Canada Dominates National Corn Exposition With Top Oats Trophy
Canada clinched the Colorado aliver trophy worth 1500 for the best peck of oats grown by Hill & Son of Lloydminster Saskatchewan. Alberta and Saskatchewan exhibitors won multiple awards for wheat barley and oats. Additional honors were noted for Canadian displays at other fairs and a surge in homestead activity and immigration.
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Columbus
Ohio
Sagkatchewan
Canada
Messrs. Hill & Son
Lloydminator
Saskatchewan
Spokane
Alberta
Hay
Department of Interior
Incinnati
Surveyor-General of Canada
Dominion Lands Branch
North Dakota
Minnesota
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Washington
Michigan
Iowa
Delaware
District of Columbia
Indian Territory
United States
Norman Cherry
Davis
G H. Hutton
Lacombe
J. C. Hill & Sons
G. H Hutton
Bank of England runs and early financial crises
The excerpt cites Bank of England stress examples in 1745 and 1826. It notes forced use of agents to pass promissory notes, slow payments, and a 700,000 pound note discovery that prevented a stoppage of payments, illustrating historical liquidity strains.
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Bank of England
London Chronicle
Inventor claims giant 60 ton box making machine
Arthur J. Hodge of Pasadena unveils a 60 ton wood pulp box and packing case machine built with 17 linked units. The device, weight 60 tons, outputs up to 6 000 cases every 10 hours and will be shipped to Chicago for installation advancing box making.
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Sioux City Tribune
Arthur J. Hodge
Pasadena
Cal
Jennie Atwood
Sioux City
Industr
Pasadena News
Reliance Machine Works
Union
Delacy Streets
Chicago
United States
Hodge
Hi. B. Ruggles
Wisconsin
Terrible explosion recalled by disaster in New Orleans memory
P J Smalley recounts a vast 100 ton powder explosion in a cotton yard district warehouse near a New Orleans steamer port. The blast shattered windows, toppled cotton sheds, ignited fires, and killed or injured many, with General Granger’s troops aiding firefighting efforts and rescue.
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Sioux City Tribune
New York
P. J. Smalley
Mobile
Cotton Yard
Beebe
New Orleans
Granger
Camn
Pity the Poor Smoker from the London Chronicle
The Lancet reasons that tobacco smoke toxins dull taste and smell, dulling appetite. The piece urges pity for buccal mucosa and suggests quitting pipe smoking.
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London Chronicle
Ike
City Girl Learns Chick Raising and Farm Life Lore
A country farmer cites city dweller as eager learners. He shares two tales about cross culture missteps with poultry and dairy. A city bride fails to feed chicks properly, while a city guest discovers a farm’s self sufficiency in butter and honey.
Iowa elects forty six county superintendents of schools
A fragment notes Forty six women were chosen as county superintendents of schools in Iowa at the last election. The brief suggests a focus on local education leadership and gender representation.
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Iowa
The Diamond Ship Mutiny and a Narrow Rescue
The yacht White Wings tracks the coal carrier Imroth to stop the Diamond Ship hostage Joan Fordibras. After buying coal from Imroth’s captain to refuel, the crew plans a dangerous pursuit with threats and quick talks aboard and then watches as the Diamond Ship’s crew mutinies, signaling a shift toward a perilous confrontation and potential rescue.
Shout He More Careful Mr Blunderbuss
A vivid scene portrays a tense confrontation as water splashes across a startled crowd. The speaker demands caution while addressing a likely bungling marksman and the unfolding disturbance.
The Psychology of Walking From The Atlantic
The essay argues walking is the primal way to know the world, a deliberate entry into inheritance shaped by wind, weather, and the ground. It contrasts walking with bicycles and carriages, claiming wheels dull observation and obscure achievement, while walking keeps one present with surroundings.
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Atlantic
Dusty Reader Echoes Ancient Pacing
A fragmented reflection on Roman legions and modern readers. The passage contrasts marching conquests with everyday effort, noting the body’s endurance from calf and thigh to foot. It invites the reader to compare ancient pacing with contemporary labor, in a cryptic, antiquarian voice.
Prohibition Theme Echoed by General Grant
General Frederick Dent Grant tells a Washington correspondent that even with or without a canteen the army should recall a single public house to close. He adds humor by quoting a couplet about a public house beneath the now.
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Washington Star
Frederick Dent Grant
Washington
New York
Paris
Grant
Alfalfa Hair M A P shows PM Alequith in crowd laugh
An oddOCR item describes Prime Minister Alequith laughing on a platform during a public meeting. A farmer with a large hat disrupted the crowd and a farmer answered a question with a cryptic remark about a breakfast file, creating confusion.
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Alequith
Davies
Grounded Exchange Sparks Coffee Shop Dispute
A garbled excerpt from the Princeton Tiger centers on a customer asking if coffee beans are kept and a new clerk reacting. The snippet hints at a dispute over store procedures during a morning shift.
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Princeton Tiger
Upatalra
Her Trouble and a New Bat Query
A humorous exchange centers on a woman’s head discomfort and a man’s reply that she seeks a new bat, highlighting a light domestic moment and playful banter. The brief dialogue contrasts medical curiosity with sports equipment talk.
No Need to Be Good Shaker Heights Girl Refuses Fear
A Shaker Heights girl surprised her parents by insisting she need not fear Santa Claus or angels. She argued that heaven might think she is dead because she has not said her prayers for two weeks, in a light, humorous local tone.
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Porto Grande
Europe
Imroth
Cardiff
Steahier
Larry
Timothy
Docther
Joan
Joan Fordibras
South America
Rilo
Montevideo
McShanus
Faith
Jow and
Hla Company
Igsrott
Balaam
Bo'am
Alice
Naething
Mr. McShanus
Timothy McShanus
Iimita
Terry
Atlantic
Davey Jones
Smroth
Shaker Heights
Santa Claus
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Simplicity of Expression Recalls Lomasney Tale
Representative Pope recalls Martin Lomasney at the Cape Cod travelers dinner. He quotes Lomasney advising silence over writing and talking, favoring nodding over speech.
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Martin Lomasney
Cape Cod
Pope of
Leominster
Lomasney
Heredity Overcome By Coffee Alternative Postum Claim
A Connecticut woman credits Postum with ending years of bilious attacks and liver inaction once she stopped coffee. She reports three years of no attacks or pain, attributing the change solely to Postum, noting she now prefers the hot beverage and uses no medicines. The claim is presented as a testimonial from a Postum Co source.
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Phyal Clap
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellyville
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Locke
London
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Ruewlan
White Wings
Smoth
Busia Severedmrim
Hood
Sasol
Rapture
Freien
Ismicind Wis
Thompson's Eye Water
Phillips Brooks
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