Charmian and Jimmy Bennett Stir Quiet Wellspring of Love
In Parmenter Chapter XX Charmian’s strained mood concerns Grandma Bently. The doctor suspects Charmian’s chill stems from a unresolved letter to Jimmy Bennett after a quarrel. Grandma reveals Bennett’s failure to respond and hints Charmian’s ongoing affection for him as a deeper cause.
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Charmian
Heaven
New England
Grandma
Sonny
Davises
John Carter
Grandma Bently
Bennett
Jimmy
California fruit farm plans stir Wickfield rumors
Grandma and Miss Lizzie exchange town gossip about Sarah Bennett buying a California fruit farm with Sophie as partner, leaving Jim and Wickfield affairs on hold. Luella Purdie faces family trouble, while Charmian worries over school and Charmian’s future. A worm remedy advertisement closes the installment.
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Jim
Errax
John Carter
Grandma
Charmian
Lizzie Baker
Sarah Bennett
Sonny
South Wickfeld
Ezra
R.F.D
Donne
Jim Bennett
Jimmy
Luella Moore Purdie
Edgar
South
Luella
Edgar Purtne
Lizzie
Gam Garfield
California
Gabriel
George K
Sarah
Wickfield
Sophie
Beebe Dives 800 Feet Beneath Atlantic in Steel Globe
Naturalist explorer William Beebe descended 800 feet into the Atlantic off Bermuda in a steel globe with fused quartz windows and oxygen tanks. He surpassed the previous deep diving depth of 325 feet and plans to go to more than half a mile, revealing a new world beneath the oceans.
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Asia
Australia
New York
William Beebe
Atlantic Ocean
Bermuda
Mr. Beebe
Beebe
Philadelphia Ledger
Plane carries car in flight as Captain Archibald debuts
Captain R D Archibald announced a new travel convenience after arriving in New York with an automobile he will carry on future flights. He plans to fly to Nova Scotia in the car aboard a tri motor plane under construction, weighing 1100 pounds and British made. The car sits three feet off the ground and is upholstered in red morocco.
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R. D. Archibald
Los Angeles
Sydney
N.S
New York
Archibald
Nova Scotia
Morocco
Emancipated Working Class and Decline of Drinking
Dr Weeks told the London Licensing Commission the working class is emancipated from alcohol and that population drinking habits are improving. The Daily Herald notes dreary days of excessive drinking are gone as living standards rise, reducing wretchedness and drink as a response.
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Dr. Weeks
London Licensing Commission
London Daily Herald
Names Instead Of Numbers In San Francisco Chinatown Exchange
In San Francisco Chinatown the telephone exchange uses names rather than numbers. With 4 200 subscribers, operators must identify callers by details such as street, business, or other characteristics when multiple John Smiths exist. The system relies on long distance memory to route calls.
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San Francisco
Chinatown
Telephone Exchange
John Smith
Empire telephone link to India via Rugby and Baltock
The post office department stated negotiations may enable England and India to be linked by telephone. If successful the service would resemble the Australia model with a transmitting station at Rugby and a receiving station at Baltock Hertfordshire, connecting most major parts of the empire.
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England
India
Post Office Department
Australia
Rugby
Baltock
Hertfordshire
Real Estate Offer Sparks Unusual Lease Pact
In a curious exchange, a man asks for a daughter with a conditional two year lease. The scene features a real estate broker agreeing to the unusual demand as a quick relief measure.
Centenarian planter sets 58th tree on old Orleans homestead
Cheney P. Whitney of Shortville New York returned to his Orleans homestead and planted a tree at age 93, marking his fifty eighth yearly spring planting since 1872. Every tree he has planted has thrived.
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Cheney P. Whitney
Shortville
N.Y
Orleans
Whitney
Timely Good Deeds Versus Delayed Mischief
A reflective adage warns that good deeds should be done now while bad acts can be postponed. The writer laments many people invert this order, spoiling the natural sequence of actions.
Mother of Eighteen Writes of Farm Life and Health
Cardston Alberta notes a fifty eight year old mother of eighteen living children. She describes life on a farm and her health as she mentions her boy working and a physician's first mention of E. Pink.
