Western Canada grain growth draws American settlers
An editor notes strong yields in Western Canada with wheat averaging 20 bushels per acre, spikes to 85, and profits up to 19.55 per acre in Pincher Creek district. He highlights fertile lands, rich pasture, new homestead rules allowing 160 free acres plus 160 extra for $2 an acre, and large-scale emigration driven by railways and futures.
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Manny
Canada
Saskatchewan
Leslie M. Shaw
New York
United States Treasury
McKinley
Roosevelt
United States
Monticello
Iowa
Western Canada
Ontario
Moose Jaw
Regina
Colombia's lone iron foundry at Bogota La Paradera
Colombia hosts the only iron foundry in the country at Bogota named La Paradera, operated on a small scale with sativa ore smelting and remelting for casting. Interior deposits exist and a coastal ore body near the Caribbean is under drilling by American engineers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colombia
Ows Iron Foundry
South America
Bogota
la Paradera
Caribbean Sea
Debut Dance Planned for Miss Roosevelt At White House
The date for Miss Roosevelts social debut is set for Monday December 28 at the White House. A small dance in the final room will draw about 1000 invitations, with guests including New York friends and college mates of Theodore Roosevelt Jr. The event marks a bustling holiday season and aims to keep ties with New York social circles intact.
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Ashington
White House
Slice Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Dorothy Roosevelt
Aliee
New York
Theodore
Harvard
Alice Roosevelt
Nicholas Longworth
Costs Rise and Hopes Fade Across Nation and War Talks
A jumble of notes reports rising costs in France with food and clothing up sharply, milk and meat prices up, rice doubling, and overall living costs climbing. It mentions Bible type costs, patent medicines, and general social anxieties as a backdrop to ongoing troubles.
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France
Washington Bachelors and Ballrooms in 1908
In Washington fashionable circles women describe a male shortage and spoiled Irish suitors. They note high costs to attend cotillions, with partners rarely sharing expenses and men often dodging invitations. Dancing skill and presence are prized as masculine stock remains scarce and valuable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Strahhgem
Cheap Living in Japan Leads to Luxurious Yet Frugal Life
A historical column notes a Japanese lifestyle option where a man can hire a horse, employ two servants, and enjoy ample comforts for just over 28 dollars per month, illustrating striking cost contrasts and living standards.
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Japan
What you sew in winter you shall rip in summer
A girl misremembers a sermon and, after a seamstress visits, realizes the saying “What you sew in the winter you shall rip in the summer.” The tale centers on a child named Httle Hthel and her mother’s reaction, with a village church scene providing the humorous moral.
Picturesque Texas Doctor At Tuberculosis Congress
Dr A J Beall of San Marcos Texas a famed 85 year old physician attended the International Tuberculosis congress in Washington. His trip was funded by a community subscription and he planned retirement from active practice upon return. Teats W T Jones of Fort Davis also traveled long distances for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Beall
San Marcos
Tex
Beall
Texas
Lons Star
Geall
Washington
San Marcus
Arhea
W. T. Jones
Fort Davis
Bughouse Job for a Preparator Sought by Government
A government notice from the United States Department of Agriculture seeks a bughouse preparator to prepare insects for chicken feed and other uses. An examination will select ten Lepidoptera specimens. successful matching earns a $60 monthly position plus board. Additional exams seek an insect division aide and a chief for a cattle and grain lab. salaries range up to $3,500 yearly in related postings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Bureau of Entomology
United States Department of Agriculture
National Museum
Department of Agriculture
Cattle and Grain Investigation Laboratory
Bureau of Corporations
Department of Commerce and Labor
Greek Architecture and the Supreme Caucasian Mind
A Builder quotation argues that Greek students should receive definite training in Greek architecture in addition to literature. It asserts that knowing only the literary expression of ancient Greece covers only one half of the achievements of the ancient Greek mind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greece
Five Years Of Kidney Trouble Relief By Doan's Pills
Nat Anderson of Greenwood 8 C reports five years of worsening kidney disease starting with backache and deteriorating secretions. After repeated exams and futile treatments he found relief and cure using Doan's Kidney Pills, sold everywhere for 50 cents a box by Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo N Y. The prose then shifts to Dickens and a reflective quote about enduring goodness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nat Anderson
Greenwood
8. C
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Catarrh Cure Promises Patient Health Revival
An old advertisement touts a $100 reward and a universal catarrh cure claiming it cures constitutional disease by acting on the blood and mucous surfaces. It asserts build up of general health and urges sending for testimonials, naming CHENIY & CO. Toledo Ohio and druggists as outlets.
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Qatar
Cheniy & CO
Toledo
Drunelste
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Mia
Winslow
the Centaun Company
Bears
Oy Tours
Everlasting Water
Fist National Bank
Weatherford
Goleman
Wasington
D. Dom Free
Des Moines
National Capital
Buster Brown
Iik
the Brown Shoe CO
F. Louis
U. S.A
Texas Doctor
W. DL. Douglas
Priosa
Tha Ie Farly
Alata
Douglas
Herman Reel
Milwaukee
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Boston
Mass
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