Thurber’s Fairy Tale for Grownups in Enchanted Forest
Book notice reviews James Thurber’s The White Deer as a fairy tale for grownups. It describes a whimsical world with kings wizards and enchanted deer, blending sweetness wit and surreal magic likely to charm readers with a youthful heart.
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James Thurber
Three puddings for cold weather meals from Ottawa experts
The Dominion Department of Agriculture in Ottawa offers three puddings to warm winter meals. Cranberry Pudding, Oatmeal Fig Pudding, and Chocolate Batter Pudding come with a new Jelly Sauce. each recipe details ingredients, mixing steps, and baking or steaming times for eight servings.
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Dominion Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Oil Wildcat Fight Near Mason's Pasture
Gary Mason and Hagerty push a wildcat oil well despite a looming injunction. Lawyer Slide Ellis fights over alleged title flaws tied to Elihu Plummer's heirs while Oliver Kimball backs a refinery hold. The battle heats as the drilling continues into a steamy Texas dawn.
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Hickey
Gary
Hughey
Ello
Gothergill
Harvey Mason
Mason
Harvey
Oliver Kimball
Mona Lee
Oliver
Paterson
Tallman
Mr. Mason
Slide Ellis
Ellis
Upsairs
Ol Kimball
Elihu Plummer
Slide
Plummer
Plumimer
Texas
Feller
Adelaide
Practical household tips from a bygone column
Informational Q and A covers economizing coal by ash-sifting, waterproofing shoes with neatsfoot oil, drying a head cold with borax, making varnish flow with hot water, and reviving moist crackers by baking. The piece closes noting Victor Herbert as an Irishborn composer with a cosmopolitan background.
No Place Like Home Poem Fragment
A fragment laments no true home after war and peril. The poem contrasts soldiers sailors and others returning from conflict with a bleak sense that home remains elusive and unsafe for many. The speaker underscores shared longing for stable shelter amid lingering danger and disruption.
Helps Check Colds Quickly with Paradol Reminder
A vintage health note advises starting Paradol at early cold symptoms such as headache and body pains. It recommends hot lemonade or ginger tea and bed rest for relief, with a repeat dose if needed and throat gargling with Paradol solution. The ad promises the remedy does not disappoint.
Amazing Piles Relief Offer Promises Free Trial
An advertisement urges readers with itching swelling and pain from piles to try Hem-Roid a home remedy. It claims four actions easing bowel pain itching soreness and promoting healing with quick reliable results and a money back guarantee if not satisfied. The sponsor is a longstanding Canadian company offering a free trial.
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Aoe
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Canada
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