Ferrozone blood food promises strength and vitality
An advertisement touts Ferrozone as a remarkable blood-food that restores strength for run-down people. It claims after meals two tiny tablets bring immediate improvement, curb weariness, lift mood, and improve nerves and digestion. Ferrozone is advertised as a perfect blood-maker available for fifty cents at all druggists.
Wedding Ties and a Sudden Plea from White Birches
Maggie reads a telegram from Peter begging her to come to White Birches. She collapses in her London office as the news swirls of a catastrophe linking Peter and Sylvia Hanbury. Maggie rushes by train and taxi to the North to face a fateful moment.
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Sylvia and Peter Revel in a Sudden Romance
The scene shows Sylvia sending a telegram of happiness to Peter and Maggie. Peter beams at the news, while Maggie experiences disbelief and wonder at the quick, fateful turn of love. Mrs Hanbury absorbs the shock as the excitement settles around them.
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Sylvia and Bob Run Off and Marry Prompt Wedding Plan
Peter receives a misleading telegram allegedly signed by Maggie with the news that Sylvia and Bob Langley have married in secret. Sylvia's mother Mrs. Hanbury confirms the couple has run off and wed, leaving Peter shocked and unsure who sent the telegram. A letter reveals the telegram was a deception, hinting at a desperate elopement.
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Maggie Bond
Atlas Honors A Weight Lifter Of His Era
A historical note praises Atlas for his athletic prowess before Mussolini ruled Italy. The piece highlights his influence in a nation of forty two million, referencing national discipline under the regime.
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Editor in Heaven and the Ejectment Dodges a Fort
A humorous note recounts a single editor in heaven after a two year arson stint. Allegedly he pretended to be a minister to step in unexpectedly. When the dodge was found out they sought a lawyer to draw up ejectment papers but failed, leaving the editor to hold the fort.
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Bolo Gna Chewing Advice Sparks Odd Spelling Debate
Readers debate the correct spelling of boloney as a chewing required food item. The line about swallowing whole boloney prompts discussions on pronunciation and usage.
A Pole nearer center? Washington nose joke hits Scots
A playful exchange contrasts a man at the North Pole being closer to Earth's center than at the equator with a Scottish quip about George Washington. The Scot says Washington spoke through his nose, prompting the American to note his great and good character.
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Fallible Verse and a Surgeon’s Cold View on Russia
A fragmentary article quotes a religious text about protection from evil and plague, then switches to Dr. Jewey Sutton, a San Angelo surgeon, describing Russia as a nation of great machines and hungry stomachs, exploiting humanity.
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Jewey Sutton
San Anelo
Texas
Byrn
Prince Adopts Car Wireless System for In-Transit Music
The Prince of Wales has a built in wireless set in a car to hear broadcast music while traveling. The device is fixed in the vehicle with a box under the rear foot-rests and the serial hidden in the roof.
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London
Prince of Wales
Italy's Debt to Mussolini
London Observer lauds Italy's shift under Mussolini as proof of national self reliance and a model for civilization. It argues Italy's success shows that each people must work out its salvation in its own way without rigid political abstractions.
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London Observer
Italy
Unitarian Finds Plate For Foreign Missions Joke
An Unitarian in an orthodox church avoids foreign mission collection but the sidesman insists using the plate. He replies I don t believe in foreign missions. The sidesman retorts Then you d better take a shilling I s for the heathen.
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Candy industry boom boosts British confectioners
Confectionery makers in Great Britain report a strong rise in business. One firm has taken on 900 workers to help produce 350000 tons of sweets annually, nearly double the output of twenty five years ago. Doctors now reportedly praise health benefits of candy.
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Abandon to His care and trust in the Shepherd
The passage urges clasping divine guidance like a sheep in a shepherds care. It promises transformation of barren places into green pastures through faith, assuring God can turn deserts into blossoming life even in hardship.
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Debts and Credits in War Payments Questioned
A Montreal Star article contends December instalment payments swelling future European debts. It notes Ger has halted further payments and repudiates debts on moral grounds, leaving France unable to collect the money.
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Iguassu Falls Called World’s Most Wonderful Waterfall
In Wide World Magazine R Haliburton extols the Iguassu falls on the Brazil border as a sublime wonder. He describes a half mile reach of water pouring from the sky onto a plateau and a 10,000 foot front tumbling 200 foot cataracts.
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Nerviline Promises Quick Relief for Pain and Stiff Joints
An old advertisement touts Nerviline as a trusted pain reliever for rheumatic muscles, stiff necks, and lumbago. It claims the rub-on liniment eases soreness without blistering and has over fifty years of use, calling it the KING of pain relief.
Increased Business In Pickled Salmon
A Canadian associate in the fishing industry reports opportunities for expanded pickled salmon trade after a trade exhibition cruise to the West Indies. Gutted fish should be barrelled in strong pickling barrels of two hundred pounds or more.
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West Indies
New Northland
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