Canada Builds Park System to Lure Tourists
The government expands parks and road networks to ease travel into Canada by rail and road. Officials stress friendly border entry for Americans and British subjects, with emphasis on natural beauty, Western wheat fields, ranch lands, and broad plains as a tourism driver.
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National Park System
Canadian Pacific
Grand Trunk Pacific
Canadian Northern Railways
Canada
Europe
Rocky Mountains
Moving Tips From A Historic Housekeeping Guide
Practical advice for packing and moving drawn from a historical text. Start with small nonessential items to avoid a messy departure, pack clothing, books, and fragile items in small, padded boxes, and use tubs and barrels for kitchen ware and glass. Fill hollow objects, pad handles and stems, and use packing materials like excelsior hay newspapers or towels to stabilize items.
Old age is the evening of life
A reflective line noting aging as life’s final phase and second youth as a fresh, hopeful beginning.
Take stains from bathtub using kerosene method
The article recommends removing oily deposits from porcelain bathtubs with kerosene applied on soft paper, then wiped and burned. Rinse with soap and hot water. avoid soda or scouring powders. For brown water stains use oxalic acid and rinse well. Written by Nellie M. Killgore from Colorado Agricultural College Fort Collins.
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Nellie M. Killgore
Colorado Agricultural College
Fort Collings
Colorado
Whitings with Onions Mushrooms and Parsley
Fillet three whitings and season each piece with pepper salt and chopped onion mushrooms and parsley. Roll each piece secure with a skewer. Dip in egg and bread crumbs then fry in boiling fat. Remove skewers and serve.
Beans Baked in Milk Recipe Instructions
Soak beans overnight then boil until tender. Drain and place in an earthen dish. Add salt pepper and per quart of beans one tablespoon molasses. Cover with sweet milk and bake slowly, adding hot milk as it boils away. The longer baked the tastier.
Orange omelet with cream and orange preserves
Beat yolks and whites separately from five eggs then combine and season. Stir in five tablespoons cream dissolved with two tablespoons cornstarch. Cook slowly in a buttered pan until set, finish in oven. Spread half the omelet with orange preserves and serve hot.
Soda cures and preserves dental and digestive comfort
Value of Soda. A little soda on the brush removes tartar from the teeth. Small amount in glass of water often relieves distress in stomach after eating. If meat is too stale wash it in water in which soda has been dissolved. Milk beginning to turn may be sweetened by adding a trifle of soda as you heat it.
Bananas En Casserole Recipe Weighs Hearty Fruit Dish
Six ripe bananas peeled and halved are arranged in a casserole. A sugar and spice mixture of three tablespoons sugar one quarter teaspoon ground cloves and a pinch of salt is sprinkled over them, then a tablespoon of lemon juice is added. The dish is pitched as a hearty vegetable substitute with a light meat course.
Dixie Dessert Scoop Banana Walnut Coconut Fill
Scoop small sponge cakes with banana chopped walnut and coconut. Garnish edges with banana slices top with walnut half and sprinkle with soconut.
Delicate afternoon frock in challie fits today and yesterday
The design showcases a versatile afternoon gown with kimono waist and panels. It features a silk corded bodice, silk girdle with buttons, and a four inch hem. Soft chiffon frills, reticule, and contrasting fabrics suggest options for slender and fuller figures.
The Word of the Cross Lesson Overview
July 30 lesson on First Corinthians sets the Corinth church in context with Paul’s letters from Ephesus. It highlights unity in Christ, the cross as power and wisdom, and key themes from 1 Corinthians chapters 1 to 2, including the call to holiness, church governance, and the purpose of Christ’s crucifixion and resurrection.
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Lord Jesus Christ
Paul
Corinth
Ephesus
Sosthenes
Thirty-Nine Going on Fifty in Indianapolis Exchange
A Indianapolis Star exchange shows lawyer Charles Pettijohn questioning a woman client who insists she is thirty-nine but appears closer to fifty. Pettijohn encourages her to speak up while she repeats her age and commentary.
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Charles Pettijohn
Pettijohn
Indianapolis Star
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic Advertises Strength
The ad claims strong people withstand summer heat better than the weak and old. It says Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic purifies and enriches the blood and builds up the whole system. Dosage noted as 5cc.
