Potatoes Shipped South From Canadian Provinces
Scarcity in the United States drives shipments of 30 000 to 35 000 bushels from Saskatchewan and Alberta to Chicago and other U S destinations. Northern Alberta also sends about 500 cars eastward. Prices average around 1 25 a bushel. Western farmers store potatoes for winter release, with wholesale houses agreeing on the trend.
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Saskatchewan
Alberta
Rtd
Canada
North Saskatche
Chicago
United
Esale
Minards Liniment and Waste Crime Debate in Telegraph Tone
The Londos Telegraph argues that waste is a crime against the community and individuals, urging masters and servants to heed the conviction. It calls on seafarers and island residents to profit from modest sacrifices in living at sea and on the islands.
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Indies
Londos
Night intruder threats raise hush in country manor
The Squire shields Dolly as a mysterious man outside forces entry. The intruder, described as a stealthy, animal-like presence, attempts to break in while Dolly fears awakening. The couple hide in darkness, praying for safety as the danger recedes.
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Don
Dolly
Night into Dawn in the Moonlit Cottage
A man wrestles with fear as he plans to declare his love to Dolly. He accompanies her to her home, fearing betrayal and personal danger, while a moonlit garden and shadowed hedges loom over the tense moment. The scene ends with them approaching Dolly's cottage, marked by continued suspense.
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Dolly
Mary Champney
What a Billion Means In A Railway Train Thought Experiment
A California Times style meditation imagines a train moving a mile a minute from the dawn of Christ. To cover 1,000,000 miles without stopping would require circling the earth 40,000 times and extend past years eve 1628. It would have witnessed Christ, Rome, Britain, Paris, the Dark Ages, Columbus, and the discovery of America.
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Christ
Rome
Britain
Salis
Paris
America
Los Angeles Times
Means method of signaling between airships described
The article explains a manual signaling system used by aviators before wireless telegraphy. A five gallon lampblack cylinder detaches a dark atmospheric streak by pulling a cord to open a valve and release lampblack, creating variable length signals.
Witness Testimony Turns on Whisky Drinking Question
In a courtroom exchange the lawyer presses the witness about drinking whisky the night in question. The witness replies that it is his business, while the lawyer probes whether he was attending to it.
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Witness
Fragmented vow on marriage from a poetic fragment
A fragmentary dialogue imagines a ideal husband described as steady like Apollo, hardworking like Vulcan, wise as Moses, and devoted to one woman, ending with a posed remark on a fortunate meeting. The tone suggests a romantic social mirror from a historical column.
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Apollo
Vulcan
Moses
Country City Get Together Improves Farm Market Links
A New York area initiative titled The Country and City Get Together brings town and country residents to a festival with displays of farm and city products and a dinner. It promotes a square deal between country producers and city consumers through shared pricing and better understanding of production costs. The piece highlights high costs of feed and living affecting prices, and notes the Public Market and Cash and Carry system as beneficial, urging mutual price awareness and delivery cost awareness.
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New York
Board of Commerce
Fr.hendred
California
States
Winnipeg
Britain
Post Office
Mars Inhabited? Pickering Calls It Conjecture
Prof E C Pickering of Harvard Observatory says claims Mars is inhabited are conjecture without proof. He notes no definite evidence from Lowell Observatory on canals or life and explains the telescope limits. He adds astronomy strengthens eyesight and that scientists may lose interest in resolving the question.
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E. C. Pickering
Harvard Observatory
Mars
Prof
Pickering
Lowell Observatory
Flagstaff
Arizona
Advertising’s pull from Toronto pains Peterborough dealers
A Peterborough Review note laments mail order houses from Toronto drawing business away through heavy advertising. It blames patrons for seeking distant deals, explains why some merchants advertise, and argues an informal pact to avoid ads shifts loss onto all.
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Peterough
Toronto
Peterborough Review
Brill Columbia Jam Factories Buy 1917 Fruit Crops
Jam and canning factories in Brill Columbia are purchasing the 1917 small fruit crop. Contracts cover 25 percent of the strawberry crop nearly half of the raspberry crop and the entire gooseberry and blackberry harvest. Factories expect to process large quantities of high quality fruit. Nick Romanoff is praised for his famed flower garden.
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Brill Columbia
Tim
Posters in French Post Offices Warn Against Alcohol
A French government exhibit in every post office declares drink the enemy of the people and nation. It argues alcohol harms health, lowers production, raises living costs, and damages society, urging action to fight alcoholism in memory of fallen soldiers.
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France
Germany
Kaiser
Germs From Four Thousand Year Old Mummies Come Alive
Scientists extract cultures from ancient mummies and find pathogens in a dormant state. When proper moisture and heat are applied, these deadly germs rapidly recover and become active.
The Landlady and The Fourth Floor Back Exchange Lines
The Landlady compliments a guest on hearing him sing. The Fourth Floor Back replies she praises his singing but notes she likes it as a pastime. The Landlady then remarks that he has an excellent weapon.
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Kingston
Ontario
Hane
Navigation School
Chown
Eddy
The
E. B. Eddy Company Limited
Uise
Nick Romanoff
Bill Hohenzollern
Washington Post
Caina
O. K
Book Co
Appleford
Hamilton
Montreal
Vancouver
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