The Douglas Fir A Future Grown in British Columbia
The Douglas fir, once commercially valuable, shows a decline in other Canadian timber. In 1912 white pine and hemlock profits fall while the fir remains the richest timber province resource. The tree grows over 200 feet tall with trunk 10 to 12 feet wide and extends into Alberta and the United States. Germany and France import BC seed as Douglas fir timber spreads globally.
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British Columbia
Canada
Dominion Farentry
Columbia Stone
Foothilla
Hooky Mountains
Alberta
Dominion Hooky Mountains
United
Ontario
Europe
Germany
France
No Promotion for Drinkers at Carnegie Steel Plants
Carnegie Steel announces promotions will be limited to teetotalers across all Pittsburg district plants. Foremen are told to enforce the rule strictly, urged by E. H. Gary head of U S Steel to advance only sober men amid concerns of alcohol related accidents and interference with work.
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Carnegie Steel Company
Pittsburg
E. H. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
Steel Corporation
Ringworm on a Child Head Report From Lorne Quebec
A mother recalls her nine year old son's ringworm starting as pimples and worsening to dark blisters and scales behind the ear. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment with hot water, the sores drained pus and healed, and the child was fully cured in four weeks.
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Lorne, Que
Thos. Bagley
Red Rough Hands 22 P Brought to Potter Drug
Postcard from Boston U S A directs a delivery to Potter Drug and Chemical Corp Dept D Boston mass. The message references a shipment or order connected to a 22 page book about red rough hands and urgency after a carnival context.
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Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Dept. D
Boston
Canada Water Powers report details western data gaps
A Canadian water power survey outlines the uneven data by region with Eastern Canada better covered than the West. It notes extensive field work in British Columbia and Prairie provinces, ongoing reconnaissance, and new stream measurement stations. A railway anecdote follows about a passenger remarking on cinders.
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Canada
Ublip Deia
Conelee
Commieions Committee
Satere
Waterpowers
Prairie Provinces
British Columbia
Waderpowers of
Nasheer
Columbia
Coro
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway
Interior Deriment
Inet
British Columbia Department of Lands
Interior Department
Hygiene Regimen for the Aged and Compassion in Public Opinion
Dr. A Orenstein outlines a hygiene regime for the aged emphasizing reduced food intake, regular baths, ample water, fresh air, and cautious clothing. The piece then reports President Howard Elliott urging fair public opinion toward the New Haven lines, and a farm girl’s tearful tale after a man is reprieved following a dawn journey to attend a hanging.
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A. Orenstein
Howard Elliott
New York
New Haven
Milly
Narrow Name Decision Delays Christening
A father stops a christening to change his baby’s name. The minister asks for the problem and the father insists on renaming Ebeneser to Harold before the ceremony. The scene captures a humorous clash over a child’s given name.
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Ebeneser
Harold
Slur evolution in war greetings and ethnic term origins
A New York Sun article discusses how the word gringo evolved from wartime songs and campfire slang. It notes Yankee usage of pie and green grow to mock Mexicans and how the term became a general ethnic slur amid historical tensions.
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Meicn
New York Sun
Minard Liniment Ad Promises Quick Relief
A customer from Neuwigewauk Ottawa region writes praising Minard’s Liniment Co Limited for curing her ailment. She notes she would be never without it and signs off gratefully, Miss OD Prince.
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Minard’s Liniment Co. Limited
Quincy
Minarius Liniment
Prince Neuwigewauk
Placing the Immigrant Protest Calls Provincial Help
The Canadien Cowletter argues provinces must place state agents across counties to care for new citizens after arrival. It urges Ontario to adopt a system to track and support immigrants until self-sufficiency, criticizing provincial neglect of placement.
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Canada
Ontario
Dewision
Dominion Inmigration Department
Canadien
Cowlter
Reading Sparks Banter on Nature and Fashion
A humorous exchange captures Jones and Sylvia debating nature versus human vanity. Aunt Belle’s size prompts quips about ready made outfits and a failed umbrella purchase during a shopping trip. The item contrasts light domestic chatter with a note on Japan’s rising toy exports since 1909.
