Opening Doors to Murray in a World of Shadows
A narrator recalls meeting Murray, a cheerful, trusted office colleague who wins her admiration and affection. She contrasts her cautious office veneer with his relentless duty and warmth, while social circles nudge a romance toward marriage as November unfolds.
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Nini
Margaret Apne
B.po
Murray
Ottawa
Havn
Yenowhiro
Mather
Maudie
Jock
Hte
Reflections on a Mother's Illness and Loss in 1914
In April 1914 a severe cold developed into pneumonia and later heart weakness. The narrator recalls concern, hospital stay, and the mother’s insistence on rest, ending with the shock of her eventual decline and the narrator's realization of how many friends stood by them.
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Lefl
Murray
Dt Owas
Fur Trade Journal of Canada debuts in Oshawa
The Fur Trade Journal of Canada launches in Oshawa as Canada’s sole periodical for the fur trade. It notes the silver fox industry began 36 years ago in Prince Edward Island and now values foxes at 5,372,262 dollars with growing farm activity each year. Muskrat and beaver revenues exceed 9.9 million annually.
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Fur Trade Journal of Canada
Prince Edward Island
Canada
Women Can Dye Any Garment Drapery
Women can dye or tint worn garments and drapery and restore faded items. The ad promises a service to refresh fabrics with affordable pricing at 15 cents per garment.
Diamond Dyes Promise Easy Home Dyeing For All
Diam ond Dyes guarantees perfect home dyeing even if you have never dyed before. Druggists carry all colors and include directions in each package.
Canadian Bacon Prices Rise in British Market Shift
Canadian bacon prices advanced on the British market due to new grading by the Dominion Livestock Branch. A cablegram dated August 24 reports higher quotations for various bacon grades and regional hog price gains across Canada for the week ending August 23, with Winnipeg steady at 34.27 dollars and other centers like Toronto Montreal Calgary and Edmonton showing increases.
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Dominion Livestock Branch
Jeanest
Iwan
Canada
Winnipeg
Trorento
Montreal
Calgary
Edemonton
Forest Fire Losses in Canada Reach $14 500 Annually
Canada faces an average annual bill of 14 500 for damages from forest fires over five years. About 4 770 fires occur yearly with campers responsible for 24 percent and settlers 22 percent. Lightning causes 10 percent and railways 26 percent, though railway fires are often reported and quickly put out. Land clearing by settlers remains a major, complex issue requiring permits and Forest Services supervision.
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Canada
Forest Services
Canadian Forestry Association
Dominion
Total Wheat Crop Expected in Alberta for Season
Alberta expects to harvest 112 955 000 bushels of wheat based on latest figures from the Department of Agriculture Edmonton. The shows 6 056 461 acres planted and an average yield of 24 bushels per acre.
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Alberta
Department of Agriculture
Edmonton
Bureau of Statistics
Provincial Department
Soldiers Insurance Act progress and applications reported
The Department of Soldiers Civil Reestablishment notes 24 000 applications under the Soldiers Insurance Act with an insurance value near 60 000 000. In the act's first year monthly applications averaged about 400, but in August and September last year the monthly total surged to around 2 000.
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Soldiers’ Insurance Act
Department of Soldiers’ Civil Reestablishment
Buffalo Meat Market Test by Western Packer
A western packer plans to test the market for buffalo meat using a herd of buffalo. The venture suggests potential profit from alternative meat sources based on existing herd resources. There is no detail on dates locations or quantities in readable text.
England's Laziest Village A Quirky Parish Tale
The London Daily News cites Rev H J Griffin defending Browholme as the laziest English village. He laments few parishioners attend Sunday services, garden fetes draw no crowds, and villagers only walk a short distance to church. He notes the irony of rustics watching him sweep graveyard leaves.
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England
London Daily News
H. J. Griffin
Browholme
Miles
London
Broxholme
Eggs Now Retailed According to Grade
Parliament extended egg grading to domestic trade, previously required only for interprovincial shipping. The move aims to assure consumers of product quality and allow higher priced, high grade eggs to benefit producers, improving the poultry industry.
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Dominion
Mts
Manitoba to Appoint Commissioner on Dairy Marketing
The Manitoba Government will appoint a commissioner to investigate dairy product marketing and consider cooperative agencies at country points to secure better prices for producers and consumers, and for importers.
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Manitoba
Fragmented OCR: dubious promo line and body surface fact
A garbled OCR reads like a promo phrase about egross VM and an office boy folding a ten dollar bill. It then cites authorities claiming the human body surface area is about 10 square feet, a rough conversion.
Is Your Nose Stuffed With Cold
An old time medicine pitch from The Catarrhozone Co Montreal promises relief from nasal congestion and catarrh. It claims to weaken germs with a two month treatment priced at $1.00, urging readers to refuse substitutes.
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Catarrhozone Co
Montreal
Branding Criminals From Constantinople Stirs Global Debate
The article reports that Turkish police reportedly adopt medieval methods to mark habitual criminals while England once cut off ears. It notes authorities aim to curb a perceived surge of the Near East crime wave since the war, labeling Constantinople as a top hotspot for criminal activity.
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Constantinople
Belgian Woman Receives Air Ambulance Flight to Brussels
A Belgian woman with an incurable disease was flown from London to Brussels in a converted air liner ambulance. The Instone Line craft, normally seating 11, carried a bed for the journey of about 200 miles at a rapid yet comfortable pace, aided by a 450 hp Napier engine.
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London
da Ain Ambalanes
Brussels
Saskatchewan acreage rules wheat oats top crops
The Provincial Government estimates Saskatchewan has 12,332,000 acres devoted to wheat and 5,098,000 acres to oats this year. Leading crops include barley with 17,000 acres, rye 878,000 acres, maize 461,000 acres, and hay and clover 275,000 acres.
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Saskatchewan
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