Grandfather’s tale of moving to Canada in 1916
J M MacLachlan, Canadian government agent, recounts a wartime move to Manitoba. He details building a homestead, farming 70 acres, a 2500 dollar house, and wealth growth from 143 dollars to a diversified estate including horses, cattle, machinery, and 320 irrigated acres. He highlights friends’ success and invites inquiries from old neighbors.
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F. J. Chamberlain
Canada
Alberta
Idaho
March
Allan Nicholson
Hazelbridge
Manitoba
le Mars
Plymouth County
Washington Township
Tawa
Cere
Oecame
United States
Tam
J. M. MacLachlan
Traction-Terminal Bidg
Indianapolis
Ind
Never Thought of That Antiscorbutic Note from Cranberry Lover
A brief Arkansas Gazette item notes a cranberry enthusiast praising the fruit as a fine antiscorbutic, remarking that they had never considered it so before. The casual thought is reported with newspaper tone and period voice.
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Arkansas Gazette
Cuticura Toilet Trio Advertises Soap Ointment Talcum
Cuticura Soap for the complexion promises clear skin. Use daily and the Ointment as needed for scalp and hands. The fragrance and appeal of Cuticura Talcum complete the trio, marketed as a daily beauty routine.
Public schools teach good English while environment teaches harder
Public schools can teach the speaking of good English but the environment presents tougher lessons.
Famous Corps Ends Its Work
The Royal Northwest Mounted Police has ceased to exist and merged with the Canadian mounted police. The force, known as the scarlet and gold, protected vast western Canada from ibudson bay to the Arctic, earning trust of Indians and Métis, winning treaty cooperation, and conducting arctic patrols that saved settlers and upheld law across a vast frontier.
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Ottawa
Royal Northwest Mounted Police
Canadian Mounted Police
Riders of the Plains
United States
Mississippi
Ibudson Bay
Rockies
Thoubuins
Arctic
Royal Northwest Mounted
Plains
Police
Great Barrens
Hudson Bay
Tinson
Esprit de Corps
Hudson Bay Company
Winnipeg
Fort Garry
Europe
Robertson-Ross
Turing
Northwest
Red River
Great American Desert
Fort McLeod
Phadson Bay
Coronation Gulf
Yukon
Lierschell Island
Klondike
Dawson
Riders of the
Canada
Custer
Pie-a-Pot
Canadian Pacific
Sitting Bull
White Eagle
Little Knife
Black Moon
Canadian
Inspector Walsh
Tainly
Walsh
Louis Reil
Western
The
Scarlet and Gold
Strathconas
South Africa
Flanders
Harvard
Prairie
Wilds
Would Close English Churches Six Months
London Reverend Morris, vicar of All Saints' Southport, says England might benefit from church closures for six months. He argues the country is overchurched and religion is too easy to obtain, noting ecclessiastical luxury and a Gospel burden.
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London
W. E. H. Morris
All Saints’ Church
Southport
England
Bayer Aspirin Trademarked Tablets Marketed For Pain Relief
Bayer Tablets of Aspirin bear the Bayer Cross and are promoted as genuine Aspirin prescribed by physicians for over 18 years. Buyers are advised to obtain unbroken packages with proper directions for relief from colds headaches toothaches and other pains, with small tins priced cheaply and larger packages also sold by druggists.
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Bayer
Robbers Escaped as Bloodhounds Trail Them
Police pursued suspects after a robbery as bloodhounds trailed the path they fled. Details remain unclear as investigators search for the culprits and recover stolen goods.
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Gabrie
Cers
Calomel and Cascarets Tone Up Nightly Health
An advertisement touts Cascarets as a gentle nighttime remedy for biliousness headaches bad taste yellow skin and constipation. Claims the product works while you sleep without gripe harshness or irritation and urges readers not to use harsh physics.
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Adv
Adam Furniture Gaffe Sparks Laughs and Sharp Wit
A shopper mocked the Adam period furniture joke after a clerk explained it, prompting a humorous reaction about how the historic style could be made without tools. Separate note on a man with no arms describing how artificial limbs and wrist-plate devices hold brushes razors and forks.
Desert Sand Depths in Africa Reported
A brief note states that the average depth of sand in Africa’s deserts is estimated between 30 and 40 feet, highlighting a substantial dune profile in the region.
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Deserts
Africa
Hapsburg Castle in Aargau Cradle of Dynasty
Hapsburg meaning Owl's Castle. the castle stood in Aargau Switzerland and is noted as the reputed cradle of the Hapsburg dynasty.
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Hapsburg
Canton of
Aargau
Switzerland
Collision leads to owner missing after smash
In London Answers dialogue a policeman questions the owner who did not flee after a collision, while the other victim confirms the owner lies beneath the motorcar.
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London
Recipe for Gray Hair Dye Mix
A home remedy for gray hair uses one half pint water with one ounce Bay Rum a small box Barbo Compound and percent ounce glycerine. Apply twice weekly until the shade is desired. Readily prepared by druggists or mixed at home at low cost. Leaves hair darker softer and glossy without cooling the scalp or rubbing off. Adv.
Needfire Folk Custom Heads Off Demons and Disease
Needfire rituals ignite by friction between sticks or rope on a stake to purify and renew. Shepherd communities used the practice to ward off disease in flocks and extinguish local fires before rekindling from the flames, a custom lingering in Scotland’s highlands and parts of Europe.
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Scotland
Europe
Auto Trip Through Speed Traps Turns Fine
The speaker recalls a road trip that featured many country speed traps and a positive overall experience describing it as fine.
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Paris
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Famous Corps
Northwest Mounted Police
H. Amvs
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Sam Steele
Strathcona Horse
Fort Resolution
Inspector Fitzgerald
Litzgerald
Dempster
Fitzgerald
F. J. Fitzgerald
Inspector la Nauze
Fathers Rouvier
le Roux
Arctic Ocean
Edmonton
North
Calomel
Mercury
Quicksilver
Adam
Fletcher
Postum Cereal Co
Battle Creek, Mich
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