Western Canada sees bumper crops and rising prosperity
Western Canada reports good harvests across Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta with wheat oats and barley progressing about ten days ahead of last year. Farmers expect average yields around 30 to 85 bushels per acre and high profits from grain hogs beef and dairy production amid strong market prices and low disease.
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Saskatchewan
Alberta
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Delta
United States
Western
Daysland
Winnipeg
North American
Calgary
Edmonton
Toronto
Admiral Fiske Teases Critic Swetson In New York
In a New York club Admiral Bradley Fiske parodied a naval critic by recalling Swetson who failed in medicine law and ministry then moved to a $2,500 Riverside Drive flat. A second man notes Swetson now writes magazine pieces on Why Men Fail and has found success.
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New York
Swetson
Riverside Drive
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Free Cuticura Samples By Mail Offer
Advertises free Cuticura Ointment samples with a book and soap, sent by mail from Outburn Dept. L Boston. Claims soothing healing properties for skin troubles and promotes hot baths. Ends with a remark about lending money to a friend and not buying Liberty bonds.
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Outburn
Dept. L
Boston
Elevating Graders In Earth Road Construction
A United States Department of Agriculture prepared overview explains elevating graders driven by a 25 horsepower tractor or 12 trained horses. The machine loosens soil with a plow, lifts and deposits it via a belt into roadbeds or wagons, and helps form embankments from borrow ditches. It notes high excavation rates but cautions about bogging, chokings, and hidden stumps limiting practical capacity to about one third to one half. It covers costs, weights, and operation by a team of four plus three men, plus typical drag scraper setups and labor needs for a 10 hour day, with average outputs from 3800 to 850 cubic yards.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Apple campaign urged to aid allies and war effort
United States government food officials urge increased apple consumption to conserve wheat and meat for allies. The 1918– era campaign promotes careful packing and storage, grading standards, and home consumption with a goal of two million barrels avoided for export.
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Oregon
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Idaho
Colorado
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Iit
Department of Agriculture
Typical cross section for earth road and hauling methods
The article describes road grading with elevating graders and the need for wagons, scrapers, and plows to move material efficiently. It outlines haul-length based choices: drag scrapers up to 160 ft, wheeled scrapers 150–600 ft, wagons beyond 600 ft, with rock material requiring drilling and blasting. It covers wheeled scraper capacity, costs, loading, and crew organization.
Prohibition Shifts Roles in Crimson Gulch Bank Heist
In Crimson Gulch a former boss bartender now works as a bank teller and is taking the money despite prohibition. Broncho Bob notes the change in roles but the risk and temptations remain the same as before.
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Crimson Gulch
Broncho Bob
Delays In Congress Prompt Stinging Rebuttal
A Kansas City Star cartoon caption questions lawmakers for stalling vital business with lengthy orations. Senator Slush responds with defiant humor over the perceived priority of his speech.
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Congress
Senator Slush
Kansas City Star
Freezone promises painless corn relief from Cincinnati authority
A Cincinnati authority touts Freezone as a painless treatment for corns and calluses. A small bottle costs little at drug stores and can remove hard or soft corn or callus with direct application to the tender area, loosening and lifting it root and all. If unavailable, ask the druggist to source it.
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Cincinnati
Sensations Shift From Body to Brain, UC Professor Says
Prof G H Parker of Harvard told University of California students that sensations are generated in the central nervous system, specifically the cerebral cortex, not in peripheral areas. Loss of a limb can still produce phantom feelings due to brain location of sensory nerves.
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University of California
G. H. Parker
Harvard
Parker
Exemption Sought by Rodgers L McCall Reveals Naval Duty
Rodgers L McCall of 624 Locust Avenue appeared in the Sixteenth district after passing a test. When asked about family ties he said no to parents siblings or wife and cited exemption due to belonging to the naval coast defense service and a letter ordering immediate foreign service.
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Rodgers L. McCall
Locust Avenue
Naval Coast Defense Service
Foreign Service
Philadelphian Ledger
Wisconsin Commission Rules Typhoid Case A Personal Injury
The Wisconsin state industrial commission holds that typhoid contracted from a polluted water supply provided by the employer is a personal injury under the compensation act. Consequently more than 5000 dollars is awarded to workers whose cases have been debated since 1914.
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State Industrial Commission of
Wisconsin
Up to Date Remark Highlights Accomplishments
A brief exchange notes a person’s wide achievements and adds a quip about inhaling cigarrette smoke, presenting a light, informal snapshot of opinion and banter. No specific names or events are identified in the readable text.
Pie in the Dictionary Joke Echoes Yonkers Quip
Wise Tommie asks for pie in the dictionary and Aunt sardonically replies that it is the only place in her house where pie could be found. The exchange, captioned by Yonkers Statesman, preserves a domestic humor moment.
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Tommie
Yonkers Statesman
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