Dibs Returned Safe as Mabin Reunites with Family
Mabin carries the rescued boy into the house after a police escort retrieves Dibs from a railway carriage and a taxi driver. Julius recounts his escape from Heath Hill and his long bluff to reach Mabin, while Ciprian learns the truth and plans for the boy’s future with the doctor urging restraint.
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Mabin
Dibs
Paddington
Ferson
Ciprian
Zerei
Zem
Zey
Hiim
London
Martin
Papa
Julius
Annie
Mahin
Tulins
Zen
Mibin
Joe
Lady Moorhampton
Heath Hill
Zere
Yondon
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What a Billion Miles Shows Through Time
A Times style reflection imagines a train moving at one mile per minute starting at the dawn of Christianity. It would circle the globe 40,000 times to cover ten billion miles and not finish until New Year’s Eve 1628, witnessing key events from the Saviour’s life to Columbus and the discovery of America.
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Christ
Rome
Britain
London
Paris
America
Los Angeles Times
British Columbia Fruit Crop Bought Up By Jam Factories
Jam factories in British Columbia are purchasing the 1917 small fruit crop for the lower province. Contracts cover 25 percent of the strawberry crop, nearly half of the raspberry crop, and the entire gooseberry and blackberry harvest. Factories anticipate processing large quantities of first class fruit.
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British Columbia
Man Finds No Work In Himself Cites Job Shortage
A saying notes many men remain unemployed not from lack of effort but from a lack of suitable work within them. The line suggests the economy and personal initiative both shape employment prospects.
Advertising influence drains local sales from Peterborough
The Peterborough Review laments mail order houses from Toronto drawing shoppers away while local retailers advertise sparingly. It notes dray loads of catalogues, rural deliveries, and a shared industry restraint that harms customers and merchants alike, urging more local promotion.
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Peterborough
Toronto
Antyone
Poster Exhibit in France Warns Against Alcohol
A French post office poster condemns drink as France’s enemy, citing lost life, hereditary harm, reduced production, and poverty. It urges mothers and youths to act in memory of soldiers and to resist alcohol as a danger to society, warning that drink is a universal foe.
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France
Germany
J.H. Hazlewood
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Florence Warden
Lock 4 CO
Leeden, Melwaree, and
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Canada
O. K
Appleford Counter Check Book Co
Hamilton
Montreal
Winnipeg
Vancouver
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