Immigration boom drives vast settler flow to Canada
Canada reports 325000 arrivals in the last year seeking homesteads and farming, including 130000 from the United States and many from the British Isles and Northern Europe. Winnipeg welcomed a train of 25 families with 41 carloads of tools, horses, cattle, and gas tractors destined for prairie settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian Immigration Branch
Canada
United States
British Isles
Europe
Western
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Antwerp
Atlantic
Red Star
America-Canada Line
Gothland
New York
Rotterdam
Army of
Winnipeg
Virgin Prairie
Revered Ballot Rituals Reflected By Rev. MacArthur
The Rev R S MacArthur of New York City says the ballot box deserves respect and that a man should pray as he votes and vote as he prays. He notes booth workers find his habit of removing his hat amusing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. S. MacArthur
New York City
Resinol Ointment Cures Summer Neck Eczema
Barbara Carpenter of Ogden Utah says a summer neck eruption like eczema healed after using Resinol. The ad cites Resinol available at drug stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Carpenter
Ogden
8. C
Monopoly Dialogue Between Urbanite and Country Boy
An urbanite questions a country boy about his city purpose and finding work. The country boy replies he came to earn an honest living. The urbanite asserts there is no competition in the city.
Indolence vs Talent Charm in Louis Puyseux Quote
A trimmed cryptic line from Madame de Puysieux about indolence choking talent and genius shining like an ornament atop a high spire. Included is a Puck cartoon caption and a Lewis' Single Binder cigar ad line. The fragment hints at a periodical humor page with brief quotes and consumer text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madame de Puysieux
Progressive Republicans Block Gallinger for Pro Tempore
In Washington the progressive Republicans in the Senate halted the nomination of Gallinger of New Hampshire as president pro tempore. After seven ballots no choice was reached as 5 progressives opposed Gallinger and 3 were paired. First ballot totals had Bacon 35 Gallinger 32 Clapp 4 with Democrats backing Bacon. Necessary to a choice was 37.
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Senate
Washington, D. C
Gallinger
Ned Hampshire
Bacon
Clapp
Tillman
Bristow
LaFollette
Greene
Poindexter
Cummins
Bourne
Works
Crawford
Mr. Bacon
Widow Tala mentes Leads Ambush Against Col Chiapas
In Douglas Arizona the Mexican widow Tala mentes rose as an insurgent commander after her husband and two sons were executed by Col Chiapas. She lured the colonel into an ambush in her camp and had him executed. The Talamentes, wealthy landowners in Sonora, were suspected rebels and were killed during a federal raid, ending with Chiapas captured and slain in view of their hacienda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas
Arizona
Talamentes
Col. Chiapas
Sonora
Japanese Are Going Home
Congressman Knowland of California asked the department of commerce and labor for three years of migration records. The data show 7,501 Japanese arrived in the United States and 14,195 returned home in the two years eight months before February 28, 1911, while 4,348 Mikado subjects arrived in Hawaii and 6,266 departed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Knowland
California
Department of Commerce and Labor
United States
Hawaii
Coal Land Case Goes Up to U S Supreme Court
Washington authorities report the government has docketed an appeal to the U S Supreme Court over the quashing of the Stracey group indictment in the federal court of Washington. The dispute concerns some of the world’s richest coal lands.
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Washington, D. C
Supreme Court of the United States
Federal Court of Washington
Taft Pardons Daniel Jones After 26 Years In Leavenworth
Washington D C Daniel Jones convicted of murder in the Indian Territory twenty six years ago and held at Leavenworth penitentiary was pardoned by President Taft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Daniel Jones
Indian Territory
Leavenworth
Taft
Madero Names Cabinet for Provisional Mexican Government
In El Paso the provisional government of Mexico announced its cabinet including Vasquez Gomez as foreign relations minister Gustavo Madero as finance minister Venustiano Carranza as war minister F Gonzales Garza as interior minister Jose M Pino Suarez as justice minister and Juan Canchez Azcona as private secretary. The Juarez capture yielded about 1000 Mauser rifles 500000 rounds of ammunition two machine guns field pieces and howitzers boosting army efficiency severalfold.
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el Paso
Texas
Madero
Mexico
Vasquez Gomez
Gustavo A. Madero
Jose M. Pino Suare
Juan Canchez Azcona
Juarez
Aviation pupil dies in fog bound plane crash in Berlin
Herr Bekenmul ler, an aviation pupil, was killed when his aeroplane crashed into a building hidden from the pilot by heavy early morning mist.
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Berlin
Germany
Herr Bekenmuller
Dreamed a Fire and Jumped in St. Joseph
J P Mc Rea of Bloomington Nebraska in the Ot ten hotel dreamed the building was on fire and jumped from a second story window. He landed on his feet and one leg was broken.
