July 15, 1929

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July 15, 1929

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Mr. Absalom

Mr. Absalom

By ALAN SULLIVAN43 min
Many Alberta Oil Companies Bidding for Investors’ Funds
BUSINESS & INVESTMENTS

Many Alberta Oil Companies Bidding for Investors’ Funds

By A. W. BLUE9 min
The Old Dog

The Old Dog

By NORMAN REILLY RAINE26 min
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Mr. Absalom 2021

Mr. Absalom

The Story: A young Londoner, Hector Court, answers an advertisement for a secretary “who must be physically fit." He goes down to Monk’s Mount, Hoddesdon, Herts, where he meets a Mr. Absalom who subjects him, to a series of physical tests and offers him the position. By ALAN SULLIVAN43 min
Many Alberta Oil Companies Bidding for Investors’ Funds 7273
BUSINESS & INVESTMENTS

Many Alberta Oil Companies Bidding for Investors’ Funds

CANADA’S imports of petroleum and its products last year amounted to $61,675,989 in value. The total output of the Dominion’s oil wells in the same year reached a total of 630,405 barrels, with an aggregate value of $2,058,935. On the basis of last year’s consumption our domestic production was sufficient to supply our market for a period of twelve days only. By A. W. BLUE9 min
The Old Dog 67

The Old Dog

A story of a war-time duel of valor between irreverent Youth and irascible Age, and the triumph won by both By NORMAN REILLY RAINE26 min
Why I Gave Up Golf for Lawn Bowling 1819

Why I Gave Up Golf for Lawn Bowling

In which a heretic denounces “the ancient and honorable” and explains his wooing of the kitty on the green By ROBERT STEAD9 min
Poor Old Married People 1011

Poor Old Married People

Which goes to show that a woman who sets men's heads swimming must he able to swim herself By BASIL G. PARTRIDGE24 min
The Delectable Angel Cake 6263
WOMEN AND THEIR WORK

The Delectable Angel Cake

Your true angel cake should be white as purity itself, as light as down and of an exquisitely subtle flavor By KATHERINE M. CALDWELL8 min
The Fourth Norway 1415

The Fourth Norway

Another "honorable mention" story from MacLean's Second Canadian Short Story Contest By MARY QUAYLE INNIS23 min
For the Small Bedroom 6869
Women and The Home

For the Small Bedroom

The one-in-two plan is an ideal solution to one of the knottiest of furnishing problems By ANNE ELIZABETH WILSON6 min
North of Sixty-four 1617

North of Sixty-four

Being a chapter from the adventures of one who filled the unique role of scribe-prospector in the mining pioneers’ Great Push to wrest from Nature the secrets of Canada's northern hinterland By ARTHUR LOWE22 min
An Astronomer Views the Cosmos 2829
REVIEW of REVIEWS

An Astronomer Views the Cosmos

Well-known Scientific Writer Explains His Feeling About the Eternal Riddle of the Universe. By PROFESSOR J. ARTHUR THOMSON5 min
Steel 89

Steel

A glimpse into the Inferno from which Man, the Pigmy, brings forth the Giant, Steel By Louis ARTHUR CUNNINGHAM22 min
Medicine Must Turn to the Mind 3031
REVIEW of REVIEWS

Medicine Must Turn to the Mind

Says Writer in U. S. Magazine—Reviews Triumphs of Healing Since Beginning of Nineteenth Century. By BESSIE BUNZEL5 min
The St. Lawrence Question 1213

The St. Lawrence Question

“Mr. Payne has made the best possible of a bad job, but it still remains a very bad job” By HON. E. C. DRURY21 min
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