Wonderful Growth of the Canadian West
A sweeping feature on Western Canada, Winnipeg’s rise as a commerce gateway, grain wealth, and immigrant influence. Mayor Deacon of Winnipeg discusses population growth and the prairie rail and grain potential. It notes American farmers moving north, grain crops sustaining vast expansion, and the western spirit driving development.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Sapkatehwen
Alberta
Canada
Ato Wangiet
Chicago
Deacon
Rioun
Prairie
Goa
Europe
Bo Long
Little House Design Shows Modern Comfort In 20 by 30 Foot Plan
William A. Radford praises a compact one story cottage with a wide veranda and bright rooms. It fits a small budget yet includes a living room dining room kitchen and two bedrooms. Emphasis on airflow light and suburban placement to suit busy families.
Showing Him the Way by Sherman Spicer
In Manchester a lazy, easygoing civil engineer Will Millington is taunted by locals and pursued by Gladys Nestle, a sharp business student with a fortune. Her drive and his caution collide as she aims to rouse him to ambition, testing their bond and future.
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Sherman Spicer
Wil Millington
Beane
Gladys Nestle
Alon
Manchester
Will
Gladys
Commercial College
Will Millington
Millington
Mias
Mr. Millington
Epilepsy cures touted by New Jersey physician
Red Bank New Jersey special report notes great deflation in stubborn epilepsy cases and claims many patients have been cured. Readers are urged to write to Dr H W Perkina Branch 49 Red Bank NJ for a free remedy.
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New Jersey
Red Bank
H. W. Perkina
N. J
Original Spug Patron Saint Sir William Petty 1623 1687
The piece states Sir William Petty born 1623 in Rumsey Hampshire England died 1687 as the original spux. It cites his will praising charity and advising future heirs to aid the needy while condemning self indulgence. It notes matrimony as a cure for egoism and references the order’s patron saint status.
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Spug
Spux
Self-Evident Disobedience and a Tin Can Tale
In a humorous exchange a mother questions Tommy Jones about cans that the backyard boy claimed his family would eat. The boy explains the cans were found and returned after a scare of punishment. A professor and a pessimist debate whether sweeter words exist than I love you or money owed as the pinnacle of satisfactory sentences.
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Mamma
Tommy Jones
Joneses
Tommy
Professor Swiggs
Wall Street
New York Dispatch
Per
Financial World of
New York
Stock Exchange
Exchange
Gleaming Glen Street Scheme Draws Real Estate Hustle
Gladys implements a bold Glen Street plan to grade a hill and fill swamp, hiring engineer Millington to estimate earth removal, then contracts Swift Morris for bids. She pivots to buy the east side, plat 100 by 250 lots, and push cement, wells, painting, and fencing as the project quickly yields a $20,000 profit, inviting Millington to partner in a real estate office.
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Glen Street
Gladys
Arlington
George
Mr. Millington
Swift & Morris
Lansing
Pred Bascomb
Fim
Elf
McClure
Lure of Adventure and Presidential Dime Novels
A humorous piece claims Woodrow Wilson reads lurid dime novels nightly, citing his unflagging habit after work with adventures of Dick Turpin and Sherlock Holmes. The text also includes a whimsical joke exchange about a thief demanding money and jewels, jokingly requesting misplaced shirt studs be found.
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Woodrow Wilson
United States
Dick Turpin
Sherlock Holmes
Othello Soliloquy Stump Brought to Laughing Learner
A young Greek Washington merchant learning English and Shakespeare misreads Othello. After copying a soliloquy he struggles with Farewell Othello's Occupation finding the gist as his memory falters. He finally exclaims in puzzled relief.
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Washington
Othello
New York Evening Post
Grateful Old Man Praises Dodd’s Kidney Pills
A Kentucky farmer, 77, Mr W D Smith of Ethel writes that Dodd’s Kidney Pills have helped long standing back strain and kidney trouble. He credits the medicine with keeping him alive, offers permission to publish his testimonial and photo, and notes the pills in Buffalo.
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Mra. X
Mia
W.D. Smith
Ethel, Ky
Dodd
W. D. Smith
Mr. Smith
Dodd's Medicine Co
Buffalo
Ady
Death, Fashion, and Small Talk at a Riverdale Funeral
A humorously moral piece recalls a Riverdale funeral where a new coat prompts gossip on fashion. A passerby jokes about the cost while mingling with relatives, illustrating how fashion dominates conversations even near death. Also notes on Mother Gray’s Sweet Powders for Children and other quips about advice, labor saving, and social missteps.
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Riverdale
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Navw
York Evening Post
RIA
William A. Radford
West Jackson
Him
Fletcher
Castoria
Mim
Puck
Auffragetton
Hope
Jericho
Jorkins
Gibbon
Edward Gibbon
Murebod
England
wozEnah
Wrigley’s
Pauline
Putnam
Ano
Gray
Briggs
Phan Igen Eg
Boas Aeetaeres
Sloan
Addrem Dr
Earl S. Sloan, Inc
Boston
Mass
Carter
Fort Wayne, NO. 1918
Piso
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