Canada and Prairie Wheat Growth Draw American Settlers
A New York journal notes Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta as major wheat producers with 1904 68 million bushels rising to about 200 million by 1913. It highlights growing US settlement to the prairies with families arriving from Oregon Colorado and Kansas, bringing capital and livestock as railways promote future transport to the Panama exposition.
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Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
New York Financial Journal
Winnipeg
Canada
France
India
Russia
United States
United Kingdom
Germany
Canadian Prairies
Bassane
Oregon
Colorado
Calgary
Peers
Edmonton
Peter Goertz
Cardiff
McPherson
Kansas
Goertz
Rock Island
Charity Picnic Dinner Reveals A Humorous Exchange
At a charity picnic dinner a guest asks another if he is a policeman. The second denies and a quip follows about his choice of fried chicken, noting he is “pulling a tough joint” with his meal.
Poor old Jaglsby off the water wagon again
A brief quip from the Baltimore Sun notes Jaglsby returning to drinking with a blunt boast that he prefers a scenic route and offers no excuses. The remark highlights his frank admission and ongoing struggles with sobriety.
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Jaglsby
Haltimore
The Button Doctor
A short anecdote recalls Florence Louise’s remark about a child who swallowed a button and her claim that “they sent for a regular button doctor,” reflecting early 20th century views of pediatric care and medical specialists.
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Mtte
Florence Louise
Rena
Limited Intentions in Aldermanic Debate
Rehoboth Sunday Herald reports on a quarrel over marriage and support in a local aldermanic discussion. A man denies proposing to support his daughter, saying he only proposed marriage, clarifying his intentions amid civic talk.
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Rehoboth Sunday Herald
Diapason Singers Hold Morristown Reunion Program
More than two thousand five hundred residents attended the Diapason Singers annual meeting at Morristown to hear a program of old songs and hymns in the Diapason style led by C. C. Curtis of Iowa. Officers were re elected: Theophilus Hargrove Greenfield president, Rev Alonzo Meyers Shelbyville vice president, Mrs Clarence Rock Morristown secretary treasurer.
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Shelbyville
Morristown
Hanover Township
Shelby County
M. E.S
C. C. Curtis
Iowa
B. Morris
John Porter
Acton
Old
Missouri Harmony Glogers
Diapason Society
Theophilus Hargrove
Greenfield
Alonzo Meyers
Clarence Rock
Better Babies Contest At Rush County Fair
A better babies contest will be held during the Rush county fair under the auspices of the Parent Teachers Association and the Rushville Civic improvement and Social Service Association. Babies aged two to twenty four months may enter. They will be scored and bronze medals awarded to champions. Diplomas issued to top scorers. Examined a week before the fair at Graham school. Medals presented at the fair with addresses on child welfare. A national Mothers' Congress health exhibit will be at the fair.
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Ruahville
Rush County
Hia
Teachers’ Association
Rushville
Graham
National Mothers’ Congress
Shelbyville shooting leaves man injured in arm
Bascon Green fired six shots at Thomas Van Gordon in Shelbyville on May 23. Only one bullet struck Van Gordon, shattering the bone in his right arm. Green claims Van Gordon insulted Mrs Grean. he was arrested on a shooting with intent to kill charge and released on $200 bond.
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Shelbyville
Bascon Green
Thomas van Gordon
van Gordon
Green
Saya van Gordon
Indiana News in Briefs from Multiple Cities
Peru identifies a stranger's body at the morgue as Ellard Sodort’s half-brother. Oaktown reports a 13 year old, Raymond Shepard, broke his arm when a team and wagon jolted. Hartford City mourns 3 year old John Williams Jr. after a fatal accidental shooting. Shelbyville bicyclist Frank Henson knocked from a horse-drawn conveyance. Linton notes the Overman family moves to Spencer after four years as pastor. Sullivan reports Connie Fishback’s arrest for insanity after threatening neighbors with a shotgun. Evansville manager J. W. Chappell tried to kill himself in Chicago by cutting his throat. Shelbyville proclaims a city cleanup June 1–6 with wagons to remove refuse. Greencastle reports four boys sent to Plainfield reform school for stealing brass. Roy Ragan fined $50 and costs. Evansville deputy inspector Harry Breetz will assist in investigating the grand stand collapse at the ball park injuring forty three. Columbus wife Elizabeth Nolting sues for divorce from Frederick Nolting with $10,000 alimony sought. cross-claims filed. South Bend rocker Moise Dumont is in serious condition after being dragged from a runaway wagon. skull fracture suspected. Rushville Pythian Sisters annual meeting held with several district officers noted.
