Dollar wheat comes to stay in Canada and the United States
The article argues dollar wheat is here to stay as central Canada Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta boost grain output to feed rising U.S. demand. It cites James J. Hill on high wheat prices, notes U.S. population growth outpacing yield gains, and predicts Canada will become the bread basket for the United States within a decade as prairie towns boom with new elevators rail lines and immigrants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Albverta
United States
Central
James J.hill
Mr. Hill
Alberta
Hill
Al‘berta
John Bull
Winnipeg
Prairiea
Young Sherry Quits Steel Mills After Year of Labor
Ernest Sherry son of Louis Sherry the noted restaurant proprietor left his New York home to work in Gary Indiana at the Indiana Steel Company open hearth furnaces. He toiled shoveling cinders for a year earning 50 a month while gaining praise from Superintendent S E B Yost. He now leaves for a two month Europe tour and may return to study steel making. He attended Lawrenceville school and lives at 60 West One Hundred and Tenth Street New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Indiana Steel Company
Gary
Ind
Ernest Sherry
Louis Sherry
Sherry
Europe
Young Sherry
S. EB. Yost
W. 3. Corey
United States Steel Corporation
Lawrenceville
Virginia
New York
West One Hundred and Tenth Street
Riverside Drive
Geisha Waitresses to Open Fifth Avenue Restaurant
Henry J. Berry announces a new Fifth Avenue restaurant featuring genuine geisha girls in native costumes serving in the mezzanine tea room and French service in the main dining area. A 16‑piece orchestra will perform daily, with operatic selections, and the venue will seat up to 1,500 across three floors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth Avenue
Henry J. Berry
Japan
Waitresass
My Berry
Berry
France
Ireland
Germany
New York
City planning urged to curb congestion tolls
Benjamin Marsh told New Yorks congestion committee that Manhattan life congestion costs thousands of lives yearly and threatens future growth. He warned high rents and death rates outpace other cities, urging plans to widen streets and redo sewers at an estimated $70 million for Manhattan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manhattan
New York
Benjamin .c. Marsh
Marsh
New York City
Berlin
Paris
London
City Improvement Commission
Divorce suit ends as Batonyi wins separation ruling
Mrs Frances Burke-Roche Batonyi failed to win a divorce from Aurel Batonyi in New York Supreme Court. The jury found she deserted her husband after a protracted case in which Batonyi denied misconduct with four corespondents. Batonyi testified his wife left in September 1907 and would not return without her father’s consent. The case includes Batonyi’s separate suit for damages against Frank Work and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fanny Burke-Roche Batonyi
Frank Work
Aurel Batonyi
Justice Platuck
Supreme Court
New York City
Justice Plataek
Morris Kukor
Frank Mass
Batonyi
Batonyl
Justice Plotzek
Ba‘tonyi
Frances Burke-Roche-Batonyi
New York
Newport
Frances Work
James Boothby Burke-Roche
Baron Fermoy
Batony
Frank Wark
Favorite Granddaughter Dorothy Drew and the Bible
Dorothy Drew, presented at court, was the favorite granddaughter of the late W. E. Gladstone. A childhood story recounts her demand that Gladstone rise early be justified by Psalm 127:2, which she declares makes early rising vain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Drew
W. E. Gladstone
Mr. Gladstone
Dorothy
Doctor Offers Cure for Deafness and Flirtatious Dares
An advertisement and dialogue fragment discuss ear disease and a Catarrh Cure offered by Hall's Catarrh Cure from Toledo. The piece includes a patient dialogue about longstanding deafness, a pitch for constitutional remedies, and a church fair raffle joke about kissing a pretty girl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
Fi, Cheney & CO
Toledo
Drugatsta, Tie
Pleasant Tablets and Rome Wall Tale In Odd Local Notices
A collection of promotional notes and antiquated curiosities includes 25 cent Pleasant Tablets claimed to stop colds, a Romulus and Remus anecdote about Rome’s northern wall, a boxing contest in Evanston, a joke about notches on a gun, a boast on a parasol handle, and the Castoria safety pitch noting 30 years of use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orator
F. Woodward
le Roy
Romulus
Rome
Remus
Evanston
Mamma Orders a Kiss and a Payday Joke
A humorous exchange from the Houston Post shows a mother’s strict demand for a returned gift if a young man offers one and a planned kiss in response. The snippet contrasts with an advertisement praising Allen’s Foot-Base as a relief for sore feet and a lighthearted quip about a husband allowing his wife freedom without argument.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston Post
Kis the Files Now before they multiply
A daily fly killer parades in hokum advertising claiming it kills thousands during the season. The text urges readers to contact a Brooklyn address for purchase and mentions dubious product claims and other assorted old timey promos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Bomers
de Kalb Ave
Brooklyn
N.Y
A Rushing Mighty Wind Hits Page County
On May 12 a cyclone swept southwestern Page County destroying buildings and trees. It damaged dwellings, barns, goods, and livestock for multiple residents including Yoos A Anderson Cliff Carpenter Claus Meyer G H Barton Bert Higgens and W A Sherman. Claims totaling thousands of dollars were settled promptly by Merchants and Bankers Insurance Company and Capital Insurance Company with appreciation voiced for fair treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toug State Register and Farmer
D. m
Page County
Yoos. A. Anderson Togt
Merchants and Bankers Fire Insurance Company
Cliff Carpenter
Merchants and Bankers
Claus Meyer
Merchants
Capital Insurance Company
G. H. Barton
Bert Higgens
W. A. Sherman
Clyde Culbertson
Rebecca McIintire
Thos. A. Anderson
Two Sides of History and Odd Advertisements
A collage of essay snippets on history's relativity and popular remedies. Includes lines on whether history favors one side, plus uses of Murine eye drops, Hamlin's Wizard Oil, Garfield Tea, and a note on Boston playgrounds and Russian population growth.
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promoted for Female Aches
National ad copy touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for various female troubles including ulceration displacements and backache. Testimonials claim restored health and strength enabling women to resume work and daily tasks. Also offers free expert advice through postal request.
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Lydia B. Pinkham
Jos Epp Hall
Town
Sky
Christiana
Tean
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia E. Finkham
Lydia
Pinkham
OMS
Fale
PEGE
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Gladstone
Itipation
Cactus Sim
Allens
Mia
Matilda Holtert
Providence
R. L
The
Marine Hyemedy Co
Chicago
Boston
Playground League
Russia
Dodds
Eas
Guar
Bardstown, Ky
Carters
Ittle Iver Piuls
Western
Neatropa
Iowest
Iowa
T. Holmes
Jackson St
Minnoe
W.V. Bennett
Ooraha
Neb
Avery
WieloNesis
Dougers
W.l.dougi
Dongian
Cataluqne
W. L. Douglay
Bparlm Street
Brockton
Mars
Gureo
Rene OR. H.nevins Peor Jaile
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