Boarder Seeks Year-Long Room Amid Blaisdell Family
A genealogist named Mr. Smith visits the Blaisdell home in Charlestown to arrange boarding for a year. Mrs. Blaisdell pitches the terms while her daughter Millicent and Benny add chatter about car rides and social plans.
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Mellicent
Smith
Benny
Aunt Jane
Jane Blaisdell
Jane
Mr. Smith
Blaisdell
Mrs. Blais
Carl
Mrs. Blaisdell
Millicent
Witts
Mr Smith
Millicentis
Carl Pennock
Hillerton
Frank
Flora
Maggie
Blaisdells
Hastie
Margie
Hut
Benny and I
Holland House
Straining a Good Law and a Canadian Contract Laborer Case
A Canadian library expert was deported from the United States as a contract laborer after accepting a position with the New York Public Library. The incident draws debate on contract labor law and recalls a prior case of Rev. D Parker Morgan invited to Old New York pulpit, where authorities were pressured to overlook the contract labor rule.
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United States
Canada
New York Public Library
New York
D. Parker Morgan
Church of the Heavenly Rest
Regina
Relativity of the Bug on the Orange Problem
A playful physics puzzle asks the relative motion of a bug crawling around an orange tossed from a southbound train at ten mph. It considers Earth spin, orbital motions, and sun movement, asking for the bug’s time and spatial relations to Hercules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hercules
Electrically Driven Washington to Be Launched at Camden
The Washington, third U S battleship with electric drive, will be launched at Camden New Jersey early in September according to the Navy Department. It is a sister ship to the Maryland due to be turned over to the Navy in August, with the Colorado and West Virginia still under construction, all mounting 16 inch guns.
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Washington
United States
Camden
U.S. Navy Department
Maryland
Navy
Colorado
West Virginia
Novel Discoveries At Ur Reveal Prehistoric Babylonian Craft
British Museum explorer Cy Hall reports Ur, Abraham’s ancient starting point, thrived 2 300 years before Christ. Excavations yielded hollow copper heads with shell eyes and jasper teeth, cast copper construction, and bitumen fillings. Two wooden columns were clad in red black and white diamond scales bound by copper wire, a unique archaic sight.
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Cy Hall
British Museum
Abraham
Hall
Promised Land
Urengur
Babylonia
Daniel
Good Old Houses Offer Modern Comforts
The article argues against nostalgia for the good old days in home design. It praises modern building methods, materials, and craftsmanship that yield durable, comfortable houses at affordable prices. It notes postwar costs rose briefly but today offer real value per dollar.
Light reveals green sheen through gold leaf and turban weave
A leaf of gold placed between glass shows a green hue when held to light. A Turkish turban of the largest size contains from ten to twenty yards of the finest muslin.
Minnesota Wiscon sin bankers tour Alberta prospects
A party of American capital bankers led by G H Thacker from Minneapolis visited Edmonton and nearby districts. The quartet including R C Stuart, W A Loveland, and Otto E Born own about 2 million dollars in Alberta holdings. They praised Clover Bar Fort Saskatchewan Legal and Morinville areas and predicted increased cross border capital flow as opportunities grow. Their tour highlighted strong agricultural development and promising investment climate in central and northern Alberta.
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Minnesota
Wisconsin
Edmonton
G. H. Thacker
Thacker Bond and Mortgage Company
Minneapolis
R. C. Stuart
Ripon State Bank
Ripon
Wis
W. A. Loveland
Bank of Monticello
Monticello
Otto E. Born
Kraemer-Born
Fond du Lac
Alberta
Clover Bar
Fort Saskatchewan
Legal
Morinville
Thacker
The Unfortunate Rich and Child Health in Summer
A Chicago child welfare survey shows malnutrition higher among wealthy families. Fifty percent of North Side children are underweight versus eighteen percent near the stockyards. Experts blame bottle feeding and rich foods. remarks from Ottawa Journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Chicago
American Medical Association
Ottawa Journal
Millions For Good Roads In Saskatchewan Plan
The Hon. Archie McNab announces 2 500 000 will be spent on road making in Saskatchewan this year. The government program aims to build 7 200 miles of new trunk roads in three years, with this year as the first. Buying from local merchants aids community prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archie McNab
Saskatchewan
Where Strawberries Come From
Since the season opened 44 carloads of strawberries have been shipped from Okanagan British Columbia to points east and west. The fruit was packed in refrigerating cars and moved by passenger trains. Traders praised the freight service by the railway companies.
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Okanagan
B.C
Points Est
Buy at Home Slogan Aims to Boost Local Prosperity
The message urges residents to keep spending within the district to enhance both their own and neighbors' prosperity, promoting a local cash cycle across the community.
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Eleanor HL. Porter
Robert Chalmers
Melficent
Gaus
Katie Moore
Bess
Mr.mith
Rich
Pennocks
Gussie
Fred
Rand Pase
Aes
U.S
American Capital
Tay Auto
Whitmore
Whitmore’s
Whitmore Manufacturing Co
Cleveland
Ohio
Winnipeg
Toronto
McDermot Ave
Montreal
Scarth Bt
North
Vancouver
Victoria
Pacific Coast
Rockies
Points
Ontario
Manitoba
Calgary
Erta
Vis Looma
Tofield
G.T.P
Jasper Park
Mount Robson
Canadian National Railways
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