Winnipeg Grain Exchange sample market taints farmer pricing
A proposed Winnipeg sample market would delay every grain car passing through the yard by 24 hours except Sundays, delaying shipments to Fort William Eastern Ontario and the Maritime Provinces. Critics call the plan a selfish scheme benefiting middlemen who seek first pick of the crop, reducing farmers' prices as the best grain is removed for the sample market.
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Winnipeg
Great Lakes
Atlantic
Lake Superior
United States
Fort William
Ontario
Maritime Provinces
Wivenipeg
Anton Everya
Grain Exchange
Mornirve
Winnipeg Grain Fr
West
Fastern
French Birth Rate Declines as Deaths Surpass Births
Statistics show France faced a deplorable birth rate last year with deaths exceeding births by 34 859 and total births at 742 114. The country recorded 307 788 marriages and an increase in divorces to 13 95 per year, while aging population remains highest among peers.
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France
Sudden Finale at Mass Meeting Ends in Confusion
At a small country town mass meeting refreshments were handed out to keep the crowd calm. The first speaker tried to resume after the noise faded, noting the hall was full, but the audience talked over him. A thick back-row voice remarked So is old Bill Horn, and the meeting then broke up.
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Bill Horn
Ris Gain Patriot Triumphs Despite Injury And Loss
A sportsman known as Ris Gain Patriot recovers from a serious accident with a gain of two pounds noted by his doctor. The exchange hints at prior injuries and shot received in the back, reflecting wartime or adventurous exploits and a resilient recovery.
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Tatler
Fairfield Chosen Chief Judge for International Dry Farming Exposition
Prof Fairfield of Lethbridge Alberta named head of the jury for the International Dry Farmed Products Exposition October 21 26. He will select seven assistant judges and oversee a world wide display of dry farming crops and farm machinery, including a $2500 prize for the best hard wheat bushel.
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OH. Fairford
Lethbridge
H Pairfeld
Canadian Board of Control
Fairfield
Canada
Focus
Colorado Agricultural College
South America
Australia
India
Turkey
Hungary
Egypt
Painless Operations Claim Novel Anaesthetic Breakthrough
Dr. F W Forbes Ross reports in The Lancet a new prolonged local anaesthetic using quinine and urea hydrochloride to block pain after surgery. A single injection is presented as yielding 24 hours to a fort night of pain cessation, offering relief after accidents or operations with no evident harm.
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F. W. Forbes Ross
Ross
Tempests Science Theory Describes Aerial Projectile Motion
Tempests Science attributes tempests to an internal movement of detached aerial projectiles that move through the general atmosphere like discharge from a mitrailleuse, explaining storm dynamic behavior with mechanistic imagery.
Three Friends Advise on Servant’s China Loss
A tale shows how to handle a servant breaking china. An Englishman suggests dismissal and deduction from wages, a Scot argues wages are already too low, and an Irishman proposes raising wages to cover the damage. The exchange highlights differing thrift views and raises questions about compensation.
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China
Lim
A Realist Test Paserby Fuss in Schoolyard
In a Cleveland Plain Dealer report the schoolyard scene centers on a doctor examining students and a so called deficient boy causing a disturbance by striking staff. The incident reflects tensions around medical oversight and discipline in the school setting.
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Paserby
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Ostrich Farming Finds Niche in New South Wales
The Westminster Gazette reports that ostrich farming, once thought regional, thrives in New South Wales though not yet widespread. About six farms exist, with breeders noting climatic conditions improve original types and a NSW feather goods maker claims his plumage flock is the finest in the world.
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South Africa
New South Wales
Perent
Westminster Gazette
Godesburg Plans One Million Dollar Municipal Slaughterhouse
The Prussian city of Godesburg will invest nearly 1 million dollars to construct a municipal slaughter house.
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Godesburg
Little Marjorie Louise Dreams Of Growing Up
The passage recalls a child’s sigh for adulthood and coins, as Little Marjorie Louise sits with her grandmother. A question about summer plans prompts Hamlet Fatt to describe attending resorts and serving as a professional guest at garden parties of the new rich in Kansas City.
