Land in Demand Opportunity and Canada’s Offer
Immigration minister Calder outlines selective settlement in Canada offering free or low cost farm lands, railways and modern amenities. Western Canada shows high grain output and reachable land values while open arms attract fit settlers with education, industry and equal opportunity for children. A second item jokes about Irish politics and a third notes varied honey colors and flavors.
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Canada
Edilors
J. A. Calder
Immigration and Colonization
Connie
Dominion
Hill Dale's Arrival Sparks a Mountain Home Night
Carlyle Dale arrives at the Moreland mountain home in eastern Tennessee and meets the clan led by John Moreland. He learns of Babe Littleford, Black Adam Bull, and a feud tied to coal riches. Dale vows to pursue the coal claim and honor David Moreland’s memory, while adjusting to a world of family prayers and old loyalties.
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Synopsia
Carlyle Wilburton Dale
Hill Dale
John K. Dale
Halfway Switch
Tennessee
Patricia Clavering
Ife
Babe
Lit Meaford
Heck
the Hills
John Moreland
Moreland
Dale
David Moreland
Carlyle Moreland
Carlyle
Morelands
David
Bill Dale
Bill Daler
Kmle
Old Man
Goliath of the Hills Fights Dale at the River
Dale provokes Adam Ball in a pool fight near Moreland's cabin. Babe Littleford watches with a wary eye as Dale battles Ball then overcomes him in a grueling struggle. Dale is carried away unconscious while Babe contemplates him, and Granny Heck predicts further trouble between the families.
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Dale
Mrs. Moreland
Tony
Gab
Cate AO Ae Ch
Morelands
John Moreland
Granny Heck
Bill
Mynel
Mr. Bill
Caleb
Addie
Ta’ Mussy
Gyurl
Babe Littleford
Hecke
Dhune
Black Adam Bull
Black Adam
Starke Adam
Littleford
Ube
Babe
Luke
St. Stat
Jota Moreland
Morelande
Moreland
Ben
Ben Litteford
Heck
Hill Dale
Stey Eye
Golleth
Gyuri
Date
Moreland Terrytory
Ball
Bull
Adam Bull
Sam Heck
Bil Dale
Marvelous curtabuba palm from Brazil described
The article extols the curtabuba palm as highly useful with fibers for construction and furniture, medicinal roots, a saccharine substance, starch like sage, and cattle feed. It notes various products from the stem, pith, and fruit and mentions cork substitutes and nut coffee substitutes. A humorous sidelight jokes about daylight saving and a roaster swapped for a hen.
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Brazil
Losing His Patients Better a guede doctor quips
A wartime column in the American Legion Weekly presents a doctor’s dry remark about patients who seem to manage their illness or keep going. The exchange highlights humor and strain in medical care during difficult times.
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American Legion Weekly
Vintage Ad Fragments and Jests From a Bygone Page
A collage of 1920s style ads and humor pieces appears, featuring Cuticura talcum product pitch, a child’s art institute joke, a St Louis dock incident retold with dialect banter, a cabaret tune gag, a Prohibition era quip about flowers and driving, and a Punch-like “Too Often True” line about car chauffeurs. Distinct names include Arthur, and various newspapers are spoofed, with period tone and imagery throughout.
Swamp-Root Ad Claims Benefit for Women Readers
A period advertisement touts Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a remedy for women's health issues. The copy urges thousands of readers to use Swamp-Root, described as a great kidney liver and bladder medicine, available at drug stores.
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Hefal
Eioey
de. Kilmer
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Lloyd George
Mr. Dubwaite
Woolson Spice Company
Toledo
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Chapter
Hapsburg Liebe
Goliath
Grandpap Moreland
John Morelwo
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Miss Littleford
Tran
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Leek
Lana
Big Dale
Adam Ball
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Dyte
Wille Fil
BM Dale
Adam
John
Sam
Granny
Littlefords
Shead
The
Hove
Stearns
Castoria
Arthur
Art Institute
St. Louis
Harper's Magazine
Ustenei
Dlass
St. Lots
Buffalo Express
Postum Cereal Co.Inc
Battle Creek, Mich
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