First Year Farming in Western Canada Attracts US Migrants
Thousands of young Americans abandon city life to return to farming in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta. Improvements in machinery and rail links make western Canada appealing with vast open plains grazing lands and 160 acre government grants. R H Crossman of Kinderaley Saskatchewan proves success by winning prize grains in his first year after switching from engineering.
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United States
Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
R. H. Crossman
Kinderaley
Tulsa
Oklahoma
St. Thousands
Humorous Tales and Quips from Unseen Courtroom and Farm
A collection of brief anecdotes and maxims from a bygone era. An Indian officer asks if he resembles a monkey and is told by his ayah that the protector of the poor cannot be contradicted. A duck-hunting amateur boasts a kill but wastes ammo. Ads tout laxatives and dyes, with a quip on duty and laughter.
Woman Says Pinkham’s Remedy Restored Health
Mrs. Mary Gauthier of Montpelier Vermont credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her regularity easing stomach pain and eliminating headaches She invites others to use the remedy and offers to let her name be used in promotion The ad extols the product and invites letters to the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co for confidential female guidance
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Mary Gauthier
Ridge St
Montpelier, Wt
Lydia E.pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Mass
Captain MacManus Explains Hobble Skirt in Old Times
Aboard the New York float in 1962 Captain MacManus and apprentices study an old cabinet photograph of a woman in a hobble skirt. He recounts fashion as a powerful Style Boss in 1912 and explains how women changed with the era while contrasting modern freedom.
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MacManus
Alligator
New York
Five Continents
Australia
Manhattan Island
Paris
Atlantic
Washington
Chicago
Pittsburg
No. 10 Starboard Clip
No. 10 Clip
Himalaya
Indy
South Pole
Forty-second and
Broadway
W. G. Chapman
Denies Theory of Lombroso by Dr Charles Coring Criminologist counters criminal type idea
Dr Charles Coring joins critics of Lombroso arguing there is no inherent criminal type. Goring concedes some are naturally criminal but denies physical stigmata reveal crime. Society labels some acts as criminal while others with equal moral wrong may go unmapped.
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Charles Coring
Lombroso
Goring
Robert Burne and Hurng: A Contested Literary Rank
The text hails Robert Burne and Robert Hurng as towering global figures. It places Burne among Goethe and Heine, with satire likened to Juvenal and Pascal. It praises Huma and his songs and satires as original and powerful, comparing them to Tulip or Phidias in artistry.
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Robert Burne
Robert Hurng
Goethe
Heine
Veranger
Juvenal
Pascal
Cater
Tom O' Shanter
Huma
Tulap
Phidiaa
Walter Kelly and the Safe Isolate Dog Tale
A Cleveland Plain Dealer item recounts Walter Kelly not endorsing a friend’s tale about his dog sitter. The guardian claimed mange symptoms and Kelly ordered immediate isolation as instructed, noting the dog later seemed unharmed by the supposedly humane but hidden chloroform separation.
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Walter Kelly
Walter
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Kelly
Probable Bet Wasn't Paid
A nine year old questions his mother about her glass ice cream dishes and wagers if she has more than twenty three. She lists two dozen from grandmothers making exactly two dozen, then he reveals he broke one, implying the bet was lost.
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Robert
Brown
Sullivan
New York Evening Post
The Right Soap for Baby’s Skin
In the care of baby's skin and hair Cuticura Soap is the mother's favorite. It is pure and fragrant with gentle emollients that ease irritation redness roughness and chafing. Used with Cuticura Ointment it treats eczemas rashes and itching and infantile eruptions. Soap lasts longer than ordinary soaps and saves money. Sold worldwide sample offered free by Cuticura Dept L Boston.
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Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Sanity of Hamlet and dubious patent cures headline
The text parodies a Shakespearean question on Hamlet’s sanity and mocks sensational patent remedies. It mentions a New York jury, a laxative bromide product, and a garbled signature, then lists various 19th century cures, ads, and quips about domestic life and health products.
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Hamlet
Shakespeare
New York
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