Dusty Highway Continues Chapter IX Romance on the Road
Angela Halliday and Nick navigate strained finances and home life as they ponder a small gift from Uncle Sim. Nick plans a road trip to Anton Bay with visions of escape, while back home Gay longs to reconnect, watching stars and wondering if Nick feels the same pull toward adventure. The scene blends domestic duty with yearning for distant freedom.
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Nick
Uncle Sim
Simeon
Gay
Anton Bay
Bakersville
State Line
Angela
Scheme to drive Gay home with Josh Bemis
On Sunday James Halliday plans a Boston station departure to Bakersville a fifty mile journey. Simeon Bartlett proposes renting a car for Josh Bemis to drive Gay and Sonny back early, sparking a surprise for Nick while Aunt Bemis and Lenny bid a fond farewell to Uncle Sim.
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James Halliday
Boston
Bakersville
Simeon Bartlett
Josh
Nick
Gay
Sonny
Mother Craves Worm Exterminator Interlude
In Bakersville Gay returns with babies after a visit to Simeon and Miss Bemis as storm clouds gather and a cheerful home scene unfolds. Julie Nipps haunts the doorway while Gay plans chores and worries about Nick’s delay, hinting at further domestic drama to come.
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Gay
Simeon
Jule Nipps
Hallidays
Uncle Sim
Bakersville
Australia’s iron and steel production rises
Australia reports rising iron and steel production indicating expanding metal output. Experts cite higher ore exports, boosted local mills, and planned capacity additions shaping the sector’s outlook.
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Australia
Brockville Recorder Reaches 110th Anniversary in 1821 Start
The Brockville Recorder marks 110 years since the January 16 1821 launch by Chauncey Beach and the Buell family. Founded as a reform journal aligned with Liberal principles, it has rarely missed a weekly issue and has long stood against the Family Compact in Upper Canada.
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Chauncey Beach
Brockville
Always On Hand Baby’s Own Tablets Endorsement
A Canadian testimonial from Mrs. Ernest Gallant of Shediac N B praises Baby’s Own Tablets for two years of use. The ad claims the tablets ease constipation colic regulate digestion relieve indigestion and promote sleep. Sold by druggists or by mail for 25 cents from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario.
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Canada
Ernest Gallant
Shediac
N.B
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Recipes For This Week Biscuits With Pimento Cheese
This week’s recipe details making buttermilk biscuits using 2 cups special cake flour 1 teaspoon baking powder teaspoon soda 1 teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons shortening 4 cups buttermilk or sour milk 144 pound pimento cheese 4 tablespoons butter Sift flour then add leaveners and sift again Cut in shortening Add buttermilk to form soft dough Roll % inch thick cut with biscuit cutter Place in greased pan Melt cheese with butter pour over biscuits Bake in hot oven at 428 F for 12 to 15 minutes Yields eighteen 144 inch biscuits
Orange Tapioca Pudding with Oranges Recipe
Quick cooking tapioca with milk and eggs forms a custard baked over orange segments. Drain membrane and lay fruit in a dish, sprinkle sugar, pour the tapioca mixture, then bake until firm. Also notes a Douglas Egyptian Liniment claimed to relieve toothache neuralgia burns sprains sores and inflammation.
Dominion shows 356 Indian education centres in Canada
The Ottawa Journal notes 356 Indian education centres under the Department of Indian Affairs, including 78 residential and 272 day schools, during lean times. The piece comments on morale and a street anecdote about a clerk selling neckties.
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Dominion of Canada
Department of Indian Affairs
The
Ottawa Journal
Advice to sportive oath and sowing wild oats
A compact proverb warns a son to remember the risk of sowing wild oats and the consequence of a life lived on porridge, implying hardship if effort and foresight are neglected. The tone recalls traditional moral schooling and parental counsel.
Louisburg Nova Scotia a model of lawfulness and order
A description of Louisburg shows it as a peaceful town with no arrests for drunkenness theft or assault in 1930 no police court sessions and no fatal or jury injuries from automobile traffic. Over three years there were no drunkenness arrests and in ten years no local jail or court criminal appearances. The town opposed government liquor control in a plebiscite two to one and no liquor vendor existed under prior or current acts.
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Loulsberg
Nova Scotia
Louisberg
Supreme
Lake near Leprignano in Italy vanishes then returns
A lake about twenty miles north of Rome at Leprignano drew curiosity as it vanished into the earth for over two hours then rose to its normal level. The volcanic nature of the basin tied to Vesuvius activity has led researchers to consider the lake as a potential signal of approaching eruptions. A brief earthquake preceded the event and steam and boiling waters followed, with the lake occupying about ten acres.
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Italy
Rome
Leprignano
Vesuvius
Acids In Stomach Cause Indigestion
Medical authorities say about nine tenths of stomach troubles stem from excess hydrochloric acid. Laying aside digestive aids, from any drugstore get insulated Magnesia and take with water after meals to sweeten the stomach and curb sourness. It is harmless, inexpensive, and widely used.
Trans-Atlantic liner under construction at Belfast
A trans Atlantic liner being constructed at Belfast Ireland will carry 1500 passengers, signaling a major step in modern ocean travel. The project involves ongoing shipyard work and plans for a large passenger capacity vessel targeting trans ocean routes.
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Belfast
Ireland
Acute Gastritis Gets a Knockout From Carter’s Pills
Mr Arthur E Roots of West Croydon recalls being discharged from the forces with acute gastritis and ongoing digestive issues. He credits his recovery to Carter’s Little Pills, praising their effect on appetite, digestion, and overall health after using the 25¢ and 75¢ red package versions.
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Arthur E. Roots
Weat
Croydon
Hs Majesty
Carter
Faith in the Storm Prayer by Farrar
The passage invokes prayer for stronger faith amid storms and doubts. It urges keeping eyes on Jesus to walk above waves, warning that turning to fear leads to sinking, echoing Luke 17:5 and the pilot’s guardianship.
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Mke
Peter
Jesus
Frederic W. Farrar
War debts loom over world trade says banker
Senator F L Berque of Banque Canadienne Nationale warned in Montreal that war debt remissions or alleviation are essential to resume normal global economic activity. He said the postwar financial fallout will continue to hinder international trade unless nations act to ease difficulties.
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F. L. Berque
Banque Canadienne Nationale
Montreal
Precautions Against Potato Bugs Wintering Underground
The article explains that potato bugs overwinter underground must reduce their body water by about one third to prevent freezing. This anti freezing measure helps protect cells from ice crystal damage as temperatures drop.
Money Talks But to the Spendthrift It Says Goodbye
A brief saying about money’s power over overspending, noting that wealth has limits and excess spending ends in farewell to financial ease.
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Castoria
Snowball
Mrs. Bemis
Gav
Josh Bemis
Lenny
Julie Nipps
Lydia
Pinkham
Lydia Ee
Icine Co
Oct
Jon
Buckley
Cash
Mixxture
Brockville Recorder
Betty Barclay
Loulsberg, Nova Scotia
Ness
Queer Lake
William Cowper
Trabe
Mark R&g
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