Settlers Train Loads Spur Canada US Trade Debate
The United States Canada trade discussion highlights a growing Canadian agricultural sector and a rising US population needing food. About 120000 Americans have settled in Canada, many on farms, with spring immigration from Kansas City Omaha Chicago Detroit and other points bound for Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta. Land prices rise yet remain below earning potential as homesteads open and crop prospects look strong. The Dominion Government publishes an illustrated 1911 pamphlet on immigration.
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United States
Canada
Kansas City
Omaha
Chicago
Detroit
St. Paul
Manoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Dominion
Department of the Interior
Ottawa
Dominion Government
Bis
Politician Question Sparks Child’s Baby Kiss Joke
A young boy asks a probing question as an elderly man surveys a dilapidated country scene. The moment, quoted from Success Magazine, frames political cynicism through a child’s curious remark about politicians kissing babies.
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Lillle Jonnie
Success Magazine
Irreverent Quip Sparks Sect Classification Guess
A blustering man asks a religious opponent if he knows his sect. The opponent replies that judging by the man's make and size, he would belong to a class called the ipsect, delivering a pointed joke on classification and belief.
Feeble Guardianship in Stray Stories
A quotation from Stray Stories features two characters the Sweet Young Thing and the Chronic Bachelor debating proposals. The Sweet Young Thing questions why a woman fears engagement while the Chronic Bachelor quips that her guardian angel may be restraining him.
Soups and Desserts How to Make Delicious Chicken Gumbo
Instructions for chicken gumbo with okra and oysters, steamed apples with sugar and sherry, Charlotte Russe with egg yolks cream and gelatine, Chess Pie with blackberry jam, and Silibub with cream sherry orange juice vanilla and pineapple. Includes steps for browning flour, boiling fowl, and serving with fruit and cake.
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Charlotte Russe
Vagaries of Finance in a Rural Mortgage Tale
Farmer Countessel explains to a neighbor that paying off his mortgage leaves him with cash idle while others also cleared debts leaving lenders with few borrowers. The exchange highlights how widespread debt repayment can create local financial hardship despite perceived stability.
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Countessel
Castoria Safety Reminder for Infants and Children
Reminder to mothers to examine each bottle of Castoria for the signature and to trust Fletcher's Castoria as a safe remedy used for over 30 years. Children cry for Castoria, a familiar pediatric medicine promising gentle relief.
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Fletcher
His Hope About Earning Fifteen Cents A Line
A girl questions a poet about his writing motives while the sad author voices a pragmatic hope to earn at least fifteen cents per line someday, reflecting lingering financial pressures in literary life.
Greatest horse remedy advertised for distemper and pink eye
An advertisement touts a veterinary remedy for distemper, pink eye, and other horse ailments with prices of 8.50 and 1.00 per bottle. It seeks agents and offers a free book from Spohn Medienl Co. Goshen Ind, noting sales channels via druggists and harness makers. Garfield Tea is also endorsed as pleasant to take and aids constipation.
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Spohn Medienl Co
Spee
Goshen
Ind
Garfield
Binkley Medical Company
Dept. A
Nappanee
Indiana
Painter Father and Mother Talk Over Table Work
In a Harper's Bazaar style exchange a mother asks if the table was painted. The father confirms he applied a coat and two pairs of trousers, sharing domestic details in a light humorous tone.
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Harper’s Bazar
Absent minded Suffragette loses hatpin in mishap
The London Opinion quips about a suffragette misplacing a hatpin. A remark recalls the item was left stuck in a policeman, showcasing the era's humorous tension around militant protest and public order.
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Lizzie
London
Time Table for Boiling Vegetables from a Kitchen Guide
A concise timetable lists boiling times for vegetables including potatoes cabbage cauli flowers peas asparagus carrots turnips onions beets French beans broad beans and more. It emphasizes starting in fast boiling water and reboiling quickly to preserve color and flavor and suggests copying this on the kitchen wall.
The Awakening of a Tragedian in Punch Parody
The dialogue spoofs stage life with the first tragedian recounting a dream of landing Hamlet for thirty shillings a week from Izzacstein. The second tragedian teases him about the salary as a sign of fortune, blurring dream and reality in a witty punchline.
