New Districts and Railways Draw Americans to Western Canada
A letter from Western Canada notes high grain yields including wheat up to 85 bushels per acre and occasional 560 bushels. It highlights low-cost homesteads, 160 acres free plus 160 more at $3 per acre, and strong cattle and dairy feed. Stanley Shaw of New York cites Western Canada’s vast growth and rising land values as Americans emigrates increase. The Monticello Express editor adds impressions of expanding towns, modern conveniences, and welcome to new settlers.
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Canada
Pincher Creek
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Leslie M. Shaw
New York
United States Treasury
McKinley
Roosevelt
United States
Monticello
Iowa
Ontario
Moose Jaw
Regina
Geneva
Colombia's One Iron Foundry at Bogota La Paradera
Colombia's lone iron foundry, La Paradera, operates in Bogota on a small scale. Native ores are smelted and remelted for casting. Interior deposits exist and an ore body near the Caribbean coast is being drilled by American engineers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colombia
Ion
South America
Bogota
la Paradera
Caribbean Sea
Tin tacks and stammering wag in Baltimore quip
A wag strolling down 4 street is asked for tin tacks and directs the stammerer to a hardware shop. Inside the shop the stammerer is sold the best tacks with sharp points and asks if they are strong. He bolts when told to sit, later wonders if the house fell or exploded. A Baltimore American verse ends the item.
Fragments of humor and dialogue from era papers
A collage of humorous snippets and quotes from gossip and comic sections. It includes playful exchanges about politics theater pigs and school geography with scattered lines from Life and New York Weekly and a jab at a bathing suit remark from the Chicago Tribune.
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Africa
New ‘York Weekly
George Alfred
Chicago. Tribune
Enigmatic Exchange Reveals Tense Rescue Moment
A fragmentary exchange shows confusion and restraint as a man recalls rescuing his wife from water. The dialogue hints at a misunderstanding about guardianship and a tense confrontation over propriety.
Taking Chances as Gerald Marries
A brief dialogue contrasts Charles and Edward on Gerald’s forthcoming marriage. Charles questions why Gerald would marry, arguing that staying single preserves his comfortable wealth. Edward counters that marriage should be considered despite wealth.
Towers Inspire Ancestral Towers In Country House Plans
In a witty exchange from Puck, Mrs Drippingold demands visible towers for her new country house. The architect seeks guidance on tower style but the client insists on ancestral towers that riders will see from a distance.
A Wife's Devotion in a New York Weekly Item
In a brief New York Weekly notice a wife asks for help as her husband laments worn garments. The wife mentions sending for her mother, described as a fine seamstress, to mend buttons and repairs.
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New York Weekly
The Cook Book Trade and Women Buyers
A brief dialogue notes cooks books as a big sales item and reveals that husbands rather than wives buy them. A Chicago Daily News line adds humor about Marvin knowing more about women than any man.
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New York Weekly
Jack
Marvin
Tom
Chicago Daily’ News
By the Way Note on Eliding Yours Truly in Letters
A Boston man argues against removing Yours Truly from correspondence stating some superfluous phrases still carry helpful tone. He questions narrowing style and suggests retaining small courteous bits as meaningful.
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Boston
Little Girl Says Ayr All Made Of Dust
Fragmentary lines reveal a dialogue between a mother and child about dust and muddiness. The text reads like a vignette or clipped quotation, with uncertain punctuation and garbled names, offering little clear event or context.
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Ayr
Juittle
Shay
Nothing Lasts In This World Verse Fragment
A fragmentary verse page notes emotional lines about permanence and longing between Jimmy and a girl. It contrasts a barb wire fence with an implied barrier to escape, hinting at a fleeting romance and moral introspection.
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Jimmy
Rise in Cost of Living Alarms France
The New York World notes France faces roughly a ten percent rise in four years for essentials. Milk up 13 percent, meat 27 percent, cheese 16 percent, rice price doubling, rents climbing.
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France
N. Y
Cheap Living In Japan Aboard A Local Scene
A brief note highlights affordable life in Japan with a man hiring a horse, employing two servants, and living comfortably for just over $20 monthly. The eye catching contrast suggests a traveler’s account of cost effective living in a traditional setting.
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Japan
A Queer Harvest Sermon Memory Sparks Insight
A young girl named Ethel recalls a sermon about sowing and reaping but forgets it at first. Weeks later a seamstress transforming old garments into fashionable ones prompts Ethel to connect the moral to the idea that what you sew in winter you will rip in summer.
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Ethel
Woman Credits Kidney Pills For Cure After Years Of Pain
A woman describes five years of dull backache and severe kidney trouble with disordered secretions and near stoppage of urine. After repeated examinations and treatments failed, she used Dean's Kidney Pills and reports full relief, renewed strength, and no further kidney issues. Sold by dealers for 50 cents a box from Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY.
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Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
The Good That Never Dies Quote Reflection
A Dickensian reflection asserts that no pure act perishes though a child’s body may be lost. Innocence survives in loved thoughts and inspires future redeeming actions, persisting beyond death through memory and influence.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Proclaimed Effective
A claim that Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh in all stages is advertised with a $100 reward for any case it fails to cure. The testimonial page asserts the medicine works systemically and builds constitution, urging readers to send for testimonials. It notes internal use and direct action on blood and mucous surfaces, and promotes accompanying Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Legat
Edenca
Hall
F. J. Cheney ‘& CO
Toledo
Man Stands Up For Another Inspires Courage
A brief note honors a man who risks himself to support another, highlighting acts of bravery and solidarity. The piece underscores themes of loyalty, duty, and the quiet courage found in everyday actions.
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Western
Eutler
Ottawa
E. T. Rolmes
Jackson, St
St. Paul
Minn
W.V. Bennett
New York Life Bidg
Omaha
Neb
Munich Jugend
Lgng
Ani
Jacky
Baltimore American
Frank
Kitty
Charles
Gerald
Edward
Towers
Dad
Reginald
Clarence
SOS
Buster Brown
Far Vounostera
White House
THE
Brown Shoe Co
ST. Louis
U.S.A
Robertson
Bpehet
the Centaur Company
NEW _Y YORK
ERA
Piet
Bears
Gila
W. L. Douglas
W.L. Douglas
W.L. Dow
Polytechnic Business’ Collegs
Oakland
Cal
Gibson
12Th Street
Texas
First National Bank
Weatherford
Herman Reel
Milwaukee
Wiss
Mink
Fox
Wis
Greece
Sloan
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