Western Canada offers fertile land and free homesteads for farmers
The article extols Western Canada as a land of opportunity for farmers with cheap land and 160 acre free homesteads on easy terms. It cites a Saskatchewan resident who built a 100 acre farm with 25 bushels wheat and 65 oats per acre, selling cream locally and expanding cattle and hog holdings. It forecasts a postwar rise in European demand, urging Saskatchewan stockmen to prepare now to lead the nation in livestock production.
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Western Canada
Lloydminster
Saskatchewan
States
Canada
Europe
United States
Novel England patent aims to reclaim metals from scrap
The article notes a recent English patent filing for a process to remove solder tin and chemicals from scrap and galvanized items to recover base metals. An 18 South Wales tinplate worker holds contracts with municipalities to treat down refuse including tin cans and metal waste. A separate anecdote features a settlement worker and a distressed woman seeking relief with a ragtime song moment.
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England
South Wales
Tinplate
Then Coster Remembers Father in Parlor Chat
A parish visitor consoles Coster over his father’s death. He recalls the clan of eleven and the old man’s gentle rule, noting one member was spared as it may have been a self defense case. The exchange reflects on kinship and hardship amid loss.
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Coster
London Punch
Monument Design Accepted for Key Statue in Baltimore
The Francis Scott Key monument commission accepts C. E. Niehaus of New Rochelle New York design for the Star Spangled Banner author statue in Baltimore. Thirty four sculptors submitted designs for the work.
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Francis Scott Key Monument Commission
C. E. Niehaus
New Rochelle
N. Y
Baltimore
Inconsistent Attitudes Toward Daily Errands Notions
A dialogue notes a woman who believes carrying thread home is beneath her. The counterpoint emphasizes she compensates by lugging a heavy dog in her arms during shopping trips, illustrating contradictory behavior.
Footwear relief and patent medicine ads parade in mixed clipping
A jumble of vintage ads and quips appears, promoting Allen's Foot-Ease powder for tight shoes, Hanford's Balsam for poison ivy and skin ailments, epilepsy cures, and assorted ad copy. The text includes stray jokes and notices about fashion, telegrams, and reckless locomotive engineers, reflecting garbled OCR from a newspaper page.
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Allen
Allen 3
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