Northern Man at Fort Endurance Faces Career Setback
Alan Baker, a seasoned northern detachment leader, returns from a patrol to Endurance with a shaken career path. The 30 year old, famed for quelling frontier troubles, confronts a blocked promotion as political appointee Haskell takes command. Amid memories of partner Curt Spaulding and tensions with fiancée Elizabeth Spaulding, Baker grapples with love, loyalty, and a future stuck in the Arctic post.
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Fort Endurance
Alan Baker
Baker
Endurance
Jimmy Montgomery
Curt Spaulding
Hia
Arctic Circle
Williamson
Alan
Three Rivers
Haskell
Jinmy Montgomery
Dimmy
Curtis
Janaak
Abrar
Elizabeth ‘Spaulding
Hive
Curt
Jimmy
Headquarters
Mounted
Elizabeth
Joyce MacMillan
Joyce
Father Claverly
Braiken
Doorman Refuses Entry to Berry Guests at Show
The show had begun when Mr. and Mrs. Berry, guests of a famous actor, were denied admission by a stern doorman. The guard insisted tickets were required even for the prominent guests, noting you could not enter without them.
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Mrs. Berry
Berry
Scotland Sees Widespread Mine Strikes Reported
Numerous mine strikes are reported across Scotland this year indicating broad labor unrest. Workers from several pits have halted work demanding better pay and safety conditions, with picket lines forming outside multiple facilities.
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Scotland
Liver Pills Ad Echoes Incoherent Jumble
An ad fragment touts liver health with odd phrasing and misspellings. It mentions bile, calomel avoidance, feeling unwell, and Carter's Little Liver Pills, urging purchase from druggists. The text is garbled and lacks clear who, what, where.
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Carter
Joe Thee
The Rhyming Optimist Teaches Aline Michna
A playful verse extols laughter as a bright morning teacher. It praises mirth for fostering friendship and enduring love while granting courage and a fuller life beyond harsh learning.
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Winfiy Aline Michna
Canada's Fur Industry Faces Decline in Value on 1930 Report
The 1930 fur industry shows 6524 Canadian farms up from prior years, with land and buildings valued at 5 583 846 and fur bearing animals at 16 197 747, each down about 5 000 000 from the previous year. Experimental work under the Dominion Department of Agriculture supports rapid industry expansion despite reduced asset values. Miller's Worm Powders advertised as a remedy to expel intestinal worms and restore child health, claiming relief from restlessness and pain.
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Canada
Dominion
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Bolshevists Must Work The Soviet Order on Absences
The Soviet government orders discharge for workers who loaf one day a month without valid excuse and withdraws food cards and lodgings. Previously workers had three absences monthly before action, but abuses prompted the stricter rule. Harbin, Manchuria, now hosts 100 American residents.
Better Business Sales Up 23 Percent At Convention
Atlantic City report by Lee H. Bristol shows a 23 percent rise in sales over the prior three months, based on more than half the members of the Association of National Advertisers. He cites improved trade conditions and notes 35 percent plan to raise advertising budgets in 1938 while 22 percent expect to cut expenditures.
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Association of National Advertisers
Atlantic City
Lee H. Bristol
New York
Bristol
Discovery of a Popular Diet Fruit Traced Through Ages
The fruit, developed by Chinese in ancient times from wild citrus, was introduced to the West Indies by Captain Shaddock in the eighteenth century and later spread to the United States where growers have refined it significantly.
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Captain Shaddock
West Indies
United States
Aspen Poplar Tree Widely Found Across Canada
Canada’s aspen poplar occurs in every province with its northern limit near the Mackenzie delta. From its wood excelsior, boxes, barrels, and certain pulp products are made. Lumber is hard to season and perishable, while in prairie provinces it serves as an important fuel source.
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Canada
Dominion
Arctic Ocean
Mackenzie Delta
Prairie
Forest Service
Department of the Interior
Safe Course Question Ends With Humorous Twist
A wife offers angel cake to her husband who declines saying he fears not being good enough. She questions if it concerns the cake, and he replies that he fears not being good enough to become an angel. The exchange ends with a playful pun.
Little Helps For This Week In Moral Snippets and Facts
A compact page mixed with quotes from Longfellow Psalm verses on endurance and wisdom, a note praising mothers and a product claim about Worm Exterminator, plus scattered statistics such as aluminum abundance eight percent of the crust, Copenhagen rent rise since 1916, and average man bones weighing 28 pounds.
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