Who's Got the Money in Western Canada Farming
An Alberta Saskatchewan and Manitoba farming feature breaks down crop outputs and value in 1915. It tallies wheat barley flax and other staples producing over 407 million dollars in cash wealth. The piece extols farmers work and contrasts real wealth with stocks and real estate.
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Western
Canada
Calgary
Alberta
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Western Canada
California
Washington
Iguazu Falls Border Peru Brazil Brazil Argentina falls larger than Niagara
Between Brazil and Argentina lies Iguazu falls described as higher and wider than Niagara. The snippet also includes a humorous exchange and an advertisement for a cosmetic product Red Crosse Ball Blue.
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Brazil
Argentina
Iguazu
Niagara
Stump Puller Clears Land Faster Than Dynamite
A horticultural foreman at Kansas State Agricultural College reports stump pullers safely clear stumps with less dirt and few roots left. Dry ground aids pulling, larger stumps offer leverage, and older stumps pull easier. Prices for stump pullers range from 875 to 150 dollars.
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W. P. Blain
Kansas State Agricultural College
Flour and Oil Will Keep All Bust Away
An article by L. D. Crain advises coatings to prevent rust on idle machines. Mix four parts flour with common machinery oil to form a thin paste applied by brush. The flour slows drying. oil blocks air moisture. coating removes with cloth or waste oil.
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L. D. Crain
Colorado Agricultural College
Fort Collins
Colo
Eradicate Strawberry Pests Warns Kansas Station
T J Talbert advises on strawberry pests including leaf rollers flea beetles and crown borers. Recommendations include lead arsenate sprays, field burning after harvest, crop rotation, fall plowing and thorough harrowing to control white grubs and June beetle larvae.
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T. J. Talbert
Kansas Experiment Station
Arsenate Options for Potato Spraying Considered
University of Wisconsin entomologist discusses arsenate lead as a potato spray but notes current high price and potential alternatives. Arsenate of lime may match lead’s effectiveness and cost less, though Wisconsin tests are lacking. The article shifts to dairy care, stating cows must be comfortable with roomy barns and clean dry well ventilated facilities for good milk production.
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H. F. Wilson
University of Wisconsin
Wisconsin
Cause of Low Prices in Fruit Markets
Analysis attributes persistently low fruit prices to the consistently poor grade of the harvest. Experts note that underripe or blemished fruit reduces market value and dampens demand, while farmers struggle to fetch fair prices despite growing production.
Feeding Growing Chicks A Washington Experiment Station Notice
Helen White outlines a starter feeding plan for young chicks emphasizing water access and a dry mash. The first three weeks use equal parts cracked wheat or oats with bran and beef scrap plus granulated bone, with bone providing protein lime and phosphoric acid critical for digestion.
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Helen White
Washington Experiment Station
Poison Will Hold Cutworm in Check
Article by J. H. Gardner of Missouri Agricultural College explains a home remedy to control cutworms using bran, lead arsenate or Paris green, molasses, and citrus juice. Mixes are dissolved in water and spread at dusk to stay moist, but notes the solution may attract chickens and other farm animals with fatal results.
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Gardner
Missouri Agricultural College
Control Disease of Celery in Summer
Plants may develop this disease in the seedbed and it is most prevalent in early summer. To control the disease the Pennsylvania State College agricultural experiment station advises keeping the young plants coated with a 4 4-50 bordeaux mixture. Later the nonstaining ammoniacal copper carbonate solution should be used. Well drained half shaded fields seem to suffer less than others.
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Pennsylvania State College Agricultural Experiment Station
Careless Feeding Brings Trouble to Chicks
Spoiled or musty feed leads to digestive troubles and canker in chicks. Improper feeding care risks widespread illness and loss for poultry keepers.
Planting Pear Trees
Dwarf pear trees should have two thirds of the length of each branch cut off when planted.
It Pays to Spray
A brief item notes that spraying is advantageous, asserting its financial or practical benefits with a confident claim.
True ministry in the exercise of spiritual gifts
A temperance lesson explains that every believer has a definite ministry given by the Holy Spirit and that love alone lends value to any gift. It lists 15 manifestations of love, contrasts passing gifts with enduring love, and concludes that faith hope and love endure, with love the greatest.
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Paul
Corinth
V. L
J. H. Jowett
Bane Eternal Reflects on Summer Shine Challenge
A bright young city journalist observes that the toughest summer task for a lovely woman is quietly preventing shine from showing on her nose. The remark captures social humor about appearance in warm weather.