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Sylvia
Aunt Belle
Dyspepsia relief with Na-Dru-Do tablets claim
An advertisement targets readers with indigestion woes. It touts Na-Dru-Do Dyspepsia Tablets as a remedy enabling hearty meals without stomach gas or bilious discomfort. It includes a Burns reference to contrast earlier misery with present ease.
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Bobby Burns
Jersey
Burns
Town Rune Saloon Revenue Amid Sisseton Wet Vote
Citizens committee reports that the Town Rune Saloon in Sisseton South Dakota earned over ten thousand dollars profit in under a year. The town voted wet after years of drought and hired a manager at a 1500 yearly salary with birteg and other costs. Surplus funds were split between municipal and roads funds, each receiving four thousand dollars while the rest funded operations.
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Citizens Committee of
Sisseton
S.D
Busheres
Certification Note for Nora Foley as One-Week Cook
A brief letter states Nora Foley worked for one week as a cook and is presented as a certification of this casual employment. The fragment notes satisfaction with the performance and affirms the brief tenure.
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Nora Foley
Mothers Praise Hatys Own Tablets For Children
A letter from Alphonse Landry of Upper Caraquet promotes Hatys Own Tablets as beneficial for infants and small children. The writer claims the tablets keep youngsters bright active and free from ailments and recommends them to other mothers. Sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 35 cents per box from The Dir Williams Medicine Co Brookville Ont.
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Alphonse Landry
Brookville
True Nobility in Service and Merit Over Money
A reflection on nobility defined by conduct not wealth. It argues that those who gain advantage through money or special talent should act with noble obligation and humility, proving true nobility through effort and restraint rather than privilege.
Mourning Fashion Fades Among Wealthy Classes
The London Times notes that wearing mourning has long declined and likely will be abandoned in the next twenty years among the wealthy, while the poorer classes still cling to widowed attire. The notice reflects a custom associated with a prominent death and family wishes for quiet mourning.
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London Times
Catarrh Cure Promises Easy Health Remedy Exposed
An aggressive ad claims a new cure for catarrh with a money back guarantee of one hundred dollars. The notice touts a home remedy product and mentions testimonials from physicians and families, while drawing a comparison to historic routes through the Balkans and the Orient Express.
Wheat crisis and locusts threaten harvest in Britain
Dr McDonald notes that wheat fields near London face drought from sowing to harvest with no rain. locusts and other insects compound the danger as governments establish registers for insect flights and spread warnings from coast to coast to deploy poisoned grass barriers.
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Dr. McDonald
London
Torcot harbor project to run on electric dredges and pumps
In the harbor deepening effort for Torcot all dredges pumps and other machinery will be operated by electricity instead of steam. Three dredges will be faced with the smallest needing 1250 es. The improvement costs 10 million dollars and will take five years to complete.
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Torcot
Maliest
Solicitor Receives Sudden North Scotland Holiday Invite
A prominent solicitor faced a quick travel decision after being invited to join a shooting party in northern Scotland. He sent a wire saying he would start at once, awaiting a reply that jokingly offered “Corkscrews” and added that they had the rest.
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Scotland
Anoye
Rheumatism Cure Then and Now in A Curious Tale
A fragmented reminiscence describes a sufferer urged to seek Nerviline and Perro sone tablets from a drug store after a pessimistic line by a companion. The text recounts relief from rheumatic pain as the medicine allegedly cured him, comparing health before and after use and ending with a schoolboy exchange about a star and truth.
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Von
Servilike
Thie
Precedence and Pupil Name Mix Up in School Scene
A wary teacher confirms a new pupil named Arthur while the Brown family dispute gives the child a first name. mother asserts the name was given at birth. The item touches a classroom moment amid a broader medical ad for Parme ler's Vegetable Pills claiming relief from dyspepsia.
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Arthur
Brown
Arthur Mies
Tom
Tays Brown
Eversbody's
Verbal Vagaries and Cracked Spelling in Historic Transcripts
OCR fragment shows garbled phrases about ship captains cooks housewives and advertisements. It mentions Kansas corn crops for twenty years rated at 91 N82 660,900 with unclear context and numbers. The text reads like misread captions from a late 19th or early 20th century issue, mixing procedural language with ad style lines.
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Kansas
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Tela Sy To
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Godfrey de Oulilon
Wey
Tedeed
Oureery Wiedow
Parmeler
Borton
Beecham
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