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Marjorie Louise
Harpers Bazaar
Yorick Hamm
Hamlet
New Rich
Kansas City Journal
Old Masters And A Surprised Housekeeper
The landlady introduces a curiously valuable set of masculine portraits to her new maid. The maid gasps at the revelation that their mistress has been married for years, reflecting a domestic scene full of humor and social observation.
Rare Roman Coins Found Buried 1,600 Years Ago in France
A farmer leveling a yard at Dompierre, France uncovering about 2,800 Gallo Roman coins from the Trajan to Diocletian era. Roughly 2,000 are silver and the rest bronze, stored in an earthenware vessel inside a stone hiding place. Silver coins well preserved. bronze weathered. Found pieces from late emperors and thought buried around 315 A.D.
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Dompierre
France
Trajan
Diocletian
Water fasting claims and a sea captain’s past
A Boston Post note quotes a man praising living on water for 45 days and compares it to a sea captain who allegedly lived twenty years on water, reflecting sensational debate over extreme fasting.
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Boston Post
A New York Judge Opposes Women’s Suffrage
A New York judge told a women’s law class his sole reason to oppose suffrage was because. The remark drew attention from the class of female students at the law school.
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New York
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Swiss professor tests colored glass for cultivation
A Swiss agriculture professor reports experiments with cultivation under glass. Ordinary transparent glass yields best results while orange glass accelerates growth but harms fruit quality. Violet glass increases fruit quantity but lowers quality. red blue and green glass prove injurious.
Maid and Ernest Romance Echoes in Quiet Parlor
In a hushed domestic scene, a maid questions whether Ernest truly loves her as Emmy reassures that he is a kind, young man who finds charm in all the girls.
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Ernest
Emmy
Deuteronomy Pastor Ponders Numbered Hairs Debate
A humorous exchange shows Cynical Old Bachelor and Mr Jones debating counting hairs on one’s head. The pastor remarks on biblical numeration as a thoughtful reflection. The men trade quips in a light, reflective dialogue.
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Mr. Jones
Woman Questioning Culture Club Membership
A woman sarcastically questions what a culture club offers a person with fourteen new dresses. The remark hints at social signaling and personal priorities in club participation.
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Culture Club
New Water Elephant Reported From Africa
A Paris Museum of Natural History expedition sighted five individuals on Lake Leopold II in Africa. The natives call them water elephants and they appear smaller with shorter trunks longer necks and no tusks compared with known elephants. They disappeared into the lake before further study. La Nature carries the account.
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Africa
Lake
Leopold II
Paris Museum of Natural History
la Nature
Mark Twain Seeks Hand In Holy Matrimony
Minard's Liniment notes a tale of Mark Twain visiting an office where a guarded boy asks whom he wishes to see. Twain replies with a genial smile that he wants to ask the friend for permission to marry his daughter, prompting amused astonishment.
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Mark Twain
Mark
Time and Time Again A Prisoner’s Reply Echoed
A dinner discussion among a circle of lawyers recalls a jurist noting how vague cross examination questions resemble a convict’s reply seen outside a State prison. A laborer digging nearby ignores time questions from a prison guard and finally asks what does it matter since he is not going anywhere.
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H'M
Doctor credits Grape Nuts for curing indigestion
A physician testifies that switching to Grape Nuts for breakfast since last fall eliminated meat and indigestion, improved weight, and aided recovery. He prescribes it for patients with digestive issues and those recuperating, noting its easy digestion and nutrient content. The name is withheld for ethical reasons.
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Canadian Postum Co
Windsor
Weillville
Two Superior Acts At Winnipeg Exhibition
For two weeks from July 8 the Walker Theatre offers Henr ietta Crosman in The Real Thing and The Spring Maid with Mizzi Hajes and Frank McNaughton in a nine night run plus matinees. The cast totals seventy, with lavish staging and famed music, promising strong dramatic and musical fare for Winnipeg Exhibition visitors.
