Land prospects in Western Canada attract homesteaders
An article reviews land along Canadian rail lines, noting $8 to $18 per acre now with a likely rise to $50 to $100 later as mixed farming expands. It highlights fertile soils, abundant water, and strong education systems in Western Canada, especially near Winnipeg and Edmonton, and compares region to the American corn belt.
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New York
Canada
Eneoy
Department of the Interior
Ottawa
Uni Aays
New York Commercial
Grand Trunk Pacific
Empire
Dominions
Saya
Vatoo
United States
Bsnae Elicediicenl Alkyd
Tee
Wapiort
Winnip Beskatooa
Edmonton
Uni
Portable colony houses gain favor with poultrymen nationwide
The article explains the portable colony chicken house as a flexible, practical option for farmers and urban flocks, detailing preferred layouts open front sheds and ventilation, materials for construction, safety from vermin, and successful broiler production in small coops. It cautions against makeshift coops and emphasizes light, air, and weatherproofing.
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E. F. Barry
Town and Country Journal
Hk Po
Royal Stock Show Record At England
At the last Royal Stock Show in England the 3,000 head of stock were judged on the first day with 350000 in cash premiums. Attendance reached 62000 for a single day. The event restricted side attractions, allowing no three races or similar entertainments.
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England
Farms of United States Value Estimate
A rough estimate places the nation’s farms, including livestock and improvements, at about 2000 dollars in total worth.
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United States
Outlook Brighter Trade Picture Across Nations
New York trade review notes steadier sentiment amid curtailment in prices and purchases. Canada shows brisk activity while iron and steel face price-driven uncertainty. Cotton and wool markets hold but soften in some areas. bank exchanges show notable declines in New York with mixed results elsewhere. Exports of wheat and corn rise week over week. year-to-date totals fall behind prior periods.
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New York
R. G. Run & Co
Weekly Review of Trade
Canada
New York City
Baltimore
New Orleans
Incinnati
United States
Cincinnati Grain Market and Live Stock Prices
Flour and wheat figures listed with mixed grades and prices. Corn and oats prices noted with several quality levels. Live stock prices show cattle ranges from butcher extras to good to choice, plus heifers and cows prices and yields.
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Cincinnati
Wheater
Gineinnati
Strange Children Joke From Bancroft Tale At Lincoln Street
Historian George Bancroft recounted a joke from his school days on a Massachusetts road. Percy H. Epler notes in Master Minds at the Commonwealth's Heart how Levi Lincoln, nearly blind, tossed pennies from a carriage to geese gobbling on Lincoln street, calling them children.
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George Bancroft
Massachusetts Country Road
Levi Lincoln
Percy H. Epler
Commonwealth
Lincoln Street
Begin Right with Resinol for Skin Cures and Lighter Hogs
Advert says Resinol ointment and Resinol soap cure long standing skin eruptions including acne eczema herpes erysipelas erythema barber's itch poison ivy ringworm and more. Also notes hogs weighed much lighter in recent decades with averages dropping from about 276 pounds in 1870s to about 219 pounds in the 1900s.
Peek a Boo Sooke and the Sock Dilemma
In a humorous note the column laments how men’s peek a boo socks fade due to inferior laundry soaps and urges Hewitt's Easy Task Soap as a solution. It touts twenty five years of proven value at five cents a cake amid a light exchange between a visitor and a native.
Night Shift and Sleep Talk in Public Quotations
A quirky reading of nightly dialogue between spouses referencing a sleeptalk exchange and a humorous ad copy for Garfield Tea claiming to correct constipation by stimulating digestion. The fragment includes mottoes on misfortune and virtue attributed to anonymous sources.
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Garfield
What She Wanted What She Wanted
A fragmentary ad style note references a substitution and Lydia E. Pinkham's remedy. It mentions a Chicago address 2069 Arch St and urges women to demand the promised cure rather than accept substitutes from a druggist. The text reflects period medical advertisement language and gendered health claims.
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Alan
Arch St
Chicago
Lydia E. Pinkham
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