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Bane Eternal
Grove's Tasteless Tonic Advertised For Malaria Fight
An old advertisement promotes Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as a quinine and iron remedy to drive out malaria and strengthen the system. The piece quotes ex governor Colquitt referencing the Texas situation with a sharp, dialogic blurb about social norms and marriage proposals from a New York Tribune excerpt.
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GROVE
Colquitt
Texas
Alice
Cuticura Ad Promises Quick Relief for Skin Troubles
Slogan style ad notes instant itch relief from Cuticura Soap and Ointment for burning disfiguring skin troubles. Recommends bathing with soap and hot water, drying, then applying ointment to affected areas. Claims speedy healing when other remedies fail and offers a free sample by mail with a book from Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston.
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Dept. L
Boston
Hunter Returns From Trip With Unmarked Rabbit
A man recounts a hunting trip ending with a fine rabbit he claims to have bagged. He notes a previous summer running win after stepping on a sunbathing man's stomach, who chased him for creating a disturbance. Friends recall the rabbit lacks shot marks, and the finder explains he ran it down.
Farm Scene Sparks Thought On Science
A camera man from an educational film unit interviews an old farmer as he leaves a house in the Middle States. The filmmaker explains he was recording life on the farm. The farmer asks if workers were filmed, and the man confirms. The farmer reflects that science is a wonderful thing.
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Middle States
Don't Telegraph for Things While You’re Gone
A husband asks his wife not to tidy the house before a two week trip. She questions the effort, he notes the cost of telegraphing every time he wants to find something.
Footwork Sparks New Money Move in Dancing Lessons
Hyker-Shuffies touts a new money making venture offering dancing lessons led by Hyker. Pyker-So questions the scope and appeal of the scheme as participants consider the potential gains and style effects, noting hair gains as a playful side benefit.
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Hyker
Shuffies
Pyker
Red Cross Ball Blue Ad Puzzle In A Laundry Label
A lighthearted ad fragment touts Red Cross Ball Blue with a laundress friendly line. It also includes a humorous line about a phono graph and fishing, mentioning a character named Bocker. The tone is vintage and promotional with a playful exchange.
Free Book on Rheumatism Its Cause and Cure Ad
An advertisement invites readers suffering from rheumatism or neuritis to request a free book by Jesse A Case, Dept. C, Brockton Massachusetts. It promises the work is written to explain causes and cures.
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Jesse A Case
Dept. C. W. Brockton
Mass
Adv
Badly Wanted Billy Sunday Story of Charity at Home
Friends of Billy Sunday recount an anecdote from a Trenton train where a noisy drinker after several drinks challenges the evangelist. Sunday delivers a sharp sermon on temperance and ends with the quip that charity begins at home and one should not give away what one needs.
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Billy Sunday
Washington Star
Cal Clay and Calhoun Dispute Over Chicken Looting Tale
In Newport News Bishop Conrad cites Cal Clay as example of lax sin. he recounts a quip about Calhoun allegedly looting General Douglas's chicken house and refusing to let a few chickens keep him from communion, a tale framed as moral lapse.
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Conrad
Newport News
Cal Clay
Cal
Calhoun
Douglas
Garter Snake Threatens Woman In Cellar Encounter
A woman exploring her cellar for pickled rind found a garter snake coiled on the floor. She killed the reptile using a mop, hoe handle, old flatiron, crack, and a shelf board. No injuries reported.
Askitt and Noitt Exchange Jests on Inheritance
A playful exchange jokes that Dodge inherited not wealth but the father’s aversion to work. Noitt counters with a nod to the old man's reluctance shaping young Dodge's outlook.
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Askitt
Young Dodge
Noitt
Funeral oration praised Miller the undertaker in sly sermon
John G. Zepp recalls a negro funeral speech overheard by a judge friend. The silk hat preacher blessed the corpse pallbearers family mourners neighbors and ended with a blessing for Mistah Miller the undertaker and his prosperous business.
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John G. Zepp
Circuit Court
Jack
Prince Albert
Mistah Miller
St. Louis Globe Democrat
Druggist’s Odd Mix Up With Poultry and Perfume
An amateur poultryman ordered fancy perfume atomizers for holiday sales. After testing them on friends he returned to his hens and found fur in a nest, revealed as a young willow pussy in full vigor. He laments not the coop mishap but colleagues joking about faunal atomizers.
Seven Jokes in the World or in a Legislature?
A witty note from the Louisville Courier-Journal jokes that only seven jokes exist in the world, countered by a quip that a certain legislature offered more than that count. The remark highlights humor about politics and public discourse.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Corner grocer accused of sandbagging sugar sacks
A street exchange accuses a local grocer of underfilling sugar sacks. One man recounts buying a 25 pound bag as evidence while another urges proactive effort to seize opportunities.
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Gyer
Myer
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