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Izzacstein
Hamlet
Namme
Pippin
Apple Dumplings Baked In Three Portions
A recipe method describes making pastry from beef marrow flour and baking three apple dumplings. Use three parts dough, fill with apples and cloves, seal to hide joins, and bake for about forty five minutes. Serves three.
Munyons Paw Paw Pills touted as gentle laxative tonic
An advertisement extols Munyon's Paw Paw Pills as unlike harsh cathartics. The copy claims they stimulate liver and stomach secretions, improve digestion, purify blood, and avoid stomach lining damage. It notes 45 pills per regular bottle for 25 cents with Munyon's Laboratory in Philadelphia.
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Munyon
Munyon’s Laboratory
53D & Jefferson Sts
Philadelphia
Date Whip Dessert Recipe Card
Date Whip combines quarter pound dates turned to paste with five egg whites beaten with cream of tartar and sugar. Bake in buttered dish for about 25 minutes at low heat, then serve with whipped cream or boiled custard made from milk yolks eggs and sugar.
Cleaning stained knives with potato and paste method
Stained knives may be cleaned after washing by rubbing with a freshly cut raw potato and polishing on a knife board. A soft paste of lemon juice and whitening, rubbed in, removes stains from ivory or bone handles. rinse in warm water and dry carefully.
Farmers Gems Recipe Note
A vintage kitchen note describes a dessert mix using two cups of sugar two cups of sour cream two tablespoons of soda and four as for cookies. It advises doubling the quantity if the treats are to last longer.
Public regulation of public service firms stays, says Vail
Theodore N Wall, president of Western Union and AT&T, declares public regulation of public service corporations has come to stay. He asserts publicity and public control will benefit the public, with a conservative board endorsing the view. He argues aggressive competition harms the public and that state control, if wisely applied, can avoid public debt.
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Theodore N. Wall
Western Union and Telephone Companies
Theodore N. Vail
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Western Union Telegraph Company
Robert Vinson
Kidder, Peabody & Co
Henry L. Higginson
Boston
Henry P. Davison
J. P. Morgan & Co
W. Murray Crane
George F. Baer
T. Jefferson Coolidge, Jr
Norman W. Harris
John S. Waterbury
Vail
Marper
Fighting Man and the Will to Fight for Beliefs
A reflection on human nature and merit in fighting for what is right. Courage is framed as essential, with a stance that a man must be willing to fight to the death for his beliefs. The author cites Ellwood Hendricks in Atlantic to argue that resolutions or laws cannot replace the instinct to fight for principles.
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Ellwood Hendricks
Atlantic
Night Dreams of a 24 Hour World
In a witty exchange, Rounderley dismisses the ten hour day and quips that lasting nights would be preferable. The remark captures a humorous critique of labor routines and a longing for round-the-clock rest or leisure.
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Young Rounderley
Misguided Energy Echoes in a Cautious Exchange
A determined youth vows to make a noise in the world while Mr. Osage Spouter warns that an amateur with a bass drum can ruin the finest symphony. The exchange frames a clash between ambition and restraint.
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Mr. Osage Spouter
Joyous Economist Quips on High Prices
A philosopher economist remarks that high prices spur saving, noting that choosing to do without something reduces expenses and builds frugality. The exchange centers on thrift and personal discipline in economic choices.
An Ambassador's Nose and Russian Leather Formulas
An ambassador to Russia, once a leather merchant in this country, learned secret processes of a special leather during his stay. His heightened sense of smell allowed him to register impressions from factories he visited and reconstruct the formulas upon returning home.
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Russia
Atlantic Magazine
Cure for Eczema By Cuticura Remedies
David M Shaw describes severe skin eruptions starting December lasting into March with intense itching and insomnia. After trying soaps and creams he used Cuticura Soap and Ointment, saw quick relief, and was fully cured. He endorses the remedies and invites others to learn more from a free skin book.
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David M. Shaw
Pier 65
N. A
New York City
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Boston
What is a co worker in old proverbs
A quirky quip contrasts a coworker with a helper in work. The text then promotes Garfield Tea for spring cleansing. It ends with a rule about timing actions being right when needed.
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