Painted Fires Ry Nellie McClung Scene Continues
Jack Doran facing ruin and memory after his wife Helmi vanishes while rumors swirl of her visit to a city and an Englishman owner. The magistrate hints at danger, while the war looms and Jack plots a return to Edmonton to confront truth and betrayal. The narrative sketches loss, guilt, and resolve amid northern skies.
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Jick
Therm
Hoeny
Hanneruian
Edmonton
Jack
Jacek
Helmi
Uttle
Hielmi
Arthur Warner
Mr. Doran
Cute in a Baby Gute in a Baby and its Dangers
An advisory piece by Ruth Brittain on infant habits and remedies. It warns against thumb sucking and bowel irregularity, suggests ways to curb the habit, and promotes Castoria as a gentle, vegetable remedy prescribed for over a century. It includes guidance on regular bowel action and a promotion for a booklet and physician endorsement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Brittain
Chas B. Pietcher
War Library Holds 40000 Volumes And Growing In London
The Imperial War Museum library at Queen’s Gate Mansion houses Britain’s only national collection on the European War. It already contains about 40 000 volumes and pamphlets and adds at least 1000 volumes each year with no sign of slowing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
John O'London
Queen's Gate Mansion
Manitoba Wheat Pool Opens Elevators At Record Pace
The Manitoba Wheat Pool has built a new elevator roughly every two days since spring. About eighty new elevator points have been organized this year and new elevators will be erected at nearly all these sites.
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Manitoba Wheat Pool
Pinkham’s Compound Proclaimed Wonder by Vanessa
A reader from Vanessa Ontario praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as wonderful in a brief testimonial. The excerpt emphasizes trust in the remedy and reflects common early 20th century advocacy for patent medicines.
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Vanessa
Lydia E. Pinkham
The Wonder Metal of the Arc
The article praises aluminum as a light bright rust resistant and flexible metal ideal for containers. It highlights Red Rose Tea packaging in this modern metal form noting its suitability and widespread use.
The Walking Stick and the Lost Walk of Modern Times
A reflection on the walking-stick as a symbol of British life and its decline. The piece recalls how sticks are forgotten on trains and sold at auction, laments the era of constant travel, and recounts a personal tale of a father gifting a blackthorn cane grown from a hedge in County Down. It closes with nostalgia for walking and hope that people may walk again.
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London Daily Express
Hazlitt
County Down
James
Shank
Toasted Raisin Sandwich Card
A simple toasted sandwich recipe combines chopped American cheese with nectaria raisins. Spread the raisin cheese mix on thin buttered bread slices, assemble, and toast on both sides until hot and melty.
Vanilla Junket Ice Cream and Blind Crossword
Vanilla junket ice cream recipe uses milk cream sugar junket tablets vanilla and cold water then cold water dissolved add and freeze to a mush then a slow freeze. A Paris blind crossword puzzle is described with Braille directions and cardboard grid for peg letters.
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Paris
Canada Consumes Much Beef Cattle Output Across Dominion
R J Speera of Winnipeg told the Alberta Cattle Breeders Association that Canada consumes five percent of beef cattle produced in the Dominion, while fifteen percent are marketed outside Canada.
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Canada
Dominion
R. J. Speera
Winnipeg
Alberta
Teeth and Health Treated by The Crnation Destal
Tiyelene Br Tho Sark delivers a report on dental health initiatives at The Crnation Destal detailing new practices and patient care improvements. The piece notes community reception and upcoming health outreach events.
Pre-Natal Diet and Maternal Calcium for Baby Teeth
The text explains how a mother’s calcium intake affects her teeth and her baby’s. It advises ample calcium rich foods including milk eggs cereals leafy greens and fresh fruit during pregnancy and after birth. It notes that inadequate diet harms both mother and infant teeth and suggests at least a quart of milk daily.
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Peter
Paul
Looking Up As Strength In Faith And Health
A religious excerpt emphasizes looking up to God as protection and strength, with quotes about divine care for all, especially in daily struggles. The page also advertises Miller's Worm Powders as a remedy for children suffering from intestinal worms, promising quick relief and improved digestion.
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Anna Maria Sargeant Ali
Heaven
Earth
William Enery Channing
BC Poultry Industry Ranked High In Province
The 1927 value of eggs and table birds produced in British Columbia is estimated at 6.2 million dollars. Approximately 1.5 million mature fowl and about 2 million young birds were on Finnish Columbian poultry farms that year.
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British Columbia
Give Confidence to Young Mothers
An advertisement urges mothers to keep Baby's Own Tablets for common childhood ills. The mild laxative claims to prevent gripping and to be free from opiates, sold for 26 cents a box by The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co. in Brockville Ontario or by mail.
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Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Great Lakes Paper Co to Build Massive Ontario Mill Machine
A 2000 ton giant paper machine, hailed as the world’s greatest, is being built for Great Lakes Paper Co in Ontario. The device will produce a mile of newspaper every three minutes and generate 25 foot wide sheets. Prospects for 1928 crop farming look strong with high demand for tractors and increased sales of reaper threshers.
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Great Lakes Paper Company
Ontario
Auto Violence Debate Roils Readers Over Moral Rule
Readers argue the command not to kill may not apply when the weapon is a car. A woman's new bonnet is marred by a rain of slush and mess, described as fearsome and chilling.
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Rome
Duck
Sim
Dark
Wnshaven
Cleo
Urat
Manile
Riese
Esheia' Roy
Engish River
Jack Doran
Hic
Col. Blackwood
iTo
Thomas
Britain's War Library
Manitoba Wheat Pool Elevators
Walking
Betty Barclay
Gadray
Bayer
British Columbia Poultry
Minard’s
Hercules
Appleford Paper, Products
Hamilton
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