Western Canada post offices toil amid rising arrivals in 1912
A Winnipeg excerpt shows heavy post office work as Western Canada expands with new settlements. Forty extra Winnipeg staff, more mail trains, and rising parcel volumes reflect prosperity and immigration growth. Bridges roads and districts expand to serve homesteaders and newcomers. Immigration records for 1914 may top 400000, half from the United States.
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Western Canada
Prairie Provinces
Old Country
Canada
Winnipeg
Western Prairies
Parlcad
United States
Ottawa
Reginald Offers Economical Candy Plan
A beauteous admirer remarks on rising sugar prices and candy costs. Reginald replies he is glad to oblige but, on instruction from Papa, suggests buying sugar by the barrel to lower expense and buying candy similarly.
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Reginald
Care tips for Rubber Plant and Ferns
When leaves yellow and fall the plant is dying. Feed with olive oil once every two weeks. Wash weekly with warm soapy water letting suds soak the soil. Sprinkle every other day. Apply the same treatment to ferns.
Castoria Ad Claims Trusted Child Remedy Over Decades
An old advertisement extols Castoria as a safe remedy for infants and children, noting it bears the signature of a long‑standing origin. The snippet references Wheat Buck and a wary moral line about trying before judging, with faint hints of promotional voice.
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Mpora
Tretchey
Peculiar Indiana land case ends with widow's death
In Valparaiso, Porter county, Mrs Catherine Harwell widow of Jacob Kern dies in Chicago after a court fight over six hundred acres valued at $400,000. The land had been deeded to Kern's son in California before his marriage to Mrs Harwell, the widow later seeking divorce and possession. The case concludes with the son retaining the property.
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Valparaiso
Porter County
George Kern
Woodland
Cal
Indiana
Jacob Kern
Catherine Harwell
Hebron
Kern
George
California
Harwell
Chicago
Must Lick Their Own Stamps in Owensville
Owensville residents must affix and lick their own postage stamps per Postmaster Barnett and assistant Miss Grace Mangrum. The rule ends years of jokes about sending stamped letters and having the postmaster apply the stamp.
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Owensville
Barnett
Grace Mangrum
Man Who Named Lapel Dies at 86 in Anderson
Samuel B. Busby, 86, who named the town of Lapel, died in Anderson. A Virginia native, he moved near Lapel in 1833. He proposed Lapel as the name after the railroad bypassed Fishersburg, the land strip resembling a lapel.
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Lapel
Anderson
Samuel B. Busby
Mr. Busby
Virginia
Fishersburg
Catfish Bite In Midwinter Delights Connersville Tables
In Connersville on January 22 the White Water yields midwinter catfish caught in warm water currents. The fish, never before seen biting at this season, snap at bits of meat and dough with Junelike greed, surprising locals already feasting on the unusual catch.
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Connersville
Hold Firebug for Chicago Crimes
South Bend January 20 State's Attorney Hoyne of Chicago wired to hold Benjamin Fink alias Franklin, jailed for setting fire to the Workingmen's Friend store, who allegedly planned bail of 10000 dollars and flight to avoid extradition to Chicago for trial.
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Chicago
South Bend
Benjamin Fink
Franklin
Hoyne
Train wreck injures nineteen cars near Kokomo Creek
Freight train No. 8591 on the Lake Erie and Western railroad derailed at Kokomo Creek a mile north of the creek bridge. Nineteen cars piled in the cut. estimated loss about 40,000 dollars.
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Ditech
Kokomo
Lake Erie and Western Railroad
Kokomo Creek
Forty Mules Found on Mound by River Steamer
The steamer Princess with a barge found forty mules on a mound across the river at Hyanaville on January 20. The animals were located by use of a spy glass and brought to the city.
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Hyanaville
Princess
Glaas
Butter Sent to Wife in Los Angeles by Elizabethtown Man
Peter E. Wills of Elizabethtown sends two pounds of butter of his own making to his wife who is spending the winter in Los Angeles California.
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Los Angeles
Columbus
Peter E. Wills
Elizabethtown
Cal
Woman Pioneer Dead in Connersville Home
Mrs. Hannah A Claypool aged 85 died at her Milton road home in Connersville January 1922. She was the mother in law of Edward F Claypool and aunt of Newton F Claypool of Indianapolis.
