Western Canada Draws Midwest Farmers in Land Rush
An Iowa farmer explains moving north to Saskatchewan for cheap land while keeping families together on homesteads. The piece notes a broader migration of Midwest Americans to the Canadian West, driven by land prices, family considerations, and cultural ties as they explore new homes near the railway depot in Winnipeg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Winnipeg
Canada
Dominion
Cear
Saskatchewan
America
Kansas
Minnesota
Mid-West
Canadian
Toronto
Ontario
Globe
Western Canada
Hill
Meganate
United States
Alice Baskatchewan
Manitoba
Bree
Immiarest Ottawa
Acont
The American Home Advice From William A Radford
Mr William A Radford offers free home building advice to readers of this paper He cites his experience as editor author and manufacturer and invites inquiries to his Chicago address enclosing a two cent reply stamp
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Radford
Fifth Ave
Chicago
Ill
Cement Block and Plaster Home Cuts Costs and Pleases
A design shows concrete blocks forming the first level with cement plaster above in English half timber panels. The house costs about $2 300 and features three rooms downstairs, two bedrooms, a bath, four closets and a storeroom upstairs with a gray block exterior, dark brown timber, tan plaster, green shingles and white window frames.
Jones Girl Sparks Car Talk In Gossip
A passerby overhears a heated remark about a Jones girl. The comment accuses her of knocking people down and reveals surprise at her owning an automobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones
Child of the Press Founder Cynthia Alden
Mrs. Cynthia Westover Alden founded the International Sunshine Society now claimed to number 3,000,000 members. She serves as president general of the society, started in New York in 1896 with 18 sponsors at Chaicmaz. Alden is connected with a New York newspaper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Child of the Press
Cynthia Westover Alden
International Sunshine Society
New York City
Chiiacmaz
Alden
New York
Wrigley’s Spearmint Advertises and Politically Wary Quips
A voice line of humorous chatter and ad style promos from the Catholic Standard and Times. Wrigley’s Spearmint is touted with a vivid fragrance claim and political campaign jibe about reputations. Seneca quote adds a caution about vices.
Stable eight inch block residence with waterproofing notes
The article discusses using eight inch by one and a half inch thick concrete blocks for home construction. It stresses damp proofing via interior air spaces and dense textures, warns against plaster directly on block walls, and supports vertical one inch strips with lath and plaster. It compares well built block houses to stone or pressed brick homes of similar size.
Beware of the Shingles A humorous medical malady
A columnist mocks the phrase shingles and its joke value while explaining it is herpes zoster a painful neuralgia. The piece warns against mocking illness, notes its viral nature and timing of pain, and suggests using the scientific term to deter facetious behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Library of Wit and Humor
Vasili Verestchagin
Boston Transcript
Quité Proper. The Stove Polisher’s Self-Destructive Brand
A man deliberately blackens his own business to play the part of a stove polisher. The dialogue questions his motive and depicts a persona who harms his own enterprise for a paradoxical trade.
A Little Cold and a Death Also Told
A short poem notes a man’s cold leading to death while neighbors gather at his bedside. The piece then shifts to a medicinal ad recommending a glycerine pine oil and whisky mixture to cure a cold in twenty four hours and a cough that is curable.
Unprofessional Diner Questions Doctor’s Cholera Experiment
A diner and proprietor quarrel over a doctor’s plan to inoculate himself with the cholera virus to observe results. The diner calls it unprofessional while the proprietor labels it mad and questions eating the same meals as patients.
Cure of Eczema with Cuticura Remedies
Mrs. A J Cochran of Philadelphia reports her six year old son suffered severe eczema until using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills. She notes rapid improvement within hours and complete cure after two boxes of each product. She also cites a friend's child who improved similarly.
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A. J. Cochran
Columbia Ave
Philadelphia
Charity by Proxy in a Quotation from Life
An Oregon statesman known for frugality is approached by a beggar with a remarkable tale. He questions the man, then tells his friend John to give the beggar a quarter, illustrating cautious philanthropy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon Statesman
Statesman
John
Continental marriages and tickets in a humorous exchange
A foreigner claims continental marriages are as happy as those in the U.S. The American counters that they let a girl choose her own partner, joking that marriage is a lottery. The dialogue contrasts cross cultural views on marriage and choice.
This Will Interest Mothers Sweet Powders for Children
This advertising notice promotes Mother Gray's sweet powders for children claiming to cure feverishness headaches bad stomach teething disorders regulate bowels and destroy worms. It asserts rapid cold relief and harmlessness, offers a free sample by mail, and provides an address in Le Roy New York with a quoted joke from Lippincott's.
Quick as Wink Eye Salve Ad and Misc Wellness Snippets
A collage of vintage ads and quips including Pettit's Eye Salve from Howard Bros Buffalo NY, Wringley's Spearmint, Davis' Painkiller, Brom Quin ine note, Fr W Grove signature for cold cures, and N W Hide and Fur Co Minneapolis offering high prices for furs with guns and traps.
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Pettit
Howard Bros
Buffalo, N. Y
N. W. Hide & Fur Co
Minneapolis
Prize for Tuberculosis Cure Offered by Yale Doctor
Dr. George W. Bloomer of Yale University announces a $100000 prize to the first person worldwide who discovers a usable tuberculosis cure. The award has no time or place limits, but the cure must have been in constant use for at least five years and proven by an investigating board. Many scientists seek vaccines and tuberculin, but no cure exists yet. Also a note asks Harry and Isabella Allen, aged 20 and 18, to contact P O Box 898 Omaha Nebraska to reach their mother in Oklahoma.
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George W. Bloomer
Yale University
Harry
Isabella Allen
Isabella
Nebraska Children's Home Society
Grand Island
Silas Allen
Oklahoma
P. O. Box
Omaha
Nebr
Pierce
World’s Dispensary Medical Association
V. Pierce
Buffalo
Coats of Fire
A Sunday school pupil faces ridicule at church over clothing as friends tease until she asserts she came with her mother's blessing. The brief item notes neighborly judgment and a poised response in a Christmas evening scene.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad and Endorsements in 19th Century Notice
A historical advert offers one hundred dollars reward for catarrh cures failing Hall's Catarrh Cure. Endorsements from Walding Kinnan and Marvin, Whelerale Drucgiste, Toledo, O. Claims testimonials and price 75 cents per bottle. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
O. We
F. J. Cheney
Walding, Kinnan & Manvin
Wrigley’s Spearmint Ends the Conversation
A playful exchange about heirloom rings leads to a jab at commonness and a boast about Wrigley’s Spearmint. The advertisement then pivots to a classic sales line about an Allen’s lung balsam remedy promising relief for persistent coughs.
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Themerican Home
A.radford
Burroughs
Mr. Merchant
Catholic Standard and Times
Wrigley’s Spearmint
J. H. Rindlaub
Fargo, N. D
Wrigley
Alinict
Livna Re. Izoxizy
Puck
Eczema
Scott
Lippincott’s
Pe Davis
FR. W. Grove
Bess
Tess
Allen
Wrigley’s
Carter
Ver
Grand Forks
Sterling Remedy Co
Chicago, Il
Wrigleyw
Pate
Fargo
H. Aaker
Aaker
H. H. Aaker
Fargee
Nizard
Putnam
Ove
Dage OO Guisey
Linea
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