Land values rise as Western Canada attracts settlers
The article argues Western Canada and adjacent markets offer growing returns for settled lands. It credits higher prices, better farming methods, machinery, rail access, and existing markets for increasing land values from about 100 to 200 dollars per acre. It notes the importance of markets and railroads in sustaining demand and future price growth.
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Western Empire
Canada
Acre
United States
Betting at the track sparks lively chat among spectators
A spectator bets lightly on horses while a man in a purple vest suggests Isabel in the second race. The other replies he would not bet on that horse and jokes about paying money to a woman named Isabel.
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Isabel
Issabel
Birmingham Age Herald
August Flower Remedy Claim for Digestive Ailments
Green's August Flower marketed as a universal cure for stomach disorders and liver inactivity. The advertisement claims it eases sick headache constipation sour stomach and indigestion by gentle laxative action and digestion regulation while boosting bile production and blood purification. Sold worldwide. Give it a trial.
Chilly Morning at Camp Grant Suits Soldier in Missing Garments
On a cold morning a Camp Grant soldier woke to find his outer clothes gone. He asked if anyone had seen his blanket and trousers, receiving no answers. He then claimed he wore a warm pair of suspenders to keep warm.
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Camp Grant
Has With That and the Tax Syntax
A witty dialogue fragment from the Boston Evening Transcript contrasts a claim about taxes with a jab at grammar. The exchange hinges on misused double negative and a didactic retort about syntax.
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Boston Evening Transcript
Hines Sees Private Management After Government Rail Control
Walker D. Hines, visiting Chicago as director general of railroads, told the Press club dinner the era of government operation will end and a form of private management may follow. He argued current expenditures under government control won’t show as great a loss as feared and noted war sped reforms like the eight hour day. He cautioned the old plan of private operation by 170 companies would not return to success.
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Chicago
Walker D. Hines
Mr. Hines
Bandits Rob Bank Vault In Detroit Hold Up
Six armed bandits robbed a branch of the Commonwealth State Bank in Detroit on March 29. They locked 14 people in a vault and escaped with more than $50,000, with officials unsure of the exact total until funds are checked. estimates ranged up to $65,000.
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Detroit
Mich
Commonwealth State Bank
Harding denies bribe in Rathbun pardon case
Iowa Governor W L Harding testifies before the Iowa House judiciary committee and denies any bribe in connection with the Rathbun pardon. He says he granted clemency because he believed Ernest Rathbun innocent after reviewing trial records and recommendations from the judge and prosecutor.
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Iowa
Des Moines
W. L. Harding
Iowa House Judiciary Committee
Rathbun
Ernest Rathbun
Exiled German Emperor Plans Swiss Refuge Amid Threats
In Geneva on March 28 former German Emperor William I, alarmed by threatening letters, plans to leave Holland and seek refuge in Switzerland. Swiss papers show aristocrats offering houses at moderate prices as they seek residence in the country.
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Geneva
Switzerand
William
Germany
Holland
Switzerland
la Swisse
Chicago Mayor Walsh Sues Opponents in Damages Case
Chicago March 29. Mayor Ed Walsh files suit for damages against Betram Mon and George Hull Porter. Sweitzer is identified as Walsh foe in the Nonpartisan league. Milwaukee March 29. Ed Walsh, ex White Sox star, signs with the Milwaukee American Association club.
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Haley Thompson
Betram Mon
George Hull Porter
Robert M. Sweitzer
Nonpartisan League
Sweitzer
Thompson
Chicago
Seeooe
Ed Walsh
Brewers
Milwaukee
White Sox
Milwaukee American Association
Opposing Forces Threaten League Pact Moves
Paris reports opposition to the Monroe doctrine amendment in the league covenant may doom the proposal. Premier discussions on Poland and German frontier issues continue as Wilson and four leaders weigh reparations and territory amid tight security and secrecy.
Plan for labor member in League of Nations growth
Paris March 29 The states in the League of Nations executive council will be increased from two to three members per state The third member is expected to be a labor representative. Los Angeles March 29 Douglas Tinch a New York boy injured by motion picture actor Bryant Washburn is recovering in a local hospital.
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League of Nations
Paris
Executive Council
Reuters Limited
Los Angeles
Calif
Douglas Tinch
New York
Bryant Washburn
F A W Kieckhefer Dies at 67 in New York Home
F A W Kieckhefer president of the National Enameling and Stamping Co. formerly of Milwaukee died at his New York home from apoplexy at age 67.
