Crop conditions in Western Canada show improving prospects
The article notes spring seeding progressed rapidly across the western prairies by May 28 and June 16, with 50 percent of spring wheat sown. Heavy winter snow left soil in good condition, area sowing oats flax and other grains rising, while farmers hold five million bushels of last year’s wheat awaiting high prices.
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Canada
Wouter
Planthg Wits
Tun Aghandanee
Tees
Rebarkame
Ai Gallen
Averyes
Anmoada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
United States
Europe
Carter Co. Victory Upheld Over Red Liver Pills Package
The Carter Medicine Co of New York wins two U S circuit court decrees at Trenton New Jersey upholding exclusive rights to the red liver pills package. A Camden New Jersey manufacturer and a retail druggist are permanently enjoined from using red wrappers or selling red packaged pills except Carter’s. Defendants must destroy infringing wrappers and account for damages and costs.
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Carter Medicine Co
New York
United States Circuit
Trenton
N. J
Camden
Carter Co
Carter Medicine
Carter
Carter Medicine Company
Doctor Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery Ad Card
An old advertisement touts Dr. R V Pierce Golden Medical Discovery as a blood purifier and tonic for stomach and liver ailments. It lists ingredients like Golden Seal and Queen's root and offers a free pocket edition from Buffalo NY, plus All Healing Salve and Pleasant Pellets for digestion and bowel regulation.
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Doctor Pierce
Florty
R.V. Pierce
Buffalo N.Y
Presidential remark on club dispute sparks odd analogy
The National Association of Baseball Leagues president comments on a cancelled date, likening it to a man with a wooden leg vacationing at Atlantic City. He cites a sensational tale of self sacrifice as a retort to the club’s action.
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Powers
National Association of Baseball Leagues
Udit
Lewis' Single Binder Cigars Rise in Popularity
A brief advertorial notes that Lewis' Single Binder cigars enjoy widespread approval among smokers for consistent quality. It mentions the product from Lewis' Factory in Peoria Illinois and suggests strong brand loyalty without detailing events or dates.
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Lewis
Peoria
Mrs Stit Terminas Dinner Mixes Up Engagements
A humorous note pokes fun at Mrs. Stit Terminas who hosted several engaged couples for dinner and allegedly arranged them badly. The remark compares her to someone unable to "put two and two together."
Longevity Debate Spawns Quip About Presidents
A Virginian claims My State is the mother of presidents while an Ohio man counters that the old lady has outlived her sons by decades. The text also notes a perfect head shape fitting a square, averaging nine inches for men and eight and a half inches for women.
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Ohio
Penance at Becket tomb to Henry II and a long timeline
A compact historical chronology lists events from 1191 to 1902, noting Henry II's penance at Becket's tomb, sieges, battles, political acts, discoveries, and notable deaths across Europe and the Americas, including Richard I, Champlain, Jamestown, and Diaz.
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Henry II
A Becket
Army faces shrinking ranks endangering its fighting ability
War Department faces an Army decline as enlistments fall and desertions rise. Generals warn funding is needed to recruit and retain soldiers while pay lags behind civilian wages. Coast artillery shows acute shortages with many units at skeleton strength.
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Bell
Ina Wietern
War Department
Washington
Sireciy
Arny
Coast Artillery
Navy
Congress
Funston
Cayinin
California
War Department c
Civilife
Rivers In A Rage Hit Western Pennsylvania And Nearby States
Heavy rains across Western Pennsylvania Eastern Ohio and West Virginia caused rivers and streams to overflow. Dozens of bridges tracks and buildings were destroyed or damaged while livestock drowned and hundreds fled to higher ground. In Pittsburgh rivers rose five feet in ten hours. Elkins WV reported five inches of rain and McComb saw a house wrecked with three children drowned. The Tygart River carried a church past Rowlesburg and fifteen bridges were seen at Grafton.
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Pennsylvania
Ohio
West Virginia
Hivestock
Pittsburg
Maryland
Coal and Iron
Tucker
Barber
Dry Fork
Baltimore and Ohio
Tygart Valley
Grafton
Rowlesburg
Tunnelton
Elkins
McComb
W. Va
Mary Ballard
Tygart River
Women Who Charm Through Health and Lydia Pinkham
A promotional feature extols healthful living for women, connects vitality to charm, and endorses Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for nervousness, irregularities, headaches, and backache. It cites testimonials from New York City readers and invites women to seek Mrs. Pinkham's free advice from Lynn, Massachusetts.
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Lydia EB. Pinkham
Mrs. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia
Missing Washington police chief and $2000 shortage reported
News notes report J Arthur Kemp chief clerk of the Washington police department is missing amid a $2000 discrepancy in his books. Also noted is Norway dog Jack owned by C T Freeman claimed to be 32 years old. Consul Iddings says Nile dam project awarded to builder of Assouan dam costing 7500000 dollars. Tenderloin precinct split with new lower station opening. no reason given.
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J. Arthur Kemp
Washington
Maine
Jack
C. ™. Freeman
Norway
Freeman
L. M. Iddings
Cairo
Assouan
Nile
Upper
Egypt
New York
Battery
Golden Gate
Bingham
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