sun
Booking office lesson meets seaside transport pun
A teacher tests pupils on railway terms and faces a sharp reply from a boy. The class discusses the booking office and tickets as a father takes a seaside day, but the boy Dowser blurts out that he would need to pawn his tools to take the seat.
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Dowser
Saskatchewan plans royal show livestock exhibit in Toronto
Will exhibit at the forthcoming Royal Show in Toronto with about 50 head of horses six cattle a carload of sheep and a carload of hogs according to J G Robertson livestock commissioner for Saskatchewan. Poultry exhibits will also be shown.
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Saskatchewan
Toronto
J. G. Robertson
Persian Balm and its diverse uses praised
A brief notice extols Persian Balm as irresistible and cooling. It claims the product softens and whitens hands, invigorates the skin, and offers youthfulness. It samples applications for men as a hair fixative or shaving lotion and for children as soothing protection for tender skin.
Saskatoon Expands Residential District At Steady Pace
Saskatoon is expanding its residential section at about two homes daily with strong demand. Since year start the city has sold over 470 lots totaling more than $113,269 in the market for housing and development.
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Saskatoon
Alberta Telephone System expands with 2300 miles of lines
The Alberta Government reports more than 2300 miles of new telephone lines laid this year, highlighting the expansion of the province's communications network.
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Alberta
Water glass production process described
A description explains the making of water glass by heating sand and sodium carbonate together, detailing the chemical reaction that forms a soluble silicate compound used in various industrial applications.
Anglicising Foreign Names In Music History
A discussion of how foreign musician and composer names lose dignity when Anglicised. Verdi becomes Joseph Green, Wagner Cartwright, Bach Brook, Weber Weaver, Strauss Nosegay, Handel trades, Haydn heather, Loewe lion, Cherubini cherub, Rossini red, Schumann shoeman, Schonberg mountain, and Tito Mattei would be Timothy Matthews for an Englishman.
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Guiseppe Verdi
Joseph Green
Wagner
Cartwright
Bach
Brook
Weber
Weaver
Strauss
Straus
Germany
Handel
Haydn
Himmel
Loewe
Cherubini
Rossini
Schumann
Schonberg
Tito Mattei
Timothy Matthews
Guard the Children From Autumn Colds
The fall season brings rapid weather changes and a high risk of colds for babies. Baby's Own Tablets are promoted as a preventive and curative aid, described as gentle laxative and bowel-clearing, priced at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co. Brockville Ont.
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Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville, Ont
British Census Takers Map England and Wales for 1931
British census maps prepared for 1931 cover every street and alley across England and Wales. The land is divided into 50 areas with a census chief for each, ensuring no one is missed, including travelers. Census forms reach homes, workhouses, hospitals, prisons, and lodging houses to tally 40 million residents.
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England
Wales
Little Helps For This Week Lamplight of Cheer Quote
Excerpt encourages cheerful living and sharing joy with others. It cites Acts chapter twenty seven verse twenty three and Lydia M Child urging readers to avoid gloom. The note suggests that kindness and pleasant company refresh others and ease daily burdens.
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Lydia M. Child
R-101 Trials Praised as Successful Airship Tests
Britain awards air worthiness to the giant dirigible R-191 after a 300 mile flight. Anxiety before flight is said to be dispelled as construction experiments prove successful and fuel efficiency leads experts to expect further trials with the R-100.
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Great Britain
Dominion plans reindeer breeding in barren northern lands
The Financial Post notes the Dominion Government aims to breed reindeer in Canada’s barren northern areas and transform unproductive zones into wealth. It praises Arctic fringe tundra as a potential reserve food supply and foresees the north’s transformation into wealth and tourist value.
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Dominion
Canada
Canadian
Pacific
Arctic
Financial Post
Turner Valley Oil Wells Reach Active Operations
About 90 separate oil well operations are under way in Turner Valley in addition to 29 producing wells. The producing wells yield a monthly output of 122000 barrels with value over 5 million dollars per year. The monthly payroll for 1110 workers runs to 250000 dollars.
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Turner Valley
Empress Hotel Expands With 280-Room Wing
Officials announce the Empress Hotel will add a 280 room wing to accommodate Victoria as a winter resort. Completion expected before Christmas, probably by December 15th, with all details finished.
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Victoria
Empress Hotel
New Westmin ster Seeks Deepened Pacific Ship Channel
City authorities of New Westminster apply to deepen the deep sea ship channel from the city to the sea to accommodate any Pacific operating vessel.
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New Westminster
B.C
Pacific
Student and Tailor Exchange Bitter Bill Delays
A student pleads inability to pay this week while the tailor coldly recalls the prior promise. The student defends that he has kept his word, highlighting tension over owed payment and punctuality.
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Atc
Singing Foo
Hubert Oail
Warner Brea Pictures, Inc
Stone
Daddy
Royal Show
Minard
Holloway
Lydia E. Pinkham
Delvena Wallace
Union Street
North Devon
New Brunswick
Lydia
Pinkham
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