Western Canada homestead rules spark family entry changes
Battleford Sask Aug 4 1907 letter from Chas M Gerts details family homestead entry changes in Canada allowing one member to file for another. He describes 400 acres in Cut Knife district near railway expansion, crop yields prospects, stock and garden gains, recent rail surveys, and the family’s health and progress since leaving Chicago.
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Canada
Gerts
Chicago
Battleford, Sask
Cut Knife
Taurdly
Wei
Deeb
Swouni
Toby
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Canac
United States
Jonah’s Narrow Escape From Absorption on Way to Nineveh
Jonah insists the event was not a consolidation but an absorption, claiming he was merely one of the whale’s assets. He vows not to engage in further seaworthy recitals and proceeds on his journey to Nineveh with cautious optimism.
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Jonah
Nineveh
Deafness Cure Promised For Catarrh Ailments
An advertisement claims deafness due to catarrh can be cured by a "Catania Cure" with a $100 reward for unsolved cases. It asserts the Eustachian tube inflammation causes hearing loss, urging readers to request circulars and buy Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Catania
J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Hall
Europe’s sovereigns and their smoking habits revealed
An old report lists rulers and their preferences from cigars and pipes to cigarettes. It names the King of Spain, Emperor of Austria, King of Portugal, and others, noting how often they smoke and the forms they favor, from pipes to cigars and rare cigarettes.
Thauemsdo commendation noted in Pittsburg Dispatch
A cryptic line appears in the Pittsburgh Dispatch asking if a figure named Thauemsdo is being praised. The text seems fragmented and stylized with odd phrasing about warners and letters.
Matrimonial Constraints Reach Outing Plans
Elliptical dialogue suggests Mary faces a constraint on an planned outing tied to a disbanded group. The quarrel appears to hinge on a social or financial restriction, with references to attire and a Cleveland dealer as contextual clues.
Nurse's testimonial on Postum coffee substitute benefits
A Wilkes county nurse shares experience with Postum as a coffee alternative. She reports relief from headaches and indigestion after two weeks, notes patients improved when coffee was replaced, and describes preparation times and serving with cream. The message emphasizes Postum reduces agitation and nervousness linked to coffee.
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Wilkes Murre
Dan
Ted
Wellville
Pkga
Lusitania Sets Record Pace Between Queenstown and New York
The Cunard liner Lusitania completed the crossing in five days 54 minutes, beating the Lucania by over six hours and ranking among historic ocean records from Queenstown to New York. The era of fast transatlantic steamers is traced through earlier tries by Europa, Paris, New York, St. Paul, and others.
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Lusitania
Sandy Wook
Cunard Line
Queenstown
Wusitania
Lucania
Deutschland
Europa
Atlantic
Liverpool
New York
Lloyd and American Lines
Southampton
Paris
St. Paul
North German Lloyd Company
Nasser
ISG
Cherbourg
Kaiser
Constantine Slays Mrs Gentry to Face Cook County Trial
Italian born Frank J. Constantine, linked to the slaying of Mrs. Louise Gentry in a Chicago flat, prepares for a highly contested trial. Police tie him to the crime with his alleged statements and identity, while a global chase spanning three continents followed his disappearance after the January 6 murder.
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Cook County
Ilinois
Chicago
Frank J. Constantine
Louise Gentry
Flln
Constantine
New York
Gentry
Tle
TME
Frank Constantine
Naples
Argentina
South America
Italy
London
New Hammer Throw Champion Becomes World Champion
Mat McGrath of the New York Athletic Club defeated John Flannagan at Travers Island in the hammer throw contest. McGrath launched the hammer 168 feet to Flannagan's 114, earning the world title.
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Mat McGrath
New York Athletic Club
John Flannagan
Travers Island
McGrath
Flannagan
Bell buoy inventor Capt Henry Brown dies at 80 in Charleston
Capt Henry Brown veteran of Mexican and Civil wars and designer of the bell buoy used in American ports dies in Charleston South Carolina aged eighty. He served in the 1860s under Farragut and Porter. Frank Shuman, Philadelphia engineer, claims sun powered ether rays can drive commercial power generation.
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Henry Brown
Charleston
S. C
Farragut
Porter
Frank Shuman
Philadelphia
Waves and Salt in Oceanic Tales from Sunday Magazine
The piece explains evaporation of sea water leaving a thick salt crust, estimates a 440 foot salt layer if all ocean water vanished, notes deep North water freezing from the bottom, then discusses wave motion, height up to forty feet, speed around fifty miles per hour, and a base width about fifteen times the height. It cites the force of waves breaking on shore as seventeen tons per square foot.
Humorous Exchange on Wives and Rights Circles
A Philadelphia Press quip quotes a friend remarking how hard it is when a wife attends women rights meetings nightly. Henpeck replies that it is great as he can stay home and avoid listening to her ideas.
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Henpeck
Philadelphia Press
Heritage of Civil War Sufferers Told by Capt Ely
Capt John L Ely of Co E 17th Ohio now of Newton Kansas recalls kidney trouble from the Civil War. He credits using Deans Kidney Pills since 1901 with cure and long term wellness. Sold by all dealers 60 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY
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John L. Ely
Co. E
17Th Ohio
East 2d Street
Newton
Kansas
Ely
Dean
Foster-Milburp Co
Buffalo
N.Y
Too Hull for the Chauffeur
A Cleveland Plain Dealer tease jokes about New York building a new automobile speedway. The quip notes the project aims to speed progress with no obstacles, while others wonder if it risks dullness.
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Hull
New York
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Three Boys Treated for Eczema Find Cure with Cuticura
Mrs. Kate Keim reports her three children suffered eczema for five months with sores on the heads. After using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment for a few weeks the sores disappeared and the heads healed. Testimony dated November 1 5 and 7 1906 from New York City.
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Kate Keim
West 29Th St
New York
N. Y
Canaries Used as Seasonal Decoration Rentals
A birds dealer notes canaries served an odd purpose this season as decorative features for houses and churches. They were rented for weddings commencements and social events, hung among flowers and foliage, with demand peaking in spring and early summer so the dealer kept more than a dozen extra birds on hand for rentals.
Daughter balks at elopement in Chicago News
In a brief Chicago News notice, a local man reports his daughter will not elope despite pleas. He sighs, noting the suitor Huggins and the intention to save money by withholding consent. The family friend questions the plan as the daughter declines.
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Huggins
Chiergzo
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