Illinois Farmer's Letter on Homestead Life in Western Canada
An Illinois farmer Elias Kost details emigration to western Canada with three sons. He describes land claims near Edmonton and Lake St Anne, crop yields of potatoes barley oats, hay production, and cattle feeding on native range. He notes chinook winds, log house construction, local fruit and game, and fish trade routes to St Albert and Edmonton.
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Canada
Shelbyville
Edmonton
Lake St. Anne
Helght
Sturgeon
Illinois
Blue Ridge Mountains
Pennsylvania
St. Albert
Calgary and Edmonton
Assiniboia
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Nickel Plate offer cuts fares for large groups near station
Beginning Sunday April 17 and every Sunday after, parties of five or more can travel round trip for $1.00 per person to any point within 100 miles of the selling station on the Nickel Plate Road. See nearest agent or address C A Aster lin T P B A Kort Wayne Ind
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nickel Plate Road
C. A. Asterlin
Kort Wayne
Ind
Cremation Establishments Under Government Control in Japan
Government controls expand to major Japanese cities as cremation facilities are established in principal urban centers. The move centralizes operations and oversight of cremation services across key locales in Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Boy Essays on Hens and Train Fare Notice
A juvenile essay on hens describes them in odd terms and a cruel hinge line about beheading. The notice promotes the German Baptist Brethren Dunkarde annual meeting in Carthage Missouri with Nickel Plate Road tickets May 10 to 23, return by May 30, side trips available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunkarde
Carthage
Missouri
Nickel Plate Road
C. A. Asterlin
Fort Wayne
Ind
Why He Wept At The Smoldering Schoolhouse
A $50,000 school house burns to ashes amid shocked taxpayers and a grieving crowd. A small boy sobs, explaining he left a nickel in his desk that he fears will be lost in the wreck. The tale, sourced to Woman's Home Companion, frames the scene with human loss and irony.
Warning on Kidney Health Promoted by Pills
An advertisement urges cures for kidney disease using Dean's Kidney Pills with testimonials from Frank D. Overbaugh of Catskill New York. It offers a free trial by mail and lists price and distributor Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY. Also notes Ball Blue detergent and rubber stamps with a mail order note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank D. Overbaugh
Catskill
N. Y
Bright
Dean
Mr. Overbaugh
United States
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
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Kemp
Cy Wy
Ansy
N. B
Grepotendon, Homee Kn
Paris
Columbus
Drug & Chem. Corp
Washington
Washington Post
Western
Rem Aulry
R. G. Thompson
NORTH
zAman Lloyd Srsauship CO
Hamoune-Amgmioan Ling
Wirt Swan Ling
Beavan Line
American Line
Twane
Wanaan
Four Warne
Balt
Cosan
Seavey Tee
New York Tribune
Port Wayne
St. Jacobs Oil
Syrup Pepsin
Pepsin Syrup CO
Monticello
Shiloh
S.C. Wetts&Co
LeRoy
N.Y
Toronto
Can
Jension la Acde Tame
Feeeaee
Bursa
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Lwo N. U
Chicago
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Arkansas
New Mexico
Texas
John Sebastian
Trifac
Rockai and
Swicago
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