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Cardston
Alberta
Rival Zeppelin challengers plan giant winged airship substitute
Berlin based company proposes a 120 passenger dying wing airplane with 21 ton payload and 5000 mile range using Diesel engines to rival Zeppelins. The craft promises speed and capable cross Atlantic routes, aiming to solve trans Atlantic travel by air.
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Berlin
Zeppelina
North Atlantic
Europe
North America
Nine Daily Foreign Papers In Canada
The Soo Star notes nine daily newspapers in Canada not printed in English or French. Victoria and Vancouver each have a Chinese daily, Toronto has two, Vancouver two Japanese dailies, Winnipeg and Toronto a Jewish daily, Sudbury a Finnish paper. About 38 weekly papers exist in other languages. Circulations range from 1,059 to 20,000 with Winnipeg publishing roughly half.
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Canada
Soo Star
Victoria
Vancouver
Toronto
Winnipeg
Sudbury
Montreal
Edmonton
Boston Woman Seeks Canadian Husband at Thirty
A 20 year old Boston woman advertises for a Canadian husband aged 30 claiming wisdom grows with age. The note quips that men are not truly sensible even at 30, with the piece echoing a Vancouver Province observation. The rest of the text touts Miller's Worm Powders as appealing to children and claimed to end worm troubles.
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Boston
Vancouver
Associated Growers of British Columbia Shipments and Returns
The Associated Growers of British Columbia reports seven years of activity shipping 26 463 cars of fruits and vegetables yielding 25 697 425 dollars. Operating costs ran under 3 1 2 percent. Large crops did not always fetch the highest returns, noting 1927 and 1928 car counts and values.
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Associated Growers of
British Columbia
London Builds Big Hotels and Skyscrapers for Europe
London plans a major architectural push with the Thames House at Millbank expanding to become the largest commercial building outside America. A new hotel near Marble Arch will boast 2,000 bedrooms with bathrooms, aiming to be Europe’s biggest.
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London
Thames House
Millbank
America
Marble Arch
Europe
First Nova Scotia Apples Exported In 1640 To Liverpool
The first Nova Scotia apples were shipped from Halifax to Liverpool in 1640 by sailing vessel, fetching $2 per barrel. In 1886 a schooner carried 700 barrels to Boston at $2.50 per barrel. Saxony hosts 1 543 singing societies with 54 188 members.
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Nova Scotia
Halifax
Liverpool
Boston
U.S.A
Saxony
Duty and discipline through timeless quotes
A compact collection of moral reflections from Marcus Aurelius Epictetus and Lewis Morris. It contrasts duty with comfort and urges persistent effort, highlighting that knowledge is hard to attain yet duty remains accessible to all.
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Lewis Morris
Marcus Aurelius
Epictetus
Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil praised for internal and external use
The crowning property of Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil is its versatility for internal and external remedies. It is claimed to ease sore throat croup whooping cough chest pain colic and many ailments with low cost and constant availability.
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Thomas
Unusual Goldfish Locker at Loew's Lexington Theatre
Town feature recalls a 1923 service at Loew's Lexington where travelers drop off pet goldfish in a lobby pool. East Side visitor first stored fish for safe keeping, spawning a steady flow as motorists and chauffeurs leave bowls for the pool. Patrons rarely reclaim their fish, choosing to buy replacements, keeping the pool crowded.
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Loew's
Lexington Theatre
New York
Lexington
East Sixties
Crawford
Boat size and junks navigate China’s ribbon canals
A description notes boats much larger than the stream they inhabit in parts of China. Junks move easily through interior canals where their oversized superstructures extend over canal banks. The hulls are shallow enough to fit into the narrow waterways.
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China
Paradise within Prince Albert National Park lakes region
The article describes Canoelsta paradise in Prince Albert National Park with three major lakes and numerous smaller ones linked by waterways. It notes the area as the prairies wonderland and mentions a grocery store serving about 300 residents in the United States.
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Prince Albert National Park
Prairies
The
United States
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