Aunt Maggie Opens Home to Mr. Smith in Duff Family Tale
Mr. Smith visits Aunt Maggie Duff at her vine shaded cottage seeking records of the Blaisdell family. Maggie's easy hospitality masks tension with Grandpa Duff who questions the visit, while Benny chivies through a lively scene of kin and papers in a cozy, worn room.
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Stith
Benny
Mica Mageke Duff
Maggie
Ford
Aunt Maggie
Mr. Smith
Aunt Jane
Jane
Jine
Grandpa Duff
Mr. Th
Grandpa
Duff
Smith
Loris
Maggie Duff
Mr. Stith
Imipo
Geiance
Dull
Rand
Snith
Father
Magmie
Miss Maggie
Mr. Daff
Catarrhozone Inhaler Promises Quick Relief For Nostrils
An advertisement touts Catarrhozones inhaler as a fast remedy for inflamed nostrils and colds. It claims the vapor reaches the lungs and throat, easing coughs bronchitis and other catarrhal conditions, with a two month supply sold for one teller in small size.
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S.c
Montreal
Births and Deaths and a Dinner Table Confrontation
A dinner scene unfolds as Mr. Smith strains to ignore birth, death and marriage notices. A tense exchange with Submit Blaisdell reveals memory of a birth in eighteen hundred one. The conversation shifts to spoons light and curtains as Duff’s attention narrows. Seconds later the table talk ends with a tease that the story will continue.
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Thal
Mr. Smith
Blaisdell
Mr. Duff
Butter in Tibetan Life Survives on Cheese and Butter Lamps
Marietta Neff reports Asia Magazine that butter dominates Tibetan life from lamp fuel to clothing and food. Tibetans churn milk to obtain butter while fresh milk is scarce and buttermilk aids breathing. European visitors are offered extra butter as courtesy. Boston scientists tout the frankfurter as nourishing.
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Marietta Neff
Asia Magazine
Cholera Infantum Fatal Disease of Children
Mothers urged to protect young children in hot summer months as cholera infantum rises. The illness begins with profuse diarrhea and vomiting, stomach irritation, and rapid weight loss leading to extreme weakness and possible death.
Dr Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry Endorsed
Mrs Charles Kretlow of Wideview Sask reports using Dr Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry for summer complaint with quick relief and praises its effectiveness. The ad urges readers to obtain the genuine product and avoid substitutes.
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DR. Fowler
Charles Kretlow
Wideview, Sask
Canned Fish Recipes From Loretta Lynch
A guide to preserving and preparing canned fish and shellfish. It covers smoked and salted fish, codfish balls, fish hash, creamed fish on toast, air and rinse tips for canned seafood, and simple salads with lobster, crab, sardines, and eggs. It emphasizes accessible methods and pantry-friendly ideas.
Gun to Fire 300 Miles Demonstrated in London
Richard Temple the London inventor demonstrated a model gun claimed to fire a five ton shell 200 to 300 miles. He drove a bolt through a 3-4 inch steel boiler plate with no recoil and minimal flash, showing a strikingly clean perforation.
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Richard Temple
London
Mr. Temple
Canada
United States
Temple
Missing cashier described by detective in Main Count notes
The detective requests a description of the missing cashier as part of the Main Count. It mentions height, though Banaies dismiss height and notes the man may be 45, 600 short. The text also warns about sunstroke and the danger of organic dusts suspended in air becoming explosive.
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Banaies
Alberta Farmer Sees Two Days’ Field Work In One
West Alberta farmer William Remumic credits Tanlac with restoring appetite and stamina after years of indigestion and headaches. He says he now works two days in one, eats normally including pork and steak, and has felt no pain since starting the medicine. Tanlac is sold by leading druggists.
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Alberta
William Remumic
Tanlac
Tate
Taniac
Basque BC Landslide Blocks Thompson River Floods Region
A sudden landslide of about a half mile fronts Basque British Columbia along the Thompson River. The slide dammed the river, raised upstream water, and left ground still intermittently sliding. Railways lie on the east bank away from the danger area.
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British Columbia
Basque
B.C
Thompson River
A Powerful Medicine and Historic Attributions
A claim about healing oils in Dr Thomas Eclectric On's remedy boasts strong pain relief powers. The text cites widespread testimonials and health benefits, emphasizing value beyond price. It also mentions medieval hair as nobility and credits a woman with inventing Japanese bronze.
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Thomas Eclectric
Immense Caruso Memorial Candle Under Construction
In New York inmates of an orphan home honor Enrico Caruso by funding an 18 foot candle to burn for 000 years. It will be buried on Al Soul’s day and placed in Naples church Madonna of Pompeii. Antonio Ajello builds a dipping derrick. candle weighs about 1000 pounds and may burn thirteen years seven months. The note adds the Cheops pyramid as the largest tomb.
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New York
Enrico Caruso
Ajello
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Eleanor Is. Forter
Thos. Allen
Toronto
Ont
Mr Duff
Boston
BY Loretto C. Lynch
Caruso
Kevpt
Cheops
Clark
Wifal
Whitmore
Whitmore Manufacturing Co
Cleveland
Ohio
Winnipeg
Regina
Regina Addseaz
Scarth St. Norte
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