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Peru
William McCardle
Kokomo
Ellard Sodort
Oaktown
Raymond Shepard
Hartford City
John Williams, Jr
Shelbyville
Frank EB. Henson
Dudley Easley
Linton
I. C. Overmen
Spencer
Overman
First Baptist Church
Sullivan
Connie Fishback
Fairbanks
Evansville
J. W. Chappell
Akin-Erskin Milling Company
Planters
Chicago
Ae Tazor
Henry Schoelch
Ball Park
Columbus
Elizabeth Nolting
Frederick Nolting
Notting
South Bend
Moise Dumont
Dumont
Davers
Rushville
Pythian
Fayette
Ranklin
Ripley
Union
Decatur and
Rich
Countlan
Celebrating Ninety Years Wilson Daniels Highlights River Career
Jasper May 29 Wilson H. Daniels author of Sixty Years of Steamboating and a famed southern Indiana figure marked his ninetieth birthday at Judge John L. Bretz’s home. Daniels, still sharp, recalls Mississippi Ohio and other river days where he spent over sixty years as pilot and captain of large steamboats.
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Jasper
Wilson H. Daniels
Indiana
John L. Bretz
Daniels
Misssissippi
Ohio
Lfe
Man Sentenced to Insane Ward in Michigan City Prison
Otto Buck Churchill, claiming to be heir to 30 million dollars and in search of a wife, was sentenced in the St. Joseph circuit court to the Insane ward at Michigan City prison. A jury found him guilty of numerous land sales frauds. He admitted prior imprisonments and said he was adopted by Spencer Churchill in Canada.
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South Bend
Otto Buck
Churchill
Michigan City
St. Joseph
Spencer Churchill
Canada
Woman from Chicago Buys Decrepit Horse in Terre Haute
Jeered by the crowd Mrs Frederick W Packard former Humane Society president in Chicago bought a decrepit horse for 2 in Terre Haute she sought police to shoot it but the crowd took the animal and returned it to the owner then the owner disappeared with the horse and the 2 slashed.
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Terre Haute
Frederick W. Packard
Chicago
The
Humane Society
Packard
Grub Worms by Parcel Post in Terre Haute
May 27 report from Terre Haute says the post office handled what may be the first parcel post grub worms sent to Uncle Sam. Mrs Stark Neal of Farmersburg found the worms and sent them to her husband’s mother in Terre Haute, a noted chicken raiser.
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Parcel Post
Terre Haute
Terre Haut
Sam
Stark Neal
Farmersburg
Telegraph clerks face test of patience over wallpaper order
In Anderson on May 27, a large African American man brought a wallpaper sample to the telegraph office and sought shipment to Chicago. Clerks argued briefly over the correct procedure before the man could be instructed to use the United States mails for the order.
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Wantec
Anderson
Chicago
United States
Socialist editor Clyde Guy killed crossing Grand Trunk line
Clyde Guy aged thirty six of Granger died when a buggy he rode was struck at a Grand Trunk railroad crossing in Mishawaka era. Former editor of a Socialist newspaper in Mishawaka, the incident occurred near Bend on May 27.
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Bend
Clyde ‘Guy
Granger
Grand Trunk
Potato Variants And Cookery Tips From Early 20th Century
A column outlines numerous potato preparations including imitation New Potatoes cooked in milk, browned potatoes with butter and drippings, hash style served from a casserole, potato shells with celery salt and paprika, potato griddle cakes, and a potato omelet. Basic methods emphasize boiling, baking, simmering in stock, and finishing with sauces.
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Clotheo
Toasted bread cheese sandwich recipes described
A fragment describes appetizing toasted cheese sandwiches with melted cheese, flavored creamed fillings, and browning on both sides. It also mentions an egg sandwich with butter and spices, plus sardine preparation with bone removal and mixing for filling.
Constipated prose from an odd old page item
Fragmentary OCR shows playful and garbled text about Tegard Wright's vegetable claims and sample requests. Mentions Pearl, New York and advice about a wife, with scattered phrases and no coherent story or clear names.
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Wright
New York
Adv
Maw Knew a Few Things. Willie-Maw and the Abysmal Brute
A Cincinnati Enquirer item notes Maw defining a term as a “abysmal brute” and references a married man, suggesting a colloquial exchange or local humor snippet. The brief mentions Willie-Maw in dialogue with Cincinnati context.
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Willie
Son
Cincinnati Enquirer
City beauty movement faces scuffles and oddities
Erratic remarks on public decorum spark debate as citizens comment on the city beautiful initiative and condemn provocative dress in the streets. The piece notes legal concerns and public reaction to the movement's goals.
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City Beautiful
Love of the Forest by Gene Stratton Porter
A reflective passage urges patient exploration of forests to discover hidden truths. It emphasizes learning the forest’s pathless travel and habitation, starting at the gate, and warning that rushing will obscure the great secret and vision found among unseen trees and plants.
Mischief of It at the Irving Bacheller Dinner Event
At the New England society's eighth annual dinner, remarks criticized overly refined writing that fails to reach general readers. The speaker warned such writers risk starving in garters and noted a prophet without honor at home lacking funds to travel abroad.
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Irving ‘Bacheller
New England’ Society
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Indiana News
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Henry
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Flims
Awith
Tegard
Beck Ocala
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