12 Centa Postpaid Seed Offer Expands 1906 Trials
John A. Sulzer Seed Co of La Crosse Wisconsin promotes a 12 cent postpaid seed offer to gain 200000 new customers. The deal includes multiple seed varieties such as Earliest Ripe Cabbage Earliest Cucumber Tie La Crosse Market Lettuce 8 Day Radish and Tomato with an extra 16 cents for Berliner Earliest Cauliflower plus a free mammoth plant nursery stock and catalog mailed to purchasers.
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Garden City
la Crosse
John A. Sulzer Seed Co
Box C
Wis
A Born Optimist and a Father’s Lesson
The narrator recalls Leander Bissett asking what an optimist is. His father Mr Thussett explains by sharing how his Uncle William viewed hard work as a battle to be won. He recalls William’s habit of turning obstacles into progress and how optimism helps facing any tough task.
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Leander Bissett
Tle Teander
Mr. Thussett
Willian
Hin
Sonny
William
Elean
Gold Prize Letters Promote Postum Experience Contest
A 1907 ad invites readers to submit frank letters about coffee and Postum use. Prizes range from $1 to $10 in gold and greenbacks for 125 top submissions, judged by independent observers. entries must be honest, no poetry, and sent to Postum Cereal Co. Ltd at Battle Creek, Michigan.
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Postum
Postum Cereal Co. Ltd
Cooney
Postum Cereal Co., Ltd
Battle Creek, Mich
Midnight chase on British coast in masked voyage
The narrator and Black, Osbart, and a crewman sail by night disguising a nameless ship’s crew. Detective Inspector King warns of a trap as Black plans a coastward escape while the narrator vows to return to the tender. A mysterious intruder delivers orders and signals a police pursuit intensifying the peril.
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Roderick
Mary
London
Kent
Black
Osbart
Wee
Oshbart
Dlack
Bellouie
Tomas
Mark Strong
Roderick Stewart
Portsmouth
Doctor
Midlands
Blick
King
Scotland Yard
Europe
Julin
Ward
Joan
van John
Nameless Ship Fights For Oil Amid Naval Pursuit
In a dangerous Atlantic chase, Black and his crew aboard the nameless ship clash with a pursuing cruiser. After a torpedo exchange and heavy fire, they press toward a dangerous aboard-ship boarding and bolstering their odds as three distant lights signal new enemy warships.
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Tilbury
John
Sheerness
Nore
Sena
Poreland
Black
England
Thames
Atlantic
Dover
Old Indiana farmer boasts Western Canada wheat yields
A Saskatchewan letter from Dondurn in September reports threshing results for a North Quarter farm. The writer praises Western Canada as the best farming country, noting yields of up to 420 bushels per acre and marketing seed sales of GG bushels. The letter claims Indiana is “holding the ribbon” for wheat production this year.
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Indiana
Dondurn
Sask
W.T. Hegers
Cratadina
Tolintpotls
Ind
Tata
Gar Bose
Canada
Minnesota
EL Rauminke
Pruning Tomatoes Boosts Yield in Field Trials
Researchers note pruning after part of the fruit sets increases yield by over one third under field conditions. The study cites home gardens and hothouse practice, with profit considerations depending on market conditions and labor costs.
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Munsen
Cures and Remedies Promised in Patented Herbal Mixture
A dubious advertisement touts a long list of ingredients for a patent medicine described as a trea tment for mood disorders rheumatism backache and other ailments. It claims easy doses and low cost while urging readers to make and try the product.
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Cotiporael
Cnn B
Fragmentary Rivalry Echoes From Doorway Dialogues
A damaged excerpt shows dialogue between renters at adjacent doors and a cryptic note about fares and routes. The text mentions Western points, nickel price rates, and a ticket offer running March 1 to April with a forwarding address in Fort Wayne Indiana.
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Melin
T. PL
Fort Wayne
Glove mishap sparks note in Fors Woer item
A Fors Wooer item notes a hurried glove pickup and speculation on an unseen gain. The piece mentions a Danish or Cleveland Leader style snippet and references a late 19th century tone with stray phrases about pills and a treasure dig in Vienna.
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Iron Pirate
Bellonie
Captain Black
Tie
Lack
Friedrich
Sid Black
Karl
Aid
Shere
Dade Poe
Bleck
Western Canada
M. Grifiths
Vienna
St. Vitus
Kines Ieat Nerva Nestora
WH. Kline
Arch Street
Philadelphia
Asa
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