A Walk With Joyce A Tale Of a City Park Encounter
A four year old girl Joyce leads a stroll with her aunt through a park. Joyce adores her gran ni e and family yet quibbles with a rude boy and defends grannies while offering witty observations about manners and life. The walk ends with Joyce recounting the day to family and praying for kindness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joyce
Mummie
Daddie
Jinnie
Grannie
Grannies
Nurse
Sho
Billy Green
Master Green
Manila
Bay View
Manila Women and Filipino Life Observations Abroad
The account describes Manila women in gay skirts with elaborate adornments, barefoot poorer classes, and children carried on hips. It notes popular customs, dress, smoking, and family roles, plus water carriers and the use of Standard Oil cans in the region. The piece surveys music, cleanliness, servants, and attitudes toward Aguinaldo and American rule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Japan
China
Orient
Honolulu
Cathay
India
Egypt
Kanaka Boys
Asia
Saskatchewan farmer touts strong yields and seed oats
From Regina Mr A Kaltenbrunner reports on 160 acres of oats yielding 9000 bushels and 80 acres fall plowed yielding 90 bushels per acre. He notes 70 acres of wheat with 20 bushels per acre in stubble and 25 bushels on 30 acres fallow. He shipped three car loads of oats at 53 cents per bushel and predicts Western Canada crops will not be checked by adverse conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Regina
Saskatchewan
Canada
A. Kaltenbrunner
Moose Jaw
Western Canada
Manitoba
Alberta
Fragmented Romantic Fragments and Ads in Lively Columns
A collage of dialogue and vignettes threads through a dining table scene with a child questioning a fish and a grandmother answering halibut. Interwoven are ad blurbs for Allen's Foot-Ease and Lewis' Single Binder cigars, plus light verse on modest merit and a teething syrup.
Woman’s Work and Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound
A historical ad style piece extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a grand remedy for female illness. It cites Mrs Bertha Muff of Louisiana Missouri detailing twelve years of suffering and twelve doctors before following Pinkham's guidance to regain health and strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Bertha Muff
N.C. St. Louisiana
Mrs. Pinkham
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Green
Dadadlo
Mr. Green
Frantiac
Hfe
Aguinaldo
United States
Cavite
Phillippines
Marshall P. Wilder
Joseph B. Bowles
MR. Kaltenbrunner
Amy
George
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy
Hughes
Minnesota
G. Lvergen
St. Paul
Minn
Lewis
Lealer
Peoria
Putnameresearis
AM Aaa Shoes
Michigan’s . Great.t
Walters
Ing & Ue
Rostgomery &T
Ben Vranches
Cal
Scr
Amer
Ockman
Bead
Monebon Wis
Chorce
Province of Saskatchewan
Swift Current Land Co., Limited
Swift Current
Alberta American Land Co., Limited
T. WP
Lethbridge
Congresa
Honora Pie Sarvice
Pape Syingson & Wilson Attyx
Washington
Tormelow
Peo
Parlin & Orendorff Co
Canton
Ills
Broughton
Bossa Bs
Amsterdam Supply CO
Tod &T
Rit
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Gidea 'Ks
Acn. K—A
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