Opening Doors by Elinor Marsren Eliot
A young narrator recalls her parents, especially her mother, shaping her dual nature Margaret Anne and Anne. After her father’s death the family, aided by the Robertsons, finds a home on Donald Street. The mother’s faith in teaching, sacrifice, and resilience guides their modest, cherished life with friends and daily frugality.
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Idonan
Donald Street
Mother
Robertsons
Father
Granny
Grandad Robertson
Margaret-Anne
Winnipeg life in 1910s social climb and schooling
A reflective narrator recalls Winnipeg society years ago, noting public schools welcomed all classes and wealthy families sent children there. She describes social divisions, the pull of a business career, and her mother’s steady support, while detailing early work life and the shift toward financial independence and charitable effort.
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Winnipeg
Go Met
Vitalpex
Mother
Margaret
Chigrett
Robertsons
Anne
Kipling
Divergent Paths of a Girl and Her Friends
Fragmentary excerpt reflects introspection on how two girls appear to others and are judged differently. The speaker notes the gap between perceived social roles and inner reality, hinting at conflict within a circle of friends and a girl who seeks independence. Continued narrative promised.
Youthful Mandarin Silk Costume Described
A youthful ensemble features a white silk Mandarin coat with a pleated Canton crepe skirt. Black and white wool pieces form the hat scarf oxford and accents, completing a sharp two tone outfit.
Alaskan Eskimos Are Becoming Civilized
A 1920s era assessment notes progress among Eskimos in Alaska with churches and schools, literacy gains, and government supervised reindeer herds leading to prosperity. Deer meat fetches seven dollars per hundred and sixty pounds, and natives own around two hundred thousand reindeer under supervision.
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United States
Selze
Pennsylvania passes anti lynching law with fines
The law imposes a $10,000 fine on counties where lynching occurs and treats participation as murder. It also punishes attempting to rescue a prisoner with at least a $10,000 fine and up to ten years imprisonment. The item notes Canada’s area exceeds the U S by 162 108 square miles including Alaska Hawaii and Porto Rico.
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Pennsylvania
Canada
United States
Alaska
Hawaii
Porto Rico
Excruciating pains and cramps described by Ontario farmer’s wife
Mrs Nelson Yort of Eberts Ontario reports long standing cramps starting at age eleven and ongoing right side pains. After four children she credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief and recommends Sanative Wash via sister-in-law. The ad touts the medicine as a remedy for irregularities nervousness headaches melancholia and similar ailments.
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Nelson Yort
R. R
Eberts
Lydia E. Pinkham
Defective Teeth Que Cure Of Insanity Claim
Two New Jersey doctors argue dental health links to insanity. Dr John W Draper of New Jersey State Hospital for the Insane and Dr Louis Reiss of Newark Dental Club say extracting diseased teeth cures many mental conditions and that functional derangements in the brain disappear when dental problems are addressed. They estimate 85 percent of treated patients are discharged cured and note high insanity costs in New York, urging a nationwide mouth health campaign to cut expenses.
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New Jersey
John W. Draper
Louis Reiss
Newark Dental Club
Draper
New York
Mysterious Weather Bottle Attracts French Scientists
A Brittany farmer guards a centuries old bottle said to predict rain snow and hail by the behavior of red sand and yellow liquid. When rain is near particles cluster, snow comes as white flakes, and hail makes the mixture viscous. The French Academy dispatches chemists but the owner refuses access. A similar bottle burst forty years ago after a hailstorm.
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Brittany
France
French Academy of Science
Experla
Knight’s Record Night Flight Sets Aerial Mark
Air mail pilot Jack Knight began from Cheyenne Wyoming after receiving word his father lay ill in Buchanan Michigan. He reached Chicago before dawn then continued 76 miles to Buchanan, covering about 975 miles in darkness. Officials call it the longest single night flight in aviation history. A new serial, Opening Doors, by Elinor Marsden Eliot, starts in this issue.
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Air Mail
Jack Knight
Cheyenne
Wyo
Buchaoan
Mich
Chicago
Buchanan
avlaUon
Elinor Marsden Eliot
Mormon temple at Cardston Alberta dedicated in 1907
A Canadian letter reports the new Cardston Mormon temple in Alberta cost over 1,000,000 dollars and was dedicated August 26. It claims the building contains every word of the Bible in its construction and notes a light year defined as 186,000 miles per second.
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Cardston
Alberta
Pine Air Catarrh Cure Ad From Old Drug Catalog
Pine Air is presented as a remedy for catarrh colds and bronchial woes. The ad touts Catarrhozone with pine forest vapors claimed to reach the deepest lungs and throat. It promises two months of treatment for $1.00 and a 60 cent trial, available at druggists with a Montreal origin.
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Nore
Keisa
Catarrhozone
Catarrhozone Co
Montreal
Miles of Rolling Stock Ready for Grain Movement
The Canadian National Railways concentrate engines and box cars at strategic prairie points to move the 1925 grain crop. Anticipating the heaviest harvest in Canada, bulk rolling stock is being dispatched westward, with engines overhauled and boxcars repaired to ensure uninterrupted flow to world markets via the lakes.
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Prairie Provinces
Canadian National Railways
Canada
Canadian National
BC Forest Fires Reach New Cost and Count This Year
The British Columbia lands department reports 964 forest fires so far this year, with costs totaling 344 600 dollars. Last year at this time 2021 fires had occurred and costs were 20 000 dollars.
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British Columbia
Lands Department
Doctor's Dark Secret in Pearsons Weekly
A humorous snippet from Pearsons Weekly where a doctor boasts a sly approach to patient care. The old medico claims success by discovering what a patient intends to do and then ordering him to do it. The quip lampoons medical authority with a tongue in cheek tone.
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Hink
Pearson's Weekly
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Buffalo, N.Y
University of Buffalo Medical Department
New York State High School
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