A Stranger Seeks Quiet Home With Blaisdells
Mr. John Smith arrives at the Blaisdell home seeking quiet, work, and questions about his Blaisdell ancestry. The family debates offering shelter to him and to Maggie Duff, while Benny describes Aunt Jane’s thrift and the idea of hiring him for domestic work.
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James D. Blaisdell
Blaisde
Harriet
Maggie
Mr. Smith
Mr. Chalmers
Blaisdells
Blaisdell
Amie
Maggie Duff
Magek
Benny
Frank
Jane
Flora Blaisdell
James Blaisdell
Mr. Blaisdell
Flora
Dr. Fowler's Remedy Promoted For Digestive Ailments
An advertisement extols Dr. Fowler's solution for diarrhoea dysentery cholera and stomach cramps. It warns against substitutes and cites a testimonial from Samuel Buckler of Txtama che Nova Scotia praising rapid relief after Western Canada illness. The genuine price is shown as 50 cents.
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Western Canada
Aunt Jane Meets a Boarder at the Keyhole
Benny brings Mr. Smith to Aunt Jane in a tense hallway scene as Uncle Frank debates repairs and Aunt Jane weighs the idea of a paying boarder. Mr. Smith asks for a four room with board, promising arrival from her husband’s brother and a possible welcome.
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Benny
Aunt Jane
Mr. Smith
Frank
Jane
Ca tarrhozone Brings Quick Relief for Catarrh
Catarrh is blamed for head and chest pain rather than rheumatism or neuraglia. Catarrhozone promises healing for chronic throat bronchitis and catarrh via inhalation. The inhaler delivers soothing agents directly to breathing passages, working where the trouble lies. Large two month supply for $1.00, small 50c, sample 25c, sold by Catarrhozone Co. Montreal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catarrhozone Co
Montreal
Hidden Hazards As Gas Light Flares In A Hallway
In a tense scene Mrs. Blaisdell tends Benny as they guide Mr. Smith through a dim house. A gas burner flares and the room grows oppressive, with every visible object covered or in use and the air closing in around Smith. The moment ends with a cliffhanger as Smith senses danger.
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Mr. Smith
Benny
Smith
Cultivation of Flax Marks Growing Canadian Interest
The article notes a global flax market opportunity as Russia’s flax output plunged from 1,151,998,320 lbs in 1913 to 90,282,000 lbs in 1920. Canadian scientists begun field tests at Ottawa to develop fibre crops, with retting plans and comparisons of warp and weft grades.
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Canada
Russia
Ottawa
Canada Faces Immigration Surge and Labor Pressure
The Calgary Herald notes reduced publicity for British immigration to Canada but reports 200000 Britons arrive yearly with more awaiting passage. Despite harvest needs, unemployment in cities remains high and land placement for newcomers is limited this season.
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Britain
Canada
Calgary Herald
Prospector Party Reports Oil Rush After Mackenzie Route Find
Walter Murphy and companions report finding a new pass through the Rockies and a river they named the McMurphy. They reached Prince Rupert and Edmonton, staking oil lands at Fort Norman as a large gusher draws crowds from the Edmonton direction.
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Rocky Mountains
McMurphy
Fort Norman
Wilds
North
Walter Murphy
David McRae
Charles MacDonald
Howard Colley
Prince Rupert
Edmonton
Vancouver
Jack McDonald
Nick Grodsky
Mackenzie River Valley
Condor Stalks Airplane During Lima to Cuzco Flight
An enormous condor chased an airplane flown by Signor Rolandi from Lima to Cuzco. The Italian aviator completed the 700 mile journey in about three hours and forty minutes as the bird lingered near the aircraft, seemingly preparing to strike.
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Andes Mountains
Signor Rolandi
Lima
Cuzco
The
Inca
Notable bias toward brawn over intellect in modern thought
The passage decries the enduring admiration for physical prowess over intellect among most people. It contrasts contemporary progress with the ancient Romans, arguing that even today society values brute strength and material force above mind and character.
Forest Rangers Probe Radio Phone Use Near Lesser Slave Lake
Dominion Forestry Branch official E H Finlayson says wireless telephony may aid rangers protecting reserves around Lesser Slave Lake. He is touring the district and will decide on next steps after his inspection report. The piece notes etiquette in the Book of Rites and common tendency to fault others’ merits.
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Lesser Slave Lake
E. H. Finlayson
Dominion Forestry Branch
Finlayson
Air Bicycle Delivers First Manpowered Flight
Gabriel Poulain won a 10000 franc prize for the first manpowered aeroplane flight. He rode a bicycle like craft with wings and a propeller and flew about three feet off the ground in loops, the longest reaching 35 feet.
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Gabriel Poulain
Poulain
Mounted Police convoy heads to James Bay by overland route
Inspector Phillips of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police leads a party of Mounted Police from Regina to James Bay. They travel by Cumberland House and Churchill River by canoe, with full equipment to cover the summer stay and fall return. The journey continues to Belcher Island by police boat. The article also notes a Chinese brush for painting the Jetters of the Chinese alphabet.
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Inspector Phillips
R.C.M.P
Mounted Police
Regina
James Bay
Belcher Island
Cumberland House
Churchill River
Bay
A Valuable Discovery in Magnesite Calcining
C D Oliver of Vancouver discovers a new calcining method for hydro magnesite with the first deposit at Watson Lake near Vancouver. British Columbia holds a monopoly. other regions hold similar deposits. The method proves successful and may reduce imports from California.
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C D. Oliver
Vancouver
British Columbia
Watson Lake
California
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Eleanor H. Porter
Ebenezer
Fitele
John Smith
Hattie Blaisdell
Hattie
Jim
Groc’ry
Uncle Frank
DR. Fowler
New River
Condor
Fletcher
Castoria
B.C
West Florida Coast
Ags
King OF
Pain
Rea At
Yarmouth
N.B
Minard
Liniment
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