Report from Frank Fisher on Western Canada farming
Prominent Dunkard Frank Fisher of Mexico Indiana writes of a pleasant Canada visit with wife. He praises Alberta Assiniboia and Saskatchewan for rich soil long sunny days and easy cultivation. He notes potential for mixed farming grazing and ranching with low entry costs and favorable government creameries and rail land sales. Fisher cites 160 acre plots near $3 to $4 per acre and potential five year gains, detailing weather stock and yields and praising Edmonton area farming showings.
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Department of the Interior
Ottawa
E. J. Holmes
Indianapolis
Ind
F. Fisher
Dunkards
Mexico
M. V. McInnes
2 Avenue Theater Block
Detroit
Michigan
James Grieve
Sault Ste. Marie
Crawford
W. Ninth Street
Kansan City
Benjamin Davies
East Third Street
St. Paul
Minn
T. O. Currie
Callahan
Grand’ Avenue
Milwaukee
Wis
C. J. Broughton
Monadnock Building
Chicago
Ill
W. V. Bennett
New York Life
Omaha
Big Four
Joseph Young
State Street
Columbus
Ohio
Canada
Alberta
Assiniboia
Saskatchewan
Indiana
White County
Thomas Daley
Edmonton
Frank Fisher
Patents Issued Last Week to Northwestern Inventors
List of patents issued last week to Northwestern inventors including Johann P. H. Adams of St. Paul Minn for a keyboard for musical instruments and musical notation Frank B. Grimshaw Clark 8 D ail cana Arcrew Trovan tom Sletten Minn spring support for vehicles Andrew Troynton McIntosh Minn boister spring Lothrop Johnson patent attorneys 911 912 Pioneer Press Building St Paul Minn
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Northwestern
Johann P. H. Adams
St. Paul
Minn
Frank B. Grimshaw
Clark
Arcrew ‘Trovantom Sletten
Andrew Troynton
McIntosh
Lothrop & Johnson
Pioneer Press
Didg
Dig Advantage in Buffalo Exhibition Questioned
A judge argues the Buffalo exhibition is superior to the Paris event, noting lower travel costs while Crabshaw counters that the Paris edition isn’t as expensive to reach. The exchange frames comparative quality and expense in a concise debate over exhibitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawford
Buffalo
Paris
Crabshaw
Hall's Catarrh Cure Sold At Seven Cents
An advertisement states Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally with a price of seven cents. A quoted exchange defines diplomacy as conducting a quarrel without becoming visibly angry, attributed to the Washington Star.
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Hall
Price
Washington Star
Scriptural wall text and assorted old notices blend
A collage of curiosities and advertisements features a request for a suitable Scriptural motto for a dining room wall, alongside quips about Wizard Oil, a ballplayer’s control praised, a comic exchange about a baby, a testimonial for Piso’s Cure, and a joke about a legless man in a living skeleton scene from the Baltimore American.
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Baltimore American
Faceless Dyes Color Silk Wool or Cotton At One Boil
An advert notes Utnam faceless dyes color silk wool or cotton perfectly at one boiling. Sold by druggists for 10c per package. The text also references a contribution basket change and a humorous exchange about a pocket hole and a father returning what belongs to the poor heathen, followed by a quip about postmen and letters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
UTNAM
Ohio State Journal
Leadership Under Fire in Grand River Log Jam of 1884
In a dramatic Adams-style anecdote from Leslie's Monthly, John Walsh steadies a demoralized crew during a fatal Grand River log jam by proposing a ten minute pipe break. The men regain resolve, then resume piling to hold the barrier and continue the struggle against danger.
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Kipling
Leutenant
Grand River
Michigan
John Walsh
John
Leslie's Monthly
Haymakers painting sparks farmer remark at academy
Dialogue shows critic and subject remark on a painting titled The Haymakers at the academy. An old farmer comments that the work makes him tired, prompting readers to judge for themselves.
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D'Auber
Academy
Criteek
Waal
Philadelphia Press
Tailor Seeks Immediate Settlement in Letter from Mail
A statement from a local tailor arrives with a demand for settlement at once. The editor assigns a printed slip to note that communications written on both sides of the paper are unavailable, reflecting the paper’s printing policy.
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Chicago News
Newlywed couple spotted at college commencement
An observer notes a newly married couple at the college commencement. He jokes that the man stands on the bride’s dress and quips that after longer marriage he will be more careful about paying for her dresses.
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Philadelphia Times
Accounted For. Mrs. Slimson-Willie’s shirt remark
A clipped exchange shows Mrs Slimson-Willie praising a shirt remark while Willie denies temptations to swim. The dialogue captures local newspaper chatter and everyday banter, reflecting social talk of the era.
