Walt Mason's Dry Town Salvation in Emporia Tale
In Emporia Kansas Walt Mason, famed for prono poems, finds life after alcohol in a dry town. Editor William White and locals praise his rise from a drinking past to a productive writer thriving among clerks, shopkeepers, and market girls, with Emporia proudly telling strangers his story.
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Canada
Walt Mason
Emporia
Kana
Prodial
Kannann
Ufe
William Aten White
Emporia Gazette
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Cafara
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Omer
Walt Manon
America
Middle Western
Emporis
Walt Munson
Nash- Willo
Amusing Kindergarten Project Helps Sick Children Build Toys
A caregiver describes organizing simple paper crafts for recovering children at a church, turning stiff wrapping paper into two inch squares and paper brick houses. The children enjoyed creating a miniature village, station and railway, while using paste for bricks and evergreen twigs for trees.
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Neartet Tower
Aala A
Are
Doctor's Gravel Cure in Brookville Ends in Misunderstanding
Old Brookville physician tells patient Samuel Walter to imitate a chicken scratching for gravel to eat. The man returns a week later, claiming he followed the advice but asks how much gravel to eat, noting he has eaten a lot yet remains ill.
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Berry
Indiana
Brookville
Clnemath
Samuel Walter
Samuel
Jeter Old Bamuel
Agricultural cooperation grows standard food on provincial lands
A joint action between the Provincial Secretary and the Agricultural Department enables 181 acres of land across Fort William Burcrash Landon Woodstock Dlamilian Whitby and Crockville to be cultivated. Crops include oats potatoes barley wheat beans with 6 acres of oats. The effort faces seed supply difficulties underscoring the need for a practical policy.
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Agericcultural
Fort Willam
Burcrash
Landon
Woodstock
Dlamilian
Whitby
Crockville
Ezra Moves Well Across the Road to the Highway
A tale recalls Ezra who dug beside a front yard well to fill it but shifted the hole into the road. Neighbors at the Corner down the street recount the feat as the well walked thirty feet, leaving a four foot wide furrow.
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Exra
Mara
Eam
Olling
Avall
Ezra
Judson Tolliver
Cornera
Knott the expreas man and the bishop’s big word test
reminiscence recalls Wesleyan expreas man Knott who judged intellect by word size. He challenged college boys with pompous terms and passed them along, then quizzed if a bishop’s speech makes him a big man. The Bishop Haven visit and baggage transfer add a humorous touch to the tale.
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Aibert Haven
Wesleyan
Knott
Uwfe
Mr. Knott
Haven
Middletown
Billy
Dates of the Fall Faire in Ontario 1918
The notice lists faire dates across Ontario towns led by the Department of Agriculture. Aberfoyle October 3 Acton September 24-26 Burlington Thanksgiving Day Cooksville October 2 Erin October 9-10 Georgetown October 2-3 Rockwood October 3-4 Belleville September 25.
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Ontario Department of Agriculture
Toronto
J. Lockie Wilson
Aberfoyle
Acton
Burlington
Cooksville
Erin
Georgetown
Adition News
Rockwood
Btreviaville
The Ship of State and the unseen furnace crew
The piece portrays the ship of state relying not on the captain but on unknown laborers to keep the furnaces blazing. It highlights coal shovellers toiling in heat, their sweat unseen by most passengers, yet their work drives the vessel forward.
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Tollora
Fletcher's Castoria and a Drum Gift Incident
A child Clifford toys with a drum and a knife gift from the neighbor prompts parental concern about disturbances. A separate note extols Kellogg's Asthma Remedy for immediate relief and long term control, describing inhalation as preventing future attacks.
American traveler finds cheer amid hardship in foreign journey
An American traveler recalls meeting a cheerful, optimistic man among poverty and cheap lodgings, whose resilience contrasts with the luxury-seeking millionaire family complaining of delays and discomforts aboard rail journeys. In Naples the traveler notes the beauty of Vesuvius and Bay of Naples, yet art and scenery fail to impress the distressed travelers who long for home.
