Why Not Own Land Western Canada Land Appeal
A reader in the Iowa State Register touts Western Canada as a prime land option for settlers seeking low prices and strong prospects. The piece argues Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta offer climate parity with the Upper Midwest, fertile soil, stable laws, and cheaper land, citing letters from former US residents praising conditions and potential government aid.
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Iowa State Register
Western
Canada
Minnesota
Dakotas
Iowa
United States
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
RK. Conley
Lougheed
Detroit
Mabel and Mamma Discuss Odd Purchases at the Creamery
In a quirkily worded dialogue Mabel asks about buying a team at a creamery and a fan at a tannery while Mamma chides and jokes. The playful exchange centers on whimsical shopping ideas and childlike imagination.
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Mabel
Mammna
Mamma
Wilbur Butterly Nervous Jelly Riddle
Wilbur and his mother discuss jelly eating etiquette during lunch. He insists on using a spoon because the jelly won’t stay on bread, calling it too nervous. The dialogue highlights a humorous child’s perspective.
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Wilbur
Esid Wilbur
A Domesticated Princess and Kaiser's German Preference
The Kaiser's new daughter in law, sister to the duchess of Saxe Coburg, is described as domesticated and amiable but not striking or bright. She speaks no English, favors German culture, and has been groomed by her aunt the empress. The Kaiser wishes all sons to marry German wives, and so far they have.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elven
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Sich
Wellville
Eiver
New York
Mark Twain
Courtland Park
Fifth Avenue
Wall Street
Gotham
Tony
Yme
A Woman’s Cunning Path to Husband and Home
A New York woman recounts two marriages and a staged romance to gain a husband and a home. She details leaving a gilded cage, running a shady social ploy using a butler and fake rivals, and finally securing a widower in his fifties through calculated deceit and charm.
Happy Bride Declares Joyful House and Union
The narrator recalls a joyous marriage day, recalling a self made nest on Fifth Avenue and the Courtland mansion. She asserts a happy, practical union based on common sense and need, with a home that stands as a model of conjugal felicity.
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Fifth Avenue
Courtland
Ancient Scone Palace Crowned in Scottish Royal History
The Scone Palace near Perth stands as a refined residence of the Earl of Mansfield and a relic of Scotland's regal past. Its 160 foot gallery replaces the old coronation hall, with relics including James VI's four post bed and a Queen Mary tapestry hangings. Queen Victoria visited in 1842 during her Perth tour and again after a royal death.
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Perth
Scotland
Earl of Mansfield
Etormont
Scone
Reiling Green Park
Alamond
Tay
Charles II
Chevalier St. George
James VI
Queen Mary
Lochleven
Queen Victoria
One Pupil Serves Isolated District in Washington
Johnny Jorgensen, age eleven, is the sole pupil in a Ferry county district near Kettle Falls. Teacher M. R. Honeyman, formerly of Spokane, began this month. The district has a school board and funds, plus seven coins per pupil daily from the state—the highest school appropriation in the nation.
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Johnny Jorgensen
United States
Kettle Falls
Ferry County
Washington
M. R. Honeyman
Spokane
Wise man prepares for bad weather
A proverb notes that prudent people act during good weather to save resources for future rainy days. It emphasizes foresight and self restraint to weather hardship.
Curious English rail laws reveal old parliamentary quirks
The article reviews 19th century acts showing railways facing unusual constraints. It cites the Great Western line near Eton with watchmen to deter students, Oxford and Cambridge access rights in acts, penalties, and Liverpool restrictions. A 1892 clause bans engines in Burtonwood and Winwick deemed nuisances by local officials.
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Great Western Railroad Company
Eton College
Mort
Eton
Great Western Company
University of Oxford
Great Western Railroad
Cambridge University
Cambridge
Liverpool
Burtonwood
Winwick
Thomas Lord Lilford
Regqtar
The Power of Polite Requests In Travel Etiquette
Railroad Employee argues against saying you will have to do something. He urges using concise courteous phrases like The other window please and Will you kindly take the car ahead. He favors brief reasons for necessary rules to avoid conflict.
Busy Flinders Street Station Claims World Traffic Lead
The Melbourne Flinders Street Station reportedly handles the highest suburban traffic with about 150,000 passengers daily, surpassing London Liverpool Street at 128,000 per day per Mr. Valentini. The Great Eastern Railway’s Liverpool Street figure is disputed by the Great Hastings Company’s general manager who cites about 180,000 daily passengers.
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Flinders Street
Melbourne
Valentini
Railway Department
Lis
Liverposal Street
London
Great Eastern Railway Company
Great Hastert Company
Liverpool Street
Third Rail System Adopted for NYC Tunnels
The Pennsylvania railroad plans a third rail direct current system for tunnels under New York City. Three phase 25 cycle power at 11 000 volts will be supplied from Long Island City and converted to 600 volts DC at substations. Steel cars and trailers will handle suburban traffic while electric locomotives will haul through trains. Design for locomotives not yet finalized.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
New York City
Long Island City
Scientific American
Narrow Escape on Southbound Hocking Valley Train
Passengers on a southbound Hocking Valley Passenger train barely escaped death when the locomotive plowed into a burning trestle near Creton. The engineer opened the throttle and crossed the 60 foot blaze, the fireman jumped and was injured but not fatally.
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Hocking Valley
Creton
Gallipolis
Kidney remedies headline promissory claim from Mrs Wreht
Mrs John H Wreht of Mitchell South Dakota describes ten years of kidney troubles including backache headaches and urinary ills. She credits Deans Kidney Pills with relief and urges others to try the product sold by dealers at 50 cents per two boxes from the Dean Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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John H. Wreht
East First St
Mitchell
Dean
Fromier-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N
Castor Beans Grow Faster Than Mother in Dinner Insight
A short parable from a trust notes William plants castor beans in the yard and records their rapid growth. At dinner he quietly observes that only he and the beans grow, while his mother remains the same, prompting a thoughtful family moment.
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William
Never-Failing Cold Cure Formula
A claimed remedy states that mixing one ounce of Compound Syrup of Sarsaparilla one ounce of Torls Compound and one-half pint of whiskey and shaking well will cure an acute cold in 24 hours. Doses are a tablespoon every four hours using ingredients from any drug store.
Great Pay and Odd Work Startled by Lion’s Mouth
A cottage improved in comfort, the old mother boasts of her son’s labor, while a visitor learns the son works by going to the circus and placing his head in the lion’s mouth twice daily, with the rest of his time free.
Those Who Feel Their Pulse Often Have Fever Sooner
A short reflective aphorism notes that frequent self awareness of one’s heartbeat presages illness and fever as a universal human condition. It frames health as an inevitable future outcome for the routinely introspective.
Doctor in Fargo Eyes Beauty and Vision
Dr J H Rindlaub a specialist in eye ear nose and throat practice in Fargo North Dakota notes beauty may be skin deep yet many beauties fail to impress him.
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J. H. Rindlaub
Fargo, N. D
Thieves Hide Tanned Goods at Minneapolis Tannery
A fragment notes thieves conceal hides and tan goods at T Yaubert Tannery in Minneapolis. The wordplay hints whisky fuels loud drinkers, reflecting period concerns with crime and temperance.
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Tyaubert Tannery
Minneapolis
Minn
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Prince Consort
Earl
Scone Palace
Wise
B. W. Grove
N. W. Hide & Fur Co
Mina
Carters
Salzer
Ema
Salzerseed CO
la Crosse
Wis
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