Parting Notions Amid a Grandfather's Final Sorrow
In a sunlit room Myra and Dr Drake face loss as Myra’s grandfather suffers a fatal stroke after receiving bad news about investment. Dr Vanner warns of near death while Myra and Mrs Drake cling to love’s unity. Daphne delays engagement as life moves toward an uncertain horizon.
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Jarken
Thore
Tilence
Myra
Dr. Drake
Earth
Mrs. Drake
Mark
Vanner
Grandfather
Ept
Bram
Wealth runs away as I chase it in vain
A wry exchange on elusive riches. The speaker notes that wealth seems to flee whenever pursued, a humorous reflection on pursuit and flight of fortune.
Prominent Nurse Praises Dr Pierce’s Favorite Remedy
In Canada and beyond nurses endorse Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription. Mrs Barry Moors of Chatham Ontario testifies she prescribes it to patients and personally uses it with excellent results. She says it is the best medicine today for women who are ailing.
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Chatham, Ont
Women health signals and wartime labor notes
A health column notes signs of distress in women during life stages and promotes Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription with a mail order option. It also reports Saskatchewan facing a likely spring labor shortage and urges farmers to apply to the Bureau of Labor. The piece credits Admiral Sir Percy Scott with the development of the armed motor car and its wartime role.
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Saskatchewan
Bureau of Labor
Department of Agriculture
Canada
United States
Percy Scott
London
Danish Small Holdings and Rural Co operation Rise
Danish rural life shows 68 550 farmers with five to six acre holdings and many on eleven acre farms. High school education aids 16 percent of agricultural workers aged 20 to 50. Denmark hosts 1 100 cooperative dairy firms with 160 000 members and 40 bacon factories with 100 000 members. Egg exports total 110 million annually. From 1890 to 1905 rural population grew 20 percent while agricultural exports more than doubled to 100 million dollars. Pasture expansion in the UK contrasts with Denmark’s shift from old pastures to poorer grassland unsuited to cultivation.
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Denmark
United Kingdom
British Experts Debate German Fokker and Air Supremacy
Alan R. Hawley of the Aero Club of New York and Henry Woodhouse of Aerolab weigh German Fokker monoplanes against British and French designs. They note speed ranges above 160 mph, training limits, and the British navy's air dominance aided by American made flying boats and large orders for two motor machines.
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Alan R. Hawley
The
Aero Club of New York
Henry Woodhouse
Aerolab
Great Britain
Reading the Housecleatin Moment in Mrs Snow White Tales
In a humorous aside, Mrs Snow White and Mrs Marah Green discuss housekeeping when Mrs White recalls finding a long-missed pair of slippers under the bed after five years, illustrating a light domestic moment with regional speech.
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Lincoln's Inn Fields
Lawatha Company
Strai
Bert
Hugh
Sunlight Soap Dean A
Pierce
Sons of Cents
JP Bevel Hotel
Eee
Searles
Britain
National & Chemical Co
Etfed
Toronto
Eddy’s
Eddy
Crosvn
Edwardsburg
Crown
the Canada Starch Co., Limited
Montreal
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