Americans Buy Land in Saskatchewan Western Canada
Allegan County farmer Lent travels from Winnipeg to Edmonton and Saskatoon reporting rich black soil, towering crops, and high yields of wheat and oats. He notes Minnesota buyers securing 12 and 20 section parcels near Shawneetown and Rosthern while praising the stock country and hay meadows. The account closes with a San Francisco Argonaut anecdote about a church conference and a joke about chickens.
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Michigan
Saskatoon
S. EK
Lent
Allegan County
Canada
Winnipeg
Edmonton
Asia
Theermillion River
Wetaskiwin
Lacombe
Macleod
Regina
Ohio
African Methodist Episcopal Church
Pea Ridge
Hanna
Allie
San Francisco
Manitoba
Assinibo
Maskatchbewab Alporta
Western
Ottawa
Joseph Young
M Williams
Toledo
Cascarets Candy Cathartic Health Sketch
An ad touts Cascarets as a cure for various ailments by improving bowel movements. It emphasizes natural relief, a 10 cent start price, and warns against imitations while noting metallic box packaging and the CC stamp on each tablet.
Grafting Apple Trees For orchard success and easy grafting
Mil ard Wiswell shares a clear apple grafting method with diagrams. With a sharp knife, pruning saw, and grafting wax, even beginners can convert unproductive stock into productive trees. The process emphasizes matching inner bark with the sap and proper wax sealing for air and water exclusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milard Wiswell
Wiswell
E. F. Barry
Ohio
Model Country Road Builds Prosperity With Shared Upkeep
In Caldwell county Missouri a rural road between Nettleton and Hamilton stays smooth due to proactive farmers. Each farmer maintains the road along their property, crews scrape ruts, build bridges together, and share effort up to six times weekly. The result is higher land values and better mail service, a model of communal road stewardship.
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Caldwell County
Nettleton
Hamilton
Missouri
W. H. Wamby
Orange Judd
Horticultural Hints for Farmers and Orchard Care
Advice on protecting trees with netting to deter rabbits and sun scale, whitewashing orchards, lye washes, and light forestry work. Encourages trimming dead wood, removing interfering live trees, and practical planting via nurseries to improve yields at low cost.
Use Home Material For Road Improvement At Home
The Wellspring piece warns public road districts against choosing costly or unsuitable materials for road surfaces. It urges evaluating local resources before importing substitutes and notes that local libraries and societies, though modest, can teach valuable lessons at home. It advocates making the best of nearby materials and education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Office of Public Roads
Easy Log Loading Method From Farm and Home
Instructions for loading logs using two timbers as levers and a rope loop through a center knot to secure ends. Describes balancing a log by lifting from the sled with a lever system and hitching the team at the front. Emmons cites this practical technique from Farm and Home.
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Wwich
L. E. Emmons
Better roads bring more church attendance and poultry disease sources
Rev D F Lamson notes better roads aid church attendance, urging careful steps to spiritual welcome. The piece also warns that lice and filth are the chief poultry disease sources, followed by poor housing, bad feeding, and overcrowding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord
D. F. Lamson
Manchester
Mass
Peruna endorsements from prominent figures across the country
Letters from Amos J. Cummings A T Goodwyn John L Sheppard and Chief Justice William Lee Chambers praise Peruna as a remedy for catarrh. The notices come from congressmen judges and officials urging others to try the medicine and seek Dr Hartman’s advice. Over forty congressmen endorse the remedy and many citizens rely on it as a family medicine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. T. Goodwyn
Alabama
Hartman
Om & Wellman
Pe-ru-na Medicine Co
William Lee Chambers
W.L
United States
Congress
Unexpected Happenings and Quick Remedies Across Papers
A collage of short quotes and ads from the era includes a chatty editor note about a baby asleep at home, a claim of Piso’s Cure for consumption with a medical cure promise, and a One Day Cold cure using Laxative Bromo Quin ine Tablets. It also features quips about bread and butter and a Putnam Faceless Dyes advertisement promising easy use.
Markets Across Cities Report January Market Quotes
New York reports flour patents at 3.35 to 4.50 with grain prices mixed. Livestock prices show beef steers 4.10 to 6.00, veals 5.00 to 9.00, sheep 2.75 to 4.50, lambs 5.90, hogs 6.30 to 6.50. Cleveland notes similar grain and dairy while Toledo lists cash wheat, oats, butter, cheese and hogs priced up to 6.95. Buffalo shows cattle at 6.60 to 7.30 and lambs around 6.50.
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New York
Minnesota
Cleveland
York
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Atchison Globe
St. Jacobs Oi
St. Jacobs Oil
Carter
Carters
W' L. Chambers
Anos J. Cummings
Amos J. Cummings
Tenth Congressional
Congressman Cummings
New York City
Cubs
Amos Cummings
Sheppard
Texas
John L. Sheppard
Washington, D. C
Goodwyn
Dr. Hartman
Wartmas Sanitarium
Columbus
J-L- Sheppard
Chicago Daily News
Samuel
Ocean Grove
Putnam
Eanst Liberty Dhan
Choice
Salzer
Carties
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Salter
Union
Balgzer
Dornasalzerseed Co
Cees
Pos Aefugias Union
Greatess Parker
Bolton
Tabletelowr
Vub
W.l.doug
W.L. Dongins
Brockton
Alina
White Lead CO
North 7Th St
St. Louis
Springfield
Heing
Fatire Grolts
Americay
Wothen
Brighton
American Developsment and Investment Co
Industrial Borvee
Springheld
Ubtu
Woolleyw Iox
Atlanta
Wis
W.H. Borex
Clifton Springs
N.Y
Fari
Leonard G
Fort Pee
UW. Ui
Ghxen
Box
Atlaitis
Allen
Mall
Ude
J P Allens
Matis Vin Buren
Iself
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