Canada’s Prosperity and Immigration Trends in 1912
A New York Times report from March 23 1912 notes eight shiploads of European immigrants bound for Canada and signs of increased outward movement during labor troubles. The piece contrasts Canada’s growth with U S emigration, citing railways and labor activity as drivers and hinting at the broader economic impact on American pockets.
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New York Times
Canada
United States
Koon
Tenchir
Db Bpeech
Carlot
Unclear fragment sparks local inquiry into ongoing issues
The readable text fragment hints at civic concerns and upcoming events, mentioning Washington and local figures. It references prices, a small matter, and a discussion on practical arrangements, with unspecified individuals and places noted in vague terms.
Tennis building project details unclear
Fragmentary OCR text references a public site near a mall and-tense wording suggests a building project. No clear entities, dates, or outcomes are readable to confirm status or parties involved.
Wife Is Lumberjack More Female Chops
Mary Gregory, 35, wife of Frank Gregory, works in Damariscotta Maine camps and outpaces male lumberjacks. She split three cords in a single day, wrestles with crew, handles crosscut saws, and is praised by employer Woodbury Bachelder as the strongest woman in the camp. Born in Nova Scotia and mother of seven, she shares work with her husband who is not her match in strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
N. H
Woodbury
Gregory
Nova Scotia
Maine Woods
Massachusetts
Army wireless set for air force weighs 25 pounds
Washington reports the army signal corps has perfected a compact wireless telegraph set for air fliers. The device fits in a 15 by 16 inch box and weighs 25% pounds with a 26 pound generator, designed for the aeronautical division under Maj. Charles McK. Saltzman and sent to New York for an aeronautical show.
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Aeronautical Division
Arm Severed In Saw Accident At Gatchelville
Elmer Pentz of Harrisburg had his right arm severed at the elbow in a sliding carriage accident at a Gatchelville job site. He was struck by the carriage leg and wedged before the blade. he crawled clear and saved himself by sacrificing the arm. Co workers bandaged his wound with a handkerchief to stop the bleeding.
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York
Gatchelville
Elmer Pentz
Harrisburg
Pentz
Plan Huge Office Building on Broadway in New York
Report details a massive Broadway structure rising 750 feet with 26,000 tons of steel and 69 cement pillars. The project spans two years with a payroll near 5 060 dollars daily, land costs around 4 500 000 dollars, foundations at 1 000 000, and total investment about 13 500 000 dollars.
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New York
Broadway
Bar
Clay Street
Park Row
Tax Assessment Increase and Large Scale Development Plan
The proposal would raise property assessments from 2,250,000 to 3,206,000. It envisions a 23 acre floor space expansion with 2,000 offices. Projected daily renovation activity is 10,000 and the transient population similar in scale.
Boy Saves Child in Brandywine Park Drowning Incident
John Crumlish a 14 year old from West Fourteenth street plucked four year old Clark Vernon from the Brandywine River in Brandywine Park. Crumlish swam to shore with the unconscious boy and carried him home where a physician revived him.
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John Crumfish
Wilmington
Del
West Fourteenth Street
Gaving Clark Vernon
Tatnall Street
Brandywine Park
Vernon
Crumlish
Heaviest baby elephant born in Salinas circus tent
In Salinas California a baby elephant weighing 180 pounds and two feet tall was born in a circus tent. The calf is reportedly the heaviest in captivity on the continent, with its mother Alice involved in an attempted harm incident and the trainer thrown twenty feet during the emergency.
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Salinas
Cal
America
Alice
Geisha's Suicide Attempt Shocks Tokyo Readers
A famed Shimbashi geisha in Tokyo attempted suicide citing debt and monotony. She says she may try again during melancholic fits but does not want to die now, carrying a will and reflecting on life as entertainment in her profession.
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Girl
Tokio
Shimbashi
Tokio Asahi
Coles
Beard Cut Betrays Convict in San Francisco Rogues’ Gallery
Clarence Dayton Hillman, once a Seattle millionaire townsite promoter, now serving 30 months for using the mails to defraud, has been revealed by a prison barber’s shears as No 11715 in the San Francisco rogues’ gallery. Special Justice Department agents have searched for his ID since indictment two years prior. his whiskers hid his identity after a 1895 swindle of farmers.
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Seattle
Wash
Clarence Dayton Hillman
San Francisco
Venice a City of Dreams for the Wanderer in Italy
The article extols Venice as a city of dreams especially at sunset or moonlight, noting its unique allure built on water and the ease of walking exploration. It highlights St Theodore and St Mark as patron saints, the Lion of St Mark on the Pianeta columns, and the columns’ red and gray granite origins from Syria, erected by a Lombard engineer.
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Italy
Venice
St. Theodore
St. Mark
Syria
Scienca Monitor
Advertising as a business tool outshines travel by oxen
The Exchange notes many merchants profit greatly from advertising while some business men distrust it, preferring slow travel by prairie schooner. The piece suggests such skeptics are rarely ranked highly in commercial rating books.
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Exchange
A Cold Day Hewitt to Marry Local Girl This Week
Hewitt to marry a Los ton girl this week while Jewett tends an ice crop. The brief item notes wedding plans amid rural life.
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Hewitt
Gruet
Jewett
Allen’s PoutEase Ad Promises Quick Relief for Feet
A vintage advertisement touts Allen’s PoutEase antiseptic powder to relieve corns bunions and sore feet. It claims instant comfort for dancing and breaking in new shoes with a simple shake in the shoe.
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Allen
Olmsted
LeRoy, N.Y
Garfield Tea Promoted For Constipation Relief
An advertisement style note extols Garfield Tea as the simplest and best remedy for costiveness. It also includes fragmented quips about happiness in marriage and a brief historical fact that the term reverend was first applied to a clergyman in 1657.
Women Should Be Protected From Ills and Pain
Sikeston Missouri and Murrayville Illinois readers share testimonials praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Mrs Dena Betuune credits it with ending seven years of monthly illness and restoring strength to perform housework and chores. Mrs Charles Moors says it saved her from surgery after doctors advised an operation.
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Sikeston
Lydia E. Pinkham
Dena Betuune
Murrayville
Charles Moors
Murrayville, IL
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