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Slimson
Willie
Boston Journal
Her First Real Tragedy in Stray Stories
A fragmentary line recalls a domestic scene where a daughter sobs over anger at Jack and throws a teacup, with the mother a sad spectator remarking on the household habit and a joking jab about ching cement.
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Jack
The Refreshment Schedule with Lawn Work Banter
A brief humor item from the Chicago Record Herald features a playful exchange about domestic tasks. It notes a schedule labeled refreshment time and contrasts lawn work for Harry with pantry duties for Harriet, framed in a light, period voice.
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Harry
Harriet
Chicago Regord- Herald
North Dakota notes spark growth and tragedy
Wahpeton builds a fine elevator while Mayville funds a library, Cando reports a 5,000 bushel elevator, and towns push sidewalks and new schools. Wheat yields vary from disappointing to strong, while new factories and rail ties boost the economy. A boy is killed by a threshing machine and an infant is found dead in Fargo.
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F. A. Bagg
Wahpeton
Mayville
P. H. Reidy
Cando
Maddock
Benson County
Bowdon
Bisbee
North Dakota
Griggs County
New York
Churles Ferry
Dickinson
Grafton
Reynolds
Fargo
Arni A. Sukke
Milton
Joseph
Chas
F. Turk
W. Derrick
Soo
Oakes
W. R. Corbett
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Florences Crittenton
Harvey
Walcott
Hankinson
T. A. Williamae
Sanborn
Balfour
George Fulchler
Scotia
Granville
Thomas Cochrane
Knox
A. J. Phil
Dickey County
Ellendale
J. J. Reilly
LaMoure
Washburn
Earl McDonald
Kenmare Valley
Old Maids
Barnes County
Wimbledon
Guthrie
Casselton Fair Association
Weather Bureau
Bismarck
Bottineau County Court House
Rudolphia Huelstetter
Detroit
Mich
Hillsboro
Great Northern
Bottineau County
Souris
Oscar Woolsey
Alphonzo
North
The Clots of Fall River Industry Lead Nation
Fall River tops U S manufacturing with about one fifth of cotton spindles and more than twice any other center. It churns out 843 million yards of cloth yearly and over 1500 miles of cloth woven each morning. If all mills ran on one piece, even the fastest train could not keep up with the woven product.
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Cass County
Thomas Cummings
Cummings
Averill
Bismarck
Fall River
America
United States
New England Magazine
Chaffee's Sternness On Looting In China
A traveler recalls Gen Chaffee’s strict crackdown on looting in Peking during the upheaval. When a wealthy American offered to ship two temple bronzes to the Met if allowed, Chaffee roared that anyone looting would be shot on the spot, underscoring his harsh stance.
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Chaffee
Gen. Chaffee
China
Peking
New York
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Chicago News
Athlete’s Dreadful Injury Record On Confused Exchange
In a terse exchange the athlete confirms injuries as the doctor lists a broken arm a crushed collarbone and a fractured skull. The dialogue hints at a dramatic record of injury and recovery with a surprised “What record?” moment.
Stomach Bitters Promoted as Health Standard
Supreme Courts decide life value ties to earnings and health. Advertisement claims Hostetter's stomach Bitters fixes normal digestion, enabling brightness and vigor. Cites dyspepsia indigestion constipation biliousness flatulence liver kidney troubles as targets.
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Supreme Courts
A Narrow Escape From Death at Soldiers Home
Bath New York September 16 an old soldier A E Ayers at the Soldiers and Sailors Home narrowly escaped death after years in Minneapolis where four physicians warned he could not live. He credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with saving him saying they are the greatest medicine in the world.
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Bath
N. Y
A. E. Ayers
Minneapolis
Minn
Ayers
Dodd
Garfield Tea Co Moves to New Office Lab
Garfield Tea Co now occupies their large new office building and laboratory. The firm, maker of Garfield Tea and related products, has seen growing popularity and success for many years in its remedies and preparations.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Garfield Tea Co
Teasing Teatime Tale Noted In A Denver Tim es Snippet
A quip about an engagement and a prior suitor circulates as a brief oddball item from the Denver Times. The piece includes an ad line for Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup claiming teething relief for children with a 2 cent bottle price.
Advertising Man's Optimism as Failing Trait
A Chicago Post quotation depicts a businessman asserting truthfulness in business while noting his advertising man describes bargains and opportunities as he sees them. The advert man’s flaw, if any, is mere optimism.
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Chicago Post
Nervous fits prompt Dr Kline nerve remedy offer
Fragment from a Detroit Free article notes Dr Kline's Great Nerve Kester trial bottle and treatise offered by Dr R A Kave Philadelphia Arch Street. The dialogue includes a social remark about rejection by a girl who owns a $500 dog.
