Palmer earns $39,000 from a decade of farming in Canada
A Duluth Minnesota-born homesteader named Palmer, now in Alta, Canada, lives in the Staveley district. He owns 480 acres with 33,000 dollars in implements, four cows, three horses, and Percherons. He yielded 18,000 bushels of wheat, 6,000 bushels of oats, 18 acres of peatges, and 18 tons of daigns, making about 1,000 dollars from hogs last year and totaling 39,000 dollars in farm and stock value in ten years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lew
Benefit of the Best Light Quote by Emerson
A succinct reflection urges generosity in judgment, comparing how we view people with how we view a picture. It asserts we should always give others the best possible light, echoing Ralph Waldo Emerson.
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Ralph W. Emerson
Cure touted for child scalp ailment ends months of misery
Mrs. Alice Kirlin of Circleville Ohio describes a scalp eruption with red inflamed areas and body sores that caused intense itching and sleepless nights. After trying multiple remedies, she reports relief and complete cure following two applications of Cuticura Soap and Ointment. Sample items offered in ad.
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Scioto -St
Circleville
Ohio
Alice Kirlin
Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Ady
Oldest Welshman Thomas Morris of Nebraska
The oldest Welshman, Thomas Morris, 120, lives in Westernville Nebraska. Born January 15, 1724 in Berriew Montgomeryshire, he moved to America in 1871 at age 77. He has witnessed Britain and Ireland’s union, Lincoln’s assassination, and the first Atlantic cable. He walks with a stick, sees with spectacles, loves tea, and keeps good hearing.
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Thomas Morris
Westernville
Neb
George IT
Berriaw
Montgomeryshire
Morris
America
Hee
Great Britain
Ireland
Lincoln
Atlantic
Morrin
Daily Express
The Usual Fate Told in a Brief Exchange
In a concise exchange a character is asked what the old man Titepursa left behind him and replies that he left all he had. The dialogue implies a simple, decisive conclusion about the fellow’s possessions at death.
Wise Mother-in-Law Helps Woman Quit Coffee
A Iowa woman credits her mother-in-law with teaching her to use Postum coffee substitute after coffee caused indigestion headaches and blotchy yellow skin. She adopted Postum and reports improved digestion and complexion, noting her grandmother also benefited after four years of use. The ad promotes Postum by The Postum Co. Battle Creek Michigan, with Regular and Instant forms and prices.
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Injokes
Iowa
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Hapless Doings in the Fatherland and Europe
A digest of German affairs and European events notes rising anxiety in Germany over Russia’s trade and military moves. Reports cover horse exports, labor bans, grain tariffs, and a potential sleep study by Prof Schleich. Also recaps aviation accidents at Frankfort and Halberstadt, naval and medical notes, a Hungarian steamship venture, and consular plans at Tromsø.
Milk over beer and Bumtown's saloon surge in Kensington
The article recounts a temperance effort where milk replaced beer in bottles at a Pullman car luncheon amid strict no-saloons policy. Yet liquor interests clustered 30 grog shops near Kensington and Pullman, giving Bumtown its notorious mirror image with 62 saloons, 25 on the block nearest the Pullman tracks.
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Kensington
Pullman
Bumtown
Moderate drinkers blamed more than hardcore alcoholics
Moderates are warned that opinions praising the “respectable” saloon pose greater danger than habitual drunkenness. A Topeka preacher cites Charles M. Sheldon arguing that temperance momentum grows nationwide. Projections claim a schoolless nation by 1920 seems possible to talk of now.
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Charles M. Bleldon
Topeka
Kans
Sheldon
Chicago
Wisconsin
Igi
Going Up and Going Down in a Street Scene
Two men, one well dressed and the other seedy and wobbling, pass by as a question about their difference is asked. The response contrasts their patronage of dry goods and groceries versus saloons, hinting at education and marriage as minor factors in their trajectories.
Figures on liquor law impact and unemployment
In Massachusetts in 1905 there were 6954 men employed in the liquor traffic and 73972 arrests for drunkenness. The total unemployed due to inebriety far exceeds those employed, with many repeat offenders among the numbers. The data contrast employment in the liquor trade with those thrown out of work due to inebriety.
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Massachusetts
Spring Cleaning Against Pests Mosquitoes and Flies
A mid spring call to action urges ridding dwellings and neighborhoods of dust and pests. The article warns that flies and mosquitoes lay eggs unseen and will multiply, urging use of swatters kerosene and brushes to prevent a future nuisance and disease threat.
Kansas Principles in Missouri at Willis Wood Theater
The Willis Wood theater in Kansas City Missouri opened with White Rock mineral water instead of champagne. The manager, a Kansas citizen by adoption, still followed Kansas practices despite state differences, reflecting the strong influence of Kansas teachings on his actions.
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Kansas
Missouri
Willis Wood
Kansas City
Self-Preservation Question on Prohibition and Society
The question asks if the personal prohibition of spirits in life and work can work in communities and business, suggesting if a practical, profitable prohibition in a town could extend to all human activity, attributed to Dr. T. D. Crothers.
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T. D. Crothers
Georgetown man accused of stealing neighbor’s kittens
A Georgetown man named Mike Lailey reportedly stole two neighbor’s kittens and carried them to his home. He was found with the kittens and playing with them to comfort them, then returned to the mother. He refused to explain himself.
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Mike
Willam Lailey
Georgetown
Del
Dispatch
Philadelphia Toquirer
Regretful Sigh Question on When a Girl Should Marry
A witty exchange between Miss Young-What and Miss Elder unfolds about the best time for a girl to marry. Elder replies that marriage should occur whenever the man is willing.
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