Grandfather’s tale of migrate to Western Canada in 1916
A grandfather tells of leaving his holdings for 143 in cash and a few effects, moving to the Gem Colony in Alberta in 1916, renting land, building a house, and starting a thrashing operation. He describes a dramatic postwar rise, herd and machinery gains, and family emigration aiding a relative who bought 820 acres.
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F. J. Chamberlain
Canada
Alberta
Idaho
C. P
Allan Nicholson
Hazelbridge
Manitoba
le Mars
Plymouth County
Washington Township
Iowa
Dalton
South Plympton
Springfield
United States
le Mar
Iowan
W. 8. Nethery
Columbus
Penny Use for Mud Rubbing Cited Edge Sharpness
A note describes using a penny to rub mud from clothing to produce an edge that is notably sharp. The tip emphasizes the penny’s abrasive effect and suggests practical rubdown as a quick cleaning method.
Milk price fluctuation advised to stabilize yearly supply
A bulletin from the University of Illinois agricultural experiment station argues that milk production is highly price sensitive. It recommends a fluctuating price aligned with production costs to keep a constant year round milk supply, protect farmers and distributors, and maintain consumer availability. It notes pasture reduces summer costs and labor, and that annual costs vary with season.
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Agricultural Experiment Station
University of Ilinois
Arabian Plant Seeds Influence Behavior and Light Emission
A historical note describes various plants with unusual effects. It mentions seeds that induce laughter and disorganized behavior for about an hour, then memory loss after sleep. Other plants alter tastes, produce luminosity, or launch small projectiles, revealing a catalog of curious natural phenomena.
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Arabia
Ashanti
India
Brazil
Giraffes Use Long Necks as Weapons in Duel
A New York Trevald writer notes that giraffes defend themselves without claws or teeth by swinging their long necks like flails. Two combatants stand firm, hammering with their heads until one yields, necks looping over and striking downward in each clash.
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New York
Pork Barrel Legislation and Its Meaning
The term pork barrel refers to appropriation bills that fund public works to aid lawmakers in pleasing constituents. It compares to sharing a barrel of pork to win favor, paralleling lawmakers trading votes to weather political storms back home.
Wood Reinforcement in Concrete Affects Durability
The article notes that when wood reinforces concrete it must be impregnated with magnesium chloride and placed so cross sectional changes do not affect durability. If not followed the concrete may crack.
Smile and Money Mix in a Comic Exchange
A humorous dialogue sketch pairs a busy housewife a hungry hobo and a flamboyant suitor in a skit about marriage troubles and wealth. Characters tease a husband’s luck and a man’s glancing vanity as lines drift through flirtation and wit.
Worth Remembering Righteousness and Rumor Adages
A compact collection of aphorisms on virtue, rumor, shrewdness, and talkativeness. It warns that deviation from a clear path leads astray, whispers travel quickly, and pretended folly can fool others. The pumpkin vine metaphor suggests progress and neglect.
Soothing Cigar Overtaken by Popular Little Cigarette
Tobacco production across regions shows cigar types totaling about one sixth of 1.389 billion pounds in 1919. Cigar tobacco averaged 1,265 pounds per acre while other types averaged 679. Despite historic price leads, 1919 saw chewing and cigarette demand lift prices and pass cigar tobacco, which remained lower than 1918 and 1917.
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New England
New York
Pennsylvania
Miami Valley
Ohio
Wisconsin
Georgia
Florida
Bureau of Crop Estimates
United States Department of Agriculture
Backyard pullets make good record in Washington yard
S B Horton of Washington D C kept seven laying White Leghorn pullets from May 1, 1919, to December 15. They produced 252 eggs in two months, averaging 86 per pullet, with losses from a cold snap. The flock's upkeep was light and revenue high. seven cockerels were raised for market value. Feed was scratch, dry mash, greens, scraps, grit and shells.
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S. B. Horton
Washington, D. GC
United States Department of Agriculture
Death Rate in 1918 Highest in U S History
The 1918 death rate reached 1,471,367 total deaths in the year with 477,407 due to influenza and pneumonia. Rates for influenza and pneumonia were 289.9 and 284.8 per 100,000, the highest on record, driven largely by the last four months. Other major causes like heart disease, tuberculosis, nephritis, Bright's disease and cancer accounted for about 391,881 deaths.
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Census Bureau
Natives Use Odd Remedies to Heal Wounds in Montenegro
American relief workers report Montenegrin residents rely on tobacco, horsehair, rabbit skin, common ink and cobwebs to treat wounds and burns. Traditional methods include applying hair inside wounds and pulling a dog’s ear to rub a bite. Since American doctors arrived, locals increasingly visit Red Cross clinics for treatment.
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Montenegro
Montenereo
Bayer Aspirin Safety Cross Promises Genuine Bayer Product
An ad touts Bayer Tablets of Aspirin with the Bayer Cross seal as the true aspirin used by physicians for decades. It urges buying unbroken packages and mentions uses from colds and headaches to neuralgia and rheumatic pains, noting small tin boxes and larger packages sold by druggists.
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Bayer
Women Urged to Try Swamp-Root for Kidney Help
Thousands of women with kidney and bladder trouble are advised that their complaints may stem from kidney disease. Back pain, headaches, and nervousness can signal kidney trouble, and Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root is promoted as a treatment. A sample offer is available by sending ten cents to Dr. Kilmer & Co. with note of the newspaper.
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Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Looked Like St. Clerk You cant keep me down
A dispute between a worker and employer unfolds in terse dialogue about authority and resistance. The exchange hints at an ongoing power struggle with the worker asserting resilience against limitation by management.
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St. Clerk
St Jacobs Oil Advertised For Back Pain Relief
An exclamatory ad promotes St Jacobs Oil for lumbago sciatica and rheumatism saying a small trial bottle rubbed on the back eases soreness within fifty counts. Claims of magical yet harmless relief and rapid action are emphasized, alongside an unrelated note about Burnt Siena paint from Siena Italy.
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St. Jacobs Oil
St. Jacobs
Hall's Catarikih Medicine and other old ads
An OCR fragment features Hall's Catarrh Medicine claiming cure via blood on mucous surfaces, with a Toledo Ohio listing and price, plus stray lines about an eyelid balm and unrelated random quotes. The readable items include medical ad language and a stray joke.
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HALIL
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Gray Hair Darkening Mixture Advertisement
A recipe suggests mixing Bay Rum Barbo Compound and glycerine with water to darken gray hair. Apply twice weekly until the desired shade. mix at home or have a druggist prepare it. The formula promises soft glossy hair that doesn’t rub off or irritate the scalp.
Convent of St. Catherine Sees 1400-Year Gap in Entry
A remark notes no woman has entered the convent on Mt. Sinai for more than 1,400 years while another speaker recalls a trip marked by speed traps and travel pleasures.
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St. Catherine
Mt. Sinai
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