Western Canada grain yields and railroads draw American settlers
Readers are informed about strong wheat yields in Western Canada averaging 20 bushels per acre with cases of 50 to 85 bushels. The note cites profitable wheat farming, fertile grasses for cattle, and favorable homestead rules allowing 160 acres plus an additional grant. It highlights Canadian railway rates, land value shifts, and praise from U.S. figures and a Montana editor about Canada’s agricultural prospects and American immigration south of Moose Jaw and Regina.
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Canada
Pincher Creek
Alberta
Genta
Saskatchewan
Leste M
Shaw
New York
United States Treasury
McKinley
Rroosevelt
United States
Monticello
Iowa
Western Canada
Ontario
Moose Jaw
Regina
West Rall
Ottawa
Gov’t
Dog Falls on Woman in Rue des Halles Incident
In Rue des Halles Mme Catherine Noel was knocked down and stunned when a dog fell from a fourth floor balcony on her head. The dog’s owner told police the animal, sick, had been left on the balcony and likely jumped during a fit.
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Rue Des Halles
Mme
Catherine Noel
Hazarding a Guess on Golf Terms and Banter
A playful exchange contrasts two speakers on golf. Dumiey asks about bunkers while Pepprey dismissively labels them as cranks who live on the links, highlighting unfamiliarity with the sport.
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Dumiey
Pepprey
Not the Only One at the Performance Riot
The fragment notes a riot at a performance and quotes M Ham holding a skull saying Alas poor Yorick You are not the only dead head in the house. The lines suggest a grim theatrical moment and public disturbance surrounding the show.
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Famlet
M’ham
Yorick
Edison Studio On a Concrete Hillside in the Bronx
Edison has built a 180 by 60 by 35 foot concrete studio on Decatur avenue near Webster avenue in the Bronx with a glass roof and adjoining office block. The two parts share a basement, housing a property room and full dressing rooms, labs, and drying halls. The article describes actors, scenes from Eagle’s Nest, and the complex film development process including cylindrical drums and a Turkish bath like development room.
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Webster Avenue
Bronx
Thomas A. Edison
Edison
Decatur Avenue
Legion
Eagle’s Nest
Metropolitan Opera House
Silent set pieces amid a looming fall of a timber
A woodsman crew selects a stump and a camera crew prepares as a massive tree is felled. The scene shifts to a mother scene behind the camera and a baby moment, then reels of film feed through seven foot high wooden drums storing large spools. A chemical dark room and a crying hall lie beyond the development and projection areas.
Dust Free Screen Film Handling Described
The passage explains dust control during film drying and handling. Rolls are slowed to prevent dust currents, floors and walls are stone to minimize dust, and after inspection and brushing, films are boxed for shipment to Llewellyn park for development into positives and market preparation.
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Llewellyn Park
Strength of an Eagle Carriage Figures Versus Weight
An observer details the lifting power of bald eagles by comparing to hawks and owls. He cites weights of a male nine and a quarter pounds and a female twelve pounds, notes a goshawk carrying a ten-pound chicken, a marsh hawk hauling a large chicken, and describes an eagle lifting a twenty-pound skid while the observer weighed 119 pounds. He asserts an eagle could carry eighteen to twenty pounds in proportion to its weight.
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Oine
Gull Returns to Old Home After Move
In the fishing village of Auchmithie a gull that fed at a fisherman's house moved with him three and a half miles away. On a recent Sunday the bird walked into the new residence with stately steps to resume its old familiarities and household ways.
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Auchmithie
Sherman
Sea Bird
Philanthropist Gives Cabman Quinine Pills
A philanthropic woman drenched by heavy rain asks a cabman if he ever takes anything when soaked. He says yes, and she returns with a small envelope containing two grain quinine pills and instructs him to take two now and two more in thirty minutes.
Rowing and Row ing
A man hires a southern negro to accompany him on a fishing trip. The man rows while asking for help but the worker declines, so the man rows all the fish ashore. Seeing the boat still moving, the boss asks why the man did not row, only to learn the helper meant pull the boat not row and makes a lionlike sound in dialect.
Snake Causes Halt As Rails Become Slippery Near Charles Town
In Clark county West Virginia a snake infestation delays trains on the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern rail line three miles east of Charles Town. Section foreman Sim Bruce wrestled a nine foot cow snake and a large black snake, narrowly escaping when the bandanna used to blind the creatures triggered the train whistle and the snakes escaped, leaving Bruce shaken and aided by fellow workers.
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Clark County
West Virginia
Indianapolis Dispatch
Cincinnati Bible House
Indianapolis
Baltimore & Ohio
Charles Town
Sim Bruce
Bruce
Miraculous Escape On Midland Train Near Nottingham
Engine driver Robert Goodman suffered a paralysis episode while operating a market train to Mansfield on the Midland line. The train ignored signals and was diverted onto a branch colliery line just as the Bradford to London express passed. Goodman regained barely any speech and doctors attributed the episode to after effects of influenza.
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Midland
Nottingham
England
Mansfield
Radford
Bradford
London
Robert Goodman
Goodman
Special Made Fast Time by Marion Marching Club Train
A Big Four special train from Indianapolis to Cincinnati covered 110 miles in a record 1 hour 44 minutes. The Marion Marching Club rode engine No. 6950 with three coaches and baggage car, departing 1:42 pm and arriving 3:26 pm with stops at Shelbyville Greensburg and Lawrenceburg Junction. Engineers Matt Dean and John Sefton received cheers from the marching club.
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Marion Marching Club
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Shelbyville
Greensburg
Lawrenceburg Junction
Valley Junction
Matt Dean
John Sefton
English Road Electrified First Single Phase Line in Britain
The Midland railroad electrification marks Britain’s first single phase line. It runs 21 miles of mixed track from Heysham to Lancaster Castle, with overhead Siemens suspension wire and passes under numerous arches as it connects Heysham Morecambe Lancaster Green Ayre and Lancaster Castle stations.
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Midland Railroad
Great Britain
Heysham
Morecambe
Lancaster Green Ayre
Lancaster Castle
Siemens
Hamburg-Altona
Kept Gettin Worse Kidney Trouble Relief
Nat Anderson of Greenwood 8 C recounts five years of dull backache and severe kidney trouble with disrupted secretions and partial flow. After repeated exams and ineffective treatments, Dean's Kidney Pills brought relief and regained strength. Sold by all dealers 5 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Nat Anderson
Greenwood
8. C
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Mulligan and Harrigan Clash Over Casey Referrals
Exclusive account shows Mulligan taunting Casey while Harrigan accuses him of insults and cowardice.双方 dispute reflects tensions and personal slurs in a muttered confrontation.
Cuticura Remedies Relieve Long Standing Leg Sores
Mrs. V. V. Albert reports 16 years of rheumatic sores on her husband’s legs ending after three weeks of Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent use. Three doctors failed, but symptoms faded and he recovered in three months. She offers to prove the testimonial. July 21, 1907.
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V. V. Albert
Uppes Frenchville, Me
Advantages of One Deaf Ear
A speaker describes using a single deaf ear to enjoy music from penny-in-the-slot phonographs. Dropping the earpiece alters the sound, making brass band music softer and more pleasing as if heard from a distance, suggesting disabilities can yield hidden benefits.
Puzzle solved coffee harms heart stomach and nerves
An ill stockman recounts years of coffee related nervous spells indigestion and heart issues. After two years on Postum his sleep returns and he gains weight, claiming overall health improved and crediting Postum with saving his life. The letter promotes Postum and notes provenance Battle Creek Michigan and a health tale readers may trust.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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Casey
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Blackguard
Cutiura
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