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Qnughtera
Naples
Bay of Naples
Lana Brount
Vesuvius
Italy
Calf Brings World Record Price at Meyer Holsten Sale
Champion Allyvia Johanna the seven month calf bred by A C Hardy at Kin Avondante Farm near Brockville Ontario sold at Meyer Holsten sale for 106000 dollars. The animal is noted as the highest priced in the world and a double world record. Dam May Echo Sylvia once held the record for milk production and the ancestor May Echo Sylvia is mentioned. Hardy retains the dam on foundation cows at Avondale Farm. An unrelated promotional line regarding Miller's Worm Powders follows.
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Allyvia Johanna
A. C. Hardy
Kin Avondante Farm
Brockville
Ont
Meyer Holsten
Sylvia Johanna
Paigé
May Echo Sylvia
Echo Sylvia Johanna
Hardy
Avondale Farm
Does It Pay To Do Right In The Watchman Examiner
An article argues that doing right pays beyond money, citing James J. Hill as an example. The writer credits righteousness, hard work, and business skill for success and says the joy of upright living outweighs material gains, with many people missing moral rewards in favor of next world thinking.
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Watchman Examiner
James J. Hill
Lydia Pinkham Vegetable Compound Praised in Oskaloosa Ad
A local reader from West Oskaloosa praises Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound for relief from weakness and misery related to displacements irregularities and other ailments. The letter urges other women to try the remedy and mentions writing for advice to Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. Lynn Massachusetts.
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Oskaloosa
Iowa
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mia
Lizzie Courtney
Ava
West
Lown
Courtney
M Edicina Co
Lynn
Mass
Local Grain Supplies Advertised in Mixed Bag Offerings
A dated ad lists on hand stock including brands King’s Choice Norval and National Flour with meal and grain products. Items include chopped corn rolled oats corn meal and various bag sizes in 60M 1001 and 200 percent barrels.
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King's
Choice
Norval
National
The Constant Rush and the Habit of Planning
The text argues that hurried people are constantly behind because hurry is a state of mind. A methodical person plans, prioritizes, and follows a set programme, estimating time for each task and omitting what is unnecessary. By listing tasks and deadlines, they avoid rushing and stay on schedule.
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penerUy
Mt Trein
Tfo
Mule back sore trial ends in fine for farmer judge
A driver facing cruelty to animals was fined 50 dollars after a judge, testing a mule’s pain with his cane, found the animal’s back sore and linked it to the alleged injury. The scene unfolded outside the courthouse as testimony from a veterinarian was challenged by hands-on evidence. Kaworth Herala promotes Purmoeloe's Vegetable Pills as a stomach tonic, claiming broad popularity.
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Case
Kaworth Herala
Rattan and Massa George Exchange Tales on a Dixie Day
In Colona Harris chats with an old plantation handyman nicknamed Rattan. The man explains he earns three dollars daily by hunting possums, selling skins, and collecting tips at a hotel, detailing a simple routine from dawn to dusk. The dialogue highlights rural economy and slang of the era.
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Colona
Harris
Hig
Colonel Harrin
Massa George
Maonsa George
Massa Georgi
Car repair bill differences reveal a sharp Vermont neighbor
Ezra Coulton, described as strictly honest yet sharp, inspected a carriage and deemed the repair bill excessive. The first item listed seven cents for “pooking and logkin’,” while a New York man later charged seven dollars for limousing to the garage, showing a $7.00 examination cost versus a trivial earlier line.
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New York
Ezra Coulton
Vermont
Deland Sees War's Realities From Varin
Margaret Deland writes from Varin about Americans' misconceptions of the war in France. She notes the shock of direct exposure, the mental strain of distant news versus frontline experience, and the need to focus on small daily tasks to maintain balance while confronting a vast, unsettling horizon.
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Margaret Deland
Varin
America
France
Chelana
Ashinton
Ateady
Never Out of Date Old-Fashioned Mannhood Ad
Patent medicine jingle extols Fletcher's Castoria and timeless virtues. It contrasts progress with enduring thrift, industry, and character attributed to "old-fashioned manhood" while invoking the familiar slogan that childhood remedies remain constant through changing times.
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Fletcher
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