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Newspaper
Brook Reporter
Location
Brook, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1920
Page
2
Western Canada climate makes October strawberries possible
A writer visits a Saskatchewan home near Mocsomin in October. She describes a dinner, fresh strawberries picked that day, green corn, wild raspberries, and a garden bursting with flowers. The piece argues Western Canada’s climate supports late harvests and influences migration perceptions, noting exhibits of grain and produce and the joys of home gardening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Canada
Mocsomin
Saskatchewan
Western
Canaan
A.B. Smith
Rotraville
Canada
Dominion of Canada
Central States
Fragmented dialogue hints at golf course history confusion
The passage presents a garbled exchange about a golf course and dates. A character asserts 1917 as a discovery date while another mentions an 1885 visit, indicating confusion over historical details and recollections about the course.
Eatonic Promises Heartburn Relief and Digestive Ease
An old advertisement touts Eatonic tablets as a remedy for heartburn nervous spells and upset stomachs. It claims the product reduces excess acid and gas, aiding natural digestion with a tablet after meals. A large box is offered with drugstore guarantees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eatonic
Johnson
Johnny Summers Answers Simile Challenge in Class
The teacher asks for a simile to maiden. Johnny Summers replies that a maiden is like elder. The teacher nods, noting Johnny’s remark that a maiden is sweet and grows sour with age as she ages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny
Johnny Summers
Iike
Boschee's Syrup Promoted for Coughs and Lung Ailments
Boschee's Syrup marketed as a long standing household remedy for cats coughs bronchitis and throat irritation. It claims to ease coughing and promote restful sleep with easy morning expectoration and is advertised as sold everywhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bosches
Cause for Transfer Mentioned With Odd Grace
Mincepin learned of a transfer to another government department amid bluster. He asked the cause and suggested sleepiness. The reply cited reluctance sparked by an unnamed factor, in a Paris anecdote from La Balonette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mincepin
Ava
Record Wheat and Corn Crop Forecasts Hit New Highs
Wheat and flour prices slipped while a record corn crop was announced by the Department of Agriculture. Production this year reached 3,109,000,000 bushels with corn quality 7.7 above average. Principal states show large year totals, with tobacco and other crops also up This year’s crops outpaced last year’s figures in several categories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Board of Trade
Minneapolis
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Ohio
Indiana
Illnois
Minnesota
Towa
Bissouri
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Kentucky
Texas
Jealous, kills chum, self in Pulton office
Miss Carolyn Weant, a 22 year old stenographer in Fulton Minnesota, shot and killed her intimate friend Mrs Alla McCowan at McCowan's home where Weant had boarded for two years, then killed herself with a bullet to the heart. Jealousy over popularity among female acquaintances is given as the motive.
Hunger strikers in Cork jail in precarious condition
Report from Cork jail states nine remaining Irish hunger strikers are emaciated yet determined, on the ninetieth day of their atritee. Dublin reports seven volunteers killed in a fight at the causeway near Tralee on Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cork
Dublin
Causeway
Tralee
Diamond Dyes Promote Easy Home Dyeing
An advertisement touts Diamond Dyes with 80 simple directions for dyeing wool silk cotton or blends on skirts coats gloves stockings dresses and more. It urges readers to consult the Diamond Dyes color card through a druggist amid claims of rich lasting colors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Asia
Marvel Prodiucts Co
Marvel Building
Pittsburgh
Ady
Castoria and 30 Years of Use Highlighted
An old advertisement critique urges mothers to examine Castoria closely noting its thirty years of in use status. The fragment also includes jumbled dialogue about expenses and a restaurant habit, with a chaotic aside about someone getting married and paying for meals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fletcher
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Promotes Natural Healing
Ambiguous old medical note claims catarrh and related symptoms respond to Hall's Catarrh Medicine. Mentions blood cleansing and immune support, with generic endorsements and distributor details in Toledo Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
Bennet
Nature
Cheney & To
Toledo
Chawnied and Deeelighted Among Yearling Patter
A fragmentary note discusses flirtatious talk and social gambits around a football hero staff and a class working to fit expectations. It references phrases like Oh Mr Staver and expressions of hedged certainty, set in a playful social scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Bi. Pahan
Suah
Staver
Funny Isle Signal Gun Tale From The Fog
In a humorous aside, Styte recalls a time when they batted using signal guns in heavy fog. Net notes the crew’s difficulty and jokes about threading their way with a geedle gun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Man Styte
The Fitting Way Reads Irish Meet with Determination
The piece notes how Irish sports fans confront adversity with dogged determination, reflecting a steadfast spirit in the face of challenge. It highlights resolve and national pride in a compact, period-tinged tone.
Beads Preferable to Bread in Levant Beliefs
A compilation notes beads as essential beyond bread for Levantine people and animals, with beads worn by men in Athens, Constantinople, Smyrna, and other Levantine locales. Shops, peddlers, and markets widely sell beads, including light amber and meerschaum varieties, with Syrians producing carved shells for export. A separate anecdote from a Minnesota man cites regional wealth perceptions via a congressman.
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Levant
Athens
Constantinople
Titus
Smyrna
Gesemil
Putin
Washington Post
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