Intellect and Immigration Shape Early 1900s Canada
An essay on honesty and taste contrasts modern preferences with classical culture. It notes a rise in emigration from Britain to Canada, with 1,800 and 600 strong parties seeking settlement in Saskatchewan and beyond. Immigration to the Dominion is rising sharply, with estimates suggesting up to 114,000 via the St. Lawrence route and another 40,000 from the U.S., potentially doubling Northwest territories’ population by 1901.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beethoven
Liverpool
Northwest Territories
Canada
Saskia
Echewan
Dominion
United States
St. Lawrence River
Montreal Daily Star
Manitoba
Deafness Cure Claim Prompts Catarrh Remedy Ad
A newspaper fragment asserts deafness cannot be cured by local applications and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure with a one hundred dollar reward for any case cured. It also includes an advertisement blurb for Hall's Family Pills. The text ends with a recipe for Scotch Bee Soup and a method for making a butter flour paste.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
You Can Get Allen's Foot Ease Free Sample Offer
Allen S Olmsted of LeRoy New York offers a free sample of Allen's Foot Ease. The advertisement claims relief for chil blues damp feet and swollen aching feet, helps with tight shoes, and serves as a cure for corns and bunions. Sold by druggists for 25 cents, no substitutes accepted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
LeRoy
N. Y
Rights and taxes on trousers in France and America
A note contrasts a $10 government tax for women to wear trousers in France with a US path to the right via marriage paid to a minister. Also mentions Cure as a cough remedy priced at 25 cents and a reflective line about poets and spring renewing the race amid lingering winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
United States
S.S.S
S. S
Squift
Atlanta
GAI
Captain of a battleship rules with vast, daunting power
The autocrat captain holds supreme command aboard the ship directing all evolutions and bearing final decisions on professional points. He acts as judge and clergy, reads services, conducts burials, and oversees discipline, while living apart in isolated quarters with strict entry rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greaves
U.S. N
Elmhurst Baptists Build Cobblestone Church in Vintage Style
A new Elmhurst Baptist church is rising from cobblestones in a monastery influenced design. The unfinished exterior contrasts with surrounding cottages, reviving a Baptist presence in Newtown fifty years after Civil War dissolution. The Rev. William J. Noble organized the new society two years ago at the site of the former church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Baptist Church
Elmhurst
L. L
Newtown
William J. Noble
Brown University
Making Bowling Balls And The Industry Behind It
Bowling ball production fuels a large U S industry as lignum vitae from the West Indies and Central America is cut into blocks. Workers shape, plane, sand, shellac and oil the balls before drilling finger holes to size. A light jab ends with a note on women starting to sew to earn money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
West Indies
Philadelphia
Peruna Saved My Life in a Mother's Strong Turn
Letters from grateful mothers praise Peruna and Manalin for curing catarrh and restoring health. Mrs W McRoberts of Delano Mississippi writes she gave birth to a 10 pound girl after using Peruna and calls the remedy life saving. She reports good health, returns to housework, and notes neighbors now use Peruna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peruna
L. M. Griffith
Arco
Idaho
Rites
K. EK
Thomas
Albpa
Manalin
Severa
Kent
Mrs. E
Israel
S. B. Hartman
Columbus
Ohio
Brown Betty Pie Recipe Instruction
A Brown Betty recipe describes layering peeled apples with bread crumbs sugar and butter in a greased dish seasoned with cinnamon then baking until the top browns. Serve hot with hard sauce made from butter powdered sugar lemon juice nutmeg and sherry or brandy.
Opera Caramels Recipe Steps Describe Method
Stir two quarts sugar with just enough milk to dissolve it. Add a quarter teaspoon cream of tartar and boil until a cold-water test yields putty-like consistency. Cool, press to dent, then beat into a dough, knead, roll on sugar, and cut into half-inch squares. Flavor with vanilla if desired.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bromo-Seltzer
Portland
Ind
H. W. Sees
Prussian Remedy Co
St. Paul
Minn
Portland Seed CO
Fortland
Oregon
Coast
E. Thomas
Mrs. W. McRoberts
Delano
Pecipe
Samuel Pitcher
New
East Peas
Bears
Mpany
New York City
Jos
Krehling
Congress St
St. Louie, Mo
Candy Cathartic
Theroute
Bleriing Remedy Company
Chicago
Montreal
New York
Naarranires Yy Agra
Mitchell & Bee Line Buggies
First St
Portland, OR
Spokane
Boise
S.N.U
Walex
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!