Father and Harry AC Accomplishments in Western Canada
Letter from Charles M. Gerts of Battleford Saskatchewan recounts family homestead success in western Canada. He describes new entry rules allowing a relative to claim a homestead with a $10 fee, rising farmland values, thriving crops, and railway expansion. He notes climate challenges, a productive garden, strong health, and plans for a nearby town and bridge development.
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Cannada
Canada
Gerts
Chicago
Laan
Andhin Hlend
Stenum
Saskitchewan
Gnro
Battleford
Calvary
PL R
Larry
Saskatoon
Marty
Harry
Hone
Chiesto
Lfe
Chas
M. Gerts
Saskatchewan
Alberta
United States
A Bargain Bargain Bait at the Sunshade Stand
Mr Mason and his wife listen to a saleswoman as she names a sunshade price. He asks if it is ten dollars and learns it is nine dollars and eighty nine cents. The wife notes the eleven cent difference feels like a bargain touch.
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Mr. Mason
Wethan
Mrs. Mason
Inventions for Pens and Garments in Gyilde Patent
A summary of recent patented devices includes a penholder aiding proper grip for schoolchildren, a wrist and button study on moral effects, suspenders with identifying tips to distinguish ends, and a coat hanger combined with a clothes brush for travelers.
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Trent
World Notes On Weather, Labor And Markets
A survey of varied facts includes New York City firemen count at 3,027 plus twelve volunteer companies in Richmond Borough. Global gold production for 1906 reached 405 million dollars, up 30 million from 1905, with Africa contributing 21 million and the U.S. totaling 96 million and rising by eight million. Other items mention soap bubbles, dental tools in Japan, and a serum for typhus fever developed by Meyer and Bergell.
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New York City
Richmond Borough
Africa
United States
Brides of the Year Predictions by Month
A newspaper note outlines characteristics for brides born in each month. January brides are prudent and good-tempered. February brides affectionate. March brides chatty. April brides inconstant and clever-looking. May brides handsome and likely to be happy. June brides impetuous and generous. July brides handsome and quick-tempered. August brides amiable and practical. September brides discreet and affable. October brides pretty and jealous. November brides liberal but kind. December brides fond of novelty and entertainment.
This Week’s Foolish Acts Bring Busy Week of Stiff Upper Lip
A reader vents about a man who, as if by habit, commits foolish acts and claims he could do so every week of the year. The note riffs on people maintaining a stiff upper lip amid his antics.
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Thant
Wanted the Real Facta in Harrisburg House Scene
A New York Sun quotation depicts Sam the Harrisburg household servant seeking practical knowledge about lighting. The master explains electricity from the dynamo to wires and lights, while Sam asks how kerosene lights wick wicks. The dialogue highlights curiosity and social context around illumination methods.
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Sam
Harrisburg
New York Sun
Heritage of Civil War Suffering Kidney Toll
Capt John L Ely of the 17th Ohio notes kidney trouble began in the Civil War and became chronic. He describes weakness, back pain, and retention of urine before using Doan's Kidney Tablets in 1901, which he credits with his recovery. Sold by dealers for 10 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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John L. Ely
17Th
Ohio
East 2d Street
Newton
Kansas
Ely
Doat
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Clock inquiry at state hospital provokes inmate remark
Two women toured a state hospital for the insane when one asked if a clock was correct. An inmate overheard and quipped that the clock was wrong, then a product plug for Red Cross Ball Blue laundry aid followed, noting it keeps clothes white at six cents a package.
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State Hospital
Scott
Lippincott’s
Why Drink Water In Stormy Weather Debate
A New York Press excerpt discusses whether humans or animals can absorb water through the skin. It contrasts a writer who drinks via pores with a physician who dismisses skin absorption as insufficient for life and imagines drinking through glands, skin, and baths of broth.
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New York Press
Frogs Replace Monkeys as Society's Fools’ Net Worth
London dispatch notes a shift in slang and status symbols as exotic frogs like the Amazon river frog become coveted among elites. Prices exceed $100 per specimen, underscoring new taste trends in upper circles.
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London
Trained nurse endorses Postum for health and milk flow
A Wilkes Barre nurse reports coffee caused headaches and indigestion but Postum Food Coffee improved her health in two weeks and aided milk flow in mothers. She notes it benefits patients and warns it must be boiled 15 to 20 minutes and served with cream for best taste.
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Wilkes Barre
Wellville
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Scone
Helfer
Western
Manitoba
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Locata
W. D. Scott
Ottawa
W. H. Rovers
Ad Fleet Traction-Terminal
Indianapolis
Ind
H. M. Williams
Kvent 20
Law Building
Toledo
Part
Wayne
EyaWa
Thompson
Dodds
Susaperndes
Warnin's
Penholdes Guide
UESR
Japan
Burne-Jones
Utah
Virginia
Mke
Washington
Paris
Beria
Vienne
Prague
Meyer J and
Bergell
Heritage OF Civil War
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