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St. Joseph
Missouri
J. P. McRea
Bloomington
Neb
Otten Hotel
Doan's Kidney Pills Advertised For Health
An old advertisement claims healthy kidneys are essential to perfect health and promotes Doan's Kidney Pills. It includes a testimonial from Mrs. O W Erwin of Little Falls Minnesota describing serious kidney symptoms and recovery after using the product. The ad notes price fifty cents per box and lists Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY as the supplier.
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Dean
O. W. Erwin
Third St
Little Falls
Minn
Doan
One Close Tip from a Playful Exchange About Ties
A witty exchange contrasts a wandering actor with tethered life as a railroad ties pun suggests enduring connections. The lines imply a philosophical stance on mobility and obligation within a worldly career.
Kill the Flies Now and Keep Disease Away
An advertisement for DAILY FLY KILLER promises to kill thousands of flies and last all season. It urges readers to ask their dealer or send 20 cents to H. Somers at 150 DeKalb Ave, Brooklyn, New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andy Daily
H. Somers
DeKalb Ave
Brooklyn
N. Y
A Distinction Between Possibility and Probability
A brief exchange contrasts optimism and cynicism over Jim's prospects. The optimist says Jim is full of possibilities though not yet successful, while the cynic counters that such hope lacks probabilities.
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Jim
Distemper Cure Sold Broadly by Spohn’s Medical Co
Distemper in all forms among humans and dogs is claimed cured by SPOHN S DISTEMPER CURE with over 600 000 bottles sold last year. Priced at 50 cents and 1.00, available from any druggist or by mail from Spohn Medical Co Goshen Ind agents wanted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spohn
Spahn Medical Co
Goshen
Ind
Us Boys All Love Our Teacher Says Johnny
A classroom vignette shows a boy named Johnny presenting a slate with the line Us boys all loves our teacher. The teacher encourages him to try writing a short story. This humorous note reflects school life and child language.
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Johnny
Harper’s Bazar
Bridge of Sighs joke hones in on size and state pride
A quip pits Mrs. Caswell against travel boast as she recalls Venice bridges. The exchange twists on perception and lands a punch about bigger sights back home in Pennsylvania.
Panhandler Turns Envelope into Postage Stamp Drama
A manager near an opera house box office refused a panhandler’s plea for a stamp, seized the addressed envelope, and tossed it through the window to be mailed by the treasurer. The panhandler retreated with the claim the man would be wiser to avoid trouble.
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Gus Hartz
Opera House
Fred
Fred Doan
Panhandler
Cleveland Leader
Clergyman Credits Grape-Nuts For Health And Energy
A diligent pastor testifies that switching to Grape-Nuts with cream toast and Postum improved digestion headaches and morning energy. He notes enhanced sermon preparation stamina and mental clarity and cites others helped by the cereal.
Christian Movements Unite Churches Across Nations
A sweeping church outreach aims to connect congregations with social and civic work. It lists many denominations and reports conferences in Buffalo Chicago Nashville and Kansas City with plans to expand through Canada and along the Pacific coast. The Baptist World Alliance meeting in Philadelphia looms with leaders from the United States and England, while Pope Pius X signals restricted audiences as a year of mourning begins in the Holy See.
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The
Brotherhood of Andrew and Philip
Baptist Brotherhood
Congregational Brotherhood of America
Brotherhood of Disciples of Christ
Gideons
Commercial Travelers
Canada
Pacific
Philadelphia
Baptist World Alliance
Northern Baptist Convention
World Alliance
Robert 8. MacArthur
New York
New England
England
Southern Baptist Convention
United States
Rome
J. H. Jowett
Birmingham
Presbyterian Church In
Thames
Dr. Dixon
South
Moody's Church
Chicago
F. B. Meyer
London
Caustique and Bore Share a Late Evening Quip
In a light exchange Miss Caustique hints it may be nearly eleven as Mr Bore pretends to check the time. The playful banter suggests a social or literary scene with refined manners and witty humor.
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Mr. Bore
Cuticura Remedies Restore Barber’s Hair and Scalp Health
John F. Williams of Dorchester Boston reports severe dandruff itching and hair loss on his scalp but says using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment cured the problem. After three cakes of Soap and one and a half boxes of Ointment he has a thick hair growth and claims no dandruff or itching. He recommends the remedies to customers and asserts they worked.
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John F. Williams
Norfolk Street
Dorchester
Boston
Mass
Untaxed tobacco and remarks on poverty in Tennessee
Fragments quote Finley on poverty as training for virtue and self discipline. Mention of untaxed chew and smoke as cheap indulgences. Names Meriwether and Edwards appear as authorities or witnesses. Tone reflects period polemic and social commentary without clear event.
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Meriwether & Edwards
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Japan
Oklahoma
Venustiano Carranza
Interior
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America
the Centaur Company
Inew York
Bears
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Parker
Finley
Mani Saskatchewan
Alberm
Math Street
Kansasity
Fenn Mfg. Co
Charlotte, Mich
Riverdale
Gils Country
City Lite
Acer Sports
Hudson Music and Art
End
D.C
Kansas City
Dr. Pierce
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