Ideal Farm Lands Drawn by Long Search in Canada
After years near Windom Minnesota Mr and Mrs Marcy found the ideal home for their six sons in Alberta Western Canada. They toured Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta before purchasing a farm near Edmonton taking a yearlong journey with the family to inspect climate and crops. The couple plans to move with their boys and wife as they send four year old steers to market and start new life in the prairie province.
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Windom
Minnesota
Marcy
Indy
Arizona
Colorado
California
Washington
Oregon
Montana
Western Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
North Central
Edmonton
Street University Idea From Voronezh Officials
A Voronezh Soviet proposes a street based learning plan called Street University. Citizens would learn general knowledge by perusing placards in principal town thoroughfares. The Livestia advocates this simple method as an alternative to traditional higher education as people walk along.
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Voronezh
Russia
Livestia
Laundry Bills Prompt Mrs Casey in Talk
Dialogue shows Mrs O'Brien asking about high laundry bills and Mrs Casey responding that charges are by the piece but the many pieces keep costs down. The exchange appears in a Boston Transcript context.
No Luxury In Patience And Clean Linens Ad
A short ad style note extols patience as a virtue while promoting Red Cross Ball Blue laundry aid for white linens. It claims reliable results and targets general grocers for purchase.
Advice for the Senate on treaty powers from 1906
The piece cites John C Spooner and Henry Cabot Lodge on presidential treaty negotiations and Senate advice. It discusses the president's power to negotiate treaties and the Senate's role in advice and consent, arguing against Senate overreach into ongoing negotiations and urging restraint amid Paris peace talks.
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New York World
Senate
White House
John C. Spooner
Wisconsin
House of Congress
Henry Cabot Lodge
Spooner
First Aid for the Lawrence Babel and English
A Christian Science Monitor piece highlights Lawrence Massachusetts as a model of social and industrial strain with 35 000 textile workers, over 10 000 non English speakers, and calls for English to unite a diverse labor force. A weakened peace hinges on language learning amid repeating tensions.
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Lawrence
Runill
United States
Detroit
Mich
Living Monstrosities and Dual Organism Phenomena
The article discusses instances where living beings split into two nearly identical parts capable of independent life. Notable cases include Helena and Ludith, the Tungarian sisters, Siam esewins, Millie and Christina, and Rosalie and Josephin. The phenomenon is rarer in humans but common in lower animals and may lead to a breed of double monsters through selective breeding.
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Helena
Ludith
Tungarian
South Carolina
Millie
Christina
Rosalie
Josephin
Mask Smoking Trick Revealed in Popular Science Monthly
The article describes a method for smokers wearing Inthienz masks to smoke through a mask by placing two corn plasters on the mask and drilling holes to align with the plaster holes. A cigarette can be inserted and smoked through the improvised vent, with a cork to seal when not in use.
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Edward T. Duncan
Popular Science Monthly
Tse
No Complaint About Hall Fame Or Graft
A paraphrased remark suggests a political friend dismisses hall of fame as unlikely and would be content with a haul of graft, implying resignation to corruption as a fallback in political life. The quote contrasts reputation with potential unethical gain.
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Pulitician
Farms For Sale In Lee County With Good Roads
Farms for sale in Lee County offer good land at moderate prices with access to elevators creameries and co operative shipping. Prospective buyers should contact the Tupelo Healthly Co Tupelo Mississippi.
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Lee Co
Tupelo Healty Co
Tupelo, Mle
Constructive Preparedness by a War Veteran
Sergt. C. K. Taylor of Philadelphia uses Argonne experience to argue boys should train by field work as constructors. He notes European armies lacked officers to build bridges and praises American improvisation. Taylor plans a 600 acre farm near Plattsburg to test engineering ideas with youths this summer. He cites a 15 year old crew building a 75 by 35 foot mess hall in six days as proof the 13 to 17 age is the constructive period.
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Philadelphia Public Ledger
Sergt
C. K. Taylor
Philadelphia
Columbia
Argonne
Taylor
Plattsburg
Argonne and
Flanders
Sons of Guns
Secretary Baker Denies Rumors on Troops in Siberia
Secretary of War Baker explains American soldiers in France are not idle but repair roads near camps or where traffic has damaged routes. He denies drunkenness and lawlessness by U.S. troops in Siberia, citing General Graves who refutes such rumors as unfounded.
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Rymore
Amy
Navy
Baker
France
Siberia
Graves
Soldiers and Sailors Weekly Reports Casualty Details
Relatives of men who went to France and did not return will soon learn how they paid the supreme sacrifice. Division adjutants compile individual casualties and death details for Washington. the War Department directs immediate forwarding. In other news, an Indiana hunter accidentally shot a tramp while groundhog hunting. the hunter, a discharged soldier, cared for the tramp after the incident.
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France
Washington
War Department
Porching
Indiana
Andle
The Fighting Regulars and the Nation's Guardsmen
The piece honors regular soldiers and draft troops, noting their constant front line role. It contrasts public receptions with battlefield realities, praising the guardsmen as the nation’s steady core akin to Napoleon’s Old Guard for America.
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New York World
America
Professor Saintsbury escapes accident with only bruises
London Morning Post reports Professor Saintsbury, famed literary critic, survived a recent car accident with minor injuries after being sprawled on the car bonnet. The chauffeur calmed him as the car stopped and the professor quipped a sharp remark.
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London Morning Post
Professor Saintsbury
Pair of Triotle Wheensin Robins Build Nest During Victory Drive
A pair of birds wove a nest with an attached card they left in a gutter near the breeze. The cryptic note on the core rest bed hints at a message or plea, suggesting a small, puzzling communication during the Victory note period.
Thin People Urged to Try Phosphate Pills
Advertising copy promotes organic phosphate orbitro phosphate as a quick cure for thinness and fatigue. It claims nerve nourishment will increase weight, improve health, and brighten eyes, while warning against use by those who do not want to gain weight. Includes dubious sales pitch and offer of free pictures.
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Milburn CO
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Korea
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Coulson Bldg
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