Manitoba farmers tour proves highly effective outreach
A Manitoba provincial railway outreach train traveled 22 days visiting 87 farms and 1206 addresses before 22,900 people. Experts discussed Holstein and Hereford stock, weed control, fodder crops, and dairy practices, with emphasis on science in farming and agricultural education.
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Manitoba
Canadian Pacific Railway
Srk
Peters
Joner
Horace
Dominion City
Hales
Brandon Normal School
Edi
Males
Lee
Harrison
Black
Agricultural College
Broderick
Herner
Plymouth Rock
Mitchell
Crowe
West
Professor Lee
J. J. Golden
Canadian Pacific Railway Co
Winnipeg
Popular American Writer Walt Mason Draws Wide Readership
A survey cites Line Less Rhymes by Walt Mason as topping reading lists with over ten million daily readers across more than two hundred American papers. The piece includes verses on Charles I at the scaffold and a Sun shine Club slogan, plus a promotion for Parmelee's Vegetable Pills as a remedy for indigestion.
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Walt Mason
U.S.A
Mr. Mason
Charles I
Acharies
Charles
Charlie
Sunshine Club
Fourpenny Beef Hoax At Gutter Meat Stall
A gutter meat stall touts firpence priced meat with lively patter. A lady with a string bag parries the vendor insistence about fourpence as she jokes about party guests and dog poisoning remarks amid bustling street humor.
Judge chides sleeping juror in lengthy trial
A pompous judge scolds a nodding juror mid address and demands the time of his sleep as the court weighs the fate of the prisoner. The juror claims ignorance of how long the hearing has lasted, prompting sharp exchanges.
Baboo English and a Bombay defense of a woman client
A Bombay lawyer uses humorous Indian English in defending a female client. The text mocks language quirks and a station-master writes to an employer about a milk seller, while noting a portable acetylene lamp of 350 candle power has been introduced in England.
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India
Englat
The Struggling Lawyer and the Missing Debt Collectors
A terse exchange reveals no debt collectors called. The office boy confirms there were no unusual events during an owed sum discussion.
Young William Gilbert Fixes a Broken Chair
In a London government office the young William S Gilbert prompts a clerk to mend a chair with a missing castor. When told repairs aren’t mandatory unless a leg is broken Gilbert calmly proposes a remedy. That evening the clerk uses a poker to break the chair leg and the next day a replacement chair is available.
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Sir William S. Gilbert
London
Young Gilbert
Gilbert
Baby's Own Tablets Save Babies In Heat
A wartime style medical pitch urges mothers to keep Baby's Own Tablets for children to prevent diarrhoea and cholera infantum in hot weather. It claims an occasional dose stabilizes stomach and bowels, warns against delay, and notes the tablets sell for 25 cents per box from The Dr. Williams Medicine Co. Brockville Ontario.
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Hove
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville, Ont
Actor Becomes Namesake of New Cigar Brand
A film star notes his rising fame while a tobacco company names a cigar after him. the manager jokes that the product should outsell the actor. The exchange captures a lighthearted moment of celebrity branding in the industry.
Minare’s Liniment Cures Garget in Cows McAndrews
A quirky exchange unfolds with a chemist at 2 a m prescribing a remedy as a joke about cattle disease and odd home cures. The dialogue shifts to a late night attempt to treat indigestion with baking soda and hot water. Sandy replies with relief and ends the conversation with a curt good night.
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Minare
McAndrews
Sandy
Worm Exterminator Promoted as Health Remedy
An advertisement touts Mother Graves Worm Exterminator as the best medicine to expel worms from the system, claiming it enables healthy children. The copy stresses the necessity of worm removal for child health.
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Mae Winsnow
His Only Way Comedy Doorstep Bargain
An aspiring playwright pleads to stage his seventh rewrite. The theatre manager finally offers a single option but jokes he will tear the draft to use as snow for a storm, ending the effort with a wry twist.
Picture Perfect Rivalry Sparks Fiery Banter
A young man compliments a girl as pretty while she retorts with a sharp jab about her rival being painted and pale, hinting at a boastful social critique and playful flirtation in a local scene.
Widow Rejects Sale Over Shared Memories
The widow contemplates selling house furniture rugs and plated ware but tears rise from memories of George. She pauses over articles including a half dozen knives and says she cannot part with them because they were often in George's mouth.
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George
Yankee boast about heat and Ireland ice cream joke
A humorous exchange contrasts American heat with Ireland where Pat says hens are fed ice cream to keep them from laying boiled eggs. The quip highlights climate contrasts and rural life with a light tone.
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Ireland
Enterprising Paris cider shop offers free kitchen use
A Paris cider shop advertises a free kitchen for customers to cook their dinner along with a 4 cent glass of cider. The offer combines dining with self‑service cooking to attract patrons in a bustling urban ad.
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Canada Cement Company Limited
Ye Herald Bldg
Montreal
Paris
Heckler presses governor on early closing policy
An exchange between a heckler and the governor features a demand to back early closing and a sharp retort from the heckler to silence the crowd. The brief dialogue captures a moment of public pressure on policy.
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Heckler
Orator
In Doubt Ten Days C B Roared the Colonel
The scene notes a delinquent being held for muttered disrespect as he is marched from the orderly room. The colonel imposes twenty one days confinement and remarks it leaves little time to settle down.
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C.B
Dysentery Cordial Offered Against Cholera Threat
Doctors warn that cholera and dysentery strike with little warning and cause severe bowels damage. Dr. J. D. Kellogg's Dysentery Cordial is presented as a rapid, affordable remedy available at drug stores to relieve symptoms before medical help arrives.
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J. D. Kellogg
English Actor Leads Hungry Train Passengers in Sierra Snowbound Stop
Snowbound in the Sierras, an English actor and fellow travelers faced severe hunger on the California route. At a remote station, he ordered a heavy meal including porterhouse steak and Bass beer, shouting for the band to play Rule Britannia as the Prince of Wales arrived.
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Sierras
California
Bill
Truthful Dyaks and the liar's mound custom
The Dyaks of Borneo, noted for honesty, punish liars with a “tugong bula” mound. Deceived villagers add branches along a path to honor memory of the liar and revile him, a sacred duty with believed supernatural consequences for omissions.
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Borneo
Nova Scotia Deep Sea Fisheries Boost Seas Vessels and Jobs
Over 150 vessels from Nova Scotia participate in the deep sea fisheries this season, marking an increase of four hundred men and $750,000 in capital. The industry supports about 30,000 people directly in the province.
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Nova Scotia
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C. P.R. Agricultural College
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
C.P R
Arlington
Arlington Co., of Canada, Ltd
Fraser Ave
Toronto
Ont
Sele Canedian Manufacturers
the Standard Paint CO
Ceneda, Limited
Cotress
Calgary
Eecowrer
R No
Americas
Parmelee
al' Depended
Mooney
Canada
Mooney’s
Sanada
Dodds
The
Minard
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