Basis of Canada riches drives western harvest boom
A Wall Street Journal note on Canada’s soil wealth highlights vast Western yields in Alberta Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Reports cite 1916 crops averaging 28 to 42 bushels per acre and extraordinary records of wheat and oats, with farm rents and sales proving lucrative amid labor shortages from wartime enlistment and measures to mobilize harvest help.
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Canada
Wall Street Journal
Financial Journal
United States
Alberta
Calgary
George Richard
Providence, R. L
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Western Canada
Western
Grisf Notoriety Sparks Global Detective Spotlight
In a remark on fame, Grisf notes travel has become common and the remaining attention comes from actions that draw many detectives. The exchange underscores a world where global roaming attracts scrutiny rather than celebrity.
On the Job Jewel Mother of a Cook Family
A fragment recalls a cook nicknamed Jewel by a family who called her mother in affectionate shorthand. The dialogue hints at long tenure and strong ties, suggesting a cherished studio or household figure remembered for loyalty and service. Enduring, informal tribute captures personal bonds amid work.
Beginning Right Is Choosing Associated and to Make Friends
A concise primer on starting social growth by choosing associations, building trust, and beginning with familiar ties at home to foster lasting friendships. It emphasizes practical steps and personal development for early social success.
Pride in Colts and Horses on the Farm
Farmers should take pride in their colts and horses and invest in feeding and care for young stock to attract buyers. The article argues that well cared for purebred mares and colts inspire youth, improve both crops and livestock, and help keep the next generation on the farm.
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W. L. Blizzard
Department of Animal Husbandry
Oklahoma A and M. College
Stillwater
Feeding cattle for shipment to reduce shrinkage
The Pennsylvania State College agricultural experiment station advises withholding water before shipping and feeding timothy hay and whole oats to prevent looseness. This regimen helps cattle arrive in better condition with a heavier finish and more attractive appearance at the market.
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Pennsylvania State College Agricultural Experiment Station
Grain farming lowers farm fertility more than stock raising
Grain raising reduces the fertility of a farm much more than stock raising. Raising grade steers is easier work with less care needed for the average farmer as reliable farm labor becomes harder to obtain.
Progressive Farmer: Breeding Purebred Livestock Elevates a Farm
The man who breeds purebred livestock thrives with the best farm surroundings and top buildings. He maintains optimal farm conditions, which in turn develop him and his enterprise.
Anticholera Serum Boosts Hog Health and Profits
The article promotes anticholera serum vaccination for hogs as a vital preventive measure. It argues that removing hoodoo beliefs will increase profits by raising hog weights toward 200 pounds through a steady mix of grain and pasture.
Stunted Pigs Unprofitable and Harmful to Horses
The note warns that stunted pigs prove unprofitable since growth ceases quickly and handling becomes difficult. It also states that injurious feeding and watering harms horses, making livestock care a delicate obligation for farmers.
Voice of Business on Drink Traffic Critique
The Manufacturer's Journal of Rakmore denounces whisky and saloon interests as a societal curse. It argues the industry wastes billions annually, drains physical and moral stamina, and corrupts politics through saloon affiliation, asserting whisky has no redeeming qualities.
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Rakmore
German Army Doctor Attacks Alcohol as Indecent Policy
Doctor Matthaes a staff physician in the German army voices the anti-alcoholist stance, saying science settled the issue. He urges social punishment of moderate drinkers and calls for legal action against hospitals prescribing alcohol. He condemns breweries and distilleries as poison factories harming city honor.
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Matthaes
Western Union Chief Warns Against Drinking at Banquet
Mr Newcomb Carlton president of Western Union Telegraph warns workers in Indianapolis to abstain from intoxicating drinks. He says the business world seeks sober reliable employees and predicts national prohibition will be pressed by Congress within two years.
