Opportunities in Western Canada Land Rush After War
The piece urges immediate migration to Western Canada for homesteads or purchases, arguing land values will rise after the war. It cites multiple farm reports from Mani tou Saskatchewan Alberta and other locales showing profitable yields and strong prices, with examples from Robson Bassano Lethbridge Coblenz Stoop Creek and the role of government agents for location advice.
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Canada
Manitou
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Robson Messenger
Robson
Indiana
N. B. Davis
Davis
Bassano Mail
Bassano
Alta
Oscar Castalor
Blisson
Gleichen
Stoop Creek
Sask
James Mcllaching
Spelling reform joke at public building exhibit
In a light Saturday outing Curran and McManus examine a new public building. The highlight is an inscription reading MDCCCXCVII with a joke that it stands for 1898, prompting Tim to quip on spelling reform.
Skinner's Macaroni Ad For Hungry Children
Promotes Skinner Mig. Co. macaroni and spaghetti as delicious and economical for children. Claims it builds bone and muscle, is easy on nerves, made from finest durum wheat, and offers a free cookbook from Skinner Mfg Co in Omaha Nebraska.
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Skinner
Skinner Mig. Co
Omaha
Nebr
Ady
Rough Philosophy Dialogue From a Humble Tramp
A short quip shows a careful philanthropist questioning a tramp's use of a dime. The tramp assures reliability, noting a dime neither makes nor breaks a man, reflecting streetwise wisdom in a clipped exchange.
Grandmother Era Remedy Teas Highlighted in Ad Copy
Garfield Tea praised as a traditional stomach and intestinal remedy for constipation and digestive ills. An anonymous note extols the value of home herbal medicine, urging men to work hard and keep others motivated, reflecting period views on self-discipline and family remedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garfield
Clarke's Message Urges Radical Change In Iowa Primary Law
Governor George W Clarke delivers the longest message to the Thirty seventh General Assembly urging radical reform of present primary laws and calling for state office buildings. He outlines budget figures, pardons and paroles, road improvements, and recommends a half reduction in House and Senate size, appointive railroad commissioner, county business manager, and major court procedural reforms. He advocates direct township primaries, strong legislative power, and continued tuberculosis campaigns.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Geo. W. Clarke
Thirty-seventh General Assembly
Commonwealth of Iowa
Clarke
State Auditor
State Treasury Department
Board of Parole
Capitol
Executive Council
House of Representatives
Senate
United States
State Board of Control
Thirty-fifth General Assembly
Pinkham Remedies Endorsements From Women in New England
Readers detail relief from Change of Life symptoms through Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash. Mrs. Margaret Quinn of Lowell credits the remedy with reduced nervousness headaches and pain improving her ability to work. Mrs. Frontner Isenna of North Haven reports substantial health gains after using the products and recommends them to others with female troubles.
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Lowell, Mass
Lydia E. Pinkham
Margaret Quinn
Worthen St
North Haven
Conn
Lydia
Pinkham
Frontner Isenna
Box 107
Coun
Women urged to write for Pinkham Advice
A wartime era notice invites women to seek free and confidential medical guidance from Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. Lyon Mass. The item claims anecdotal relief through the vegetable compound and notes letters are read by women and kept private.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Fall hair remedy ad touts Dandeline product
An advertisement extols Knowlton's Dandeline as a cure for dandruff and hair loss. It promises revived hair luster, softness, and new growth after a few weeks, urging readers to buy a 25 cent bottle from any store. The piece also contains a stray joke about Eve and cigars and a brief note on Amazon tribes wearing grass.
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Knowlton
Adv
The New Method by L W Bower MD Backache and Kidney Health
The article promotes a kidney based cure for backache stressing kidney dysfunction as the root cause. It warns that poisonous matter and uric acid accumulate, overworking the kidneys and causing blood congestion and general symptoms. It encourages dietary changes and tonics as remedies.
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L. W. Bower
M. D
Contrarian Pains and Public Notices in Liverpool Strike
A recent strike by undertakers disrupted services in Liverpool England. The fragment also promotes Doctor Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery advertised with sensational claims about curing pimples boils and varuncles using tablets or liquid. These lines reflect period advertising rhetoric and public unrest.
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Doctor Pierce
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