The Forehandedness of Margaret Reeder
Margaret Reeder learns the true Christmas spirit after resisting shopping and hosting duties. She plans a frugal year, but a misgiving about forsaking family traditions and a late confession lead her husband to propose a shared effort. They redeploy funds for the mission tree and embrace the holiday with warmth.
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Mr. Reeder
Joe Forester
Bess
Joe
Charles Reeders
Mrs. Reeder
Charlie
Margarets
Dairy ration planning for Eastern Canada farmers
Farmers must balance dairy cow rations with on farm feeds and grow the right crops. Home grown protein sources like clover hay alfalfa peas and oat mixes reduce mill feed needs while ensuring 18 to 24 percent crude protein. Suggestions include peas and hay, crushed oats barley, bran, and protein supplements such as cottonseed meal gluten feed or oil cake if needed. Ground limestone and bone meal support minerals. At Nappan Experimental Farm silage like swedes corn and OPV is favored, while sunflower silage is pricier per dry matter.
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Canada
Nappan
Wilfred Boxer Fails To Send Word Home
Wilfred, a boxer, promised his anxious father a telegram after his first major fight. The father waited for news, opening a telegram marked Bill Bruiser that read, Wilfred would wire if he could, but he can't.
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Wilfred
Bill Bruiser
A Scot Tells of an Evening to Save Pennies
Angus returns home to his father with a tale of a cheap date. The exchange reveals frugality and a playful brag about the cost of time out with his girl.
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G Angus
Seine
Do Your Hens Pay A Practical Poultry Formula
A Dominion Poultry note by C Elford presents a simple feed economy test. Divide feed cost per hundredweight by egg price per dozen, then multiply by three to estimate daily eggs needed per 100 hens to cover feed costs. Example: feed $1.20 per cwt and eggs 30 cents per dozen yields 12 eggs per day.
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C. Elford
Dominion Poultry
Ausbandman
Alma's Angel Cake For Harry's Sake
A poetical fragment describes Alma baking an angel cake for her beloved Harry. He eats the cake and, hearing a celestial chorus, follows the call and disappears.
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Alma
Harry
Borrower Betrays Mystery With Disguised Identity
A cryptic exchange describes a borrower disguising as a Bison with facial hair and a hidden meeting. The reveal hinges on an umbrella as the key clue to recognition. The fragment hints at a caper or humorous anecdote within a period newspaper style.
Dominion bonds selling over Aslor price
The forthcoming Dominion bond offering shows current levels well above issue prices. The five year National Service Loan, issued last November, trades around 102 to 102 percent versus 99 at issue. The ten year National Service Loan maturing in 1941 now quotes 102 to 103 percent, up about three points from the prior year. Douglas Egyptian Liniment is recommended for cow teat infections and as a remedy for spavins curbs and splints.
Time’s steady advance and the lesson of planting early
The passage argues time is not moving. we move through it. It compares planting a pumpkin pie seed to planting an oak for future shade, urging early action. It warns that delaying resolutions wastes time and that keeping time central leads to purposeful progress.
Christmas shopping stresses and holiday humor
A string of holiday quips mocks late Christmas shopping and festive spending. A Turkey and Santa Claus motifs mix with advice on budgeting, temper, and sentiment as readers are urged toward sensible, graceful holiday preparation.
Freedom from Asthma Remedy Claim
Distressing asthma description praises Dr J D Kellogge's Asthma Remedy as reliable. Urges readers who tried other remedies to obtain a package immediately, claiming uniform success and immediate relief.
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J. D. Kellogge
Honey production rises in Canadian Prairies with bee shipments
Winnipeg reports show farmers boosting honey production to new levels. Millions of bees were shipped into the Prairie Provinces this past summer and over 10 000 packages destined for Prairie farmers were cleared in six months. The largest shipment carried four and a half million bees from the Southern United States.
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Winnipeg
Prairie Provinces
United States
A Christmas Thought on Gifts and Happiness
A Christmas meditation urges giving to lighten others burdens. The speaker likens shared acts of kindness to gifts at the manger, noting happiness comes from compassion, not pursuit, as readers are urged to help the downhearted with simple deeds. Verse by Lillian A. Holland.
The Easier Way Dance Debate Sparks Flat Exchange
A brief cartoon caption contrasts a woman urging dancing with a man who laments effort as he prefers ease. The dialogue highlights differing views on learning and exertion.
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