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F. A. W. Kieckhefer
New York
F. A.W. Kieckhefer
The
National Enameling and Stamping Co
Milwaukee
New Immigration Bill Aims to Penalize Unfit Applicants
A. Warner Parker of the U S Bureau of Immigration outlined a tentative law at the Boston Chamber of Commerce. It would require registration of all aliens, provisional admission during stay, and shifting the burden of proof to aliens to show fitness for admission. The bill, not yet finished, will be presented at the next Congress session.
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Boston
A. Warner Parker
United States Bureau of Immigration
Washington
Bureau of Immigration
United States
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Parker
Congress
French Policy Unchanged on Russia Says Pichon
Foreign Minister Pichon told the Chamber of Deputies that France would not meddle in Russian politics and that troops were sent to Russia to aid the Czecho Slovaks. He criticized the existing Russian government for denying a constituent assembly and abolishing liberties.
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Paris
Pichon
Chamber of Deputies
Russia
Plan to Deport More Aliens and Anarchists Slated
Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer said about 4,000 enemy aliens were interned during the war. Paroles would be granted to some 600 harmless aliens, others would be repatriated, and 900 dangerous individuals would be held indefinitely including about 200 I W W anarchists. Cases would be referred to labor authorities for deportation.
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W. W
Washington
A. Mitchell Palmer
British 48-Hour Week Recommended by Industrial Committee
A London report dated March 29 states the 48 hour legal maximum work week should be established with safeguards. The committee, appointed by the Industrial conference at Lloyd George's request, also urges discouraging systematic overtime and universal time wage rates.
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London
Industrial’ Conference
Lloyd George
Alaska Plans Steamer Line Between Alaska and Puget Sound
Governor Thomas Riggs Jr urged the territorial legislature to allow Alaska to enter the steamship business by placing at least four vessels on routes between Alaska points and Puget Sound. In San Juan Puerto Rico the last Porto Rican troops from the Panfuma Canal zone returned from duty in World War I.
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Juneau
San Juan
P. R
Panfuma Canal Zone
Wilson Denies Delaying Peace Seekers
Paris March 28 President Wilson issued a statement denying that discussions of the league of nations commission delayed final peace. He said the draft covenant was first presented Feb 24 and the world had a full month to discuss it. The Council of Four worked between the White House and Clemenceau to resolve frontier and reparation terms.
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Paris
Wilson
Commission
League of Nations
League
Council of Four
White House
M. Clemenceau
War Office
Rates Raised 50 Percent by Modern Woodmen of America
Chicago reports the Modern Woodmen of America increased member rates by 50 percent to cover abnormal death losses from the influenza epidemic. The beneficiary fund shrank from 12 million to 700 thousand. current members face the rise and new entrants will pay higher rates.
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Chicago
Modern
Woodmen of America
German Chancellor Scheidemann Refuses to Sign Treaty
Chancellor Scheidemann told the national assembly that Germany will not sign the peace treaty. He warned the peace conference of consequences and appealed to humanity as despair voices rose across Germany.
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Scheidemann
Teutons
Copenhagen
National Assembly
Weimar
Germany
Masaryk Resignation Report Denied by Prague Mission
The Czecho-Slovak mission in Washington denied reports of President Masaryk resigning. Meanwhile gasoline prices fell across the South with Memphis and Chattanooga reporting 16 to 19 cents per gallon as the national ruling price in Chattanooga stood at 16 cents.
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Masaryk
Berlin
Copenhagen
Memphis
Tenn
Chattanooga
Knoxville
New Orleans
Order Restored in Budapest Dispatches Report
Belgrade dispatches to the state department said order was being maintained in Budapest with foreign missions unharmed but not allowed to leave the city.
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Washington
Belgrade
State Department
Budapest
Mllo
Elgin Road Races to Be Resumed
Elgin National Road races to be revived this year after a war hiatus. The event, once staged in Elgin for six years before the war, is expected to resume on its traditional date.
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Elgin
Headaches and Bilious Attacks Cured by Pleasant Pellets
A citizen laments eleven druggists in town refused cures for the grip with only cold tablets offered. The note satirically mentions May Apple and Aloe pellets and the milk of human kindness diluted with water. A spirited nag scene closes the fragment.
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Birmingham Age-Herald
Oseetahs Ibaa
Romantic girls and costly flowers provoke breaks in salary
A humorous Pearson's Weekly gag notes how dating costs rise when buying costly flowers. The dialogue shows Harry rejecting romance while Dick teases about love symbols and the clever line He loves me he loves me not.
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Harry
Pearson’s Weekly
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