Agricultural education in Western Canada
A discussion of Western Canada’s agricultural potential notes that scientific farming can yield higher profits and that government programs, experimental farms, and provincial colleges are building a strong support system. Manitoba and Saskatchewan are expanding agricultural education and infrastructure, with substantial public funding and university cooperation to foster skilled farmers and better farming practices.
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Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Province of
Agricaneral College
Towa
University and Agricultural College
Leftler
Dean Curties
Ad.vanting
Deas Curtiss
The Janitor and His World of Apologies and Ironies
A brash basement scene unfolds with a janitor insulting and apologizing to a Scandinavian assistant over a crushed can and slipping toe. The dialogue spirals into reflections on courtesy, misdeeds, and a parade of people who apologize or justify harm. The piece blends sharp humor with social satire on manners and accountability.
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Nels
Ash
Coprrieht
Dernina Range
Reca
Mystery of the Missing Pork Through the Brine
In a retold North Carolina tale secretary of the navy Josephus Daniels recalls two darkles buying pork. Sam stores his share with Henry who finds next morning the meat vanished from the barrel. The rats had dragged the meat out, leaving Sam puzzled by the missing brine.
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Josephus Daniels
North Carolina
Navy
Darkles
Sam
Henry
New York
Our Funny Language and Pleasures of the Table
A reflective fragment linking language play to the idea of sleep in a jokey style. It cites biblical verses about merriment and mortality, including Ecclesiastes 8:16 and Luke 12:19, alongside other quotes on eating and drinking. The passage threads humor with moral reflection on enjoyment versus consequence.
Corner forgotten Juniors discover reaping breakthrough
Obed Hussey of Ohio invented a reaping machine in 1830 but failed with a three-sickle frame. A boy suggested using two saw toothed blades like scissors with linked handles, leading to a rapid improvement in one week. The design became the basis for modern harvesters and transformed farming globally, noted by George F. Stratton in St Nicholas.
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Obed Hussey
Ohio
Hussey
George F. Stratton
St. Nicholas
Snowplow built by school janitor to clear yard
Bernard M C Walter, head janitor at Yaeger school, and a boy helper named Sammy built a snowplow to clear the large yard and walks around the block on Nineteenth Street and Indiana Avenue. With a borrowed apparatus pulled by a horse, they cleared the sidewalks in about half an hour while four boys rode to weigh it down, under strict principal orders about taking turns.
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Abe
Yaeger
Nineteenth Street
Indiana Avenue
Kansas City Star
Bernard M. C. Walter
Sammy
Walter
Winter pastime for boys on a spiked wheel velocipede
A snow friendly velocipede with front spiked wheel and adjustable driving crank is described as a winter project. The piece includes a tale of Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner walking for scripture with Warner quoting Matthew. It ends with a series of quick quips and puns about bald heads and painted cheeks.
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Mark Twain
Charles Dudley Warner
Mark
Dudley
Matthew
Mr. Warner
Twain
Detective's notebook game tests profile recognition for rewards
Amusing indoor party game for fall and winter. Players identify villains from shadow portraits hung in a two room setup. Use a candle and smooth board to cast profiles, assign numbers, and guess who each profile represents. Prefer boys as subjects. girls’ hair makes recognition easier.
Real Cinderella Biography From Ancient Egypt Story
The tale identifies Cinderella as Rhodope, a beautiful Egyptian maiden living 670 years BCE under King Psammethus. A small sandal falls from a diving eagle near Memphis, triggering a royal search and Rhodopa’s rise to queen, inspiring a tale told for 2,400 years.
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Cinderella
Rhodope
Psammethus
Egypt
Memphis
Penomethus
Rhodopa
English court hears gas pipe quality dispute in old lay
In an English court a case questions the condition of a gas pipe laid years earlier with witnesses noting its aging and the judge remarking that age does not guarantee good condition. A humorous exchange follows about quality and burial in the ground.
Caleb and Joshua Take Inheritance after Promise Fulfilled
In this lesson Joshua 14 11 and Caleb 45 years later claims the promised inheritance Hebron and victory over foes. The text links Caleb as a Gentile who wholly followed the Lord and waited in faith for God to fulfill Moses promise. The Golden Text emphasizes seeking first the kingdom of God and his righteousness with trust that God supplies needs during waiting.
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Joshua
Ebal
Moses
Jordan
Anak
Israel
Caleb
Josh
God
Valley of
Eschel
Allah
Hebron
Jacob
Jesus
G. Campbell Morgan
Jehovah
J. Wilbur Chapman
Willian Booth
Salvation Army
Mi Caleb
Caring For A Sow And Newborn Piglets After Farrowing
A guide on preparing a sow before farrowing and housing newborn piglets. It covers clean bedding, central or portable farrowing pens, feeding a slop diet to aid bowels, and keeping piglets warm in a box with straw. Temperature precautions and gradual feeding after birth reduce milk fever and scours.
Trough for Greedy Horses and Narrow Feed Opening
A historical note describes a feed trough designed to curb greed in horses. The box is built on both sides of the partition with a narrow central opening to prevent overfeeding and ensure grain is eaten in a controlled manner.
Wisconsin Agricultural device for controlled grain feed
Description of a Teed feeding mechanism where grain moves from an outside box into an inner feed box through a small opening. The setup reduces bolting by a hungry horse and allows regulation via a slide on the outside to control passage size.
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Wisconsin Agricultural
Treatment for Lumpy Jaw and Herd Management
The article describes removing lumpy jaw tumors with a knife, controlling hemorrhage, antiseptic wound care, and stitching practices. It advises separating cattle and horses, avoiding mixed pastures, and cautions that fairs offer little benefit unless ideas are applied. It ends with remedies for thumps in pigs, emphasizing exercise and ample range.
Cocoa Frosting and Fudge Ornaments Recipe Notes
A rough, fragmented set of directions for fudge and cocoa frosting. Mentions melting sugar with milk and butter, adding cocoa and vanilla, boiling, then cooling and cutting. Another block describes cocoa frosting and a velvet butter mixture.
Flaw In the Honeymoon Family Dispute Scene
An excerpt presents a domestic quarrel between a young wife and husband Henry about understanding the mother’s method of trifles used to make pie. The dialogue hints at tension and plans amid suspicion and blunt, chilly remarks.
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Helen
Henry Jawagbe
Scaly Psoriasis Ad Claims Cure Amid War Troop Notes
A wartime clipping reports Walter Mahony of Troop H, 7th U.S. Cavalry at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin, describing years of scaly psoriasis on arms and limbs. He credits Cuticura Soap and Ointment, after trying other treatments, with temporary relief and a sample prompt. The ad promotes Cuticura products and offers free samples and a skin book from Boston.
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U. S. Cavalry
Camp McCoy
Sparta
Wis
Walter Mahony
Cuticurs
Dept. L
Boston
Adv
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M. Rene Bearerd
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Kentucky
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Harvester
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Boy Power
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Deke
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Botti
Castoria
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L. C. Smith & Bros
Geni Brow
Som
Ce Ces
Carter
Riers “Tle
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Rwmonabie
Jacksonville
JON L.thompson Sons
Sve Ractony Agro Abt
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W. N. U., Fort Wayne, NO
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