Grandfather’s story of moving to Canada in 1916
F J Chamberlain describes leaving his holdings for a song and starting anew in Gem Colony Alberta. He details 160 acres cleared, a 2500 dollar house built, and a large herd and machinery as he and his family joined relatives in Western Canada. Another settler Allan Nicholson shares comparable success in Manitoba with farm expansion, stock ventures, and high land value, underscoring opportunities in the region.
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F. J. Chamberlain
Canada
Alberta
Idaho
Allan Nicholson
Hazelbridge
Manitoba
le Mars
Plymouth County
Washington Township
Dalton
South Plympton
Springfield
United States
le Mar
Tam
W.S. Nethery
Columbus
Milk price fluctuations urged to stabilize yearlong supply
A bulletin from the University of Illinois agricultural experiment station argues milk production is highly price sensitive. Fluctuating prices tied to production costs would keep supplies steady, protect farmers and distributors, and assure yearround access while noting pasture and labor costs vary by season.
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Agricultural Experiment Station
University of Ilinois
Arabian Plant Seeds Cause Ridiculous Behavior
A historical account describes plants with peculiar effects: seeds causing laughter and dancing for nearly an hour, then exhaustion and amnesia. Other plants alter taste, induce electric shocks by leaf touch, or emit bright luminosity detectable over a mile. A tiny hall throwing fungus shoots a ball with a loud report.
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Arabia
Ashanti
India
Brazil
Giraffe Uses Neck as Flail in Gentle Combat
The giraffe defends itself without claws or teeth. When irritated with a rival, it swings its long neck like a flail and thumps the opponent with its head. Both combatants plant their feet and hammer with their heads until one yields.
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New York Herald
Pork Barrel Legislation and Its Meaning
The term pork barrel refers to legislation mainly about public works and buildings that helps legislators gain favor with constituents. It derives from a rural habit of sharing the barrel contents, likening it to lawmakers trading votes to weather political storms back home.
Wood Reinforcement Note for Concrete Durability
Wood used as concrete reinforcement should be impregnated with magnesium chloride and positioned so that any change in cross section does not affect durability. Ignoring this precaution may lead to concrete cracking.
The Smile and the Married Life Jokes Exchange
Dialogue snippets reveal comic contrasts among husband wife daughter and others. A humorous scene riffs on luck money and social pretensions as characters swap quips about wealth marriage and Shakespearean misreadings.
Worth Remembering Righteousness and Rumor Adage
A compact collection of moral maxims on staying true to a clear path Rumor travels fast and warns against deceit while shrewdness cautions against feigned folly Talkativeness and growth are contrasted with delayed rewards in a rural proverb style
Soothing Cigar Overtaken by Popular Little Cigarette
The report notes cigar tobacco in New England, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Wisconsin, Georgia, and Florida. In 1919 total tobacco harvest reached 1.389 billion pounds with cigars about one sixth. By year end cigarettes boosted demand and price for other tobacco types, while cigar tobacco dropped below 1918 1917 levels. the cigar has been overtaken by the cigarette.
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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
Washington D C resident B Horton reports his 15 White Leghorn chicks paid for cost and feed by December 15 after laying 252 eggs in two months. Seven pullets laid 115 eggs in November and 137 in December, averaging 36 eggs each. cold weather kept totals below a potential 150 in December.
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B. Horton
Washington, D. C
Mr. Horton
United States Department of Agriculture
Record death rate for 1918 highest in U S history
Census bureau mortality statistics show 1918 death rate at 1,471,567 total deaths in 80 states and 27 cities population 81,868,104. Influenza and pneumonia caused 477,467 deaths, 32 percent of total, with rates 280.9 and 284.8 per 100 000 respectively. Other major causes include heart disease tuberculosis and cancer.
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Census Bureau
Natives Use Curious Wound Remedies in Montenegro
American physicians report Montenegrin natives rely on tobacco chew and horsehair on rabbit skin for wounds, ink for burns, cobwebs to stop bleeding, and pulling a dog’s ear to treat bites. Since relief efforts, locals increasingly seek Red Creek clinics for care.
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Mnttle
Montenegro
Red Creek
Bayer Aspirin Safety and Origins Emphasized in Ad
An advertisement touts Bayer Tablets of Aspirin with the Bayer Cross assuring genuine product prescribed by physicians for various pains. It promotes unbroken packages, small tin boxes of twelve tablets, and larger drugstore sizes, noting Aspirin as Bayer’s trade mark and origin.
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Bayer
Women Need Swamp-Root for Kidney and Bladder Trouble
Thousands of women suffer kidney and bladder issues they may not recognize. Symptoms include back pain headaches loss of ambition and nervousness. The ad promotes Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a remedy available at drug stores with a sample offer by mail from Dr Kilmer and Co Binghamton NY.
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Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Looked Like It. Jerk You Can’t Keep Me Down
A terse exchange unfolds between an unnamed worker and employer. The worker protests being held back while the employer questions the intent to obstruct progress. The dialogue hints at workplace friction and power dynamics without specific details.
Soothe Back Pain With St Jacobs Oil Ad
An old advertisement touts St Jacobs Oil for back pain lumbago sciatica and rheumatism promising quick relief after a single application. It claims the oil is harmless and effective and includes a brief testimonial style endorsement.
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St. Jacobs
Recipe for Gray Hair Toning Mixture
The formula mixes Bay Rum Barbo Compound and glycerine in water to darken gray hair. Used twice weekly, it promises gradual shade change without scalp cooling or stickiness. Available from druggists or can be mixed at home at low cost.
Auto trip yields speed traps and humor
Quote recalls a road journey filled with country speed traps described as enjoyable. A remark notes no woman has entered the convent of St. Catherine on Mt. Sinai for over 1,400 years.
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St. Catherine
Mt. Sinai
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Lise
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Ernest
Kidder
Shakespeare
St. Jacobs Oil
Sienna
Italy
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
BELEK
Indigestion
Bellans
Pain
Sloan
Liniment Yo Cee Emeters
Ramee MA
W.N.U
Cincinnati
Eer
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