Labrador Memoir of a Father and Son on the Edge
A first person youth recalls a harsh Labrador childhood filled with hunger fear and loss. He describes his mixed Indigenous heritage his mother’s faith his father’s trapping life and a wolf encounter ending with his father’s death and a seafaring escape aboard the Happy Ship where Captain Smith treats him as family ghost turned crewman.
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Mother
Father
Bakeapple Marsh
Two Mile Crick
March
Ole Oleson
Cape Breton
Vdalius
Jim
Zedekiah
Smith
United States
Pawtucket
Montreal
Colon
Vera Cruz
Quebec
Old Point Comfort
The Happy Ship and Cap'n Mose on the Labrador
In Chapter II The Happy Ship Cap'n Mose of the Zedekiah W Baggs is described as a Sunday Christian who wears a silk hat ashore on Sundays roams about preaching predestination and grace. He visits a mother in her shack praises her cooking and invites the speaker to dinner before taking the narrator to sea on a seal voyage without wages.
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Father
Tommy
Mother
Civilization
New Jerusalem
Joan
Pete
Torngak Creek
Nova Scotia
Cleanne
Bacalieu
Mr. McTavish
Cap'n
Mose
Zedekiah W. Baggs
Labrador
Accorde d A High Position In Servia Women Role
The Servian view prizes women's dignified home positions with women as companions to men. Servian girls aim to speak four languages, study embroidery and art, and many women practice music. A minority of women work in medicine and teaching, but public opinion favors keeping women out of full labor.
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Servia
Balkan States
Belgrade
Protection for Lions Considered by British East Africa Council
The legislative council of British East Africa plans to adopt a lion protection proposal on crown lands. Current licenses limit animal takes but ignore lions seen as vermin. the plan would cap big game licenses to four lions per holder. A ranger familiar with regional conditions discussed the issue.
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Hans
Protectorate
Legislative Council of
British East Africa
Unconventionalities and Midnight Chats
A fragment from the Chicago Tribune captures a late night kitchen chat where neighbors exchange awkward terms and light gossip. Snappy exchanges reveal spoiled food and rumors about Mary Jane and Bill in a small community.
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Gerald
Watch face recall tests question witness memory reliability
A study by Myers tested 200 people drawing a watch face with Roman numerals. Only eight omitted VI and twenty-one used III instead of the common notation, suggesting impeachment for failing to report incidental details may be unwarranted.
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Myers
Practical Fashions Lady's Dress Pattern Request
Pattern notice seeks 10 cents to obtain a LADY S DRESS pattern. Send name and address, include size and number of pattern, to Pattern Peper.
Separate coats rise in fashion with one piece frock trend
The piece describes a low-belted coat pattern 6247 for misses and small women ages 14 16 and 18. It notes coats may be made in polo cloth velour de laine cheviot or serge in navy or bright colors and feature side belt pockets both useful and decorative. Medium size needs 35 percent yards of 44 inch material. To obtain send 10 cents with name address and pattern size number to Pattern Department.
Editor’s Savings Spark Wealth From Penny to Fortune
An editor begun twenty years ago with 55 cents now claims net worth around $100,000. The gain comes from thrift strict attention to business and the late uncle’s $99,999 inheritance.
Good Way to Avoid Thorns and Rose Beauty
A reflection notes that enjoying a rose's beauty need not involve discovering its thorns. Contentment with the rose allows avoidance of harm and preserves the flower's appeal.
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Part
Jesse Smith
Kies
Hudson Bay
Thessa Jonika
Maggie
Polly
By Roger Pocotk
Ellsworth Young
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