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Kline
Kester
R. A. Kave
Arch Street
Philadelphia
Provoked Challenge Sparks Tense Office Exchange
In a sharp exchange quoted by the Chicago Record-Herald, one man tells another, Joe, you are rude and I’ll never return, to which the other retorts you will come in again late some evening as I hurry to catch a train, signaling friction over a disputed encounter.
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Hooper
Carrington
Foster County
Soliday
Illinois
Grafton
Smith
Cando
Klyne
M. E
Drayton
Roberts Street
Fargo
Joe
Chicago Record-Herald
Catarrh of kidneys leads to Bright's disease claim
A Wisconsin man recounts relief and cure from catarrh of the kidneys after using Peruna. The advertisement touts Peruna as a cure for incipient Bright's disease, citing testimonials from John Herziger of Neenah, J H Bankhead, and Samuel R Sprecher, plus an offer for free medical advice from Dr Hartman in Columbus Ohio.
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John Herziger
Alderman Hergiger
Neenah
Wis
Neenah Young Men's Club
Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus
Ohio
Peruna
John Eee
Commercial Street
Wisconsin
Union
Bright
Bankhead
J. H. Bankhead
Alabama
House of Representatives
Washington, D. C
Samuel R. Sprecher
Beadle Court
Angelina No
High St
Los Angeles
Cal
Dr. Hartman
The
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus, O
Poor Start in Life Satirical Exchange
The Washington Star quotes a man boasting of his poverty and a satirical friend replying that he had no name for weeks after birth. The brief exchange highlights humor about beginnings and identity.
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Washington Star
When the Proportion Is Right In Love
A witty exchange contrasts romance and pragmatics. A young man claims love can thrive on bread cheese and kisses while a practical elder notes the proportion is off, predicting the balance favors kisses by nine tenths.
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Chicago Post
Hay crop talk and the gasoline crop joke
A Cleveland Plain Dealer quip contrasts agriculture with personal transport, noting a massive hay crop and joking about a gasoline crop after someone reveals owning an automobile. The exchange captures era humor on farming abundance and cars.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Robber in the House and City Councils Echoed in Philadelphia
A wife wakes Henry crying of a robber in the house. He replies that there are many robbers in the house and senate, but none compare to those in the city councils. This quip from the Philadelphia Press reflects political jests about governance.
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Henry
Senate
Philadelphia
Weary Waggles-Why didn’t you hit that professor for a drink
Ohio State Journal reports on a quirky campus interaction where a student questions etiquette and restraint in dealing with a professor over the price of a drink. The piece reflects campus humor and social norms with reference to a potential LL.D. title.
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Bizzer
Ohio State Journal
Lucas
From which country do you come is called reprehensible
The phrase implying national origin as a marker of identity is often deemed disrespectful, suggesting exclusion or judgment. Critics argue it reduces individuals to nationality rather than personal merit, fostering bias or xenophobia in social interactions.
Devoe 123 Paint Pamphlet Ad from Chicago
An advertisement touts Devoe ready paint promising lasting protection and good appearance. It claims some paints fail on durability and protection while others degrade, urging readers to contact their local dealer and request a free pamphlet by mentioning the paper.
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Devoe
Chicago
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Dunkard
Ballian
Root
Puck
de. J. H. Rindiaub
N. D
Papa
Ascum
Newpop—Li
Newpop
Mary
J. W. O'Baren
Third Ave. W
Minneapolis, Minn
Pthe
North Dakota State News
Courtenay
Wells County
Kentucky
Jacob Seward
McCauley
Calvin Jeffries
Andrews
N. J. Bohlke
Devils Lake
Washington
Fort Lincoln
James Maloney, Sr
Rolla
Nelton
Imperial Elevator Company
Steele County
Valley City
Carnegie
O. M. Nelson
East
Trust
Northern Pacific
Jamestown
John Swanlow
O. Lutz
Rugby
Kolstad & Bang
Ostabrock
Northern Pacific Company
Jay Russell
Merchants Hotel
Lidgerwood
BE. C. Gates
Geddes
8. D
Mike Anderson
Velva
McHenry County
George Woerner
Richland County
Charles Heller
Towne
Browne
Denver Times
Alan
Wewburgh
As-Ha-Ca
Kay Fever
As-Ha-Ca Cure CO
Fargo, N. D
Bickford
Washington, D
Lees
20Th Corps
Opportunity Publishing Co
Pani
Sete
Dross
Trestmens Co
M. M. Greek
Pons
Bes Beausete
Las
Moore Eyesyuset Thompson
Latap Sai i Tee
Woodward & Co, Grain Commission
Jacobs Oil
A.j.towerco
FISH
Boston
Mass
Pougess Union
W. L. Douglas
L. Douglas
W.L. Douglas
W. L. Orn
Brocktosa
Scotland
Woolen . Mills CO
Nicollet Ave
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