Canada's War Time Immigration Boosts cross border farming
Canada and the United States unite in a war effort to secure food supply. Western Canada seeks farm labor and immigrant settlers to farm lands while U S labor moves toward wartime needs. Figures show rising immigration to Canada with settlers arriving from multiple U S states and eastern Canada shifting west. In 1917 early months, stock movements and land values indicate growing western settlement and expanding agricultural output.
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Canada
United States
Ias
W. D. Scott
Ottawa
Scott
Mr. Scott
Emerson
North Portal
Coutts
Oregon
Washington
Kingsgate
Vancouver
Saskatchewan
Immigration Department
Edmonton
Alberta
Winnipeg
West
Joke about getting down from an elephant sparks laughs
A joke exchange in the Indianapolis News ponders the logistics of descending from an elephant. The jokesmith repeats questions as punchlines misdirect, culminating in an alternating sequence of humorous yet nonsensical answers about why each method fails. The fragment captures a light, humorous conversational bit.
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Indianapolis News
Women in Civil War combat across the Union and Confederacy
New York Times recounts women who fought in male dress during the Civil War. It notes Frances Hook who enlisted with her brother in Illinois and served until Chickamauga, Mary Owens who fought beside her husband until a bullet ended their joint front, and numerous other tales of female soldiers, nurses, spies, and scouts across camps from Camp Dennison to Gettysburg.
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Europe
Tormaszeff
Mussia
Mary B. Walker
Doctor Walker
Frances Hook
Chicago
Shiloh
Chickamauga
Amantsa
Jefferson Davis
Frances
Davis
Frank Miller
Ohio
Camp Jackson
Camp Dennison
Camp Dennisons
Pennsylvania
Dennison
Morrow
Burke
Tenth Ohio
Frank Henderson
Frank
Illipois
Nineteenth
Mllnols
Mary Owens
Danville
Mary
Brooklyn
N. C
Gir
Moun
Fanny Wilson
Twenty-fourth
New Jersey
Low
Vicksburg
Third Mindrs
Charles Martin
Philadelphia
Seventeenth Minnels
Reynolds
Annie Lillybridge
Detroit
Michigan
Pany
Pauline Cushman
Cleveland
Belle Lloyd
Stonewall Jackson
Mary Slezgle
Forty-fourth New York
Gettysburg
Schwartz
Jefferson City
New York Times
Sea Monkey and Squirrel on Steamship Death Pact Mystery
Passengers on the Santa Maria from West Indian ports report a monkey and a squirrel in a private cage. The squirrel fell or jumped overboard and the monkey followed, both never rescued. Did the animals die by affection or a self inflicted pact to avoid separation en route to the Bronx Zoo.
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German Sea
Santa Maria
United Fruit Inc
West Indian
New York Herald
Henry Rulf
Tropics
New York Zoological Park
Bronx
Grafting Wax Recipes From Historical Guide
The text lists instructions for making grafting wax using ingredients like pitch resin lard beeswax and methods with slow heating. A second recipe cites resin beef tallow turpentine and alcohol, with steps to warm and dissolve as needed. It preserves era language and practical detail for agricultural grafting preparations.
I'm trying to figure him out in his world back yard diggings
The speaker muses over a man seen digging in his yard for a week and weighs whether the activity stems from gardening passion or patriotic duty. The dialogue hints at curiosity and a life scrutinized from afar. The tone suggests a reflective, observational vignette from a newspaper feature.
Green's August Flower: a fifty-one year family remedy
An advertisement extols Green's August Flower as the most successful family remedy for biliousness and stomach troubles that afflict many Americans. It claims to ease sick headache nervous indigestion sour stomach and malaise, noting the product costs 25 cents or a tic-ad.
Weird Animals From Abroad Arrive for Western Zoos
A British freighter delivered a diverse menagerie including lions tigers emus chimpanzees snakes and 700 monkeys to Louis Titude for distribution among western state zoological gardens. Notable were four chameleons and a striped red white and blue zebra first seen in Uganda by Col Theodore Roosevelt.
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Louis Titude
Zoological Gardens
Saga
New York Times
Uganda
Col
Theodore Roosevelt
Lambam
Dog
Joey
Canine Wisdom Meets Human Banter Over Bone Dry Juley
A playful exchange between dogs about a bone dry business sparks humor. The dogs, Canine Wisdom and Rover, debate how a juley kind bone whets appetite, reflecting lighthearted pet banter in a cozy scene.
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Fido
Rover
Magnet on Cord Fetches Needles From Floors
A magnet suspended by a cord has been invented to pick up needles from floors. The device uses gravity and magnetic attraction to gather scattered pins, reducing risk of injury during cleanups. It promises quick sweeping of metal debris in workshops and sewing rooms.
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