Canadas Agricultural Education Boom and Government Aid
The article extols Western Canada’s agricultural education shift toward practical and technical farming. It cites Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta universities and colleges, government support for experimental farms, vocational training, demonstration farms, and cooperative creameries and elevators, stressing long term benefits and cross‑border inspiration from the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicada
Canada
Dominion
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Agricultural College
Alberta
University At
Edmonton
Dean Curtisg
Ames Agricultural College
Iowa
United States
University and Agricultural College
Dean Curtiney
Dean Curtice
Cattin Nead
Kisgup
Govgenment
Grain yields and dairy pricing in Western Canada 1918 ad
An advertisement notes dairy, thorn, and breed strategies with long payment terms. It recalls excellent grain yields in Western Canada in 1918 with wheat from 20 to 46 bushels per acre and similarly good averages for other small grains, highlighting favorable market conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thorn
Quick Lunch Owner Seeks Help Over Autointoxication Risk
A new manager warns a customer check can only be 50 cents and asks what happens if more food is eaten. The owner mutters he calls 6598 Eve ningside, the nearest hospital, in such cases.
Fragmentary 19th Century Ad Mentions Castor Oil Patent Note
The readable bits mention a cafe, children, a signature, and references to Castor Oil products like Fletcher’s Castor Oil. It appears as an accented advertisement fragment with unclear dates or names and limited context about the product and its claims.
Fool questions irritate cop at busy corner
After 15 minutes of fielding questions, a woman asks the policeman if he tires of answering fool questions. He replies that one question boils him more than others the moment others ask. The woman reacts with surprise and hurries away.
Misunderstood Courtship Turns Sour in Hallway Encounter
A man recounts kissing Miss Sweet in a dark hallway and claiming it was a mistake. She pretends anger at first, then grows genuinely angry as he offers excuses. He concludes that pleasing a woman is impossible.
Humorous Drill Lesson Echoes in Wry Exchange
A corporal vents about strict drilling with dire consequences while soldiers quip on endless tasks. The exchange turns to frustrated punning on quarters and divisions as cold weather and hard conditions are teased.
The Janitor’s Grudge and a Slipped Foot Incident
The janitor nurses a injured toe on a stairway while his Scandinavian assistant rouses from a crushed ash can. He mocks the assistant’s misstep and later warns of harsher consequences if feet trip again.
Mystery of the Pork and the Janitor’s Wry Lesson
Josephus Daniels recalls a tale from the New York Evening Post about two enslaved workers and a shared pork piece. Henry, the janitor, imparts a cautionary view on apology and harm, illustrating misapplied remorse through a series of vignettes about accidents, pranks, and social missteps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephus Daniels
North Carolina
Navy
Darkies
Sam
Henry
Toast Remark Sparks Alumni Dinner Anecdote
The passage recalls Timothy Woodruff recalling a New York alumni dinner at a coed college. During a toast, the college president said you can tell a woman with a university degree. Woodruff interrupted, retorting that she already knows it all.
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Ginia
Timothy Woodruff
New York
Mr. Woodruff
Steamboat Crash at Pier Ends Swiftly in Confusion
A steamboat slammed into a pier at full speed,惊 passengers exclaimed mercy as the vessel lurched to a halt. Deck hand Pat dismissed panic, saying the captain simply forgot to stop.
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Pat
Thin Little World Reveals Courtroom Snub of Divorce Hope
A courtroom quip, attributed to a judge, hints at a man who once felt the world open after marriage but now cannot find ground for a divorce. The remark underscores the stubborn limits of legal separation even in troubled unions.
What She Got From a Morning Request
A fragment suggests domestic tension after a wife asks her husband for money and receives acrimony. The text alludes to a broader theme of stage life and the public performing arts without awareness.
Unclear fragmentary text with scattered quotes and numbers
The readable parts show crude quotes about women and misused medical terms, along with garbled phrases and a stray number 80,000,000. The passage lacks a coherent event or identifiable entities to summarize as a news item.
Struggle on Alpine Edge Ends in Six Months Imprisonment
An Italian officer and Private Cell clashed on the Bernina range near the Swiss frontier after a reprimand. Cell attacked the officer on a high Alpine pass and tried to throw him over a precipice. The officer bit the soldier to stop the attack, saving his own life. Cell was taken to a valley hospital and later sentenced by a Milam military court to six months' imprisonment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernina Range
Roctia
Valtelin
Cell
Milam
Celi
Minister Cheron Joined A Film Audience In Paris
A French labor minister M Cheron attended a cinema showing where a plaster casted likeness of him appeared in the procession. His neighbor remarked on the striking similarity and noted the minister’s quiet reaction as he handed over his card.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moving Pictures
M. Cheron
Monsieur
Planning for Better Roads Through Concrete Use
Former American Automobile Association president Lewis R. Speare advocates replacing waterbound macadam with concrete roads for main routes. He notes California and Wayne County, Michigan, show concrete’s durability, argues mixed concrete bases with bituminous surfaces reduce maintenance, and stresses evaluating ten to fifteen year costs to compare with resurfacing frequent macadam repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis R. Speare
American Automobile Association
California
Wayne County
Michigan
Difference in Roads Bets Boost in Cotton Freight
Two Arkansas farmers in separate counties bet on truckability to the cotton market. By telephone they learned cotton rose a dollar per bale. One hauled a single bale over unimproved bed roads for a $4 profit. the other hauled four bales over better roads for a $1 profit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas Homestead
Auto Owners Contribute For Massachusetts Highways
Automobile owners in Massachusetts have donated about $200000 for state highways. The state treasury will add $700000, and local appropriations will raise the total to $2500000 for highway improvements.
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Massachusetts
Increase Values Through Timely Farm Production
The piece argues that farm goods gain value when produced efficiently and delivered at the right time. It emphasizes improving road networks in the southern states and notes quality foods raise market value.
Endowing the Ropes and a Campaign Cigar Remark
A fragment recalls a compliment about generosity and a campaign cigar as a token of respect. The speaker praises a friend for his actions and judgments, noting the cigar as a symbolic gesture from a political campaign setting.
Scaly Psoriasis Cure Promises Relief From Ointment
Walter Mahony of Camp McCoy writes that psoriasis on his arms and limbs faded after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment for three months following a sample offer. He notes previous treatments failed, and advertises the world‑sold products with free samples and a 32 page Skin Book.
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U. S. Cavalry
Camp McCoy
Sparta
Win
Walter Mahony
Cuticura
Dept. L. Boston
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Vletcher
Castorle
L'Haricot
Goppeigha
W.C. Chapala
Penn
Nels
Emperor's Palace
New York Evening Post
Vauderit
Aehaperon
Nebwany
Wea
Dragging
Alexandria County
Virginia
Euthualaam
Mme. de Lambert
Rancius
Pike Westine
L. C. Smith & Bros
L.C. Smith & Bros. Typewriter Co
Syracuse
N.Y
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Imenstos Canadas
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Columba
Radio Teruinad Oily
Tellenapely
Fiuvrida Bral
Waliiam
Aston
St. Julins
Astor
Florida
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Micloy
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