Western Canada's 1914 grain crop and opportunities
The 1914 Western Canada wheat yield is estimated at 485 million bushels, not as large as 1913 but expected to boost farmer income. Drought limited some Southern Alberta and Southwestern Saskatchewan harvests, yet Manitoba and Central Saskatchewan report good conditions. cattle, sheep, hogs, dairy and creaming bolster finances. Suggestions of widespread settlement, affordable land from $15 to $20 per acre, and advantages for American settlers accompany notes on alfalfa and diverse grasses. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s praise of the prairie closes the piece.
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Canada
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Western Canada
Sore &Ge
Prairia
Europe
Band of
Spe
T Universal
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Prairie
Sir Conan Doyle
Indicted ex-farmer Knowlen faces murder trial in Canada
J H Knowlen once a farmer five miles south of Algona has been indicted for murder in western Canada. He allegedly killed a rancher in a log shack, fled with a team and wagon, and was tracked by a Canadian detective to Iowa where Marshal Fisher of Eagle Grove captured him for return to Canada.
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J. H. Knowlen
Algona
Canada
Knowlen
Cada
Hile Shack
Marshal Fisher
Eagle Grove
Robert Smylie
Methodist Episcopal Church
Insumen
Northwest Iowa
Forest City
State of
Iowa
Toledo
Woodmen of America
Emory H. English
Chicago
Shenandoah
Page
Fremont
Mills
Montgomery
Theodore Smith
Bayard
University of Iowa Hospital
R. S. Allen
Lloyd McConaughey
Knoxville
Chase Johnson
Red Oak
Harry J. Cooley
Perry
Cooley
Fred
Adolph Kaltenbach
Waterloo
Germany
Munich
Peter Hoelzner
Medium
Emmetsburg
Washington, D. C
Herman Devoilt
Blanchard
Council Bluffs
Mount Ayr
Sioux City
Elwood Bixby
le Mars
Dubuque
Margaret C. Kearney
W. A. McIntosh
Lida Hillett
Preston
Treas
Clara Campbell
Quaker Data Mills
Fort Dodge
Hugh Owen
Marengo
Hilton Creek
Mr. Owen
J. Robert Minster
Pottawattamie County
University of Iowa
Henry HE. Sampson
United States Circuit Court
Kansan
Thomas Walpole
Storm Lake
Manson Journal
Alta
Osage
Allanankee
Winneshiek
Howard
Chickasaw
Mitchell
Floyd
Miwaukes
Davenport
A. A. Wilson
Milwaukee
Wis
James T. Gills
Fred Green
Ralph Owen
Lester Welch
Paton
Henry Fisher
Logan
Missouri Valley
Rafael Davila
Eulalio Rangel
Ottumwa
Bob Marshall
Phillips
Bear Creek
Keokuk
Questionable Finite Truths in a Chicago Herald Quip
A dialogic fragment from the Chicago Herald presents a man questioning a woman about physical perfection and sanity. She affirms normal health including teeth vision hearing and absence of insomnia headaches or indigestion. The exchange ends with an invitation to make love.
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Chicago Herald
Inference Story: Dobbs and His Wife Inseparable
In a Houston Post item a character quips about waiting for a ship to come in and giving up hopes. The exchange implies tension as Dobbs and his wife are described as inseparable, with a line hinting at suspicion about one of them around a harbor mined by relatives.
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Dobbs
Houston
Lea
Eisen
Pratt Iebel
Pratt Food Company
Philadelphia
Chicago
Tore
Pleren
Cherchez La Femme in a San Francisco Hotel
A western detective in a San Francisco hotel smoking room says to locate the dishonest clerk he isolated the one who chased in taxicabs to roof gardens with young ladies. He notes a slip of a girl can unnerve the steadiest man.
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San Francisco
Eczema Cure Report From Oshkosh Case 1914
A mother recalls her nephew’s severe eczema starting at two months, itching and scratching nightly, mittens needed to prevent scabs. After trying various remedies, she reports a complete cure using Cuticura Soap and Ointment over about a year. The note includes a 1914 address and a humorous Scotland anecdote about Bannockburn.
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High St
Oshkosh
Wis
Thay
Wwe
Mra. I
Scofield
Cuthura
Dept. L
Deaton
Ady
Morpheus Theater Offers Split Week Booking
The Booking Agent proposes a split week at Morpheus theater while The Monologue Artist declines work at the show shop. The act centers on a six ring orchestra led by a married man and features a lady orchestra Puck.
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Morpheus Theater
Puck
Punishment Deserved as Data Lays Truth on Men
Statistics show that married men live longer than single men. The data implies social expectations and personal choices influence longevity. The finding challenges views on marriage and health outcomes, noting consistency across observed populations.
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Scrapp
Cottage pudding and blanc mange query exchange
A playful exchange between spouses discusses dessert options with Cottage pudding and blanc mange cited as potential choices, reflecting domestic kitchen banter. The brief dialogue centers on decision making for a desert course.
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Moe
Lowar
D. ©. Gearhart
Hopkington
Adel
Dallas County
St. Luke's
Joiwa
Blakestore
N. 1
Kendall
Albia
August Thill
Duliine
Alonzo Sanford
Ainter
J. M. Shultz
Lenox
K. L. Miller
Cedar Rapids
Commercial Club
Lce
W.f.young
D. F
Temple 61
Springfield
Mage
Dept. Myré
Teachur
Miatamanen
Watni E. Golem
Eldney and
Hung
Bend
Tordeaers
Carter
Taunky
Vaso
Carne
m._. seamen
Libby
Winchester
Scotland
Stirling
Bannockburn
Ft. Wayne
Ind
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