Western Canada farms show strong yields across crops
Reports from Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta indicate good grain crops harvest underway about ten days earlier than last year. Wheat yields average around 90 bushels per acre in some districts with prices near two dollars a bushel boosting income. Hog beef and dairy sectors expand with strong prices and large sales at St Paul Winnipeg Calgary Edmonton and Toronto markets.
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Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
St. Paul
Della
Anyshar Weet
Canaon
United States
Daysland
Winnipeg
Western Canada
Calgary
Edmonton
Toronto
Fragmented Advice on Seeing a Girl Before Marriage
A fragmentary voice suggests picturing a girl in daily chores to judge suitability for marriage. The text uses humorous, candid imagery about appearance, modesty, and future affection, ending abruptly with incomplete lines.
Cuticura Free Samples Offered to All Readers
An offer promotes free Cuticura samples to anyone, claiming strong confidence in their value and appealing to a broad audience as the season arrives. The message emphasizes accessibility and widespread distribution.
Scout Essay Wins Prize From Troop 4 Boy Scouts
A Boy Scout from Troop 4 writes about joining the Black Rock Congregational church troop and how scouting offers lasting friendship, lessons in woodcraft, signaling, first aid, cooking, and nature study. He recalls pride in earning his uniform and living by the Scout Law and Oath.
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Boy Scouts of America
Black Rock Congregational Church
Red Fox Patrol
Oassatant
Thad
King Arthur's Heights
Wanted a Boy in the World Working for All
A Chicago Scout News poem urges in broad terms for a dependable boy to aid the world in its endless tasks. It promises wealth, fame, and an honored name to Roya who guides plows and pens and shapes the ways of men. The verse appeals to honest, faithful, earnest boys to bind evil and awaken goodness.
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Roya
Chicago Scout News
Spirit of Comradeship Marks Guard Departure
A humorous wartime scene shows a soldier encouraging a comrade with a farewell joke as a sweetheart asks for a kiss or two before departure. The vignette reflects daily life as the National Guard begins its mobilization and moves toward France.
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America
National Guard
Atmerica
France
Sardonic Sympathy Joke Passes Between War Wartime Souls
A wartime exchange features a man reacting to his wife’s sympathy with sarcasm about Germans. The dialogue contrasts personal domestic concern with the harsher context of war.
Law Protects Scout Uniform and Insignia
The Boy Scouts of America gain federal protection for their uniform and insignia. Nonmembers are barred from wearing the uniform, and manufacturers cannot market products as Boy Scout related. The law extends to treat the insignia like military or Red Cross marks.
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Boy Scouts of America
Congress of the United States
Congress
Army
American Red Cross
The Daily Kind Act Scout Creed
A Scout is kind to family and all living beings. He performs at least one good turn daily and many more unseen acts, adopting a habit of helping others. He heals wounds of animals as gently as he tends a child's cut, epitomizing compassionate conduct.
Boy identifies Marine by hat emblem on Riverside drive
A group of children watches a khaki clad man approached by a young woman. A sharp eyed boy declares the man is a United States marine because his hat badge bears the eagle globe and anchor, while colored cords often reveal other branches.
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Riverside Drive
New York Times
Freezone Promises Pain Free Corn Removal
Cincinnati ad promotes freezone as a cheap remedy to remove corns and calluses without pain. Direct application allegedly soothes soreness and loosens the corn or callus to lift it out with the root. The ad suggests asking druggists to stock a small bottle from wholesale houses.
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Cincinnati
Doctor John Johnson and the unlikely match
In a brief Rehoboth Sunday Herald note a doctor offers marriage to a second wife citing poverty and a family past hanging. The exchange turns humorous as the woman counters with a sharp line about relatives and fortune while the pair consider Providence and philosophy joining them.
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Johnson
Rehoboth
Werald
Humor of Kultur and the Fate of a Tree Joke
A Teuton commander in France asks why a fruit tree remains standing. A young officer replies they saved it to hang two old peasants on their own tree, deeming the joke too good to stop.
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France
Economy Should Begin At Another's Home Opinion
The piece argues that economic reform starts away from the speaker's own door and suggests public duties and sacrifice should be shouldered by others first. It contrasts the average citizen with misplaced personal responsibilities and social expectations.
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New
Muscot
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Ueter
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National Council of the Boy Scouts of America
University of Notre Dame
the Dame
Indiana
Agricul
Marine Old
Doctor Johnson
Humor of Kultur
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