Western Canada Crops Prove Profitable Despite Adverse Weather
A letter from A Kaltenbrunner, Commissioner of Immigration in Winnipeg, praises Western Canada homestead success. He details 70 acres of wheat yielding 20 bushels per acre on stubble and 25 on summer fallow, 9,000 bushels of oats from 160 acres, and 80 acres fall plowed yielding 90 bushels per acre. He notes three carloads shipped at 53 cents per bushel and asserts crops cannot be checked by unfavorable conditions.
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Dominion Government
Regina
Sask
Winnipeg
Bir
Rouleau and
Drinkwater
Moose Jaw Creek
Western Canada
A. Kaltenbrunner
Why They Sleep in Church Hypnosis Claim
A hypnotist claims churchgoers sleep due to hypnotic waves created by sound, music, and recitation. He argues sermons and services act as a scientifically accurate hypnotic instrument, causing nodding and entranced states during worship.
Deep Cracks From Eczema Heal With Cuticura Ointment
In a Newark California testimonial from March 28 1907 W H Dean reports seven years of eczema on his hands. He says a slate pencil could fit in the cracks and no prior remedies or doctors fully helped. After using Cuticura Soap and two boxes of Cuticura Ointment plus one cake of Soap his hands were cured.
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W. H. Dean
Newark
Cal
Seance Ends Abruptly As Skeptic Demands Wit
A clairvoyant sways under strain during a spirit connection and urges the skeptic to call a soul. He challenges for brevity calling it the soul of Wit and the seance ends abruptly with Cin.
North Dakota Charters Granted and Local Notices
Alfred Blaisdell, secretary of state, issued charters to German American State Bank Medina, and Bismarck Trust Co, with various incorporators and capital stocks. Numerous town items follow, including post office reopenings, waterworks votes, armory payments, and local incidents from Jamestown to Grand Forks.
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Alfred Blaisdell
German American State Bank
Medina
Capital Stock
Michael Murphy
Jamestown
Wm. Stege
Peter Korpen
Bismarck Trust Co
Bismarck
C. B. Little
H. D. Hoskins
M. H. Jewell
Williams County Fair Association
Williston
B. A. Porter
T. A. Wilson
C. C. Lory
Verona
Leff
Reeder
First State Bank of
Jamestown Gas Company
North Dakota Wins Debate on City Government Plan
Unanimous decision favors North Dakota over South Dakota on the Des Moines Galveston municipal governance plan. Affirmative team from University of North Dakota: Scott Cameron Omon Higerstad Sveinbjorn Johnson. Banquet at Hotel Northern featured toasts by Koch Squires Thompson and others. Judges included President McFarland and Mr OConnor.
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North Dakota
Grand Forke
South Dakota
Des Moines- Galveston
United States
Scott Cameron
Omon Higerstad
Sveinbjorn Johnson
University of North Dakota
F. Denholm
B. J. Mintner
Harry P. Ilsey
University of South Dakota
Hotel Northern
Koch
Squires
Thompson
Cameron
Denholm
Beatrice Olson
McFarland
Dacotah
O'Connor
Trustees Elect Scollander and Porter at Agricultural College
A regular meeting of the North Dakota Agricultural College trustees elected B. G. Scollander of the Williston sub-station and William C. Porter of Crystal as superintendent of the demonstration farms. Porter, a Fargo graduate, will relocate his family soon to begin his duties after routine adjournment.
Remarkable Five-Generation Family Photo Featured
A Jocal paper prints a picture of a five generation family led by Mary Smith of Colfax Pa, grandmother to Mrs J P Kidder of Melville. The elder will be 92 next August and has a son of 75 living nearby along with a grandson, a great grandson and a great great granddaughter. She has over 200 descendants and has never lived more than 10 miles from her birthplace.
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Carrington
J. P. Kidder
Melville
Mary Smith
Colfax
President Signs Land Patent Bill for Ward County Claim
The president signed a law directing the interior secretary to issue a patent for a quarter section in Ward county to Stene Engeberg, a blind girl whose contested entry spurred a bill introduced by Senator Hansborough and now law. Several local settlers supported her claim.
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Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Ward County
Stene Engeberg
Hansborough
Minot Club Reviews City Waterworks Financing Plans
Minot officials will study the citys ability to fund a waterworks plant. Bathgate prepares to incorporate a mill and offer company stock for sale. Bisbee hosts a state farmers institute described as among the states most successful gatherings.
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Minot
Commercial Club
Bathgate
Bisbee
Care of the Flock and Winter Sheep Feeding Practices
A Farm and Home correspondent describes winter sheep care with shelter avoidance of rain and snow, daily feeding of clover hay and silage or corn fodder, ground feeding when frozen, oral grain in oats, and a ration adjusted after lambing. He argues proper care sustains breeding stock and improves flocks, warning critics.
Cattle as a Side Issue Profits for Small Calf Growers
The piece argues cattle as a side issue can yield higher profits than traditional beef cattle raising. It notes unused farm resources such as corn stalks, rough grasses, excess pasture, and woodland grazing, which allow calves to grow into beeves at little or no cost, challenging those who say beeves never pay.
Crate for Catching Hogs Built From Common Lumber
A simple hog catching crate built from sturdy materials uses posts slats and bottom boards to form a five to six foot long by two and a half foot high crate. Levers and bolts operate a catch mechanism to separate unrung hogs, allowing a single boy to handle large hogs safely. It also serves as a one or two hogs hauling crate. It costs about twenty five dollars in value to us and can be built quickly on a rainy day. A leguminous crop in rotation adds nitrogen for subsequent crops.
What is White Lead and How to Test Purity
White lead is the standard paint material produced by corroding lead then grinding with linseed oil. Adulterated brands mix barytes or rock to imitate purity, but a blow-pipe test can prove purity. National Lead Company offers a blow-pipe kit and booklet on request.
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National Lead Company
Woodbridge Building
New York
Origin of the Elevator in Central Europe
The elevator traces to Central Europe with the earliest note in a letter by Napoleon I to Archduchess Maria Louise. In Schonbrunn near Vienna he mentions the chaise volante used at the imperial residence. The contraption was a small square room lavishly hung with red silk, suspended by ropes and counterweights, raised without a shaft around 1760.
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Europe
Napoleon I
Maria Louise
Schoenbrunn
Vienna
Maria Theresa
Asserted His Rights in a Sharply Spoken Tale
A neighbor warns John Hunter, a abusive husband, that if he does not quit beating his wife Susanna, she will seek protection from the Freedmen Bureau. Hunter retorts that Susanna is his wife and vows to continue his beating when she misbehaves, claiming no bureau or overseer can restrain him.
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John Hunter
John
Freedman Bureau
Susanna
Diplomat's Wife Quips Over Husband's Cigar Gift
A brief exchange in which Mrs Tor king confirms gifting cigars to her husband and notes he values them highly, choosing to smoke a pipe to conserve them. The lighthearted Q&A reflects social humor of the era.
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Mrs. Torking
Grape-Nuts Advise For Healthy Aging And Digestion
An old age wellness note extols Grape-Nuts as ideal for limited meals that avoid taxing digestion while supplying nourishment. It cites whole wheat and barley, diastase action, and brain nerve phosphates, with testimonials praising strength, regularity, and mental clarity after years of use alongside Postum.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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