The Northwest Mounted Police of Canada History Told
An older commander recalls the Northwest Mounted Police origins in 1874 1876 uprisings with Blackfeet Sioux and Crees. The unit formed after Donald Smith aided enlistment of 300 Canadians and seized vast Rupert’s Land. The force grew to protect settlers across the plains and remains a symbol of frontier order.
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Texas Rangers
Northwest Mounted Police
Canada
Indiaz
Northwest
Mounted Police
No-Man's Land
Cypress Hills
Eyrie
Canadian
Custer
Cantian Plains
Sitting Ball
Wore
Hs Camp
North West Mounted Police
Wood Mountain
Maj. Walsh
Sitting Bull
Donald Smith
Strathcona
Plains
Spotted Tail
Walsh
Walt
Major Walsh
Winnipeg
British Columbia
Dawson City
Lake Athabasca
Dawson
Calgary
Secret of radium heat and energy source ideas
The article discusses Lord Kelvin's suggestion that the heat emitted by radium might be replenished by external energy such as etheric waves. It cites experiments proposed to test heat emission with radium surrounded by lead versus standard surroundings and includes unrelated notes on arithmetic test questions and ancient Damascus swords.
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C. V. Boys
London
Science
British Association
Lord Kelvin
M. Curie
City of Death Vera Cruz City Sanitation Described
In Vera Cruz a writer laments century old sanitation failures and corrupt officials. He depicts open sewers, vigilant municipal vultures overseeing districts, and a city admired for architecture yet plagued by pestilence and neglect amid a colorful, crowded street scene.
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Vera Cruz
Orizaba
Mexico
Congress
Calle Independencia
Immigrant Tales and Yellow Fever in Vera Cruz Remains
Excerpts recount Vera Cruz mortality during a yellow fever outbreak with a rate far higher than English troops in the South African War. The narrative contrasts immune natives, dying visitors, and a hospital of white workers at the port works. A patient recalls a consul's desertion. a hero nurses the dying and sustains the works amid fear.
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London
Vera Cruz
Boston American team wins world series over Pittsburg 5 to 3
Henry Killilea's Boston American teague club captained by Jimmy Collins defeats Pittsburgh to claim the world championship. Cy Young and Dineen lead the pitching staff as the team earns its place among baseball stars.
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Boston American Teague
Henry Killilea
Jimmy Collins
Pittsburg
Killilea
Boston Heary Kites
Clarke
Eam
New York National League
Brooklyn American Association
Gothamites
Niagara Falls
St. Joseph's College At
Buffalo
Frank Selee
Boston
Louisville
Criger
Farrell
Hughes
Winter
Lachance
Ferris
Parent
Freeman
Stahl
Dougherty
O'Brien
Chicago
Baltimore
Providence
Detroit
New York
Brookyn
Brooklyn
Jumbled Jokes and Sports Tidbits From a Past Era
A collage of light humor, sports notes, and social quips. Items mention basketball growth under AAU, amateur leagues, and college teams alongside jokes about shopping wives, finance woes, and flirtations. Notable references include the AAU basketball surge, New England district teams, and Cincinnati and Chicago humor columns.
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Amateur Athletic Union
The
Intercollegiate Association
Luther Halsey Gulick
A. A. U. National Basketball Committee
LH. Gulee
Ceea
Chicago
Harvard
Yale
Cornell
Pennsylvania
Amherst
Holy Cross
Rocrea
Stinson
New England Association
New York
Military League Association
N. Y. Welly
Y.M.C. A
Y. M. C. A. Athletic League
Cincinnati
New England States
William A. Dumbrnsky
Early bird, fool in the worm over bed
A fragment from a Chicago Record-Herald piece mentions an idiomatic saying about the worm and the head, noting the idea that the worm would stay in bed without a head. The style reflects a regional dialect or humorous quip.
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Chicago
Herala
Filtered Cistern Design for Purified Water Flow
An efficient cistern filter uses a bottom suction chamber of soft brick or filtering stone with a capacity of 20 to 30 gallons. The system filters water as it falls, employing layers of bricks, charcoal, sand and gravel, and includes an overflow pipe and cleaning access. A well designed roof and leader pipe improve cleanliness and enable redirecting roof runoff to a waste line when not raining.
