Dollar Wheat Becomes Canada’s Bread Basket Claim
The article proclaims dollar wheat arrived and will stay as Central Canada’s prairies Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta drive U.S. wheat supply. It cites James J. Hill and notes US population growth outpacing wheat yields, making Canada the bread basket for millions. It highlights prosperity in the three provinces, rising investments, new elevators, rail lines, and expanding settlements built by wheat.
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Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
United States
Central
James J. Hill
Mr. Hill
Hill
Alperta
John Bull
Winnipeg
Dts
Maudlinity of Illustrated Songs Critique by Flagg
A 1909 critique notes a fashion in popular songs about fires and mothers, with lurid color illustrations. It mocks maudlin sentimentality, describes recurring themes, images, and the audience savoring melodramatic plots and sobs.
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James Montgomery Flagg
Harlem
Fog Bound By Charles L. Doyle
A tavern tale recounts fog experiences from a Paints Corners postmaster and captain. The crew swap sea fog legends and a farmer improvises with fog in Adams valley, ending with the captain preparing to sail home.
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Charles L. Doyle
Paint’s Corners
Golber
Sarah Ann
Charleston
Portland
Farmer Walsh
Medium-Sized Journeys Theodore R Ulysses and the Odyssey
A humorous 1909 portrait of Ulysses as a reluctant hero with dubious parentage and a tangled homecoming. The piece blends myths with playful anachronisms, recounting his 12 ships, Cyclopes cave raid, Calypso encounter, and a late return to Penelope amid comic misadventures.
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Theodore R. Ulysses
Hero
Penelope
Telemachus
Bill Menelaus
Athens
Helen
Menelaus
Pat Crowe
Troy
Ulysses
Agamemnon
Achilles
Nestor
Jack Binns
Crowninshield
Thrace
Aly
A House Built for Bees in a German Town
A schoolmaster in a small German town keeps the world’s most remarkable beehives. Notable hives include a villa named Honey Villa with window-curtains, plus shapes like a castle a sentry an inn a windmill a lion a bear and an elephant. Two to three swarms reside in the villa.
Children Raise Poultry and Profit on a Farm
The Rural New Yorker essay notes children on farms can boost fowl numbers with simple coops and fixtures. A family with four girls and three younger children expanded a 95 acre farm to maximize profit, starting with about 40 hens and adding 40 50 broody hens. They hatched 1 670 eggs and reared 1 110 chicks, about 70 percent reaching usefulness by November, attributing success to coop design and sitting-hen arrangements.
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New Yorker
Plymouth Rock
Eleven Eggs Enough for Setting Hens Early
Rural World advises starting with eleven eggs per setting to ease heat and handling for hens. Test two hens on day six, share fertile eggs, and reset as needed. Later in milder weather, start three hens and distribute fertile eggs between two while resetting the third.
Houseowners Paint Kit Promises Lasting Finish
National Lead Company offers a free Houseowner's Painting Outfit No. 49 from the 1902 Trinity Building New York. The kit includes guidance on timing surface condition materials color schemes and a paint adulteration tester. It also features the Dutch Boy trademark as purity proof and dealer coordination if needed.
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National Lead Company
Trinity
New York
Nobody Lives Here But Us Sign Sparks Nuisance Stop
Warning notice recounts Langworth family and a boy Harold posting a five word sign on their corner house to deter visitors asking about other residents. The prank aimed at ending interruptions caused by curious passersby.
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Langworths
Biddles
Dusty Dodgework Short Stub Smoky Style
A rough talking note captures Dusty urging restraint on smoking and a bragging line about liking short stubs. The dialogue emphasizes caution with smoke and a blunt exchange about style and preference.
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Dusty
Wings of the Dove and the long tale of Henry James
A youth, eager to learn about Henry James, reads The Wings of the Dove for two weeks. Frivolous friends finally ask if it is a collection or a single story. The reader responds that it is one long story, dedicating himself to the work.
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Henry James
James
Future Ideal Town Promoted by Sir Oliver Lodge
A future ideal town envisions gas heated homes and coal gas for cooking with electricity for lighting. Gas produced from local coal will be piped long distances like water. Experiments may begin soon and at least two English towns consider the plan. Air purification is cited as a major city improvement.
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Sir Oliver Lodge
Old Soakers Get Saturated with Caffeine
A Huntsville Alabama woman recounts decades of stomach trouble linked to coffee. After stopping coffee and using Postum four months she reports improved health, better sleep, and ability to eat freely. She endorses Postum and cites The Road to Wellville as a recommended read.
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Huntsville
Ala
Wellville
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