Improvements Not Taxed Yet In Western Canada
Western Canada governments push to compel uncultivated lands owners to sell to settlers or cultivate. A small surtax on wild land prompts sales at low terms, while cultivated farms avoid taxes on improvements. Wheat yields of 30 to 50 bushels per acre prove land highly productive, with profits rising as land moves to settlers. Many plan to visit Western Canada this month to inspect conditions firsthand.
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Western Canada
Canada
Tle
United States
Western
Dictionery Miss Bizness Covers Dictionary in Cloth
A clever office tale about Miss Bizness who excels at work but misses spelling. To protect a new dictionary her employer buys, she covers it with cloth and labels the back Dictionery mispelling. The anecdote highlights a humorous clash of skill and spelling.
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Miss Bizness
Cuticura Free Sample Offer for Skin Troubles
An old advertisement touts Cuticura Soap and Ointment to cleanse, soothe, and heal itchy burning eczema acne dandruff and baby skin issues. It promises immediate relief and daily use to prevent worsening problems with a free sample by mail from Cuticura Dept L Boston.
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Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Surely Is. We Were Rejected by the Army Doctor
Fragmentary remarks about military medical refusals and public attitudes surface in a noisy exchange. The dialogue references physical and mental testing, cost cutting, and a political or social context in Milwaukee.
Spartanburg Named For Old Frontier Spartans In Revolution
The article traces Spartanburg and district 96 in upper South Carolina from early Cherokee purchases to the rise of the Spartans, a frontier militia that aided Patriot causes in the Revolution. It notes leaders like Drayton and Tennant, battles at King's Mountain and Cowpens, and the later growth of Spartanburg into a center with large cotton mills.
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New York National Guard
Spartanburg
S. C
Sparta
United States
John Walker Harrington
New York Sun
County
Pennussylvania
Virginia
Broad
Saluda Rivers
Upper
South Carolina
Blue Ridge
Upper Fair Forest
Lawson's Fork
Tygers
South Carolina Council of Safety
Continental Congress
William Trenry Drayton
William Tennant
Thomas Fletehall
Mr. Drayton
Fletehall
Fort Charlotte
Carolinas
Drayton
Greece
Caly
John Thomas
Cal. Richardson
Francis Marion
Sumner
Thomas
Isaac Hayne
Charleston
Tarleton
Marion
Moultrie
Ferguson
Cornwallis
Elson
King's Mountain
America
Liberty
Nathaniel Greene
General Gates
Daniel Morgan
Morgan
Cowpens
King’s Mountain
Spartanburgh
Isto
Sweet Corn Planted Between Fruit Rows In Orchard
In an orchard, sweet corn was grown between fruit tree rows with careful cultivation. Beans were planted beside the corn, delayed to June 20 to reduce insect damage, and harvested as dried beans. Early potatoes were interplanted with beans and corn, with minimal cultivation once weeds were controlled.
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M. Coverdell
Make Crop Fit Soil Is Expert's Advice
Soil experts say soil variations across regions require site specific trials to know crop suitability. General rules suggest sand enriched with humus supports truck crops while balance among sand silt and clay favors corn wheat potatoes and fruit crops, plus good tillage air moisture and plant food.
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C. W. Burkett
Solls
Potash Not Needed For Wheat Growth
A. J. Legg reports farmers think fertilizers high in potash help crops. An experiment comparing 10 percent phosphoric acid with 6 percent potash to 14 percent available phosphoric acid showed no growth difference in wheat. Ripening times were the same and loamy soils did not respond to potash.
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A. J. Legg
Making Nests of Sawdust for Hens
Instruction to form nests from sawdust with partitions for two nests and a thin hay layer to accustom hens to it. Apply sulfur to deter vermin and keep boxes compact to reduce scratching.
Rasputin's Theology Summarized by Countess von Schaumber
The Christian Advocate quotes the Countess von Schaumber on Rasputin's system arguing there is no salvation without repentance. It notes his ironic blessing of sinners and claim that sinful acts serve as a path to grace, explaining his large following and practical lessons in sinning.
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Rasputin
Christian Advocate
Countess von Schaumber
War Declared on Rats by U S Gov t
Washington announces a government campaign to eradicate rats seen as a major threat to lives and property. Estimates show substantial annual losses of food due to rodents, prompting action and a call for households to use Stearns Paste, advertised as an affordable exterminator solution.
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U. S
Washington
Memorial Cairn Erected for Tom Thomson at Canoe Lake
A cairn of native stone with brass plate honors Tom Thomson the Canadian artist and guide who drowned at Canoe Lake on July 8 1917. The inscription notes his humble passionate life with the wild and his burial at Owen Sound Ontario near his 1877 birthplace.
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Algonquin Park
Tom Thomason
Toronto Globe
Canoe Lake
Thomson
Tom Thomson
Owen Sound
Ontario
Save Superannuated Oysters and Flavorful Purification Claim
Polluted oysters may be purified by brief immersion in water with a little calcum hypochlorite. The process reportedly makes them perfectly set and suitable food without altering flavor. If her heart is in the right place it matters not whether a woman is younger or older than she looks.
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Milwaukee
Appalachians
Willian Campbell
Kine
Sevier
Orchard
Chilldren
Burkett
R. Schiffmann Co
St. Paul
Mina
U.S
City Trust
Indianapolis
Dowling Needle Co
Fifthay
Chicago
Albert Hartley
Broadway
New York
Boys & Itu
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