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Grove
Accessory Essentials for Travel Wardrobes Highlight Ribbon Accents
The text highlights pretty accessories that enhance simple outfits for travelers and entertainments. It describes rose satin capes, gray satin neck ruffs, vanity bags, and ribbons used in girdles and bags to create dressy summer looks, emphasizing practical elegance and protection for the throat.
Cleaning Gold Lace Care Tips
Cleaning gold lace involves brushing with alcohol or gasoline. Metal lace can be cleaned by boiling in salted water using four tablespoons of salt per quart of water.
Bellows shaped bag from cretonne leather and brass
A decorative bag mimicking a bellows design sits by the fireside. It is crafted from cretonne with brass and leather accents, showing skilled stitching and a compact, vintage style.
Description of Bellows Bag with Gusset and Tassel
A bellows shaped bag features a plain material gusset at the sides and is finished with braid. A tassel dangles from the end and a cretonne strap holds the pieces together, passing over the arm. It clasps with a snap on one side.
Patchwork on Cushions Sparkles with Daydream Colors
Patchwork on cushions shows clever handiwork with pink and blue sunbonnets in percale, stitched onto a heavy oyster colored cushion top, reflecting craft detail and warmth.
Desperate Advice From Doctor on Wife's Change Request
A patient pleads for financial help as his wife requires funds. The doctor comments on the couple's strained resources, noting the husband has already given all he possesses. The dialogue highlights domestic pressure and frayed finances.
Befuddled rider questions if car is correct
A drunken looking passenger boards a streetcar and asks the conductor if it is the right car. The conductor snaps that he cannot know and the man retorts that stopping to catch it proves the car’s identity.
Red Cross Ball Blue Ad Claims Bright Laundry Results
A wartime advertisement extols Red Cross Ball Blue as a two ounce package of real goodness. The speaker notes clothes look brighter and cleaner, insisting the product delivers noticeable value during the war era.
Business split ends partnership after Jones retires
The narrator explains that He-Here Jones retired from their joint venture while the speaker remains active. A line suggests a contradiction about Jones being mute, while a separate stat notes the United States annually produces 20 million dollars worth of buttons.
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Jones
United States
Save the Babies Castoria Ad Warns Against Narcotics
A historical public health notice argues infant mortality is high in civilized countries and urges timely Castoria use to save lives. It warns that drops and syrups often contain opium or morphine and can cause poisoning, recommending Castoria with Charles H. Fletcher’s signature.
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Chas. H. Fletcher
War era humor and romance mix amid shortages
A wartime scene shows men in leisure at a restaurant joking about marriage and the future while a waitress endures their chatter. A woman laments war delaying happiness as others tease and plan enlistment after the conflict ends. The text also includes a Dalmatian anecdote about ants baking bread from seeds.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment Ad Offers Free Sample
For baby rashes eczema itching chafing or irritated skin, use Cuticura Soap bath followed by light Cuticura Ointment on the affected area. Soothing and refreshing for fretful sleepless babies. Free sample by mail with Book. Address postcard Cuticura Dept. L Boston. Sold everywhere.
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Dept. L
Boston
Moriarty Aims to Buy Cup for Assemblyman Flannigan
In the Harrisburg Patriot, Moriarty discusses purchasing a loving cup for Assemblyman Flannigan. The jeweler offers a choice item for ten dollars, but Moriarty doubts Flannigan would bid that high and suggests asking him first.
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Moriarty
Flannigan
Harrisburg
Hospital popularity hinges on pretty nurses
A columnist notes a hospital draws crowds not for its system or doctors but for its nurses. The remark highlights opinions on perceived care quality versus appearance and charm within the medical staff.
Free Book on Rheumatism by Jesse A Case
Adv prom oves a free book on rheumatism and neuritis by Jesse A Case from Brockton Massachusetts. The ad claims the volume explains causes and cures and offers it at no charge. A stray line notes Kansas has 54769 male inhabitants and mentions a vacuum cleaner remark.
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Jesse A Case
Dept. C. W. Brockton
Mass
Dutch Treat Puzzle Turns To Wartime Escape Plan
A quip asks what a Dutch treat is and answers with a wartime escape from a danger zone into Holland. The remark frames a joke about fleeing conflict for safety.
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Holland
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