Immigrants urged to settle land in Western Canada
Readers are urged to consider homesteading in central Canada as crop prospects improve. Immigration from the United States and old countries rises, land prices may climb, railways expand, and government agents offer aid with maps and literature. The piece frames farming as lucrative and accessible via the Grand Trunk Pacific and other lines.
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Canada
Central
United States
Carmia
Mooney
Phoola
Trunk Pacific
lJand
Canadian Pacific
Canadian Northern
Dean Musgrave Dead and Fred Faced with Inheritance
Fred Musgrave arrives at Oxford after the Dean’s death and learns he stands to inherit the vast estate. The will names executors Master of All Saints and Sir James Le Breton and reveals Laura Fenton as the Dean’s daughter with unclear fate. A quarrel surfaces about her legitimacy and portion, while Fred confronts his uncertain future and possible career in literature.
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Fred Musgrave
Oxford
Willams
Pir
Fred
Williama
Frederick
Willsma
al Cyprian’e
Prean
All Saints
Trea
Himmelf
Athtelies
Dr. Divadale
Breit
Peregh
Aitend
Bir
Dames le Breton
London
Tate
Greffit
James le Breton
College of St. Cyprian’s
Brefiit
Frederick Asslave
Laura Ferton
Jamies le Ureton
Fenton
Freda Amingemenk
Gosare Baat
Ag Remirk
Brefhrosaid
Dean Musgrave
Sears
New Adnami
New Zealand
Fredrom
Imei
Brett
Mr. Breffit
Fréd
Dean
Kiennele
Parrister
Escaped Confederate Soldier Reveals Osage Massacre Details
Col. Warner Lewis of Montgomery City, a prominent attorney and governor candidate’s father, recounts being the sole survivor of the 1863 Osage massacre. He and John Lafferty escaped a doomed Confederate company of 18, with 16 killed or scalped. Lafferty died later. Lewis survived and shares a magazine sourced account of the event.
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Montgomery City
Warner Lewis
Robert Lewis
Lewis
John Lafferty
Procrastination Defined and Example Note
A classroom exchange defines procrastinate as to put off. A student struggles to steal a tit i on a streetcar yesterday but delays actions. The quote emphasizes patience trust and kindness in life regardless of outward circumstances.
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Hlustrara
Pepii
Barnes Chicago capitalist and civic figure obituary note
Chicago businessman Clifford W. Barnes, active in the Illinois Voters' league, paid bribery charges in the Lorimer election as a citizen. A Lake Forest resident born in Corry, Pa in 1864, he was Yale and University of Chicago educated, a pastor and social worker, later secretary of the Religious Association of America and professor at Wineis college in 1900 1905.
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Chicago
Clifford W. Barnes
Illinois Voters’ League
William Lorimer
United Sates Senate
Lake Forest
Corry
Yale
University of Chicago
The
Religious Association of America
Wineis College
Unclear Quote on Indians and Swearing
Fragmentary readable line questions why Indians swear and asserts some do not. The author claims Indians need not endure various modern irritants and social pressures, presenting a provocative but nonspecific reflection.
Missing Five Dollar Bill Sparks Family Concern
A Mid Otown businessman reports a missing fifty dollar bill from his bedroom dresser a week ago and suspects a plaster covered incident. The item vanished amid family unrest and a planned New York trip. A plaster removal revealed no clear evidence of theft.
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New York
Fide a Exercise and Patience in Training
Excerpt shows a coach instructing Fide to exercise and mind his words with patience for self restraint. It includes a quote about not being disturbed by impertenance and rising bravely after a fall. The fragment mentions a dentist and the idea of avoiding pain in treatment.
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Francia de Hales
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