The Singing Fool by Hubert Dail synopsis
Al Stone a singing waiter and songwriter is discovered by Broadway producer Marcus. Molly, a ballad singer at Blackie Joes, marries Al to rise in fame. Grace, a cigarette girl who loves Al, is left behind as Molly’s career grows. Molly has a baby named Junior and Grace reconciles but loses interest in her child and rekindles her romance with John Perry after seeing Molly with him.
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al Stone
Blackie Joe
New York
Marcus
Molly
Blackie’s
Grace
Little Junior
John Perry
Dolores Costello
Jack Barrymore
Bush
Herman
Perry
John
Night on Broadway at Club Bombo with Al Stone
Broadway scene centers on Al Stone at the Club Bombo as he wields fame from Blackie Joe's to attract crowds. Molly confronts love and money in a glamorous setting while John Perry pressures her to choose between loyalty to Al and a chance at romance.
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Broadway
BOMBO
al Stone
Blackie Joe's
Blackie’s
Al's
Molly and John Perry Entwine in Dim Club This Night
Molly fiercely declares her belief in their bond while John Perry confesses growing longing. In a limo the pair kiss and cling amid secrecy as Molly masks her affair with rouge and a handkerchief before alighting at the Club Bombo where Al awaits. (To Be Continued.)
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Molly
John Perry
Junior
Perry
John
Farm Incomes Higher In Western Provinces
The average cash income per farm home in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta last year was 2544 dollars excluding home produced foods. This marks a 75 dollar rise from the year before. Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil remains a leading remedy praised as the oil of the people with widespread use.
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Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Thomas
Wealthiest German Kaiser Wilhelm worth 119 million
The text notes ex Kaiser Wilhelm remains the wealthiest German with an estimated estate of 500000000 gold marks about 119 million dollars. It also remarks a past driving test success does not guarantee future qualification and warns against trading with declining businesses.
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Kaiser Wilhelm
Textbook Revisions Sought Over Canadian History Content
Morffreal Gazette reports Vilhjalmur Stefansson urging Canadian authorities to revise school texts used in Canada that are written in the United States. He cites misrepresentations of climate, geography, and flora, and calls for updating historic facts and sourcing from current field observations.
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United States
Vilhjalmur Stefansson
Canada
Stefansson
Explorer
Winnipeg
Alberta
Morffreal Gazette
Little Helps For This Week
A short piece of inspirational quotes on acceptance of one’s lot and enduring hardships. It cites lines from Genesis and Amiel, Beecher’s advice to till life’s rough ground, and ends with a product plug for Hollows Way’s Corn Remover.
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Henry Ward Beecher
Germany leads in air transportation metrics in 1928
The United States leads in mail carried and miles flown, but Germany surpasses the world in operating airways, passengers carried, commercial mileage per aircraft, and freight and express tonnage. Canada ranks second in passengers with 74,689 and third in freight.
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United States
Germany
Canada
Timber resources threaten empire needs and forests
The London Times warns Britain and empire that timber supplies are dwindling and waste must stop. It calls for new reserves, reforestation, and use of waste lands to create jobs and wealth, citing farmer and municipal action as beneficial.
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The
London Times
British Empire
Canada
Great Britain
France Sending Immigrants To Canada
Arrival of the first actual settlers from France to Canada after many years signals a wave of over twenty families due to settle on farm land. Two French families of about a dozen reached Montreal aboard the Cunarder Ascania under the Colonization Department of the Canadian National Railways.
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France
Canada
Montreal
Ascania
Colonization Department
Canadian National Railways
Kitchen Noise Sparks Collision of Platters and Cups
A humorous exchange highlights a kitchen mishap as a cook or family member breaks three platters and two cups, eliciting a wry comment about the noise created. The dialogue captures domestic bustle and playful frustration in a rural or period setting.
Copper slabs and bricks used as coins worldwide
The article notes that copper slabs in Sweden and bricks of tea in China were once used as currency. It also mentions tobacco milk cattle and salt serving as forms of money in historical economies.
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Sweden
China
Feasibility of Sahara Inland Sea Project Explored
Engineers consider digging a 170 mile canal 210 yards wide and 39 yards deep from near Biskra to the Gulf of Gabes to join eight saline lakes and create a 14,000 square mile inland sea in the Sahara. Ancient prophecies may be fulfilled if carried out.
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Sahara
Biskra
Gulf of Gabes
Algeria
Surprising Early Alarm Clock From Germany Circa 1600
A 17th century German alarm clock from around 1600 featured a long horizontal dial and a striking mechanism that rang at 90. The clock’s owners likely faced frequent oversleeping due to its unreliability.
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Germany
Baby's Own Tablets Promised for Child Ailments
A vintage advertisement urges parents to keep Baby's Own Tablets for childhood illnesses. It touts relief from indigestion constipation stomach upset and fevers and cites a Quebec mother testimonial. The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario sells boxes for 25 cents.
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Que
Dr. Williams’' Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
A Fruitful Cherry Tree at Salem Oregon
A cherry tree in Salem Oregon over 70 years old yielded 1157 pounds of cherries this year and earned 115.70 dollars. The tree stands ten feet around the base and the body is sound, per caretaker R B Shinn who tends it.
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Salem
Oregon
R. B. Shinn
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Hubert Dail
Lydia B. Pinkham
Lydia E Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
U.S.A
Cobourg
N. U. 1802
Mary Bradley
Henri Frederic Amiel
Holloway
Leerie
Qnfreadi
Pars Adian
Lin —_ RON
Attery Oman
Kellogg
Minard
Nn. Gillett CO. Ltd
Toronto, Can
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