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Newcomb Carlton
Western Union Telegraph Company
Indianapolis
Congress
Quarantined Brewers Family Faces Social Ostracism in Ohio
The American Issue highlights a brewer in a premier Ohio neighborhood living with no wife or children yet socially isolated due to his beer business. The piece questions if he should change his trade for family welfare, arguing booze sales act as an indirect tax collector for Uncle Sam and yield profits far beyond a typical commission. It asks who the collector truly works for.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Booze
Uncle Sam & Co
Treasury
Bishop Carroll Urges Pledge In Montana Dry Campaign
Bishop Carroll of Montana writes that taking the pledge bans intoxicants for the individual the community and the state as a whole. He argues a prohibition law empowers society to bar drink and extends rights from personal vow to national policy.
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Bishop Carroll
Montana
Liquor Influence Tied Topeka Move In Kansas
The Topeka Commercial Club president states no results from an inquiry, but claims at least 2000 families moved to Topeka in the last decade from other states. He says many were drawn by Kansas being a dry state and Topeka’s prohibition environment.
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Topeka
Common Follies Commentary on Masses and Election Noise
The Albany Journal laments a loud empty headed candidate sweeping almost half the electorate. It calls the belief that the latest fad is best a common folly and cites the mass appeal of political shouting over thoughtful judgment.
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Columbus
Albany Journal
Maintenance of Dirt Roads and the Split-Log Drag
The article discusses maintaining dirt roads year round, emphasizing winter dragging after thaws and rains. It explains using a split-log drag, built from two halves of a log, with a driver platform, angled hauling at 45 degrees, and iron facing to push dirt toward the road center.
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D. Ward King
Church Urges Good Roads Support From Rural Welfare
In a Denver ministers conference lecture titled The Church and Good Roads, Rev. James Thomas warned that isolation and confinement of farm wives and servant girls contribute to higher asylum rates. He urged the church to join the effort to address the good roads problem for rural welfare.
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James Thomas
Ministers
Denver
Colo
Houston Post
Duty of People to Build and Maintain Good Roads
The article argues that making and maintaining good roads is a crucial duty of Americans. It stresses prompt repair and upkeep, and notes that accessible roads connect farmers to markets, enabling efficient hauling of goods.
Farm machinery: better maintenance boosts output
A farm machinery maker notes that proper care would double production, while a new French experiment tests top dressing roads with a mix of ron fibers, sand, and cement to improve highways.
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France
Put Roads to Bed Farmer Prepares for Winter
A farmer who puts his road to bed for winter safeguards access and reduces future problems. Prompt maintenance ensures smoother spring work and avoids costly thaw damage.
Distance to Market Roads Shape Travel Time and Trade
Distance to market varies with road condition as roads shorten or lengthen travel. Poor surfaces slow caravans and increase time to reach markets, while well maintained routes offer faster passage and better access for traders.
Easy to Dig Root Crops in Garden Beds
Paranips carrots and other root crops are easily dug by tossing a furrow of soil away from the plants and pulling them sideways. This simple method helps lift roots with minimal effort.
Let Sunshine In in the Hen House
A short note advises keeping windows clean in a hen house to maximize sunlight for the hens, promoting healthy lay and well being.
Quality In Demand Eggs and Poultry Prices Rise
Quality demand remains strong for eggs and poultry with prices holding above market levels. Sellers report steady interest from retailers and consumers seeking dependable premium products in a tight market.
The Planning of the Modern City review excerpt
A review of Nelson P. Lewis on city planning explains city growth guidance, intrusting execution to authorized officials, and the garden city movement as a check on centralization. It outlines England Germany and the United States legislation, financing, land policies, and highlights engineers as key to orderly urban development.
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Europe
America
Lewis
England
Germany
United States
Nelson P. Lewis
Concrete blocks boost stylish homes with cost appeal
Concrete block siding gains favor in home building with special facings and white cement to imitate marble and other stones. A Watertown house showcases a porch and chimney faced to resemble white marble, using a mortar of white cement and marble chippings.
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Watertown
Boston Herald
Dayton Workhouse Reforms Turn Prisoners Into Outdoor Labor
Dayton Ohio ends idle confinement of prisoners under the commission. Women prisoners sew towels and bed clothing while men work outdoors on city tasks. The policy yields city benefits and provides moral and physical outdoor exercise for inmates.
