Why Western Canada Land Beckons to Settlers
The Iowa State Register argues Western Canada offers land at low prices with climate and soil rivaling Minnesota and Iowa. It cites letters from former U S residents praising Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta for grain potential, water, coal, and government support to attract capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State Register
Western
Canada
Minnesota
Dakotas
Iowa
United States
Register
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
W. R. Conley
Lougheed
Detroit
Defiance Starch Aids Fine Laundering Quality
An advertisement styled piece discusses how white goods gain appeal from laundering and stiffening with strong starch. It endorses Defiance Starch for better appearance and mentions home laundering with proper starching. Includes period slang and references to local characters.
Fragmented 19th Century Advertisements and Sayings
A collage of humorous and practical lines from Harper's Weekly style ads. It includes a bone free meat joke, a suggestion about an egg, notes on refunds, quips about distance lovers, cloth whitening with Red Cross Ball Blue, cleaning mishaps, foot powder claims, a drugstore poultry order, and a remark that women never reveal secrets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper's Weekly
The Bird Photographer by Jules Neubronner
German druggist Jules Neubronner created a lightweight pigeon carried camera with automatic exposure via a rubber bulb. Tests showed eight quick snapshots on a moving bird, with plans to expand to thirty films. The device captured images of restricted royal park areas and was demonstrated before an aerial battalion at the invitation of Germany’s war secretary.
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Jules Neubronner
Germany
Imperial Palace
Friedrichshof
Dr. Neubrenner
Aero Static Battalion
Smallest cottage on Randalls Island owned by Capt Grace
Captain Irving P Grace of the Vigilant, head of New York harbor patrol, owns the tiny seven foot high cot tage on Randalls Island near a larger vine covered home where he and his father live. Built by House of Refuge trades and presented to him, it stands as a landmark for East River crowds. Miss Kate Gordon receives New Orleans business league medal for leading tax suffrage efforts and drainage sewerage reform, with proxy voting noted.
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United States Harbor Patrol
New York
House of Refuge
Randall's Island
Grace
East River
Business Men's League of
New Orleans
Kate M. Gordon
Women's Drainage and Sewerage League
Misa Gordon
Drainage Sewerage League
United States
Miss Gordon
Kidney Pills Restore Health After Long Suffering
A woman describes ten years of kidney trouble with back pain dizziness and irregular secretions. After using Doan's Kidney Pills she improves significantly and feels better than in years. Sold by all dealers Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Honor to Call Him Friend Doctor's Call to Service
A reflective tribute from the Binghamton Press praising physicians for their character and dedication. It notes medicine demands high mental discipline, extended commitments, and often exhausting work that tests nerves, while highlighting a physician's rare obligation to endure life's harshest moments.
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Dinghamton Presa
Dandruff Tale Endorses Cuticura Remedies in 1908
A missionary wife recounts using Cuticure remedies for her daughter's severe dandruff and a baby's milk crust, claiming scalp cleanliness and hair preservation. She praises Cuticura as a blessing and notes prior trials and success, dated January 20, 1908, Carthage Ohio.
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Missionary
Mia
J. A Darling
Fifth St
Carthage
Ohio
Potter Ding & Chem. Corp
Bole Prop
Boston
Marriage Promise Sparks Quiet Dispute
Mr. Knage says you warned him you would not marry the best man in the world. Mrs. Knaez retorts that he is the only one who believes she broke her word.
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Mr. Knage
Calf’s breed query sparks ghostly brag about kin
Gideon King boasts of his calf’s ancestry in humorous frontier gossip. The visitor asks the breed, and King retorts with tall tales of the sire goring a justice of the peace, a lightning-rod agent being knocked over, and the dam driving off the Banbury brass band on the Fourth of July. He adds the price tag of $6 and refuses to press the calf on anyone.
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Gideon King
Mr. King
Banbury
Grape-Nuts praised in reader letter to Postum Co
A reader recounts how Grape-Nuts and cream helped his gravely ill wife regain strength after milk and water failed. He asserts the improvement was marvelous and notes his wife became rosy and healthy again. The letter dates to a testimonial page for Postum Co of Battle Creek Michigan.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
TRY THIS FOR COLDS
A treatment claims to cure coughs and colds quickly by mixing half an ounce of Concentrated pine compound with two ounces of glycerine and a half pint of whiskey. The preparation is asserted to act as a tonic for the whole system. Concentrated pine is sold in half ounce bottles in labeled round cases designed to retain strength.
Warning for Brides and Wives: Cupid’s Wings Fail Soon
A Home Chat note warns that married women may neglect grooming after marriage. It cautions husbands not to let themselves go, or Cupid may fly out the window, leaving the man to blame for neglected romance. The column uses playful advice to encourage ongoing partnership and appearance.
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Cupid
Catarrh Cure Promoted Amid Health Claims
A fragment from an old advert describes Hall's Catarrh Cure offered by F J Cheney & Co of Toledo. It urges readers to buy and use the product to treat deafness caused by catarrh and claims mucous issues can be resolved with the remedy.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Drupeieta
Valued Indian conch shell fetches high price at sale
A right spiraled conch shell prized in Indian temples was once offered for sale in Calcutta with a reserve of one lakh rupees and was eventually bought for 20000 dollars. The shell is blown daily in temples to ward off spirits and honor the god’s meal.
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India
Calentia
Cold Remedy Promised As 24-Hour Cure
An illustrated item notes a purported cold cure using Compound Syrup of Sarsaparilla Toris Compound and whiskey with a table spoonful every four hours. It claims acute colds will cure in 24 hours and says the ingredients are available at any drug store. A separate joke item references a New York Times toast to the ladies criticizing hats on the sidewalk.
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New York Times
Castoria’s Lasting Assurance Seen In Old Safe Remedy
Examine each bottle of Castoria noted for plants and children. Ensure the product bears the familiar signature and says In Use For Over 350 Years The Kind You Have Always Bought, underscoring its trusted, long standing safety.
Garfields Tea and Laxative Ad Juxtaposed With Slogans
A collage of vintage ad copy and quotations including Garfield Tea Co. claims of liver stimulation and remedy for constipation, a brom Quin ine laxative reference, Lewis Single Binder cigar praise, Red Crossall Blue detergent, and Carlyle quotation about effort, all in a garbled 19th or early 20th century promotional snippet.
Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Relieves Woman’s Ailment
A testimonial from Mrs Joseph Handy of Hampden Maryland credits Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound with restoring her strength and mobility after doctors advised an operation. She praises the remedy as life changing and hopes other women find relief.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Red Banks
Willie Edwards
Maryland
Joseph Handy
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