Growth of Western Canada Highlights Railways and Education
The article outlines Alberta rail mileage doubling in three years to 4 097 with a Provincial Railway Commission regulating rates and serving as a court for complaints. It notes University of Alberta attendance rising tenfold in five years across diverse districts and includes a testimonial about prosperity from J. Baward of Munckie Alberta describing improved farming yields and wealth after relocation in 1907.
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Rome
Western
University of Alberta
Suttrane
Canada
J. Baward
Munckie
Alta
Case County
Glackie
Waltry
Love and War in the Desert A Tale of Tremont and Sabron
Julia Redmond and Therese de la Maine recall a tangled love story in the Sahara as Tremont and Sabron journey between Algiers and Marseilles. Past vows, a rescued dog, and memories of a lost romance unfold against a backdrop of desert peril and moral compromise.
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Mine Redmond
Milemd
Tremont
Algiera
Julia
Babron
Madame de la
Julie
Therese
Madame de la Maine
Madame da Maine
Olin
Azrael
Soboton
John
Madame de la Malne
Anid Mies Redmond
Comtesse
Monsieur de Sabron
Tarascon
Pitchoune
Marseilles
Madame Ae
Maine
Mins Redmond
Africa
Sabron
Comtesse de la Maine
Therese de la Maine
Jalin
Ma Chete
Robert de Tremont
Mise Redmond
Assumption
Monsieur de la Maine
Rob
Monsieur de Maine
Miss Redmond
Comte
Sahara
Hammet Abou
Charles
Algiers
Alde
Saving advice from 180 years past shared in a letter
An old map and 19th century prose argue thrift over gifts. It links self discipline to long term gains such as saving, avoiding daily expenses, and delaying pleasures. The piece highlights saving ten cent coins, watching drink costs, and the value of frugality for youth.
Dry Rain Records Challenge Climate Myths in New Hedford
One hundred years of rainfall data from New Hedford, Mase, show more wet periods and fewer long dry spells than earlier believed. The record, begun in 1814 by Lane Rodman and continued by successors, indicates average annual rainfall of 46.45 inches with notable dry gaps in early decades.
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New Hedford
Mase
Lane Rodman
Issom
State Health Department
New Bedford
Rodman Place
Saturday Evening Post
Lost Motion Reflections on Daily Losses and Habits
A Philadelphia mathematician calculates that telephone companies waste 128 hours daily due to politeness by operators and customers. Another finds beer froth adds weight, while a Newark News note jokes about horsepower wasted swallowing cigarette smoke rather than exhaling.
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Philadelphia
Newark News
Scandinavian housekeeping in peasant life
In Scandinavia peasants work the fields all day and cook with improvised methods. A stew pot is carried to a ball for breakfast then placed in a second pot and tucked between feather beds for heat. Some women loosened hearths at one and a hole beneath.
Psalm 141 A Davidic plea for deliverance and prayer
E O Sellers analyzes Psalm 141 a Davidic psalm of complaint prayer and hopeful relief. It stresses prayer as the sole help from God urges a pure heart and guard against wicked company and temptations while seeking guidance discipline and deliverance through worship and faith.
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David
Jehovah
Tabernacle
H. V
Jonathan
R. V
Church of Christ
Gohn
Satan
The Art of Home Making by Women
A passage from Youth's Companion argues a home is more than a house and is built by atmosphere and love. It stresses that poverty or wealth does not determine happiness and that a homemaker’s joy and effort shape family, guests, and the broader community.
Hands Like Velvet One Night Treatment Ad
Retiring soak hands in hot suds then rub Cuticura Ointment into hands. Wear bandage overnight. A one night treatment for red rough chapped sore hands advertised by mail order from Cuticura Boston with Skin Book offer. Ad.
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Cuticura
Dept. XY
Boston
Turning the Mangle and War Time Church Talk
A collage of small humorous clippings about wartime life. A wife learns her husband is in hospital with both arms off, a devout elder shifts churches due to deafness, suffrage debates at a theater, and jokes on embusque and reform. The tone mirrors a light periodical page.
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Pechienac Amd Menti
Redmint
Pitehoune
Rune
Buren
Tate
Ativer
Pieter Tikes
Tremont
Dulin
Mareler
Tee
Baten
Subrah
Welee Howe
Juerney
Atkins
Bill
Windy debate and odd quotes from old Scots
Two Scots dispute recall of windier days and crow accounts while a fire bell and church bell compete for attention. A misread sentence about a Red Cross Ball and a joke about European war ethics mix with a judge's remarks on grammar and fashion.
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