Gillett’s Pure Flake Lye Promises Easy Cleaning
Advertises Gillett’s Lye as a powerful cleanser and disinfectant that dissolves dirt with no hard rubbing. Recommends a solution of 1 teaspoon in a quart of cold water and claims it won’t harm enamel or plumbing. Promotes a free booklet and lists Standard Brands Limited in Toronto as the address.
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Leasant
Gillett
Lye
Standard Brands Limited
Fraser Avenue
Liberty Street
Toronto
Ontario
Canadian composers seek dominion-wide organizing effort
John B. Elsom urged the Canadian College of Organists at Toronto to back a movement to establish a national performing rights body for Canadian composers. The appeal aims to found an organization to benefit creators, as the college considers supporting the cause. In Kenya Colony, Lake Rudolph district reports three years without rain on some farms.
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Toronto
John B. Elsom
Canadian College of Organists
Lake Rudolph
Kenya Colony
Secret Marriage and Damaged Art Stirs Scandal at Beach
Camila Trout and Peter Anson wed secretly while he pursues a scholarship abroad. A quarrel over money and trust follows when Camila suspects a rival, Avia Werth, and Peter learns of a destructive act against his exhibit. Camila helps redeem the work with a wedding gift statue as the couple faces a journey to France.
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Camila Trout
Peter Anson
Peter
Cama
Ace
Avia Werth
Peter Scivin Todd
Gur Matson
Camila
Avia
Camilla
Avis Werth
Avis
Peters Studio
Mr. Hoyt
France
New York
Avis Worth
Gus Matson
Camilla pressured by Hoyt to marry Peter and relocate
In a tense office visit Hoyt praises Camilla for reclaiming the family business and warns that her marriage to Peter risks ruin. He offers a Paris move with joint studio life and secrecy around a planned exhibit, revealing she is his sole heir while advising her to surprise Peter.
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Mr. Hoyton
Gus Matson
Camilla
Tis
Rhetta
Peter
False Teeth and a Reunion on the Quai
A peddler touts Dr Werner's Powder for false teeth while Camilla Hoyt gains her rightful place in a family. On a Cherbourg pier Peter and Avis reunite with Camilla, amid tears and renewed affection, as the trio confronts past doubts and future plans.
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Camilla
Camilla Hoyt
Cherbourg
Peter
Avis
New York
Seven Seas
Fire danger in schools alarms Canada and United States
Alfred Fleming of the United States National Board of Fire underwriters warns at a Canadian Fire Marshals luncheon that many schools in Canada and the United States are fire traps. He says six and a half schools burn daily in Canada and the United States.
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Canada
U.S
Alfred Fleming
New York
United States
National Board of Fires
Mr. Fleming
Canadian Fire Marshals' Association
Dominion Fire Prevention Association
Free Church of Scotland Members Fly to Orkney for Services
The Moderators of the General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland flew to the Orkney Islands to attend services turning church travel by air into a novelty. The piece notes growing plans for attending services in other cities via air routes. It also references United States presidential party dominance since the Civil War, mentioning that only three presidents have been Democrats.
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Scotland
General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland
Orkney Islands
United States
Fourth Motion of Earth Reported by Dr. Sanford
Dr Roscoe F Sanford of Mount Wilson Observatory announces new evidence for a fourth motion of the earth a great circle motion at about 150 miles per second plus a third motion with the earth moving toward the sun among nearby stars at about twelve miles per second He notes these motions alongside the familiar axis and orbital movements and cites Mount Wilson velocity tests on 146 cool red stars about two thousand light years away to support a solar motion toward Lyra and galactic orbit about Sagittarius He adds that distant nebulae show faster recession from the Milky Way embodying a fifth motion for our galaxy and beyond
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Roscoe F. Sanford
Dr. Sanford
Carnegie Institution
Mount Wilson Observatory
Milky Way
Mount Wilson
Constellation
Lyra
Galatic
Sagittarius
Sanford
The Rhyming Optimist by Aline Michaelis
Poem reflecting on memory and longing. The speaker weighs forgetting against the fragrance of past joys, noting sorrow alongside laughter and love that once brightened life. Time softens memories, leaving a talismanic scent guiding hope through aging years.
Yonkers man walks earth miles and reads Bible
Dr. William Woodward of Yonkers, a book seller teacher editor and osteopath, walked 25,000 miles in 100 months to match the earth’s circumference and recently completed his 50th Bible reading. He notes no favorite passage while recalling other feats including early aviation attempts and plague history.
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William Woodward
Yonkers
New York
Woodward
Little Helps For This Week Devotional Snippet
A devotional excerpt cites John 15 5 and Psalm 90 17 praising abiding in Christ and divine beauty. It compares the soul to a fragrant vase and notes real meekness reflects heavenly harmony in temper and conduct. The text argues external testimony confirms inner truth to the witness.
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John Woolman
Danish Girl Honor Student Makes Honor List in Canada
Gudrum Hoy Jensen, 15, a Danish immigrant who arrived in 1932, learned English and advanced through four grades to earn 651 marks and placement on St. John high school entrance honor roll in New Brunswick. She plans to stay in Canada but hopes to visit Denmark someday.
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Gudrum Hoy Jensen
Canada
St. John
N.B
Gudrum
North Manitoba School Raised in Churchill
The farthest north public school building in Manitoba is being erected in Churchill by local residents. A male teacher will be sent north by the Manitoba Department of Education once construction finishes. Twelve children are already enrolled as pupils.
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Manitoba
Churchill
Manitoba Department of Education
Seaside Dweller Mention Marks Shifting Girls and Steady Men
A brief column notes how girls change with each year while the seaside resident remains constant. The remark highlights a contrast between evolving youth and unchanging male presence in the town’s social scene.
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Minard
King OF
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School For Churchill
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P.O
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