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Dayton
Old trees starve as surely as young trees
Old trees starve to death like young ones, though their bulk and large root systems delay visible symptoms. Stable manure dug or plowed 20 or more feet around the tree helps most. Conifers trimmed up from the bottom with soil raked away lose vigor. enrich soil deeply and leave needles as mulch.
Depraved Appetite Sparks Neighborhood Rumor
In a local tale set on a quiet road Hiram asks about the excitement while an old man Biggers is described as on a bay rum spree. The chatter blames the drink for disturbances, noting a desire for lemon extract to flavor it.
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Hiram
Man Biggers
Information and suffrage era exchange quotes
A witty exchange contrasts suffragette influence with domestic life. The line toys with gender roles by suggesting a wife would seek her husband’s opinion on something as simple as a hat before voting, reflecting contemporary social attitudes in a quotable jab.
Balanced ration for milk production in cows
The article explains that a balanced ration is needed to maximize milk output at lowest cost. It describes nutrients protein fats and carbohydrates, with protein as a key milk constituent. Excess amounts are wasted, underscoring the economic importance of proper balancing for cows.
Use Shorthorns for Dairy Be a 60 40 Basis
The article states the American Shorthorn association fixes the dairy to beef basis at 60 percent dairy and 40 percent beef. It argues this is a strong, balanced percentage, noting dairy development may benefit from more emphasis and would restore the breed to top global dairy standings.
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American Association
Silage Raises Milk and Butterfat in Feeding Test
In a 121 day trial at the Ohio experiment station cows fed a silage based ration produced 17 percent more milk and 28 percent more butterfat than a grain based ration. The silage diet also lowered costs per unit of milk.
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Ohio Experiment Station
Slinger
Prevent Large Dairy Loss In Abortion Fight Districtwide
Farmers and stockmen are urged to combat contagious abortion to save twenty million dollars in dead calves and sterile cows. Isolate affected animals treat aborting cows disinfect bulls and clean premises. Preventable and controllable disease framed as sound cattle business.
Common Calf Ailment Linked to Cold Milk Feedings
The commonest cause of trouble in calves is feeding milk too cold. Feed milk near blood heat, about 98 degrees Fahrenheit. Milk that is 20 degrees below blood heat can cause scours in very young calves.
Chief factor in creamery operation emphasized
The denalty of the cream is a key factor in creamery success. Thin cream causes butterfat loss and lower butter prices. A dairy thermometer is essential for precise temperature control to avoid guessing and ensure high quality butter.
Cow Bred for Milk Profit Says Dairyman
A dairyman argues the best profits come from cows bred distinctly for milk production. He emphasizes specialized breeding to maximize milk yield and efficiency in dairy operations.
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Dadryman
Dry fodder feeding advisories for dairy cows
Farmers are warned not to feed dry fodder to cows during or just after milking because dust from the fodder can fall into the milk. The advisory stresses maintaining milk purity by avoiding this practice and encourages feeding after milking instead.
Pape’s Diapepsia Promises Fast Stomach Relief
An advertisement extols Pape’s Diapaysin as a quick harmless cure for dyspepsia indigestion gas heartburn and related stomach distress. It claims instant relief within minutes with dramatic boasts of value and universal usefulness for men and women, urging readers to keep a case at home for day or night use.
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Pape
Ady
Overawed and Odd Bits From a Gossipy Page
A garbled snippet shows a boss asking for a personal check with a request to send someone else. It also mentions a stare through a lorgnette during business and a stray ad line touting Garfield Tea and a peculiar claim about a man who never errs.
Woman Recounts Health Turnaround With Vegetable Compound
Mrs M D J Sonnton of Richmond Indiana says a decade of weakness and illness ended after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Confident in the remedy she built a new home, did manual labor, shoveled dirt, cement work, and raised many chickens and ducks. She urges others to try the product for similar relief.
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Hanaver Richmond
Ind
Lydia E. Pinkham
Syd & EB Pinkham
Mra. M. D
J Sonnston
Richmond
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