Flax Growing Profitable in Western Canada Farms
Western Canada farms boast high flax and other crop yields with seed treatment and sowing practices highlighted. A Saskatoon circular cites 29 bushels per acre from 25 pounds of seed and a Rosetown farmer delivering 33 bushels on summer fallow.
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Prairie
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Canada
Saskatoon
White
Rosetown
Western
Western Canada
Lloydminster
Iowa
Styles in Ailments and the Doctor Patient Banter
A witty exchange opens with a fashionable physician asking the patient what ails him and the patient responds unsure of his condition. The piece features a jab about wealth and social standing, warning against relying on money for happiness and noting its hollow social draw.
Taft Urges Justice in Employer Liability Bill
President Taft sent to Congress a report from the employers liability and workmen's compensation commission endorsing a bill to provide exclusive remedy and compensation for injuries to railroad employees in interstate commerce. The act would insure employees against injuries with limited attorney fees, scheduled benefits, and year by year or life payments, aiming for uniform recoveries and court relief from costly litigation.
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Washington
Taft
Congress
Senate
House of Representatives
Employers Liability and Workmen’s Compensation Commission
Congress of the
United States
District of Columbia
Supreme Court
Court of Appeals
State of New
Sutherland
William H. Taft
White Houses
Government Says He Is Dead in Pension Case
Topeka agencies report Washington declares William H. Cooper of Kansas City Kansas officially dead for Civil War pension purposes. Cooper lived in Garnett, married there, and his brother Samuel served as William. Samuel died February 14 1862 and records list William as deceased, blocking pension.
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Topeka
Kansas
Washington
William H. Cooper
Kansas City
Kan
Cooper
Garnett
Samuel
Leavenworth
William
William Cooper
Gove
Man Hurls Stone at Mule. Boy Killed in Alabama Yard
Albertville, Alabama. Jim Bodine of near Guntersville angrily threw a heavy stone at a mule in his yard. The miss struck Bodine's 8-year-old son playing on a fence, killing him instantly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albertville
Alabama
Jim Bodine
Guntersville
Bodine
Woman testifies in arrest of husband embezzler
Hot Springs Arkansas Mrs Roy Stevenson caused the arrest of her husband a St Louis chauffeur charging him with embezzling $8500 prior to their marriage a week ago she was Mrs Nell Philpot a wealthy widow of Kansas City
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Hot Springs
Arkansas
Roy Stevenson
St. Louis
Nell Philpot
Kansas City
Pioneer farmer Mr Orr dies at 92 in Kirksville Missouri
Ninety two year old Will Orr retired farmer and pioneer settler of Adair county died at his home in Kirksville after a long illness. He had hoped to reach his 92nd birthday and was strengthened by that hope.
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Kirksville
Missouri
Will&m Orr
Adair County
Orr
Missouri Immigration Convention at Sedalia Adopts Plans
Delegates from nearly all parts of Missouri gather in Sedalia on February 14 1912. Col J L Torrey is temporary chairman and M V Carroll temporary secretary as the Missouri Immigration Society organizes. The group endorses state wide cooperation with real estate and civic groups to promote the state’s resources and urges funding for the Missouri Immigration Board.
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Sedalia
Col
J. L. Torrey
Fruitville
M. V. Carroll
The
Missouri Immigration Society
A. Ross Hill
Missouri University
Col. J. L. Torrey
R. C. Combs
Columbia
Fuller Swift
St. Louis
Edgar Martindale
Lexington
Missouri
Geo. W. Bailey
Brookfield
Wm. Nicholson
Kansas City Southern Railway
S. A. Hughes
Frisco Railway
Lee D. Bell
Mo. & N. Ark. Ry
F.E. Lovell
Carrollton
Chas. Opel
Kansas City
W. J. Hawkins
Warrensburg State Normal School
State Immigration Board
J. L. McGrew
United States Immigration Service
Washington, D
B. H. Payne
Mo. Pac. Ry
KK. C. S. Ry
Walter Williams
Curtis Hill
Neosho
G. D. Smith
Missouri State Immigration Board
Missouri Imuition Convention
Ebruary
Ioscan
Chinese Boys Find Hidden $4190 In Park Cache
Three Chinese boys in Vancouver uncover a canvas sack with 4190 in gold and Bank of Montreal notes while searching for a lost ball in a park. The money was hidden and only revealed after one boy told his employer. The recovered bills were tied to a Chinatown circulation.
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Vancouver
British Columbia
Bank of Montreal
Chinatown
Ten Years of Suffering Healed by Doan's Kidney Pills
Mrs. Narcissa Waggoner of Carterville Illinois details a decade of backache headaches nervousness and dizziness. After a fall and paralysis diagnosis from three doctors she used Doan's Kidney Pills and was permanently cured, stating she is stronger than before. The ad urges Doan's as the remedy with a 50 cent price and Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY.
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Dean
Narcissa Waggoner
Carterville
Ill
Doan's
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Man Falls From 27 Story Building in Grim Tale
A grim anecdote from the Guide notes a man falling from a 27 story building. The last survivor reportedly never complained about the fall, illustrating a stark cautionary tale.
Lawyer cured of eczema promotes Cuticura remedies
A. C. Brandon, attorney from Greenville, Ohio, recounts enduring boils and facial eczema from 1882, tried doctors with no relief, then used Cuticura Resolvent Ointment Soap and saw rapid improvement. He claims twenty years without recurrence and urges others to try samples by mail from Boston.
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Lebanon
Ohio
A. C. Brandon
Greenville
Too Far for Business in King George Tale
A clipped exchange notes King George's uncle in New York and contemplates potential trips. The dialogue hints at personal or political risk if George must visit, underscoring distance as a concern for dealings and loyalties.
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King George
New York
George
Allen's Foot-Ease Promotes Free Samples and Foot Care
A late 19th century promotion touts over five million free samples yearly for Allen's Foot-Ease antiseptic powder. It claims lasting foot relief for tired swollen and tender feet and bunions. A sample mailing address is provided to Mrs. Olmsted in LeRoy New York. The piece ends with a social remark about women choosing husbands based on fear of being left.
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Allen
Foxx
Alien S.olmsted
LeRoy
N.Y
Fragmented NATO note sparks unclear moral quip
A garbled text fragment discusses money and cleverness with vague references to NATO and truth. The passage contains stray phrases about money, adages, and a person’s self-perceived cleverness, but lacks coherent context or identifiable events.
Fifty Cents Outperforms One Hundred Dollars in Cure Claim
Brooklyn man C. M. Waggoner credits a fifty cent jar of Resinol Ointment with healing a leg wound after other remedies failed. Ad claims include relief for eczema burns and various skin issues and offers a free sample by writing to Resinol Chemical Co. Baltimore. Also mentions Mrs Winslow's soothing syrup and a quip on love and riches.
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C. M. Waggoner
Brooklyn
N. Y
Resinol Chemical Co
Baltimore
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RIGH
B. W
Leomtek
United Shoe Machinery CO
Boston
Mass
Iru
Deer Rf
W. H. Rogers
Ninth St
Montana
Bureau ¢ Agriculture
Helena,mont
Sues & Company
Washington, D.C
Georgia
Ada
J. Wilkinson & Co
Tignall, Ga
Dr. Pierce
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