Grandma and Charmian Tackle a Hat Lottery
In Wickfield Charmian and Grandma Davis share a quiet, comic morning after a tense ride with Jim. Grandma recalls a heated bead dispute involving Edgar Purdie and a harsh lawyerly sting, while speculation about Emmy Bascomb’s hat and a pending auto visit lightens the mood. Jim returns with a bulky mail order catalog, and Grandma directs him to the hats section, hoping for a practical choice and a quick visit.
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Jim
Grandma
Charmian
Read of a Case Like Her Own in New Brunswick
A reader from Mansion New Brunswick describes a pregnancy illness and seeking help after seeing an advertisement for a product. She bought three bottles of Pink ham Peetibhe Porspound and notes it helped during her last birth.
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New Brunswick
Gus Ansenault
Albert Street
Moncton
Hat Fashion Sparks Family Debate Across Sitting Room
Jim and Charmian discuss a green hat with a red rose as Grandma weighs a costly dressy model. The scene shows tension over money refunds and family pride, with Simmy's laughter and Grandma's wary eye highlighting conflicting values.
Charmian Wins District Four School Board Post
Charmian learned with happiness that the school board had assigned her District Four. Years after graduating from the Stat Normal School she stayed with Grandma to help, but rising expenses and repairs prompted her to seek work nearby, finding relief in a school just a mile from her door. To be continued.
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Jim
Charmilan
Charmian
Stat Normal School
Baby Health Ad Claiming Relief With Dr Williams Tablets
An advertisement urges mothers to treat crying babies with Baby's Own Tablets from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont. It promotes the product as a safe laxative that relieves constipation indigestion and aids sleep by addressing distress cries and promoting a cheerful baby.
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Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Prince Knows Empire Well Completed Ninth Tour
The Prince of Wales completed his ninth foreign and Empire tour as he descended into Windsor Great Park. After 1919 Canadian and American visits, 1920 Australia, 1921-22 India and Japan, 1923 Canada, 1924 United States, 1925 Africa and South America, 1927 Canada, and 1928-29 Africa, with the last trip cut short by the King's illness but now completed. He has traversed Africa from Cape Town to Cairo and is deemed the most travelled prince and future ruler, whose wide experience enables him to advise ministers. American household electrical refrigerators are becoming popular in Paris.
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South Africa
Windsor Great Park
Prince of Wales
Canada
United States
Australia
India
Japan
Africa
South America
Cape Town
Cairo
Behold I stand at the door and knock sermon
A reflective meditation on opening the self to divine grace and the Spirit of Christ. The passage urges inner confession and simple repentance, likening welcomed divine presence to spring after a harsh winter, as Francis G. Peabody reflects. It contrasts law with justice, noting laws no longer serve the poor when weighed by the wealthy.
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God
Christ
Francis G.“Peabody
Census reveals more men than women in United States
The article notes that from the first census onward men outnumber women in the United States, highlighting a long standing gender balance trend.
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United States
Little Jean Baxter Sails Alone to Saskatoon
Brayé Little Traveller Jean Baxter appeared on the White Star liner Atlantic bound for Halifax with a label on her coat stating her age three years. Her mother is dead and she travels alone to her father in Saskatoon, asking strangers to be kind.
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Jean Baxter
Halifax
Saskatoon
So Skinny to Shamed by Bathing Suit Gains 15 Lbs
An early 20th century health ad promotes Ironized Yeast as a quick weight-gain tonic. It features testimonials like Eulah Lanningham claiming 5 to 15 pounds in three weeks, noting improved skin and digestion. The ad urges readers to buy from druggists with a money-back guarantee.
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Eulah Lanningham
American Financed Line Expands Brazil Fleet With More Planes
An American financed airline in Brazil is expanding its operations by adding more aircraft to its fleet. The move signals growth and increased air service in the South American country.
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Brazil
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T. H. Estabrooks CO. Limited
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Christine Whiting Parmenter
Garfield
Gam
Edgar Purdie
Edgar
Luella
Lizzie Baker
George K. Knowles
Lizzie
Wickfield
Jimmy
Emmy
Clara Darling
Dearie
Chicago
George K
Emmy Bascomb
Lydia E. Pinkham
SMP
Simmy
Sean
Geaed
George Ape K
Emmys Purchase
Prince
Empire
Paris
Minard
Royal Yeast Cakes
Kttal Change
Deliv
Cuba
Dopbie
Royal Yeast
Standard Brands Limited
Gillett Products
Montreal
Toronto
Winnipeg
PANE
Pai
H. Fletcher
Fasiur
Iad
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