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G. Davis
New Yorker
Iowa farmer details portable six by ten cattle feed crib
A. W. Heide describes a movable cattle feed crib from Farm and Home. The design measures six feet wide, fifteen feet long, and ten feet high with side runners for easy relocation. It includes a ventilated shell cupola, a raised floor for gravity feed, and a slide mechanism to regulate grain flow into the manger.
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A. W. Heide
Poultry yard notes and practical farming tips
An agricultural column covers poultry care stressing time and effort over money. It warns against color bias in eggs, advocates clean coops to prevent disease, and stresses proper feeding for hens during laying and molting. It also discusses fattening growing fowls in confinement and a dubious cider preservation recipe.
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Rupertsland
British Museum
Pope Pius X
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Tropics
Cortez
Mexican Gulf
Ap Seith
Alma Mater
Puck
St. Little Elmer
Paya
Broadhead
N. Y. Sun
Cincinnati Enquirer
Vistor
Chicago Record-Herald
Bobby
Leptomanis
Loudg Shortleigh
Miss Gotrox
Young Corbett
Ben Jordan
England
Hayes Valley Athletic Club
San Francisco
Hon. C. S. Rolls
Duke of Portland
Harry Martin
Evangelist
Brother Jonas
Philadelphia Press
Mrs. Smiles
Mr. Giles
Trade Marx
the Inquirer
Farwest
Board of Trade
N. Y
Shakespeare
Shuiles
Bulky Butters
Limper
Peckham—Y
Cintinnati Enquirer
Chicago Record- Herald
Johnny Bumvernickle
Samson
Miss Knowsitt
Mr. Wise
Chicago Chronicle
Gorp
Chicago Daily News
Mount Atlanta Constitution
Henry Pendecker
Chicago Post
Justinea
Detroit Free Press
Iowa
Hax
Poultry Yard Notes
Defiance
Hall—Corner
Mineapa
Clinton Wen
Defiance Commandry No
RW Wortman
A. Viers
Golonoxer
Council
YH. Davis
E. J. Phelps
Viers
Omega Lodge
F. & Ae Sintronteations
Geo. S. May
Roy Webb
ODD Fellows
FT. Defiance
Doe
Commer CiScom Ame
Oscar Smith
Noble Grama
W. T. Young
Knights OF Pithias K G. Hancock Lodge
K. of Fy
Waccormer Clinton and Pit
GU Eigar Kokae
Knights and Ladies_Maccabees
Fort Defiance
T.M
Lewis Blocks
W. Comer
Karl May
Commandam
WM. Gilson
Hecord
Auglaize
Igs
Rial Lewis
I. 0
Dichbioek
Clinton Street
Crossland
Fred A. Schlosser
Royal Arcanum
Defiance Council
B.A
Ronth
Hall N. W
Clinton’ Hind
Ladies of Columbia
Eureka Council
Prbsts
Clinton
Amos Ewing
Stewart
Federal Labor Union
Federal Labor
Sotulis
F. Dirr
Fred Zollers
Jae Elms
Defiance Lodge
Weecin
Ak Pasos Séfvico Street
Bow Anno
Peter Seible
Grand Army Refublic
Bishop Post
Stony Bell
Annette Weller
Bectitasse Daughters OF Veteran
Hana Boutelle
Actat
Memoetad
Msn
Ilston Sect
Zadialer
Rai
Secrsase
Nora 5
Phelps
No. 4
Ashton
BO. Hall
Wall
Rebinson
Mattiegle
Son
Arius
Som Mame Tadurance Order
Nemlegsing Plage
Karl Groweg
Knights OF
Honk. Ideriance
Santa
Dines
John ¥. Hamilton
Henry Klein, Sr
RED Cross
D. Edgar
Farar Society
Pressendorfer Tore
Hummer
Catholic Knights OF
AB Branc No. 2
Sttp
Fifth
Jackson
Hrist Diehl
M. J. Walz
Catholic Knights OF AM
Wasi Sad Arabella
St. Mary’s
Gorman
Haller
Catholic Knights OF Branch No
Ace Po m
Secrec Utscl
Joseph Weit
Saca
Arabella
Bt. Mary's School
Halle
W. J. Bohannon
Bonifacius
Walz
Prestaamty
Joseph Veit
ST. Aloysius Young Men's
Esch
Mona
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