New Railways in Central Canada and American Exodus
The Portland Oregonian notes a large migration of U S farmers to Canada in 1809, with about 70 000 leaving and carrying roughly 70 million dollars. The move aims at cheaper land and safer conditions, aided by Canadian rail lines Canadian Pacific Canadian Northern and Grand Trunk Pacific, which open vast homesteads and towns as American settlers move westward. Government agents in U S cities offer information to prospective settlers.
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Portland Oregonian
Portland
Oregon
U. S
Canada
Middle West
Geome
Perhans
United States
Canadian Pacific
Canadian Northern
Grand Trunk Pacific
Short-Sighted Old Gentleman Chides Boy’s Hat Need
An old man adages about a child growing up and warns a boy should not go out without a hat. The vignette notes the speaker’s gentle but firm concern for proper dress and safety as the child ages.
Old People Benefit From Restorative Syrup Mixture
An old advice column promotes a tonic for people over forty claiming it relieves rheumatic pains and restores strength. The recipe lists one ounce compound syrup of farsaparilla one ounce Toria compound half pint high grade whiskey to be mixed and taken before meals and at bed time with shaking before each use. The piece also includes a brief humorous exchange on envy and good nature.
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Republican Party
Post Office Department
Congress
Postal Savings Banks
Postolice Department
Taft calls for ship subsidy and budget reform
President Taft asks Congress to pass a ship subsidy bill to build Atlantic and Pacific lines, expand trade with South America and Asia, and boost domestic shipping. He outlines fiscal plans to cover canal costs, civil pensions, and revenue deficits, plus calls for postal savings banks and tightened injunction rules.
Wisconsin Among Big Five Lumber States by Output
The nation’s lumber output shows Wisconsin as the second largest producer among the big five states, about 15 percent of total value. Washington DC Washington Louisiana Mississippi Arkansas and Wisconsin lead, with Texas Michigan Oregon Minnesota and Pennsylvania after them. total lumber, lath, and shingle value reaches 641.6 million dollars, down 28 percent from the prior year.
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Washington, D. C
Washington
Louisiana
Mississippi
Arkansas
Wisconsin
Texas
Michigan
Oregon
Minnesota
Pennsylvania
Utah
Nevada
North Dakota
South
Northwest
Six steers seek honors at Chicago livestock show
Six blooded steers from Minnesota Agricultural College travel with a private attendant to the International Live Stock Show in Chicago. Led by Grand Champion Eclipser an Angus three year old, the herd includes Dis clog ure a Hereford and two Shorthorn yearlings Juba and Prince Rollan with Undulata an Angus yearling and Bar barian another Angus calf. Prof. Hacker heads the livestock department and will run the students judging contest while Prof. Boss and Instructor Gaumnitz depart to study the world’s best stock.
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St. Paul
Minnesota Agricultural College
Chicago
University
H. C. Campbell
Juba
Prince Rollan
Minnesota
Undulata
Barbarian
Hacker
Boss
Gaumnitz
Backache Is Kidneyache Cure Ad
Thompson Watkins a Parsons nurse praises Deans Kidney Pills for back pain and irregular kidney secretions. Ad stresses kidney congestion and inflammation and urges readers to use Deans Kidney Pills. FosterMilburn Co Buffalo N Y distributes the product at 60 cents a box.
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Thompson Watkins
N. 23Rd
St. Parsons
Kan
Dean
Dean's
Foster- Milburn Co
Buffalo
Million Posters Effort to Fight Tuberculosis Launched
National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis directs a nationwide crusade to paste up nine by seven foot posters. Free billboard space and printing are provided by the Associated Billposters and Distributors of America and the Poster Printers' Association. Paper from hundreds of manufacturers and sketches from artists nationwide are donated. If enough paper is obtained a million posters will be pasted. Estimated value reaches up to two million dollars at commercial rates.
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Department of State
Congress
Near East
Secretary of the Treasury
Panama Canal
New York City
American Sugar Refining Company
Treasury Department
Department of Justice
United States
Pear
Conestvea
National Association For the Study and Prevention of
Associated Billposters and Distributors of America
Poster Printers’ Association
Cardinal Mannin' in the London Omnibus
A bus conductor questions a clerical passenger who claims to be Cardinal Mannin. After a heated exchange and a fare inquiry, the passenger retorts the question is irrelevant. The driver confirms the passenger’s true identity, ending the bet.
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Cardinal Mannin
Bill
Is 'Oliness
Minnesota Quarterback McGovern Named to All American
Washington Herald selects Minnesota signal caller Johnny McGovern for its All American team. The notice argues McGovern surpasses peers from Yale Harvard Princeton Brown and Penn State, noting other players as mediocre or merely skilled.
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Washington, D. C
Johnny McGovern
Minnesota
Washington Herald
Herald
McGovern
Howe
Yale
O'Tlaherty
Harvard
Bergin
Princeton
Sprackling
Brown
Woorts
Pennsylvania State
Minnesota Society of Chicago Banquet in Grand Pacific
The second annual banquet of the Minnesota Society of Chicago will be held Thursday evening in the Grand Pacific hotel in Chicago. Prominent Minnesota men will give addresses and a musical program is planned featuring the Irish Choral society of Chicago.
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Chicago
Ilinola
Minnesota Society of Chicago
Grand Pacific Hotel
Irish Choral Society
An Ever Ready Opening
A seedy visitor asks for an opening for a first class intellectual writer. The editor grimly replies that an ingenious carpenter provided an opening by turning the knob to the right and not slamming the door as you go out.
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The
Sunday Magazine
There All the Tims Versus a School Prize Gaffe
A tale recounts Dr Thorold hosting prizes at a London school board school. In his opening remarks he asked which was the largest island before Australia’s discovery. When the students failed, he solemnly answered Australia itself was the largest island all along, making them laugh.
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Tims
Dr. Thorold
London School Board
Australia
Results of Food Health and Natural Conditions Come From Right Feeding
A Boston educator recovering from nervous exhaustion credits Grape Nuts with improving digestion and brain and body harmony. She details a morning breakfast of a raw egg with Grape Nuts and hot milk or water, noting enhanced brain power and physical condition. The letter urges readers to seek health through diet.
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Boston
Pkys
Wellville
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