Canada seeks settlers for farm land opportunity and growth
Hon. J. A. Calder outlines Canada’s immigration aim offering free or affordable farm land in vast western areas within rail reach. Conditions favor healthful living, free public education, and equal opportunity, with land values rising and farms profitable through active cultivation. Open arms to practical settlers.
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Canada
J. A. Calder
Immigration and Colonization
Prairies
Western
Dominion
Prompt Approval and Solidity in Sen Sorghum’s Wit
A humorous exchange shows Senator Sorghum approving relativity and asserting thick ignorance as a guide to political action. He quips that if he must understand thoroughly everything he approves, he would have done far less political business.
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Senator Sorghum
Cuticura Trio Taleum Promises Scented Skin Care
Ad promotes Cuticura products Soap Ointment and Taleum as essential toilet requisites. Claims Taleum provides an exquisitely scented face skin baby and dusting powder fragrance, making other perfumes unnecessary. Prices 25 cents each.
Im pressionable patron chases on screen
A Birmingham Age Herald paraphrase notes a patron who cannot resist joining a chase on screen seeking to save his life. The brief exchange humorously captures movie theater reactions and audience immersion.
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Birmingham Age Herald
Allen's Foot Ease promotes comfort in tight shoes
Advertising copy claims Allen's Foot Ease powder loosens tight shoes and provides instant relief for corns bunions callouses and sore spots. It suggests shaking the powder into shoes or sprinkling in foot baths to prevent discomfort during wear.
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Allen's
Allen
A Man's Work and Wages in Clay Metaphor
A reflective piece contrasts the potter shaping clay with a man shaping his life by own deeds. It notes that many forsake single blessedness for money, implying tradeoffs between labor and personal fulfillment.
The Girl Who Was Followed
Emily Curtis aims for city life after leaving farm work but faces danger from a stalker. Her husband John confesses he has followed her and proposes they return home as spring nears, rekindling their fragile marriage amid looming rural ruin.
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Emily Curtis
Emily
John
Maisie
Gunter
Jamestown
Jim
County Orphan Asylum
Express
Consolation for the Fat
A satirical piece cites a New York surety expert claiming fat men and loud swearers pay bills promptly and stay loyal to employers. References to Tartuffe Chadband Uriah Heep Falstaff illustrate humor about honesty and weight. The piece ends noting 180-pound men who cuss out the Walter.
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Surety Company
New York
Tartuffe
Chadband
Uriah Heep
Pecksniff
Falstaff
Walter
New York Post
The Month of Marriages June Bride Superstitions
The Chicago American notes June as Hymen's month tied to roses and ancient custom. It recalls pagan Romans favoring June for marriages especially on full moon or sun moon conjunction days and medieval practices with divinations and love philters.
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Hymen
Chicago
Italian scientist proposes hand vein identification method
The article notes veins in the hand differ among individuals and can be seen with light lacking red rays. It mentions mercury vapor lamps as suitable light sources and frames the idea as a Popu lar Science Month feature.
Milk as Poultry Feed Boosts Fattening and Health
United States Department of Agriculture notes milk and byproducts improve digestion and growth in chicks and laying hens. Buttermilk, skim milk, semisolid and condensed buttermilk are widely used in commercial fattening, with high concentration forms replacing green feed and meat scraps for protein.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Cties
Pointers on Geese for Laying Season
The laying season starts in February with geese showing strong disease resistance. Old geese are the best layers and most reliable. Goose feathers are valuable and can be plucked twice a year.
California to Grow Dates in Salton Sea Region
The Department of Agriculture plans to establish a date palm industry in the Salton sea basin near Indio California. After decades of sourcing shoots the bureau of plant industry will set out 2 800 young trees, sourcing from a Tunis oasis once home to a vast 200 000 palm grove.
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Salton Sea Basin
Indio
Cal
Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Plant Industry
Dakhla
Tunis
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Many Kinds of Honey Described in Simple Terms
The article explains there are many kinds of honey with varied colors and flavors. It notes black and sour honey, red honey, poisonous honey, and honey that is white or rose colored. It mentions pale yellow to brown honey and links flavor to blossoms bees visit.
Encouraging Symptom and the Modern Conscience
A fragment reflects on family life and dependence on technology. The speaker notes a mother scolding a child and compares daily routines to servitude to modern conveniences, particularly the telephone.
Easy To Distinguish Tunes In A St Louis Cabaret
A St Louis cabaret shared a humorous scene where two visitors debate how to tell tunes apart from a lively jazz orchestra. One man taps along while the other remains bored, highlighting how listeners perceive melodies differently.
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Big Sticks
St. Louis
Huy
Bill
Importations of Meat and Trade with New Zealand
The United States remains the leading meat producer yet imports large quantities from other countries. Last year imports totaled about 523 million pounds, with about two thirds being New Zealand lamb now headed for England. Lineage of meat imports rose compared with the prior year but did not set a record.
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United States
United States Department of Agriculture
New Zealand
England
Best Way to Induce a Woman to Keep a Secret
A terse aphorism advises secrecy as the surest method to keep a confidant quiet. It suggests personal discretion as more effective than revealing plans that might expose a secret.
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Ramee
HE Gentaur
Rca Mys Ee
Bears
California
Johnny
Postum Cereal Co
Ine
Battle Creek, Mich
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