Acreage boom in Western Canada floods new farming hopes
Reports indicate Western Canada shows vastly increased acreage for crops this year aided by open weather in 1917, American land buyers paying 15 to 30 dollars an acre, and wheat yields from 12 to 50 bushels per acre at around 2 dollars a bushel. War prices spur profits while low taxes and favorable climate attract settlers to Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta.
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Western Canada
Pincher Creek
Alberta
Canada
Post-Intelligencer
Seattle
Wash
Iowa
Dakotas
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Rich Japanese Was a Citizen
A Japanese immigrant in the Imperial Valley, Keneko, built a cotton fortune and died recently. He is believed to be one of only two foreign-born Japanese naturalized in the United States, the other living in Chicago. Keneko obtained naturalization papers from Judge Otis in San Bernardino in 1892. the case was reviewed by the federal naturalization bureau in 1913 and deemed legal.
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U. S
Keneko
Imperial Valley
Cal
United States
Chicago
Otis
San Bernardino
Federal Naturalization Bureau
Lemon Skin Bleaching Cream Ad Promotes Beauty
A recipe details making a lemon juice based skin lotion from two fresh lemons and three ounces of orchard white. It promises to bleach freckles and tan, soften rough hands, and brighten face neck arms and hands with daily massage, claiming months of freshness.
The Explanation From the Parlor Table of Bills
A playful exchange compares paying bills to being served a dish. The dialogue uses a con artist style to imply duties laid out plainly. The line suggests transparency in financial matters in a witty, theater‑like admonition.
He'd Paid the Bills in a Vicious Marriage Tale
A brief item notes a man wed for money after his first wife died and his new partner financed his life by making all her clothes. The overheard line hints at motive and social tensions in the marriage.
Egg and meat hen selection in backyard poultry
The article outlines egg focused breeds for poultry farms with egg production as the main goal. It highlights the Leghorn, especially the Single Comb White Leghorn, as the most popular egg layer and notes smaller size than general purpose breeds like the Plymouth Rock. It mentions broiler sale of surplus cockerels and points to a bulletin describing layers, while directing breeders to the American Standard of Perfection for detailed breed descriptions.
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Plymouth Rock
Nation Still Needs Great Poultry Increases
The 1918 agricultural production program urges major rises in poultry output, focusing on backyard and farm production without costly grains. Recommendations include early hatching, ten days post hatch confinement, improved sanitation, rodent and thief control, and raising own feed where possible.
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Department of Agriculture
Standard Varieties of Chickens II Mediterranean and Continental
United States Department of Agriculture Farmers Bulletin 898 lists 20 egg breeds in two classes. The Mediterranean group includes Leghorns, Minorcas, Spanish, Ancona, and Blue Andalusian. Continental class contains the Campine with two varieties. All lay white eggs. Egg breeds are strong layers but less suitable for show standards.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Farmers’ Bulletin
Where Egg Breeds Are Kept
Eggs are produced when chickens are kept and most from general farms though large egg farms have grown to supply markets. The largest operations near markets pay a premium for white eggs and favor egg breeds like Leghorn Cambine Minorea and Ancona.
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Leghorn
Campine
Minorea
Ancona
Vinegar as antidote for carbolic acid exposure
Historical note explains vinegar as the effective home antidote for carbolic acid burns or ingestion. It advises immediate vinegar washing for skin burns and drinking vinegar for mouth exposure, with large quantities potentially needing medical removal from the stomach and caution to avoid perforation risk.
August Flower Promoted as Global Remedy for Digestive Ailments
An advertisement extols GREEN'S AUGUST FLOWER as a universal household remedy for constipation, liver trouble, and low spirits, claiming quick relief from indigestion and nervous dyspepsia and noting its gentle laxative effect. The blurb ends with a druggist recommendation and mentions sales worldwide. A brief anecdote follows about a father-in-law disapproving of his daughter's marriage to Bill Smith, who later admits the man's correctness.
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Promised for Blood Action
An advertisement claims catarrh cannot be cured by local apps and promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a systemic remedy. It asserts the medicine cleanses the blood and mucous surfaces, lists the product as made by F Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio, and mentions testimonials offered free with a 75 cent price.
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Hall
F. Cheney & Co., Props
Toledo
A Mercenary Mind and the Shadow of Books
In a brief exchange, Mr. Penwiggle says he rarely found books helpful, noting more profit lies in writing scenarios. The remark frames a view that practical, marketable writing yields greater rewards than conventional reading.
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Mr. Penwiggle
Heal Baby Rashes With Cuticura Soap and Ointment
Cuticura Soap bath gives instant relief for itchy painful baby rashes then a gentle Cuticura Ointment application. Free samples offered by mail from Cuticura Dept. X Boston. Soap 25 cents Ointment 25 and 50 cents.
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Dept. X
Boston
Opportunity Passes in the Way of Every Man
A reflective note on the human condition. The piece contrasts the ideal of an artist soldier with the sober reality that practical obstacles often mask deeper questions of purpose and perseverance.
Castoria Signature Reminder From 19th Century Ad
The notice urges mothers to examine each bottle of Castoria for the signature and warns that freedom demands sacrifice. It critiques cruelty and cowardice as linked under the same roof.
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Fletcher
Soapless Day Proposed by Huntington Boy
A Huntington West Virginia schoolboy Jimmy Wallen launches a wartime propagandist idea to observe a soapless day once a week to conserve fats for the allies. He promotes cleanliness without soap and urges enthusiasm from young Americans.
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Huntington
W. Va
Jimmy Wallen
Wallen
Jimmy
Columbus Dispatch
Not Just as Good. A Riddle in Metro Humor
A witty quip contrasts a fireless coker with a coalless fire, reflecting lighthearted banter in a city page. The exchange uses playful dialect to poke fun at household contrivances and modernizing comforts.
Strange Doings for Pacifist
A Puck cartoon mocks Jerome Dasher and Fanning by depicting a pacifist figure acting violently and extravagantly. It suggests contradictions between talk and behavior, portraying aggressive driving, hunting, and alleged domestic conflict to lampoon the pose of pacifism.
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Dasher
Jerome
Puck
Sidestepped Reply Spurs Question About Leaving College
A terse exchange centers on the question of why someone left college with a baffling remark about the dean and a jack o lantern motif. The dialogue hints at underlying tensions and a missing backstory.
Mirror dispute reveals stubborn habits
Fragmentary dialogue shows a couple squabbling over vanity and honesty. One quips about a mirror not flattering, the other admits avoiding mirrors to dodge self-critique. The exchange hints at underlying tension and personal pride.
One Man Who Drinks Alone and Other Tiny Items
A fragmentary column notes Jake Mettler as the man who drinks crude oil and claims to identify its origin by taste. The piece also jokes about Gibson losing money via a wife’s name and divorce, and mentions Jake Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets for liver and bowels. It closes with a gossip maxim about betting against gossip.
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Jake Mettler
Mettler
Jake Dr. Pierce
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Bill
Simpkins
Bill Smith
Save Health
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Spohn Medical CO
Goshen
Ind
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Arter
Uni
UU. S. Employment Service
Department OF Labor
Gibson
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