The Building of Country and Western Canadian Frontiers
A fragmentary account reflects on prairie development, wheat, and Canadian expansion. It cites Sir DeWalt Mann praising land settlement and western railway growth, noting population rise and rail mileage, with a digression on dairy and grain prosperity and a surreal ambulance exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chtaday
Inberiste
Baden Prairie
Wes
Dewalt Mann
Canadian Northern Railway
Winnnipeg
Canada
Winnipeg
Lake Huron
Cascarents remedy ad in 19th century ad
An old time medicine advertisement promotes Cascarets as a bile cleanser for headaches biliousness and sour stomach. It claims quick relief overnight with a 10 cent box and features testimonials and other products like Dodds Kidney Pills. The piece mixes health claims with humorous dialogue about abstaining from alcohol.
Bungalow Porch Design Praised In Advisory Feature
William A. Radford explains porch style as the key to a home’s eye appeal in a practical guide. He notes heavy pillars and railings create cozy, inviting exteriors, with room layout emphasizing privacy through strategic door placements and a raised basement for protection.
Artistic porch design transforms plain house exterior
The article describes an affordable porch upgrade using a built-in foot, cement brick pillars, rough face cement brick foundation, concrete slab railing, and smooth brick posts. It notes the chimney construction with similar materials, aiming to enhance curb appeal and architectural balance.
Floor Plan Features in Kenions Home Design
The Kenions arrangement uses smooth brick and bold gable decorations matching the porch trim. A sleeping porch at the rear adds value and comfort, while white trim and shingles unify the exterior. Five rooms plus the sleeping porch define a bright living area extending along the front for a wide, airy feel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alec
Suit Over Soapy Water Shower In Mill Valley
A divorce case in San Francisco reveals a wifes admission of ignorance about a bucket of soapy water and ink thrown at attorney Howard Harron on the porch of his Mill Valley home. The judge questions who threw the bath, while the husband recounts attempted visits and a locked out scenario. The tale unfolds amid related notes from the San Francisco Chronicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Harron
Mill Valley
Murasky I
Mary Harron
Harron
Drothea
White Crow Tale Stirs Logansville Woods Sightings
A report from Logansville describes a white feathered crow spotted in Solomon Kennler's woods, with Henry Joseph recounting the bird perched on a tree limb alongside two crow peers. The tale ties to local lore and a noted observer in York.
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Pennsylvania
Logansville
Solomon Kennler
Henry Joseph
Joseph
York
Philadelphia
Introduction of Foreign Plants by U S Department of Agriculture
A historical note covers the U S Department of Agriculture seed and plant introduction program since 1907, noting more than 40 600 varieties introduced by last July and a year of 2 000 varieties added with 171 851 experimental plants and 11 465 seed packs distributed to experimenters, plus 500 shipments to foreign institutions. It follows with a humorous aside on golf history and a cartoonish exchange about family planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Constantinople Name Origin and Ottoman Capital Status
The piece notes Constantinople was named after Rome’s Constantine the Great and founded as New Rome, serving as the eastern capital of the Roman and later Byzantine empires. It details 1468 Turkish conquest, Saint Sophia’s role to churches, and Ottoman rule since then. It mentions rural telephone service improving farmer market access and price learning for better product sales.
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Constantinople
Constantiople
Rome
Constantine the Great
A.D
Byzaltium
Greece
Ottoman Empire
Saint Sophia
International Sunday School Lesson overview by E. O. Sellers
The text discusses Philippians chapter one themes of confidence and unity, urging believers to be of one mind and one love. It explains the mind of Christ as humility and selfemptying, then shows how God exalted Jesus for his obedience, with all creation worshiping and confessing him as Lord.
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LISON
Sulden
Lord Jesus Christ
Philippians
Paul
Philippi
Christ Jesus
Christ
Jesus Christ
God
John
Jesus
Joseph
Galilee
Heaven
Earth
Hades
Jeane
Che
Health for women in distress by Lydia E Pinkham
Letters from North Crandon Wisconsin and Lawton Oklahoma praise Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for gynecological troubles and weak health. Testimonials claim relief from displacement, irregularity, and inflammation after using the product. The company invites readers to write for confidential advice from a female representative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Crandon
Wis
Lydia E. Pinkham
Maya Astacy
North Wis
Playing Safe and Other Light Jokes In This Page
A collage of snippets includes a hunter guide quip about mistaking guides for deer, ad blurbs for Cuticura scalp products and Marine Eye Remedy, a joke about aging eyes and shaving, and a Boston Transcript aside on waiting for the morning paper. It features light humor and brief product mentions.
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W. Schmitz
Thomas
Okla
Mackate
Bright
Dodd
Daid Punk
Donny Tad Boas
Guparior
William A. Radford
Willam A
Federal Palace
Sern
Switzerland
National Geographic Society
New York State
Holland
Italy
Lake Constance
Juras
Austra
Valais
Vaud
Fribourg
Berne
Thurgau
Ing
Germany
France
St. Gall
Zurich
Bern
America
St Gall
Geneva
Sitka
Mountain Republic
Europe
Norway
Russia
Hungary
United States
Basel
Rhine
St. Etienne
Austria-Hungary
Market Square
Tri i Re
Alii
Iece
Fey RM Vez
Siberia
Viadivostok
Japanese Sea
Ussuria
Premorsk
Detalla
Borghum
Cleveland Plain Denlar
Coneream
Mabit
New York
Dr Dack
Earl of Rothwell
England
Papa
Hit
Charlie Nokoyne
Iite
Canyot Sink Hess
E. 0. Sellers
Moody Bible Tratioute
Western Newspaper Union
Mes
Bruce
Oklahoma
Massachusetts
Roxbury
Sorina
Haynes Park
Mae
Pinham Medicine Co
Mass
Spohn Medical Co
Goshen
Ind. U. S. A
Joity
Cuticura
Dept
Boston
Billson
Marine Eye Remedy Co
Chicago
Ichabod
Humeris
Phyllis
Boston Transcript
W. Groves
Kaveenny
Fletcher
Pierce
Dr. Pierce
Buffalo
Western
Lafor
Vaio Os
Nethery
Columbus
G. Waird
Indianapolis
Ind
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