Means Big Crop Germination in Western Canada
A writer reports Western Canada shows strong germination in wheat with seedings progressing rapidly. He notes homestead openings on May 1 and cheap railway certificates enabling quick inspection trips, plus profitable fodder crops and rising silo construction across Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta.
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Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Cuticura Trio Promises Clear Pimply Faces
Advert says Cuticura Ol ointment clears pimples and blackheads when smeared and washed with Cuticura Soap and hot water. Maintain clear skin with daily use and include Cuticura Talcum in daily toilet routine.
Last Train to Brooks Junction May Leave in 1950
An aged reader asks when the final train to Brooks Junction runs. The ticket agent recalls a newspaper story predicting the world’s end in 1950 and says, barring unforeseen events, the last train may depart around that date.
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Brooks Junction
Birmingham Age Herald
Contradictory Views on Confidence Men Cited
A witty remark notes that some women distrust confidence men yet exhibit confidence themselves. The piece wittily punctures social pretensions and hints at broader flirtation with insincere charm.
Navy Bill in House Blocked After Conference Break
Conference deadlock stalls naval appropriations with House insisting on 100000 troops and 396 million dollars instead of the Senate plan for 120000 and 494 million. Debate covers wartime contracts probes and possible continuing appropriation if no action by July. Kelley defends economy while opposing excess increases as naval officers cannot justify 120000 strength.
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Washington
House
Senate
Daugherty
Willis
Republican
Ohio
Kelley
Michigan
Poindexter
Hale
Mualne
Charleston
S. C
Naval Affairs Committee
Kent
Navy
Mr. Kelley
Treasury
5000 Men Captured in Ulster Dragnet at Monaghan
A large British dragnet in Monaghan, Ulster, netted more than 5000 men in the initial sweep. Most were released, with a few held for examination at a prison camp by authorities.
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Monaghan
Sinn
U S and Japan Open Talks on Range of Issues
Secretary Hughes and Japanese Ambassador Baron Shidehara have begun discussions to settle outstanding matters between Japan and the United States. Topics include Yap, the Far East, and the California situation. Progress is reported as satisfactory.
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Washington
Hughes
Baron Kijuro Shidehara
United States
Japan
California
Daugherty to Probe War Contract Graft Across Big Firms
Attorney General Daugherty revealed a new special investigative unit to pursue graft linked to government war contracts. He said the department will target major offenders with fair, non sensational methods and no partiality, while Exonerating the innocent as it proceeds.
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Washington
Daugherty
Department of Justice
Department
Mr. Daugherty
World News Briefs From Global Dispatches
Reports from London Denver Atlanta Callao Edinburgh New York and others: Poles withdraw from Gross Strieblitz. A labor convention proposes rail nationalization. Banks push ad approval at world clubs. US subs sail toward Panama. Lloyd George seeks a summer meeting in the United States. Rotary elects McCullough president in Edinburgh. A Hudson River kidnapping murder funeral draws urban crowds. Gompers blames World War on German organized labor.
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London
Gross Strieblitz
Denver
American Federation of Labor
Atlanta
Associated Advertising Clubs of
M. B. Wellborn
Atlant Federal Reserve Bank
Callao
Peru
United States
Panama
Lloyd George
Cardiff
Edinburgh
Scotland
Crawford C. McCullough
Fort William
Ontario
International Association of Rotary Clubs
New York
Giuseppe Varotta
Hudson River
East Side
Organized Labor
Germany
Samuel Gompers
Delicious mushroom cream soup and homey dishes menu
A June kitchen column offers recipes for Cream of Mushroom Soup and Smothered Chicken with butter and cream, plus Creamed Calf s Brains and bright salad ideas using fresh carrots and Bermuda onions. Fodder notes include sage leaves for pork dishes and a poetic June vignette by Shirley George.
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Bermuda
Blackberry dishes and an enhanced beef hot dish guide
The text describes early and late blackberries with recipes for blackberry pie pudding dumplings jelly and fresh breakfast serving. It also provides a beef red hot recipe layering sliced roast beef peppers tomatoes onions with spiced sauce and bake time.
Not Resting Just Waiting Judge Gary’s Dinner Talk
A newspaper excerpt relays Judge Gary commenting on global labor, noting England’s coal miners work more while producing less. It includes a farmer and the Looney boy joke about resting while waiting for the sun to set and quit work. The piece ends with a quip about love and divorce court and a remark on cultivating repose as a cure for nervousness.
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Gary
England
Looney
Able to follow any trail
The Ahnds natives of Juum India are praised as skilled trackers. They follow bears panthers and jungle animals by footprints and a marking system. They watch at dawn and position hunters to flush quarry from cover using surrounding markers.
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Juum
India
R. G. Burton
Ratti Goodstuff and Armor Tin Tale
A quirky exchange notes Flutidub's father owned a vast armor collection and left the boy much tin. The remarks compare a peacocks vanity to its tail and intellect, suggesting a humorous contrast between appearance and mind.
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Ratti
Flutidub
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Wilson
Broadway
D. S. Stevenson Company, Inc
New York City
44Th Street Theatre
D. W. Griffith
Boston Herald
New York Globe
Idiot Boy