Canada West Harvest Boom Prompts Taft and Editors
A long column reports Canada’s western provinces enjoying an unprecedented harvest in 1809 with wheat, oats, and barley boosting farmer incomes. Noted are American settlers, optimistic views from Taft and James J Hill, and Canada’s frontier governance. Railways expand across Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta as grain elevators and mills surge, amid growing land settlement and optimistic projections for future yields.
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Taft
Impesking
Canada
James J. Hill
Canadian Club
Winnipeg
Northwest
United States
Towa
Minnesota
St. Paul
Europe
Alberta
Nayor
Canadian Mounted Police
Saskatchewan
States
Saskatoon
Lumsden
Thomas Shaw
St. Pauh
West
Manitoba
Chcada
Corn Belt
Rock Mountains
Fort William
Port Arthur
Great Lakes
Ontario
Prairie Provinces
Western Provinces
Week in Congress Reflects on Taft Era Debates in Senate and House
The Senate met briefly as lawmakers adjourned after the death of Senator A J Mc Laurin of Mississippi. In the House, Mann and Humphrey introduced major bills on the interstate commerce law and a ship subsidy while Douglas urged broader agricultural appropriations. A long session saw the Panama Canal control bill pass, land and forestry probes launched, and investigations into Ballinger Pinchot and the high cost of living discussed. The Senate adjourned until Monday while the House pursued inquiries into the Nourmabal yacht search and a criminology laboratory plan.
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Senate
Senator Money
A. J. McLaurin
Mississippi
House
Mann
Humphrey
Douglas
Ohio
McLaurin
Ballinger
Pinchot
Calkins and
Crawford
Panama Canal
Canal Zone
Democrae
Land Office
Forestry Service
Ballinger-Pinchat
Forester Pinchot
Dolliver
L. R. Gravis
Price
Shaw
Taft
Wickersham
Bitter Alabama Election Prohibition Issue Shocks State
A long Alabama campaign over prohibiting in the state constitution drew record turnout with women and children at polling places, hymn singing, and clergy campaigning. The amendment failed by nearly 30,000, causing family rifts, church expulsions, and strained friendships.
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Alabama
Five deaths mark inauguration skating in New England and mid Atlantic
Short notes report five deaths linked to an inauguration celebration in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Cotton prices rise prompting mills in Manchester England to adopt short-time schedules. A Alaska party aims to settle Mount McKinley question this winter. Batilla County Kentucky votes dry, keeping saloons out. U.S. corn crop value vastly exceeds cotton, corn fodder adds to total farming wealth.
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Lco
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Milla
Manchester
England
Fairbanks
Alaska
Mount McKinley
Dr. Cook
Batill County
Kentucky
Cuticura Ad for Eczema Recalled Amid Polar Ship Story
A 1909 testimonial praises Cuticura remedies for severe skin eczema, describing dramatic relief after soap ointment and Resolvent use. The piece also recounts a Franz Josef Land expedition incident where crew improvised shipboard machinery, joking about lamp chimneys and flat irons for winter use as chattel was jettisoned.
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Edward Nenning
Salvin St
Watertown
N. Y
America
Ziegler
Franz Josef Land
Cook
Lost Relics and the Vanishing Sentimental Relics
A sale auction of a yarn strand claimed to be from the first fleece of Mary's Little Lamb highlights neglect of preserving cherished relics. The piece laments missing childhood keepsakes such as the old oaken bucket and grandfather's clock, noting public indifference to relic preservation and questioning a generation's care for sentimental treasures.
Free Trial Offer for Donn Kidney Remedy
Proprietors of Donn s Kidney Remedy promote a free trial by coupon in another column. Send to Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY to receive the remedy at no charge. They cite confidence in the remedy s efficacy and a willingness to incur the expense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donn'’s Kidney Remedy
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Fresh Food Fads And Moving Pictures In New York
The piece contrasts New Yorkers' tolerance for cold storage foods with a taste for genuinely fresh broilers and eggs. It notes diners accustomed to bland hotel fare would find truly fresh poultry harsh and strong. It also mentions European inventors making progress on motion pictures viewable without darkness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York Evening Sun
Distinguished political exiles who sought refuge in the United States
The article lists notable figures who fled oppression and found asylum in the United States. Included are Taoleyrand, Joseph Bonaparte, Briliat Savarin, Tom Paine, Cobbett, Carl Schura, Oswald Ottendorfer, Emil Protarius, Franz Sigel, Meagher, Garibaldi, Donovan Rossa, John Boyle OReilly, Moreau, and Porfirio Diaz, who was in New Orleans in 1876 with a $50,000 reward on his capture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Taolleyrand
Joseph Bonaparte
Napoleon
Bordentown
N. J
Briliat-Savarin
France
Tom Paine
Cobbett
Srent
Carl Schura
Oswald Ottendorfer
New York
Porfirio
Diaz
Mexico
New Orleans
Atmosphere Bottled In Car By Uniformed Man
Mrs Chugwater asks what the man in uniform is doing in the car. Mr Chugwater explains he is bottling a sample of the atmosphere to use as a fertilizer. London area measures twelve miles broad and seventeen miles wide with about twenty miles of new streets added yearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Piles and TB Statistics in a single notice
Piles Ourdd ing to 14 days promises Pazo Ointment cures for itching bleeding or protruding piles in six to fourteen days or money back. The ad cites the Federal Bureau of Animal Industry claiming forty four percent of U S cattle are affected by tuberculosis.
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Federal Bureau of Animal Industry
United States
Self-supporting students at Royal Norman College for the Blind
Report from the Royal Norman College for the Blind in London shows six percent of the students are self-supporting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Norman College For the Blind
London
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