Great Demand for Canadian Land Draws American Farmers West
Reports of strong crop yields and low land prices spur anticipated influx of American settlers to Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta in spring. Notable yields include Beatty 679 bushels wheat from 12 acres and Nobleford affidavits showing 54 to 70 bushels per acre. Free homestead land welcomed by new buyers and existing farmers expanding holdings.
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United States
Canada
G. H. Beatty
Wanton
Alberta
Sidney B. Phillips
Beddeford
Thos. Long
Lethbridge
W. Quinn
Milk River
Robert Wackaberry
Nobleford
Thos, Boulton
Newell J. Noble
Nancy Coe
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Oldest Log House Record at Unionville Ontario
A pioneer house in Unionville Ontario is 124 years old and may be the oldest log house of its size in the Dominion. Some logs are 30 to 36 inches in diameter. The home is still occupied by 13 residents who won first prize in 1912 at a political picnic as the heaviest family in attendance.
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Canada
Unionville
Ontario
Dominion
Child fevers and tummy troubles bleed through the aged advice
A distressed mother describes a sick child with fever, poor appetite and foul breath from constipation and stomach upset. The piece offers dubious home remedies and a reference to a calimed egg tonic as treatment.
Still At It Die Is Two And Conqueror Who Cas Ee
The readable fragment hints at a wrestling or competition theme with a harsh phrase. No clear persons, organizations, dates, or places are identifiable to form a factual summary card.
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Die
Twhee & Conqueror
Faithless Doctor Faces Penalty in Sidney Tale
Dr. Max Wilson pays a heavy penalty for his faithlessness to Sidney. Car lotta Harrison’s influence reasserts itself. Sidney is deeply involved and the full truth about K. LeMoyne emerges.
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Max Wilson
Sidney
Carlotta Harrison
K. LeMoyne
Departure from the city opens roads for Joe Drummond
Joe Drummond resists staying in the city as Le Moyne joins him on a country drive to Cuba. They share a hotel supper at White Springs and discuss his wish to leave, while K. smooths Joe’s nerves with a calm account of island life. Joe shows relief and hopes his mother can be persuaded.
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Joe
le Moyne
Bailey’s
White Springs
Carlotta
Wilson
Cuba
Joe Drummond
Dus
Sidney
Max Wilson
Schwitter’s
Max
Sidney Page
Schwitter’s Road
Daddy
Nighttime Meeting Ends In Double Danger
Carlotta sets a late hour to meet Wilson as Max Wilson and Sidney navigate a fragile affair. Joe Drummond witnesses the pair at a White Springs garage and, driven by jealousy, confronts Wilson at Schwitters. A shooting follows as Carlotta plans a cover while awaiting the doctor.
Doctor Ed Faces Max’s Fate After Hospital Crisis
The Lamb delivers shocking news to Sidney as Doctor Ed Wilson orders an urgent response after Max is wounded. Staff rally, Carlotta panics, and Edwardes’s looming duty weighs on Dr. Ed as the night shifts toward a desperate hospital crisis.
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Wilson
le Moyne
Ed Wilson
Max
Carlotta
Doctor Ed
Sidney
Lamb
Cascarets Promise Quick Relief From Belly Ailments
Rid of headache biliousness indigestion and foul gases with Cascarets. A ten cent box cleanses the stomach, relieves sour food fermentation, clears the liver and bowels, and works while you sleep for a morning turnaround. Children like them for gentle action.
Ben Jason Case and Comment in Georgia
In a Georgia case, Ben Jason faces charges including resisting an officer and petty larceny. The excerpt portrays a defiant exchange with phrases about liquor, profanity, and a threat to harm a woman for missing gifts, reflecting the era's racially charged legal language.
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Georgia
Ben Jason
Ben
Macon
Old Kilmer Swamp Root Kidney Remedy Adverts
An old advertisement touts Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a physician s prescription that cures kidney liver and bladder diseases and relieves rheumatism by neutralizing uric acid It urges readers to buy a bottle or send ten cents for a sample and to mention the paper.
Two Women Speak on Husbands and Troubles of Life
Two women discuss marital woes noting how wives cope with husbands. One quips about wives helping themselves out of their husbands trousers, another suggests turning a man’s breeches down and assisting oneself off the carpet. The remarks tie to George Mellinger of Sweeney's.
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George Mellinger
Sweeney's
Pape's Diapepsin Advertisement Claims Quick Stomach Relief
A 50 cent case of Pape's Diapepsin is advertised as the fastest safe cure for indigestion and related stomach distress. The ad urges readers to keep it on hand for immediate relief from dyspepsia gas heartburn and belching and to use it when meals disagree with them.
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Pape
The Author and the Joke In a Dated Mock Play
A fragmentary dialogue mocks a hack writer and his failing craft. The exchange notes a poor carriage and flawed style while a line suggests a system aimed at improving health and eradicating disease. A woman’s perspective is briefly invoked.
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California
Koo
Mary Roberts Rinehart
McClure Public
Ations, Inc
Schwitter
Edwardes
Miss Harrison
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