Englishman's first successful Manitoba garden report
Willian Knowles, an English settler near Middlevchurch ferry on the Red River, cultivates about 12 acres and reports exceptional yields. He expects 1500 bushels of potatoes from 4 1/4 acres, with large tomatoes, onions, and other crops thriving in a favorable season. A display includes cabbages, cauliflowers, turnips, and a floral department with fine asters, all praised as proof of Manitoba soil and early success.
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Manitoba
Soll
Winnipeg
Canada
Free Press
Willian Knowles
William Knowles
Middle
Free Press Office
Knowles
England
Rome Enigma Probed by Pope on Visitors Fate
The Rome papal figure questions visiting strangers about their length of stay to decide if they may return. Short visits are discouraged, while those who have stayed months gain clearance to come back. Local coverage notes the curious counsel in the city’s eternal study.
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W. L. Douglas
SAC
Hfe
Brockton
Mass
W. Eb. Douglas
Botan
W.l.douglas
Rome
Hoston
New York City
Murfreesboro
Pike County
Arkansgas
Little Rock
Atchison,Topeka and Santa Fe
Santa Fe
Clotites Promoted with Ball Blue Remedy
An ad-like fragment promotes Red Cross Ball Blue to whiten clo tites with a 2 oz package priced at five cents. Mentions Mrn Finnows and Noothin Bzoren Onildre es noftens and a three cent bottle.
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Mrn
Finnows
Noothin
Eelie
Changes Over Fifty Years In A Street Community
An elderly resident recalls abundant wild strawberries near the grocer’s stand and a daily routine of milk cream and supper, while neighbors scatter memories of old-time shops, a barber, and a soap works. He notes sewer pipes, springs, and evolving street changes with hint of an elevated line extension nearby.
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Mina
Tim
Knmnery
Sam Wicks
Jim
Chicago Daily News
Random Notes on Markets Peoples and Language Origins
A collage of statistics and anecdotes reports daily New York immigration figures, daily apartment investment values, and a St Louis machinery shipment. It also notes a Catskill water project cost and adds linguistic etymologies for nautical terms and ship vocabulary origins.
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Russia
New York
New York City
Machinery Te Company
St. Louis
Smachiners
Foxy scheme sparks dishwashing debate in Washington Herald
A fragment recalls a parent quoting a child preferring dishwashing to handwashing. The exchange labels the motive as foxy, with the Washington Herald as the source of the remark.
Biggest Man of All Simmons Weighs 750 Pounds at Fort Scott
The Fort Scott crowd saw Baby Jim Simmons, a 20 year old Negro reputed to weigh around 750 pounds, claimed by his manager to be one of the largest humans. He stood 69 inches tall and slept through travel with health reportedly sound, while his entourage moved him for air due to the crowds.
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Pat City
New York City
Customs Department
Catskill
New York
Suburbia
Baby Jim
Simmons
Fort Scott
Fle
Simmong
Kansas City Journal
Jim” Simmons
W. R. MacBurnett
St. Joe
Monster Ives
Beaumont
Tex
No Room for Question on a Notch to Cedarville
In a rural ride, Hiram Locke endures passengers’ quizzing about a house and ancient oaks. He recalls a young Massachusetts woman who claimed the oaks were five hundred seven years old, a joke that underscores his practical focus on the journey.
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Hawley’s Notch
Cedarville
Hiram Locke
Hiram
Mr. Locke
Get Ur
Cheelk
Massachusetts
Pye
The Future of the Horse
The motorist predicts the automobile will supplant the horse while Farmer Cornstossel believes horses will remain useful if machinery fails or fuel runs out, keeping people home. The exchange reflects early 20th century thoughts on transport and resilience.
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Corn Tossel
Washington Star
Merchant’s Quip About Lunch with Mystery Woman
A humorous exchange unfolds as a merchant hints at being seen lunching with someone, provoking the wife to ask who the woman was and who witnessed the meeting, capturing a light domestic moment in a Philadelphia Press snippet.
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Merchant
Philadelphia Press
Crowded Dack Says The Lord Helps Those Who Help Themselves
The exchange contrasts patience and initiative with a self reliant motto. Houston Post commentary notes the paradox of being patient while urging action, calling the most patient writer also the laziest.
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Dack
Johnny
Houston
Post
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United States
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Ottawa
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Indianapolis
Ind
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Law Building
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Great Jones
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Yoklo
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Mum
Pliny
Washington Herald
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