Frontier Iowa Farmers Seek New Homes in Saskatchewan
The Toronto Globe reports a large midwestern migration as Iowa Kansas and Minnesota farmers move to Saskatchewan for cheaper land and family settlement. Men explained land prices, 11 to 12 dollars an acre in Canada versus 70 to 80 in Iowa, with families following to keep farming roots and unity as they embrace a new allegiance and country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Dominion
Iowa
Saskatchewan
America
Kansas
Minnesota
mid-West
Canadian West
King
Toronto
Ontario
Globe
Advantages of a Silo in Modern Dairy Farms
A silo is a key economic device for dairies and stock farms enabling efficient feed storage and stable silage quality. Properly used silage reduces nutrient loss, supports year round succulent feed, and allows high yields with less space and maintenance compared to dry forage.
The Profitable Dairy Cow and Orchard Cultivation Notes
A series of farming tips emphasize profitable dairy herds through feeding to maximize milk return, with caution on breed value and regular milk testing. It covers corn protein selection, high protein genotypes, and general orchard soil work to boost fruit yield. It also advises winter poultry care, roosting, litter, and coop maintenance for better health and production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey
Journal of Agriculture
Entertaining Fragments From A Scots Inn And More
A collection of humorous snippets includes a traveler at a Scottish inn complaining about beds and a clerk's quips, plus wordplay about Mark Twain and William Gillette. Also noted are ads for Allen's Lung Balsam and Red Cross Ball Blue, and a brief quip about the Ulysses drama audience.
Feed balance key to saving on corn rich rations
The Kansas Farmer argues that feeding too much corn to cattle or hogs wastes feed nutrition. It urges balancing corn with nitrogenous food to improve digestion, noting corn prices make efficient feed use essential and calling on farmers to study replacements for part of the corn in pork production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Farmer Saves Concrete with Defective Brick Pavement
A Morgan County farmer in Ili used defective vitrified brick laid on edge with large cracks filled by concrete to pave the horse barn lot. He bought bricks at 35 cents per load, creating a rough level surface that has shown satisfactory wear.
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Morgan County
Ili
Scrub bull blamed for high dairy costs in Missouri
The piece argues that lowering dairy production costs hinges on smarter feeding and breeding. It labels the scrub bull as a bane and curse of the dairy industry in Missouri and the Southwest, a common issue across regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Southwest
Old Fashioned Raisin Roll Cake and Kitchen Tips
A homemaker's recipe list features a Raisin Roll cake method with lemon flavoring and boiling water, followed by rich fruit fillings and beef olives, croquettes, pumpkin pie, and chicken soup with rice. Additional cooking pointers cover vegetables, boiling tips, and silver polishing techniques.
Prof Munyon's Philanthropy Promises Health for All
A bountiful pledge from Prof. Munyon, a Philadelphia innovator who funds top specialists, offers cures at pennies, and guarantees satisfaction or refunds. He operates free medical exams then distributes remedies through drugstores nationwide at about 25 cents a bottle. He maintains offices across the country and invites readers to seek free diagnoses via his specialists.
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Munyon
Muzgon
Jefferson Streets
Philadelphia
Infiltrating Boarder Provokes Dining Room Turmoil
A new, sentimental boarder disturbs a family meal with whispered confidences and odd talk about daisies and poetry. The neighbor seeks liberty, challenging her chatter at dinner with a bold, loud reply about Wordsworth and daffodils. The exchange foreshadows a drastic, misguided remedy involving a dubious beverage recipe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wordsworth
Manalieu recalls minister’s salary concerns and a widow’s tale
The Reverend Manalieu of the Methodist Episcopal Church cites a personal reminiscence about a once modest minister who later reappeared in Boston, thriving in the wholesale hat business after leaving the ministry for seven reasons including a wife and many children.
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Manalieu
Methodist Episcopal
Iongé
Iman
Happi
Boston
Ng Church
Success Magazine
Doctor and sheriff cure crime with a frontier twist
A humorous exchange questions whether medicine can alter disposition. A tale recalls a bank robberies cure via a simple operation, performed by a frontier sheriff, not the doctor. The piece closes with an ad line praising Good Hour Sleepers and Red Cross Ball Blue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frontier
Chicago Tribune
Camomile Said to Protect Gardens and Deter Insects
The article claims camomile, dried or fresh, destroys insects and promotes garden health. It suggests scattering camomile plants throughout a garden and recommends keeping camomile in every greenhouse or hothouse, in stalks or flowers.
Telepathic Experiment Leads to Apparition at Staircase
The Rev. Clarence Godfrey, after retiring one night, tried to project a phantasm of himself to a woman in another part of the city. After about ten minutes he slept. four hours later the woman woke uneasy, felt she heard a sound, and saw Godfrey’s form on the staircase before he vanished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Godfrey
H.” Addington Bruce
Success Magazine
Mr. Godfrey
Allen's Foot-Ease Antiseptic Powder Ad
If you are sensitive about shoe size Allen's Foot-Ease provides rest and comfort by shaking into shoes. It cures tired swollen aching feet and is suitable for patent leather shoes. Sold everywhere 25c. Sample sent free. Address Allen S. Olmsted Le Roy New York.
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Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Child Sings In City Church Choir
Willie a six year old country boy sang in a vested choir at a large city church on a Sunday night. Though wide awake he showed great interest in the service and told his mother he liked watching the preacher with all his wives in their nightgowns. Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children teething advertised 25 cents a bottle.
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Willie
Harper’s Magazine
First Sun Cook Era Traced to German Baron 1687
The text credits German Baron Tehernhausen as the first sun cook beginning in 1687, noting success in boiling eggs by 1688. It links Sir John Herschel Buffon and others to sun cooking and mentions sun stoves capable of roasting sirloin or boiling soup, used mainly by scientists. It also references cinematography for recording and teaching surgical operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
German
Baron Tehernhausen
Sir John
Herschel
Buffon
Store Built Around Graveyard In New York
A major New York department store is built on three sides of an ancient cemetery. Tall windows overlook the graveyard but are set high, so most patrons would pass by without realizing its existence unless they look up and notice the hidden burial ground.
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Siay
Dispensary Medical Association
R. V. Pierce
M. D
Buffalo
N.Y
Pierce
The
Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
N. Y
People’s Medical Adviser
New York
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Ular
Ene
Ceed
Bey I
Darryman
Illinois Experiment Station
Farm Journal
Scotland
Mark Twain
William Gillette
Gillette
Marx Twain
Eve
Camelon of Beef
Fia
Jake
Gale
Camomile
Piso Company
Dept. C
Warren, PA
Post Office
Japan
Standard Oil Company
Arrmergaaseotee
Jugias
Ray Rae
Jeugias
Boy's Shoes
Rochton
Mass
Eta E
Een
Piles Rea CO
Dept
Vistula
Minneapolis
Mins
Gore
Ese Thompson
Drvg CO
Quincy
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