Rug of Beauty Sparks Old Feelings Between Jim and Charmian
In a sunlit room Charmian and Jim Bennett share a dreamy debate about a rug and home life. Charmian recalls past heartbreak, while Jim reveals affection and a light confession of folly. Grandma Davis lightens the moment as the pair plan a day ride and dinner with a hint of romance on Main Street.
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Jim
Charmian Davis
Grandma Davis
Charmian
Lizzie Baker
Grandma
South Wickfield
Bascombs
Emmy
Rich man turned away at London hotel for shabby look
A wealthy Briton, earning about 53 a minute with domestic staff costing over £200 weekly, was refused entry to a London hotel due to his shabby appearance. He is known on Scottish golf links and has been challenged by golf club colleagues over his boots, whose soles seemed to part from the uppers.
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Charmian
Jim Bennett
Jim
Britain
London
Automatic Pilots Fly British Night Bombers Unmanned
British night bombing squadrons equipped with robot electrical controls have flown up to 400 miles without a human pilot. Routes from South England to Scotland were followed by radio commanded aircraft, which landed automatically via a weighted wire at the aerodrome.
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England
Scotland
Healthy Children Sleep Well Product Claim Baby's Own Tablets
A promotional note asserts healthy children sleep well and remain cheerful, while sickly ones are cross. It recommends Baby's Own Tablets to regulate bowels, soothe stomachs, and aid sleep, claiming safety for newborns and no opiates. Available from medicine dealers or by mail from Dr Williams Medicine Co, Brockville Ontario, 25 cents per box.
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Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Maxims Quoted by King at New Zealand Governor General Visit
Sir Charles Ferguson quoted kingly maxims during a farewell tour school visit in New Zealand. The sayings urged obedience to rules, discernment between sentiment and sentimentality, rejection of cheap praise, silent endurance, graceful loss, and restraint in disappointment.
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Buckingham Palace
Charles Ferguson
New Zealand
Real Asthma Relief Remedy Claims Conservative Benefits
Dr. J. D. Kelloge's Asthma Remedy is advertised as offering real relief and permanent benefits without extravagant claims. It asserts success where other remedies have failed, promising lasting improvement for many patients.
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J. D. Kelloge
Realizing ideals and making them practical
Thoreau urges keeping castles in the air but adding props beneath them. Keller notes ideals may be unrealizable yet realisable in practice, stressing practical religion. Brooks warns against reducing life to daily petty concerns, urging a grander, exalted living.
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Henry David Thoreau
Helen Keller
Phillips Brooks
Belief in Words as Magic in the Middle Ages
The populace of medieval Europe held that specific words carried magical power. They attributed protective and harmful effects to speech, shaping rituals, charms, and superstitions that influenced daily life and religious practice.
Britain Claims Finest Gold-Beaters in the World
Britain asserts its gold-beaters hold the world's best craft, boasting superior technique and quality. The claim emphasizes national prowess in precious metal work and traditional industry excellence.
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Britain
Red Cross Junior Broadcast Delights Edmonton
In Edmonton Alberta a Junior Red Cross broadcast by Norwood school Grade Six pupils featured a health citizenship and happiness pageant titled the Red Cross Junior. The event aired for an afternoon with Miss Jean Browne and Canadian Juniors banner visit noted.
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Alberta
C.J.C.A. the Journal
Edmonton
Alberta Red Cross
Women’s Institute
U.F.W.A
Red Cross
Norwood School
Canada
England
Jean Browne
Fate and Fortune in a Series of Sudden Blows
The writer recalls William F. Scott's grave injuries after a routine car accident near Washington, noting Fate's covert strikes. It mentions Oscar Palmquist drowning after Titanic era rescues, Edward Whymper’s fall on a lecture stage, and Wallingford’s jail stint for a bounced $100 check, arguing Fate hides behind misfortune.
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William F. Scott
Navy
Washington
Oscar Palmquist
Bridgeport
Conn
Atlantic Ocean
Edward Whymper
Wallingford
Apples Bring High Price In New York Markets
Cold storage of McIntosh apples boosts price prospects for winter use. British Columbia Macs are fetching the highest prices among apples on New York markets at present.
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British Columbia
New York
Campers Carry Minard's Library Table Built From 3000 Blocks
Isaac Feather of Emaus Pennsylvania owns a library table crafted from 3000 blocks of wood. The inlay features mahogany walnut red cedar oak poplar and white pine seasoned over 100 years. Designs include stars diamonds circles and semicircles. Feather, a bricklayer, spent a year building it. Japan reports 37000000 postal savings depositors.
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Isaac Feather
Emaus
Pennsylvania
Feather
Little Helps For This Week Faith meditation compilation
A devotional fragment gathering quotes on gratitude and divine will. Christina G Ressetti, a prayerful voice, emphasizes trusting God’s will over human desire, asking for tempering of will to align with providence and humble acceptance of every dispensation from the divine Hand.
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Pascal
Nurse Recovers Weight With Ironized Yeast Health Remedy
A nurse endorses Ironized Yeast claiming rapid appetite increase and seven pound gain in two weeks. Readers note many report 5 to 15 pounds over 3 to 4 weeks with improved skin and strength, using a safe ironized yeast product from druggists with a money back guarantee.
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Martha Burns
East Kootenay Sheep Industry Grows Amid Promising Prospects
The East Kootenay sheep industry is described as still in its infancy but expanding yearly. Dry air and wide ranges are cited as factors. experts advise farmers to run small bands. The piece mentions a caregiver remedy, Mother Graves Worm Exterminator, for children’s worm troubles.
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East Kootenay
Prize for Wheat by Saskatoon Board of Trade
The Saskatoon Board of Trade offers a 350 prize to the farmer in the district who grows the best wheat to be shown at the next winter fair.
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Saskatoon Board of Trade
Indigestion remedy praised by doctors
The text argues that most indigestion arises from excess stomach acid and recommends Phillips' Milk of Magnesia as the quick, harmless, and standard remedy advised by physicians for 50 years since its invention, with a warning against crude alkalis and urging medical guidance.
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Christine Whiting Parmenter
M.D
Jimmy
John Carter
Lydia E. Pinkham
George R. Gillespie
Punnichy
Saskatche Adn
W. ON
Minard’s
Japan
Christina G. Ressetti
Philli
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