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Connersville
Jan
Hannah A .Claypool
Edward F. Claypool
Newton F. ‘Claypool
Indianapolis
Milton Road
Aged Minister Dead at 92 in Hagerstown
Rev. William Warbinton of the Miami (D.) conference and pastor emeritus of Hagerstown First Christian church died at 92 after a fall that broke his hip three months earlier. Born in Crawfordsville, he studied at Wabash College and entered ministry at 25. He organized many Indiana and Ohio churches, including a large one at Springfield, and served Hagerstown multiple times, retiring as pastor emeritus in 1906. He leaves a widow, his forty five year spouse, and had married twice before.
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Hagerstown
William Warbinton
Miami (D
Darlington
Indiana
Ohio
Springfield
Indiana News in Brief A roundup of local incidents and legal actions
Hammond Frank Franck, 12, was fatally hurt at Cedar Lake after a hunting accident when his gun discharged as he fell on the ice. In South Bend, E R Hawkins sues for 20 960 in damages after a factory injury where his arm broke in four places at Russell and Ober mattresses. In Muncie Robert Bunch and John McGuigan, both 19, plead not guilty to attacking two girls with criminal intent. Seymour’s four day old infant died smothered by bed clothing after mother slept. the baby was found dead two hours later. In Terre Haute Mrs Rebecca Kester of Martinsville settled for 1500 on a 5000 claim for injuries from a Vandalia Railroad fall. In New Albany Dr Albert W Dierking of Oolitic was found dead on a Monon track with unknown cause. In Muncie Fred Puckett and John Evans appealed for saison licenses after being denied. three similar appeals are pending. In Shelbyville national commander W H Eller announced a division council meeting in Shelbyville with a banquet. officers include W Hanshe, A W McDaniele, and W E B Fagel. In Tipton Mayor Compton’s court of inquiry led to arrest of Brockman Jr for selling whiskey to minors. Briggs admitted assisting but was released on suspended sentence. In Jeffersonville Gilbert Coats sues American Day and Foundry Company for 2999 damages over injuries from a Terre Haute plant incident involving a reamer and limbacher.
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Hammond
Frank Franck
Cedar Lake
South Bend
Russell & Ober
E. R. Hawkins
Hawkins
Muncie
Robert Bunch
Johln McGuigan
Martinsville
New Albany
Albert W. Dierking
Monon
North Telegraph Office
Joseph G. Ewing
Fred Puckett
John Evans
Shelbyvile
W. H. Eller
Sons
Wiliam Brockman, Jr
Brockman
Briggs
Jeffersonville
Gilbert Coats
American Day and Foundry Company
Terre Haute
Limbacher
Touching the Cardinal at Baltimore Convention
Two Ohiooriented guards, Col. John Bolan of Toledo and Capt. Joseph Dowling of Dayton, joked about Cardinal Gibbons as he left the Baltimore Democratic convention. Bolan quipped touch him when he passes ye, and Dowling asked which pocket he has. Also included is a Dunne quip about a philosopher bearing misfortunes with serenity.
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Baltimore
John Bolan
Toledo
Joseph Dowling
Dayton
Bolan
Cardinal Gibbons
Joe
Finley Peter Dunne
New York
Mr. Dunne
Dooley
Revolving Toothbrush Promises Handy Rotation
An inventor introduces a revolving toothbrush with handles resembling pliers to rotate a spindle. It can bring the brush to a user, but if it runs constantly, another person might claim it.
Floating hotel steamer asks about bell buoys
A fragment notes a steamer described as a floating hotel and queries whether it employed any bell buoys, reflecting nautical features and shipboard amenities.
CANNING FACTORIES FOR SALE AND MEDICINAL ADS
An old ad section lists canning factory offerings with price ranges from 86 to 850 and guidance for farms or large communities. It also promotes Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets for stomach and liver regulation and Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething, with generic promotional lines about joviality and character.
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Thos. M. Brown
Springfeld
Adv
Dr. Pierce
Fresh supply Mrs. Austin's Bag Rule wheat now on hand
In a brief item the ad notes a fresh supply of Mrs. Austin's Bag Rule wheat now on hand at local grocers. The line hints at a detective theme in a casual editorial aside about time and pursuit.
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Indiana News
Rine
Liggett & Myers
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Owham
N. C
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ST. Louis, MO
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Mont Tobe
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