Dear Cousin Stanley Opens A Hundred Thousand Windfall
A November shock hits Hillerton as a Chicago trust letter reveals a fortune from Stanley Fulton. Mellicent and family learn they are heirs to one of three shares of a $300,000 trust, with Frank and James Blaisdell and Flora Blaisdell named as recipients. The incident sparks astonishment and a surge of social drama.
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Mellicent
Jane
Pennock
Gaylord
Peter Gaylord
Miss Pearl
Pennocks
Carl
Gaylords
Melficent
Hillerton
Ned
Blake
Blaisdells
Blakes
Stanley G. Fulton
John Smith
Meilicent
Mr. Smith
Mr. Frank
Chicago
Fulton
South America
Frank C. Blaisdell
James A. Blaisdell
Flora R. Blaisdell
Inheritance Tax Sparks Family Parley and Surprises
The Blaisdells debate paying inheritance tax on a large fortune while relatives squabble over gifts and what to do with the money. Mellicent presses her mother to aid Aunt Maggie as cousins arrive with speculation and shock over the estate.
Mid Ocean Swim Aboard the Neith off Halifax
The Neith a 217 ton cutter sailed from Halifax with Syd ney Houghton and an amateur crew of Bell de Wolfe and Willard. They lay at Burnham on Crouch Essex after a voyage marked by a mid Atlantic swim and a severe lone gale. The crew recalled the perilous ride and the cook Sambo praying as the seas battered the vessel.
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Sydney Houghton
Bell
de Wolfe
Willard
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Burnham-on-Crouch
Essex
London Daily Mail
Newfoundland
mid-Atlantic
Sambo
South Sea Islanders Take to Golf in U.S. Tour
A group of South Sea Islanders on their first U.S. trip watched several golf games and now have golf paraphernalia en route to the South Seas.
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South Sea
Foch Warns Against Germany in Veterans Speech
Marshal Foch told veterans at Merlaux that Germany’s vanquished remain alive in spirit. He urged vigilance and strength, warning France cannot sleep soundly without risking a terrible awakening and must not abandon the fight for revenge.
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France
Marshal Foch
Merlaux
Tank Is a British Invention
The Daily Mail 1919 yearbook notes the tank as a British invention recognized in 1916 as pivotal in warfare. It describes large and light tank patterns, a Tank Corps, and tactics enabling infantry savings. Lieut.-Col. J E C Fuller, chief Tank Corps officer, published Tanks in the Great War in 1929.
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Daily Mail
London
J. E. C. Fuller
British Tank Corps
Heligolanders Seek British Reversion Post War
A London Sunday Pictorial note says Heligolanders agitate for self determination and want to be British again. The island served Germany only as a naval base, Germany lacks a navy, and islanders mostly aren’t German. under British rule life was easy, taxes low, and order kept by a single policeman.
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Germany
London Sunday Pictorial
A Witty Chauffeur and His Irish Retort
A chauffeur, silent unless spoken to, dispenses sharp wit in a broad brogue. When a party member assumes Irish origin, Pat replies that his people are not from Ireland but already there, prompting surprised laughter.
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Ireland
Pat
Buy from Local Merchants in Your Own Town
It pays to patronize home industry and support the merchants in your own town, encouraging local commerce and community prosperity.
The Seven Seas in Hindu Myth and World Structure
The Jur anas describe a circular flat earth with a 4 billion mile circumference and Mount Soomeroo at the center. Three golden peaks house deities, base mountains bear trees 8,800 miles tall, and seas of sugar cane juice spirituous liquor clarified butter curds milk and nectar lie beyond a salt sea, each sea ringed by its own continent.
Loyal Canadian Purchases and Local Dealer Support
A patriotic man stays loyal to his country and community. He prioritizes Canadian made goods when shopping and shows steady support for his local dealer.
A Dark Voyage Salesman
A salesman notes nice travel weather but the station agent fears travel after a past engagement in a tunnel.
Aspirin Warning About Bayer Brand Tablets
Do not use substitutes for genuine Bayer Tablets. Only packages with Bayer on the box or tablet ensure authentic Aspirin. Each Bayer package includes directions for Colds Headache Neuralgia Rheumatism Earache Toothache Lum bago and Pain. Tin boxes of twelve tablets cost a few cents. Made in Canada. Aspirin is the Bayer trademark registered in Canada.
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Bayer
Canada
Fame Came Unsought Tickler family wartime fame
The Tickler family gained unintended fame during the Great War as soldiers recalled the grenade shortage in France in 1914-15. Improvised bombs were made from jam tins filled with explosive and scrap metal, and those who used them called themselves Ickler's Artillery.
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Tickler
France
Ickler
Hair Forms Compared Across Racial Types
The article states two extremes in human hair: the negro hair is flat in section and curly, while the Mongolian hair is round and straight.
Safety patrols to guard dangerous road crossings
In England patrols are stationed at hazardous crossings to warn motorists and at bad stretches of road to improve highway safety.
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England
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Eleanor H. Porter
Cousin Stanley
Edward
Nortor
Melicent
W. NU
Frank Blaisdell
Mrs Jane
Hattie
Flora
Maggie
Foch
Fletcher
The
Seven Seas
Marine Co
Stanfield’s
Stanfield’s Limited
Trure, N.S
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