Farming Now a Business Claims for Greater Production
A national call for more economy and higher production argues grain prices are at record highs and U S farmers should run farming as a modern business. Examples from Western Canada show strong profits through systematic cost control, with trusted yields from Alberta and Saskatchewan timber. Reports include detailed affidavits on wheat and oats yields and notes on land investments by American buyers.
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America
United States
Canada
C. A. Wright
Milo
Iowa
S. Joseph and Sons
Des Moines
Champion
Alberta
Hewitt
Messrs. Smith & Sons
Vulcan
Western Canada
T. Newell J. Noble
Neableford
Newell J. Noble
Nancy Coe
Nobleford
There Are No Bad Boys Says Scouting Movement
A pro-Boy Scouts piece argues all boys are fundamentally good and misdirected by wasted time. It compares natural energy to wind and water, urging constructive activity through knot tying, first aid, camping, and trades training. It notes 10,000 schoolmasters directing 150,000 boys and calls for broader adoption of scouting nationally.
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Astoria
Chas. H. Fletcher
Christendom
Boy Scouts of America
Any Old Canes For Crippled Soldiers Scouts Urged
The American Girls' Aid society appeals to Scouts to collect unused canes for maimed soldiers. Many canes lie idle in the United States, and Scouts are urged to gather them and send to 293 Fifth Avenue New York. They may also make canes during hikes using found materials and craft skill.
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American Girls’ Aid Society
United States
American Girls’ Aid
Fifth Avenue
New York City
Scouts Help U-Boat Victims At Newport Red Cross Camp
Scouts from Newport troop Five at Cloyne House school quickly turned their camp into a hospital after U-53 sank ships off Nantucket. In one hour 25 beds were ready with navy doctor and nurse on duty. Scouts handle washing and cooking for the refugees and are now Red Cross registered. Earlier Coast Patrol practice featured Morse code with an unknown troop three and a half miles away.
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Nantucket
Newport
R. I
Cloyne House School
Navy
Red Cross
Scout Gardens Promote Planting And Food Preservation
Organize your troop into gardening patrols and four Leaders' Reserve Corps. Demonstrate right methods of planting canning and preserving foods. Offer services to schools and county fairs. Plant a garden today. Plan a meeting with parents and officials. Distribute literature to homes schools and farms to encourage double yields.
Lesson on Gethsemane and Peter Denial in John 18
An instructional analysis of John 18 1 11 15 17 highlighting Jesus garden retreat Gethsemane the betrayal by Judas and Peter's denial. Emphasizes the contrasts between God's band and the devil's and the disciples' failures under arrest.
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Garden
Gethsemane
Peter
Christ
Judas
Jesus
John
Father
Mary
God
Jesus of Nazareth
Augustine
Mark
Judgment Hall
Annas
Tammany Hall
New York
Robert E. Speer
Caiaphas
Not for Conscription Ad Offers Odd Remedies
Cartoonish ad copy riffs on conscription and druggists methods. It features dialogue about beliefs in conscription, moon imagery, and a humorous note on Red Cross Ball Blue being nude in America, pitched as a housewife ad from grocers.
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Red Cross
America
All Good Grocers
Adv
We Want a Young Man for Farm to Table Association
A New York advertisement seeks a trustworthy young man with good standing and business ability to organize producers and sell directly to consumers. Liberal compensation offered to the right applicant. Address Farm to Table Association Inc at 171 Madison Avenue.
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Farm To Table Association, Inc
Madison Avenue
New York
Adv
Suitor and Father Claim Daughter Is Unblemished
Both claim immunity from faults. Suitor says he has no bad habits and does not smoke or drink. Father asserts the daughter is without flaws, noting she neither plays nor sings.
Freezone promises painless corn removal discovery
A Cincinnati man developed a compound named freezone that removes corns and calluses without pain. A tiny bottle is sold by druggists for little cost and applied drops bring instant relief as the corn loosens and lifts away without irritating surrounding skin.
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Cincinnati
Adv
A Libel on the Sex
A witty exchange about leap years features Py credited to a joke by a man, while a woman is described as tired of annual birthdays in a terse, humorous crack captured in the period piece.
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic Reduces Malaria
A vintage advertisement promotes Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as a quinine and iron tonic claimed to drive out malaria and build up the system. The note emphasizes a tasteless formula printed on the label and lists a price of 50 cents.
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GROVE
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