George Northam Learns Truth And Wins Edith In Love
In a hospital set piece of deception and desire George Northam discovers he has inherited his uncle's fortune and that Joan never truly loved him. After a dramatic breakup he recovers and finds honest love with Edith Garland who accepts him as he is. He professes love and plans marriage.
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Joan
George
George Edward Arthur Northam
Hospital
Brook
Edith Garland
Edith Gis
Joan Holland
Fitzsimmonds
Edith
Castoria Advertisement Claims Gentle Remedy for Children
A vintage voice promotes a pure vegetable Castoria remedy for constipation and upset stomachs in children. The copy notes a signature on the wrapper by Chas. H. Fletcher and claims doctors prescribe the product.
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Chas. H. Fletcher
Darkey buys horse and requests morphine dose
A man buys a horse that won’t move. A veterinary surgeon injects morphine. the horse bolts. The man asks for the charge, ten cents, then asks for fifty cents worth in his arm to dance and catch the horse.
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Darkey
Deaf Listener Tests Hearing During Scottish Sermon
A country church in Scotland paused its sermon to quiz a listener who seemed hard of hearing. The man replied with a pun, saying he is hearing but for a very little purpose.
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Scotland
John
Jaye
Emulsion promotes health in cold weather
Advertises The D. L. Emulsion as a palatable cold weather tonic from Davis and Lawrence Co of Montreal. Claims to ward off colds and maintain weight and strength. Bottles priced at 50 cents and $1.00.
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Davis & Lawrence Co
Montreal
Asaya-Neurall
Aslam
Train length joke between traveller and porter
Traveller asks how long the next train will be. Porter responds engine and six car riages. Traveller teases the porter. the reply notes the porter’s smartness is gone home for his dinner.
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Porter
Mining Potential Noted at Sage Properties With Public Financing Planned
The corporation plans to develop its Sage holdings and may form subsidiaries to mine if warranted. Prospects resemble Buchans Mine, with zinc lead ore boulders found but no ore yet. Further work aims to identify commercial ore bodies. Capitalization is $50,000 in $1 shares. Owned by Nersetman Corporation Financial Post.
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Nersetman Corporation
Financial Post
Bootleg Bible Controversy Roils Boston Censors
Boston cleric Father Burton and Dr. Abraham Myerson of Tufts condemned book censorship at a Massachusetts committee meeting. They warned that prudish laws create crimes and warned against bootleg Bibles from Canada if censorship continues.
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Boston
Episcopal Order of Cowley Fathers
Jower Massachusetts
Father Burton
Abraham Myerson
Tufts College
Massachusetts Committee
Canada
Massachusetts
Kansas
Union
America
Davis Liver Pills Ad Promises Gentle Relief
A vintage advertisement touts Davis Liver Pills with a catchy line and suggests stirring up a torpid digestion. It markets 40 pills for 25 cents and claims gentle but effective relief.
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Davis
Was Washington’s Birthday Bank Closures A Mystery
A dialect anecdote questions why banks closed in the United States on George Washingtons birthday, contrasting the claim of his honesty with the practice of closing financial institutions on his holiday. The piece humorously weighs public respect against banking traditions and national observance.
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George Washington
United States
Fog Alarm at Big Colom bier Island Newfoundland
Notice to Mariners describes a 5 inch fog alarm on Big Colombier Island near Burnt Islands with a two blast cycle every 60 seconds. The system, housed in a flat roof white dwelling and engine house, will operate on or after December 24 1929.
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Colombier Island
Burnt Islands
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Allah
Part
Ruby M. Ayres
Dodd
Gious
J. W. McGrath
St John’s
Newfoundland
Buchans Contact
Buchans Contract Development Co
Red Indian Lake
Red Indian Lake Mining Co
Buchans
Hatch and Palmer, Mining Enginneers of
St.John’s
Clerkc
Daycer
Wood
Lewispokie
Adolphus Rice
Martin Stuckless
North Side
Thomson, O.D
Optometrist
Optician
Water'St
Garland’s Book'Store
P. Q. Box
Burnt Islands Burgeo District
N. Iorg
H.B.C. Lake
King’s Cove Head
Bonavista Bay
King’ S Cove Head
H. B. C. Lake Minister Marine & Fisheries
The
Marine & Fisheries Dept
St. John’s
Centia Bay
Long
Petit Forte Harbor
H. B.clake
Minis Er Martin
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