Canada’s Wheat Boom Propels Wealth in Western Canada
A Boston banker recounts a Canada visit praising the western wheat fields as a source of wealth. He notes projected exports of up to two hundred million bushels and a half billion dollars in added national wealth, with strong crop yields expected across eastern and western Canada and growing dairy and cattle industries supported by government.
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Boston
Canada
Wall Street Journal
Tess
Canadian Rockies
Dominion
Western
Cross-Examination Recalled by Mournful Philosopher
The mournful philosopher recalls the original cross-examination as a threefold procedure. He jokes about Eve using it on Adam while he stayed away late with a male friend, describing the scene in a sharp, wry tone.
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Crose
Adam
8 CATARRH CINE and HALS CATARRH MEDICIND Circular
Advertisement claims 8 CATARRH CINE builds up the system and cleanses the blood to prevent frequent colds. Repeated acute catarrh could become chronic. HALS CATARRH MEDICIND taken internally acts through the blood on mucous surfaces to reduce inflammation. Air Druggists. Circulars free. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
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J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Too Early Riot Ends With Neighborly Welcome
A man rushed out in haste after misstarting his car in the middle of the night, reversing through a back door and into a neighbor’s yard near a sleeping tent. The incident prompted a neighborhood gathering as his wife returned home to a riot-warmed reception.
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Chicago Tribune
Cuticura Toilet Trio Promotes Skin Care and Fragrance
Advertising copy touts Cuticura Tateum Powder as antiseptic fragrant drawing attention to a trio including ointment. Mentions skin and baby use and other perfumes, with a light moral aside about intelligence and future prospects.
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Cuticurt
Yandera
Yellow Men Sleep Con Loses His Map
John Leyington a poet and Mary Martin wed in a troubled union in Michigan. Mary bears a child, John loses work, and the couple drift apart. Two years later the father wanders, seeks wealth and meaning, while Con, drawn into a dangerous quest for a Chinese map, becomes entangled with fate, family loss, and a perilous voyage toward a distant goal.
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John Leyington
Mary Martin
Michigan
John
Mary
Ocea
Nover
Cornelius Levington
Theather
Ittle
Con
Con Ja
Andrew March
Chen Ming
Gobi Desert
Man
Gobi
Maren
The Feathered Needs on the Pacific Quest
In a tense voyage narrative, Levington battles failure and theft as Chee Ming steals his map on the Ensurta Queen near Nagasaki. He flees Tong-hu, travels to Peking, and joins a western caravan toward Shan-sung, haunted by the shadow of China and the perilous desert journey ahead.
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Pacific
Han Levington
Con
John Levington
Dory Street
Hmgelf
Lavington
Chee Ming
Nagasaki
Levington
Andrew March
Shan-sung
Jae
Asia
America
Peking
Tientain
Tartar
Thin
March
Miyaself
Stor
Walla; Ag
Earth
Great Wall
Lega
Katour
Lewington
Con Wa
Leyington
Astronomical Mystery and Eternal Promptitude
A fragment discusses the universe’s pearly white background seen in telescopes and whether it is built from suns or nebulous matter. It mentions Antares in Sagittarius and Scorpio as a dark field, distances and luminosity, then quotes Orison Swett Marden on power and promptitude in life.
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Sagitarius
Scorpio
Antares
Orlson Swett Marden
Chicago Daily News
Had Use for His Million
A baymen’s oyster shack crowd on the Great South Bay debates what to do with a million dollars. Some buy yachts, endow schools, or donate to government, while Zeb Banks jokes he would pay his debts.
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Great South Bay
Manly
Zeb Banks
Zeb
Saturday Evening Post
William Dean Howells and a witty sermon reference
An editor recalls Howells joking about the latest styles. A New York young woman asks about a minister’s wit. Howells notes the minister chose his sermon text from Revelations in a playful exchange.
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William Dean Howells
Expensive Melody in a Practical World
Dialogue reveals Angeline debating romance versus practicality as Gerald replies he cannot provide the music of affection. The exchange contrasts a lavish life with the steady comfort of material signals, including a motor, French maid, and a well trained butler.
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Angeline
Birmingham
Gerald
Dr Kilmer Swamp Root Kidney Liver and Bladder Remedy
An advertisement touts Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a pure safe medicine for kidney liver and bladder troubles. It claims natural herbal composition non stimulant and advises sample bottles from Dr Kilmer Co Binghamton NY and to mention the paper.
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Nature
Dr. Kilmer
Dr. Ilmer & Co
Binghamton
N. C
Scout answers would save the king on cliff edge
A seaside encounter tests a scout boy's pledge to king and country as a lady questions his bravery at the edge of a cliff. He replies he would grow up to be a soldier, and to the coach’s danger he would sing God Save the King. The scene from London appears in Answers.
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Ind
Diaguat
King
London
Bygones and birthdays in a quirky exchange
A Washington Star collection notes a remark about letting bygones stay bygones and a speaker claiming no thoughts on past voting in primaries. The piece mentions a celebratory toast and a humorous line about a birthday cake with candies and a yeast cake mispronunciation.
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Loxton Banket
Lt le
China
China Walts
Walts
Don Leyington
Tong-hu
Liverpool
Portugal
Cooltea
Ufe
Bayer
Upirin
Bayar
Louisville Courier-Journal
Carter
Diatresa
Lenat
Washington Star
Gelebration
Knoleker
Bocker
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