Western Canada Prospects for 1914 Amid Wheat Boom
A Western Canada feature notes strong army conditions, exceptional spring wheat growth, and widespread farm activity across Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta as of May. Farmers push toward mixed farming with alfalfa and fodder crops while cattle, sheep, and hogs appear. settlers from eastern states flood in as Panama Exposition routes open. A brief cutaway ad and miscellaneous items follow, including crime and culture tidbits.
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Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Canada
Ibis
Treehorse
Ube
Oearly
Montana
Oregon
Wasson
Canadian West
Pacific
Canadian Northern
Grand Trunk Pacific
America
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound testimonials
Letters from readers praise Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relieving long standing female ailments. Mrs Waters describes two years of illness with fatigue and weight loss cured in two months, while Mrs Haddock benefits from improved strength and vitality after use. The ad urges women to try the remedy before suffering further and offers confidential advice from the company.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Mrs. Waters
Carmen
Bealthe
Lidia FE
Pinkham
Mrs. Traum
Knight St
Camden, N.J
Sr E.pinkham
CONAL
Memorial Day Reflections on Civil War Battles and Grant
Memorial day thoughts focus on 1863 to 1865 campaigns as readers recall Gettysburg Vicksburg and Champion's Hill. Grant Sherman and Porter are cited with field actions near Vicksburg as the North pressed a siege that shaped the war and morale back home.
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Lee
North
Shenandoah
Cumberland
Gettysburg
Arkansas
Virginia
Mississippi
Southwike
Grant
Pemberton
Vicksburg
Mississippi Valley
Farragut
New Orleans
Porter
New York
Champion's Hill
Sherman
Jackson
Steele
Smith
Osterhaus
Hovey
McPherson
Genral Grant
Mhost
Champion’s Hill
Hovey Blone
Puredit
Loring
Big Black River
Johnston
Aispatches
Champion's
Black River
Day of Union and Liberty memorial article highlights veterans debt
The piece honors veterans and the Grand Army of the Republic on Memorial Day noting sacrifices, lasting patriotism, and the living and dead who bind the nation. It reflects on historic Civil War battles and the enduring debt owed to those who served. It also recalls Washington's defense fears a century ago and cites Sweden's Old Copper Mine as a long-running industrial site.
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South
Amerigan
Grand Army of the Republic
Bull Run
Spottsylvania
Wilderness
Manassas
Malvern Hill
Cold Harbor
Gettysburg
Atlanta
Grand Army
Washington
Barney
Poisoned play with yellow jasmine harms three children
Two Rose Hill North Carolina children, ages five and two, were poisoned after playing with gelsemium sempervirens blossoms. The two-year-old died, the five-year-old survived after doctors irrigated the stomach and treated with stimulants while neighbors helped. a third child was also affected but survived.
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John W. Drew
Rose Mil, N.C
T. G. Williams
Turkey
Carr
Drew
Willams
The War Is Over Father Returns Home
A four year old recalls spring in 1865 when distant thunder signaled the end of the war and his mother whispered the war is over as her husband comes home. The scene contrasts a child’s budding beauty with her tears of relief. A closing line notes German stoneworkers’ union membership at 76 783.
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Germany
Platinum deposits and global production trends cited
The American Machinist notes platinum shortfalls for advancing electrical chemistry. Russia dominates 95 percent of 13 250 pounds produced. New deposits found in Germans Westphalia promise potential profitable extraction.
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Russia
Ural Mountains
Borneo
Brazil
Australia
California
Westphalia
Hotel Cat Tab the Waldorf Astoria's wandering mascot
The Waldorf Astoria New York keeps a wary eye on Tab the hotel cat who roams free when the orchestra plays and slips away at closing. He appears during six to eight in the evening, stays for the concert, then vanishes by one o clock, puzzling staff and entertaining guests with his mysterious routine.
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Tab
Waldorf-Astoria
New York
Couunsel
Hetener
Ike
Mr. Stewart
Ife
READY TO PICK THE WINNER The street orator and the two dogs tale
A street orator gathers a crowd of urchins and delivers a lecture on kindness to dumb animals. A woman with two dogs passes by. When asked what to do if the dogs fight, a child suggests giving taps on the little black and white dog, delivering a humorous street verdict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edorn
Jock
Guy'uar
London
Cuticura Ad and Wit: A Duke and Dilemma
An old Cuticura advertisement recounts a face ailment cured by Cuticura Soap and Ointment after failing salves. A humorous anecdote follows about the Duke de Richelieu gifting his son’s money, with a moral on generosity. Light items include a mirror-in-mouth hairpin gag and a spring aviation stunt quip from Boston Evening Traveler.
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Union St
Aurora
Til
Fanning
George Miller
Cutienra
Dept. L. Boston
Fragmented Advice and Wit on Courtship and Daily Life
A garbled column blocks together quips on courtship and domestic life. It riffs on resilience, manners, and prudence with scattered references to individuals and products like Perry's Vermifuge, showing a busy but unclear public voice from a past era.
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He Indy
Franchomme
Paris
M. Franchomme
Le Cri_de Paris
Brussela
Paria
Waterloo
France
Republic
Parie
New Yorkes
Tom
AtLax
Riow
Elie
Biles
Vasil
Jackson and
Cacy
Amenults
Hayne’s Bluffe
Eighth Pennsylvania
Hazel Grove
Hooker
Chancellorsville
George MacDonald
Charleston Newe and Courier
Orla
Fray Te Worth —Apier
Stora Kopparberget
Sweden
Deadly Posses
Etlow Jasmine
Joy Someth
Teara
NEW _ YORK
Foodand
Castoria
Bears
Duke de Richelieu
University of Paris
John
Count de Formac
Duke de Richalieu
Patrice
Boston Evening
Juiliy Tel Hing
Perry
Bright
Dean
Buffalo
Emis Soren and
N. U
Fort Wayne, NO
Pierce
Vitalie
Rene
Medicios
Beilain
N. Beene
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Paar
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