Western Canada farmer wins world's wheat prize at New York show
Sir Thomas Shaughnessy funded a $1000 gold prize for 100 bushels of wheat grown in America awarded at the New York Land Show. Seager Wheeler of Rosthern Saskatchewan won with Marquis wheat, highlighting Canadian soils and seed quality. Wheeler, an English pioneer, runs a model farm noted for clean seed and experiments in wheat varieties. Alberta highlights include top prizes at the Dry Farming Congress and a strong Canadian showing overall.
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Thomas Shaughnessy
Canadian Pacific Railway
New York
America
United States
Canada
United States Railways
Seager Wheeler
Rosthern
Saskatchewan
Marquis
Wheeler
Regina
Columbus
Messrs
Hill and Son
Colorado Springs
Lethbridge
Alberta
Hotchkiss
Edmonton Bulletin
Prand
State
Provence
Bnior
Elaty
Jadeing
Duoeun Marehull
View of It Reflects on Friday Superstition
A conversation quotes Mr Growdher who mocks Friday superstition. He says belief depresses him and asserts a man can feel secure there is only one unlucky day in the week. The exchange frames a light social reflection on luck and days.
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Mr Growdher
Acrobat He Wan
A playful exchanges between Mamma and Bobby hint at a sailor’s acrobatic nature as the boy recalls a comic line about sitting on his chest with a pipe in hand.
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Bobby
Patent Pills and Potent Sugared Remedies Highlighted
An advertisement touts Dr. Pierce’s Pellets as small sugar coated pills that regulate stomach liver and bowels and cure constipation. It promotes Mary Winchester Soothing Syrup for Children as soothing and wind colic relief at 250 per bottle. Also mentions a “kiss in the dark” as an electric spark.
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Dr. Pierce
Mary
Winstow
Christmas Return Brings Banker's Old Love Home
Charles Stearns, a financier known as a hard man, returns to his rural upbringing for Christmas. He discovers Stella Harrington, the girl who once refused to marry him, still in the old home. After truth about Stella’s decision and his forgotten romance, they confess love, plan to wed, and share a Christmas reunion with Stella joining the family.
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Trearns
Wrnter
Charles Stearns
Stearns
Stella Harrington
George White
Eb Brown
Farry
Chartie
Charlie
Stella
Jeve Briggs
Charlie Stearns
Bisdman
Stala
Charles
Yuletide in Australia Compared With Home Traditions
The article contrasts Australian Christmas as sunny and outdoors with the reader’s snowy fireside image. It describes picnics and garden parties across cities like Melbourne Sydney and Adelaide, noting prolonged celebrations into the night and a festive country atmosphere.
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Australia
Australasia
Lyris
Melbourne
Sydne
Adelaide
A Night of Christmas Hospitality at the Leightons
Robert Loring, freezing and weary, seeks shelter and a meal at Miss Anne Leighton’s farm. He learns she and Grace are poor yet kind. He brings a goose and provisions, then reveals he is Josiah Leighton’s secretary bearing a Christmas gift and an offer of a home.
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Loring
Miss Anne
Unson
Expressman
Anne
Robert Loring
Toring
Grace
Loving
Anne Nelded
Annie
Miss Grace
Leightons
Jove
Grace Leighton
Cousin Josiah
Gir
Kidney Trouble Is Very Deceptive
Kidney disease is more common than people imagine with symptoms misattributed to other ailments. Dr. Derby's Kidney Pills are marketed as a cure, claiming to cleanse kidneys and restore normal function, with 25c and 50c packages and free samples offered by Derby Medicine Co.
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Bright
Dr. Derby
Derby Medicine Co
Eaton Kepida, Mich
Distressed pupil finds no partner in school line
A New York grammar school principal observes a boy sobbing after marching two by two and learns he has no partner. She offers comfort and prompts him to shake hands, admitting she has no partner either. The scene highlights her calm, frank, efficient leadership and compassionate approach.
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New York
Usuas
Question on deferential humor with a quirky butler
Mr Comrox plans to discharge his butler over perceived lack of deference. He argues paying a man demands laughter at his jokes. The English butler Hawkins responds with a witty retort about what was ordered first, the chicken or the eye.
Precise proofreader and a moral prompt in a Western daily
A sharp female proofreader in a Western daily is contrasted with a reporter who pins a wire burn story on Wille Brown. A witty exchange over west end of a boy follows, then a joke about marriage and class follows. The piece ends with a civic exhortation to work, pay debts, and speak briefly to help society improve.
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Wille Brown
West End
Ladies' Home Journal
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