Western Canada Harnesses Outsize Wheat Harvest in 1915
The three prairie provinces Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta report an immense 1915 wheat crop with yields reaching 40 to 70 bushels per acre in many fields and total wheat production surpassing 275 million bushels. Reports from Daysland Delisle Lethbridge Unity and other districts note numerous No 1 hard and Marquis wheat yields. Railways and granaries expand to move record grain to markets in the United States and beyond as Prairie provinces push storage and export capacity.
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Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Canada
British Columbia
Elmer Seller
Strassburg
Sask
Jas. A. Renner
Daysland
J. N. Wagner
S. A Tosthagen
Gleichen
D. H. Engle
Humboldt
Iowa
Lethbridge
Unity
United States
Minneapolis
Duluth
St. Louis
Wadena
A. Tosthagen
Toronto
Canadas
Prairie
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Southern Railway
Grand Trunk Pacific
Denver
Western Canada
Swift Current
Chicago
Clay Robinson and Company
E. H. Maunsell
Macleod
Maunsell
Armour and Company
Clay, Robinson and Company
Canadian Pacifc
Canadian Northern
Dominion
Winchester boy adds three nickels to laundry bill
A four year old from Winchester, Indiana helps with family washing by delivering it to others. When asked for the price he hesitates, then answers that the bill is three nickels more than usual. The owner had paid $1.25 weekly, so $1.49 was paid this time.
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Winchester
Ind
Indianapolis Newa
Grateful Acknowledgment for Dodds Kidney Pills
Mr F C Case of Welcome Lake Pennsylvania testifies that Dodds Kidney Pills cured his back ache kidney trouble headaches and sleeplessness He invites publication to help others and notes price 50 cents per box at Dodds Medicine Co Buffalo NY Also mentions 60 cent Dodde Dyspepsia Tablets Adv.
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F. C. Case
Welcome Lake
Dodds
Dodda Medicine Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Unnatural Exchange At Ladies' Golf Club
A playful scene between a caddy and a member reveals light humor as the caddy remarks on the oddity of hearing praise while attending the Ladies' Golf Club. The banter highlights etiquette and workplace quirks in a club setting.
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Bui
Some Show Appeals Tired Businessmen in Comic Note
A fragment hints at a show aimed at weary businessmen with a quip about leaving tired before it ends. It references Red Cross branding and a joke about belief in the impossible, and a line on wedding realization.
Margery and the Convict's Price Demand
In a charged moment Margery presses her lover to choose between love and law. He refuses to marry a convict, fearing seven to fifteen years, while she insists she will wait but pleads not to be remembered or forced. She departs with the line Whatsoever seemeth good guiding his choice.
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Margery
Colorado
Galbraith
The Desert and the Lawn Ends in a Surrender
Griswold faces a dark choice and a final confession as detective Broffin traps him for a bank robbery. Griswold chooses to go to New Orleans to stand trial, surrendering with dignity. Margery Grierson supports his decision while Andrew Galbraith arranges a future for them.
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Broffin
New Orleans
Bayou State Security Bank
Griswold
Wabaska
Iin
Wabaskan
Randolph
Migs Grierson
Wabashkan
Matthew Hroffin
Grierson
Wenley Club Opens as All Faith Methodist Social Space
A new Wenley Club in London links to the Wesleyan Methodist movement and is housed in Great Wesleyan Central Hall near Parliament. It invites Methodists from all sects and worldwide, bans politics, and aims to foster brotherly social intercourse among members while welcoming visitors from America, Australia, Africa, and Asia.
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London
Wenley Club
Ite
Great Wesleyan
Houses of Parliament
Chrin
Jto
Robert Parkes
Eiighind
Globe
Viatturs
New York
Philadelphia
Australas
Africa
Asia
Worley Club
Britlub
Parrot Alerts Police To Mistress Found Dead
A Philadelphia parrot screamed Get out after police entered a house and found the mistress dead from poison. The bird’s distress was heard as officers investigated the scene and learned of the fatal poisoning.
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Philadelphia
Flour aged for sixty days guiding loaf rise and prices
Makers age flour about sixty days before use to improve rising. They cite this practice when bread loaves fail to expand promptly amid falling mill price signals.
Neighbor Gossip About Simpkins Wife Fashion Expectations
The dialogue hints at social pressure in a neighborhood. A man reflects on Simpkins and his wife, noting she used to model gowns and implying legal or moral expectations on Simpkins to cover such expenses. The remark suggests how reputation affects a husband’s standing.
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Simpkins
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Jones
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