Western Canada land trek draws Midwestern families north
An Iowa man describes moving to Saskatchewan to homestead and buy land, contrasting cheap Canadian plots with costly U.S. land. He cites family ties and keeping sons near, and notes waves of settlers from Iowa Kansas and Minnesota seek better futures while maintaining allegiance to Old Glory and the King.
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Iowa
Winnipeg
Lown
Canada
Dominion
Atay
Cear
Saskatchewan
America
Kansas
Minnesota
mid-West
Canadian
Toronto
Ontario
Globe
Bedbedcase in a Scottish inn and a door to dreams
A traveler complains to a Scotland inn night clerk about the worst bed while the clerk pleads beds are identical. The man jokes about a room next to his snoring neighbor and the clerk explains the snorer sleeps on the floor. Satirical vignettes mix with ads and quips, including Uncle Allen Sparks and Allen's Lung Balsam endorsements.
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Scotland
Mnine
Raisin Roll Cake and Yeast Beef Dishes Menu
A long, recipe laden page lists making a raisin roll cake with lemon flavoring and a sugar glaze, plus a meat heavy sequence including beef with raisins, currants and apple spiced sauce, and puff pastry. It covers parboiling sweetbreads, preparing gravies, frying, shaping, and baking steps.
Munyons Pharmaceuticals A Public Benefit Promise
Prof Munyon promotes a health mission through affordable medicines and free expert advice. He funds specialists to diagnose and advise, offers remedies at 25 cents a bottle, and guarantees satisfaction with refunds. The firm maintains offices nationwide and advertises free medical examinations via specialists for readers.
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Munyon
Mantta
Rion
Philadelphia
Fragmented Parlor Talk and Trickery References in Ad Snippets
The text blends scattered remarks on mind control and crime with unrelated notes on remedies, theater gossip, and consumer ads. It mentions a doctor verifying postoperation results, Mark Twain as Gillette’s godfather, a simple tonic recipe, shoe care powder, and a theater anecdote about Ibsen or a play, all mingled with brief ads for Red Cross Ball Blue and other goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Gillette
Mark Twain
Mark Pwain
Gillette
Gil- Tite
Markin
Jette
Opening the Pana ma canal sparks ship delay talk
In a Chicago Tribune style note the crowd debates opening the canal with a master of ceremonies whispering about waiting to scare up American built ships to lead through first. The snippet then shifts to a Teething syrup ad and a light dialogue about ages and wit between a colonel and a señora.
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Chicago Tribune
Experiment in Telegathy Ends With Horrified Encounter
The Rev Clarence Godrey an elderly clergyman attempted to telepathically project his image to a woman in another city area. After about ten minutes he slept and four hours later the woman awoke feeling unsettled and heard a strange sound. She then saw a spectral figure on the staircase before it vanished.
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Dispensary Medical Association
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N.Y
N. Y
Pierce
People’s Medical Adviser
Clarence Godrey
Db Addinstom Bruce
Mr. Gol’res
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