Broken Spur gold tale of struggle and murder in the desert
Gerald Keene learns The Broken Spur ranch is being looted by rival Dustins and others while Stone and Edith uncover a rich gold deposit. Dustin confronts Stone causing a fight, Kane is killed, and clues in Dane Kane's notebook point to Red Water as the ore site.
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Gerald Keene
Joe Carr
Dad Kane
Dustin
Spike Goddard
Stone
Edith
Foljith
Crewe
Crews
Seco
Beco
Duro
Carr
Kane
Peyoti Gregg
Broken Spur Ranch
Dane Kane
Edith Carr
Red Water
Desperate schemes unfold over Kane mine murder plot
Dustin reveals a plan to frame Peyotl Gregg for the murder of old man Kane and to shift the Hour-glass fortune to Joe Carr through Gerald Kane Keene. Spike questions the scheme while Peyotl descends into fear, aware of possible extradition and the rope if exposed.
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Dustin
Joe Carr
Gerald Keene
Young Keene
Old Carr
Keene
Carr
Kane
Edith
Soda Springs
Peyot
Peyoti
Spike
Peyott
Old Kane
Red Water Canon
Gerald Kane
Dad Kane
Peyotl Gregg
Peyott Gregg
Hop- Head
Wills
Cross Keys
Peyotl
Mexico
Makes Legal Oath Mrs E Seyffert Sworn Statement
Mrs E Seyffert of 70 Seaton Street Toronto testifies under oath that Fruit a ttives cured her chronic constipation after childbirth related injury. She says she now rises at 6:00 am to do housework and feels revived with improved complexion and regularity. Sworn notary statement accompanies with her full recovery claim.
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E. Seyffert
Seyffert
Seaton Street
Toronto
Wincarnis Promises Restful Sleep for Jumpy Nerves
An advertisement touts Wincarnis as a restorative wine with nerve soothing and sleep aiding effects. It claims quicker sleep, renewed energy, and blood enrichment, endorsed by over 20,000 medical men, and marketed to alleviate insomnia and nervous unrest.
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Wincarnis
Untitled fragment hints at drugged brain influence
The readable text suggests an unfinished narrative about a drugged brain and a promise to continue. No clear persons, places, or events are identifiable from the fragment.
Denver Firm to Erect Alberta Tar Sands Separation Plant
Hon. Thomas G. Murphy announced government permission for a Denver based group to build a separation plant in Alberta to extract bitumen from McMurray sands and later refine it into gasoline fuel oil and asphalt. The project may cost about 250000 with royalties payable to the government.
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Denver
Alberta
Thomas G. Murphy
Colo
McMurray Sands
Murphy
Max Ball
Toronto
Canadian Airways Pilot Sets Arctic Flight Record
Captain Walter Gilbert, Mackenzie river division chief pilot, used favorable tail winds to set a new Arctic flight record from Aklavik to McMurray. He completed the journey in just over eight hours with segments including a 208 mile stretch from Arctic Red River to Fort Good Hope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian Airways
Walter Gilbert
Mackenzie River
Canadian Airways, Ltd
We Murray
Aklavik
Egal
McMurray
Arctic Red River
Fort Good Hope
The Rhyming Optimist Poem
A lyrical verse comparing Joy and a beloved muse. The speaker notes Joy’s elusive movements and voice, likening them to light, sunbeams, and silver cadence. The poem asserts Joy and the beloved are closely akin since their arrival in the heart.
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Joy
Mothers Pensions to Increase in BC Legislature
In the British Columbia legislature Airs. Paul Smith stated that mothers' pensions will see a small increase as the first step in an upward scale to be implemented within six months. The government also widened eligibility to include mothers with only one child, reversing years of excluding them from benefits.
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British Columbia
Airs
Paul Smith
Dorchester Farmer Unearths 200-Year-Old Coin Hoard
In Dorchester England farmer George Chell found more than a hundred gold coins dug up in his pasture while cattle grazed. The coins, dating back about 200 years and valued around $5,000, are believed to mark a Stuart era burial.
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Dorchester
Eng
George Chell
Faster Way to Relieve a Cold Aspirin Method
A promotional note extols aspirin as a rapid cold relief remedy. It claims quick action due to disintegration, advising dosing every 2 to 4 hours on the first day, with faster sore throat relief claimed in minutes. It instructs to ask a doctor and to look for Bayer aspirin in Canada.
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Canada
Bayer
Bayer Company, Limited
Would Have Cheque Framed Alberta Farmer Receives Nineteen Cents In Payment For Cow
An Alberta farmer sent a cow to Calgary market and after charges his net return was 19 cents. The agent took 75 cents commission and 35 cents covered the market day fee. He sought a cheque rather than cash and planned to frame it to teach his son about low prices. The tale was recounted by G. G. Coote in the House of Commons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberta
G. G. Coots
United Farmer
Macleod
Coote
House of Commons
Calgary
Canada and South Africa Claimed Free From Foot and Mouth Disease
In the House of Commons debate Captain Frank Heilgers cited Canada and the Union of South Africa as the only nations reportedly free from foot and mouth disease. He noted the Friesian Cattle Society had searched globally for free countries while others funded research and failed to find a remedy. The article also mentions long hair among Buffalo Bill era fighters as a sign of honor.
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Canada
South Africa
Union of South Africa
House of Commons
Frank Heilgers
West Suffolk
Friesian Cattle Society
Buffalo Bill
Contentment Rules From Wise Moral Lines
A devotional excerpt offers guidance for inner peace with quotes from Phillipians 4 and J. G. Whittier. It urges avoiding weather complaints, refraining from comparing oneself to others, not dwelling on the future, and trusting God’s plan.
Roosevelt and Curie Voted Britain’s Outstanding 1934 Pair
The British public selected President Roosevelt and Madame Curie as the top man and woman of 1934 in a London newspaper poll. Mme Curie and Marie Dressler, who placed second, both died that year. Jan Smuts ranked second among men. Also noted: woollen road facings and Scottish raspberry marketing proposals.
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London
Roosevelt
Madame Curie
Mme, Curie
Marie Dressler
Jan Smuts
South Africa
St. Andrews University
Scotland
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the Tenderfoot
George B. Rodney
Goddard
Hell
Aome
Rhyming Optimist
Aline Michaelis
Phillipians
J. G. Whittier
Mel
Scott
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