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Winnipeg
Walker Theatre
Comedienne
Henrietta Crosman
Jess Lorraine
Howeer
The
Walker
Mizzi Hajes
Frank McNaughton
Old Fashioned Boy Passes Away Amid Holiday Echoes
A nostalgic note from the Cleveland Plain Dealer recalls an old fashioned boy who liked coconuts on holidays and the sentiment of preserving sparrows. Grandpa Johnny admonishes against harming birds as a moral vignette implied in the dialogue.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Harvard student Richley seeks funds for books
In a village quip the Farmeys Richley asks Silas if Harvard student Richley really wants more money for books. The wife affirms with dialect, noting he vows every sent cent goes to the bookmakers.
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Hiram
Harvard
Farmeys Richley
Silas
Yaas
Catholic Standard and Times
Modern Morals Questioned by Duluth Millionaire
Jerome S Mee Wade criticizes the new morality as too lax while recalling a Sunday school tale. He warns the tolerant approach may encourage wickedness and contrasts it with a child’s reply about sin and forgiveness.
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Jerome S. Mee- Wade
Duluth
Tommy
Detroit Free Press
Hall's Catarrh Cure Aimed at Blood Purifiers
The text promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as an internal remedy that reaches the blood and mucous surfaces. It claims the treatment is not quack medicine and credits a top physician with years of regular prescription use. Also mentions Hall’s Family Pills for constipation.
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Druggista
Price Ts
Tase Hal
Pamiy Pilskk
Cosupation
Misunderstood Orders Prompt Humorous Egg Prank Tale
A suburban wife recalls a mix up over the phone causing laughter and concern as she tries to persuade hens to nest in provided nests. Her husband misinterprets the request and returns with cork legs instead of artificial eggs.
Take No Other Waitress Have Another Glass
Minard asks for another drink as a husband turns to his wife Friedrike for permission. The wife consults her mother before answering, prompting a scene of domestic dialogue about hospitality and propriety.
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Friedrike
Parlor Singers Prompt a Comical Exchange
A maid recalls Miss Evans singing in the parlor the night before and the mistress asks for her opinion. The maid responds that the singing was beautiful though compared to gargling, delivering a humorous verdict on the performance.
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Miss Evans
Kill the Cut-Worm pest remedy guidance
Farmers should watch for cut-worms this season and act quickly to rid fields of the pest. A recommended remedy from agricultural departments mixes 100 pounds of bran with 1 pound Paris green, 2 to 3 pounds sugar, dampened with water and spread over the affected area.
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Paris
BC Finance Minister to address Dry Farming Congress in Lethbridge
Hon Price Ellison British Columbia minister of finance and agriculture will speak at the Dry Farming Congress in Lethbridge Alberta from October 21 to 26 He aims to showcase one of the largest fruit exhibits from British Columbia for display at land shows in Chicago and New York following the Lethbridge exposition.
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Price Ellison
British Columbia
Lethbridge
Alberta
Chicago
New York
Market prices hint at Manchuria food exports to Europe
The report notes prices for exported foods in Manchuria including eggs at 50 cents per hundred, chickens and ducks at 8 cents each, deer at 7 cents and sheep at 2 dollars, indicating potential cross border trade for European markets.
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Manchuria
Last word in automobile construction praised
The court judge remarks on Gillis’s claim that Willis is the last word in car construction and asks why the machine is referred to as a she. The controversial statement draws attention to gendered language in engineering discourse.
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Willis
Gillis
Judge
Conference voices tension as union member resigns
A conference of the Amalga mated Skirt Stitchers opened with questions about a tall thin new member. The secretary replied that she resigned that morning after taking offense at being asked to act as a picket, as noted by the judge.
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Amalgamated Skirt Stitchers
North Dakota Man Claims World’s Longest Beard
Hans Langseth of Norway ancestry lives in North Dakota and grows a remarkable beard measuring eleven feet six inches. The growth has been cultivated for thirty six years and lengthens by about four inches each year.
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North Dakota
Hans N. Langseth
Norway
Demand for Cedar Wood Oil Limited in England
Consul General Griffiths notes oil of cedar is mainly used in soapmaking and scarce in England. London prices run 14 to 16 cents per pound for bulk orders of a quarter ton or more. Demand is reported higher in France and Germany.
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Griffiths
London
France
Germany
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