Western Canada Wheat Prosperity Amid Favorable Spring
Western Canada enjoys a strong crop outlook as late spring eases and farmers report rapid seeding. By late May 85 percent of spring wheat sown and coarser grains like oats and barley rising above past records. Officials note 90 million bushels produced in 1906, with lingering demand attracting American and European settlers to the Last Best West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Okotoks
High River
Nanton
Claresholm
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
United States
Europe
Carter Co. Wins Red Package Rights for Pills
The Carter Medicine Co of New York secures exclusive rights to the red wrapper for Little Liver Pills as upheld by two U S Circuit Court decrees in Trenton New Jersey. Defendants in both cases are enjoined from making or selling red packaged liver pills and must surrender infringing wrappers for destruction. Damages and costs are awarded to Carter with accountings required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Carter Medicine Co
New York
United States Circuit
Trenton
N. J
Camden
Carter Co
Carter
Carter Medicine Company
The Badge of Honesty on Doctor Pierce's Discovery
The passage describes Doctor Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery with full ingredient list on wrappers. It touts forty years of use as a blood purifier and tonic for stomach and liver ailments and claims it builds the run down system without alcohol. It promotes Dr. Pierce's All Healing Salve and Pleasant Pellets as complementary products.
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Doctor Pierce
RB. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
Bartholow
King
Scudder
Coe
Ellingwood
Dr. Pierce
Self-sacrifice analogy marks baseball league dispute action
President Powers of the National Association of Baseball Leagues mockingly praised the cancellation as a selfless act. He parodied a tale of a man with a wooden leg who, by sacrificing his vacation comfort, saves a drowning girl with his prosthetic limb.
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Powers
National Association of Baseball Leagues
Athiatic City
Tile
Age of Discretion Quip Sparks Immigration Debate
Senator Dillingham explains the phrase the age of discretion in New York remarks. He defines it as the moment a young man removes from his mantel the photos of actresses and dancing girls and substitutes a portrait of his wealthy bachelor wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Dillingham
New York
Dillingham
Wuele
Lewis' Single Binder Cigar Ad Highlights Popularity
An advertisement praises Lewis' Single Binder cigar, claiming no other brand matches its uniform high quality. The copy cites Lewis' Factory in Peoria Illinois as the producer behind the brand.
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Lewis
Peoria
Ill
Mispaired couples spark dinner party quip
A humorous observation recalls Mrs Hit termiss hosting several engaged couples and mispairing them during a dinner. The mock critique notes she cannot seem to pair people correctly and jokes about not putting two and two together.
Calculus of Faces and Presidents in a Riddle
A Virginian proclaims his state as the mother of Presidents while an Ohio man notes the longevity of the old lady. The text adds a riddle about a perfect head fitting a square, with nine inches for men and eight and a half for women.
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Ohio
Fallieres Shot At As Crowds Guarded Paris Anniversary
President Fallieres was shot at twice on the Champs Elysees during the Bastile anniversary celebrations. Leon Maille, a naval reservist, fired two rapid shots at the president but none struck. Maille was seized by police and the crowd calmed as troops formed a cordon. he claimed to speak of grave grievances but offered only a rambling statement.
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Fallieres
Leon Maille
Paris
France
Avenue Des Champs Elysees
Longchamps
Elysees
Vice Fallieres
L’armee
Lesueur Street
Maille
President Fallieres
Wife of Salvation Army Leader Offers Leprosy Mission
Mrs. French wife of Col. French commander of the Pacific coast Salvation Army division has offered to go to Molokai Island to devote her life to cheering hopeless lepers. Her husband also wishes to join the leper mission as he works on mission plans in Honolulu. The Frenches have five children aged 9 to 16.
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Molokai Island
French
Col. French
Pacific Coast Division
Salvation Army
Molokai
Honolulu
Christian Scientist Convicted in Child Pneumonia Case
Clarence W. Byrne a New York salesman was found guilty by the Court of Special Sessions of willfully neglecting to provide medical attendance for his daughter who died of pneumonia. Byrne a Christian Scientist said he called a church healer after prayers failed and no faith in doctors. Motion for a new trial was made.
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Clarence W. Byrne
New York
Court of Special Sessions
Byrne
Government stock purchases eyed to gain rail board seats
Roosevelt weighs using Congress money to buy railroad stock for government representation on boards. Oklahoma census work underway to project state divisions amid gerrymander concerns. Old Ironsides restoration completes gun casting. Ambassadors' roles expand through informal visits and new diplomacy. Roosevelt signs Santo Domingo treaty. objections to Oklahoma constitution issued. Ambassador Griscom, young in Rome, sparks playful Italian quip about grandsons.
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Roosevelt
Germany
Congress
Bryan
Bonaparte
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Straus
Census Bureau
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
William C. Hunt
Navy Department
Notable 1909 sports and crime items in brief
Prof Stetson decries unwritten law as menace to the nation. Tommy Burns defeats Bill Squires in the first round in San Francisco. May Sutton regains the international tennis championship by defeating Mrs Chambers of England. Nine Italians indicted in New Orleans for the Lamana kidnapping murder, two women among the defendants.
Women Who Charm and Lydia Pinkham's Remedy Promises
An article extols healthy women as bright and cheerful while warning that ill health brings misery. It promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for nervousness, backache, irregularities, and other female complaints. Personal testimonials from New York City readers claim relief and urge consultations with Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Lydia B. Pinkham
Mrs. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
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South America
Mexico
Mr. Taft
Japan
Santo Domingo
Oyster Bay
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United States Senate
Island Republic
Washington
Italy
Lloyd C. Griscora
Rome
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8Th Avenue
New York City
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West 15Th Street
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Chicago
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Kline
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Exsy
Olmsted
le Roy
N.Y
Carters
Harold Somers
DeKalt ‘Ave
Brooklyn
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T. Hopkins
Great Janes Street
New Yor
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Muskogee
Ind
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Mt. Vernon
Cc. N. Y
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