Canada admired for law and growth by visiting editor
A Fulton Gazette editor who toured Western Canada extols strict law observance, government structure, liquor regulation, and strong churches and schools. He notes high wheat yields seen as the British Empire granary, with 160 acres free plus 160 more purchasable at $3.00 an acre, and promises further details from the Canadian Government Agent.
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Canada
The
Gazette
Fulton, Nev
Western
Canaada
Cgovernmor
England
Western Canada
Laurel
Neb
Tolstoi the Peasant Friend and World Thinker
A feature on Count Leo Tolstoi detailing his dual roles as artist and humane reformer. The piece highlights his democratic spirit, charity to Russian peasants, and opposition to oppression, while noting familial luxury and his eventual literary decline. It credits his influence on pacifism and the Hague conference movement.
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Russia
Leo Tolstoi
Tolstoi
United States
Yasnaya Polyana
America
Talstoi
Uyi
Telstoi
Saade
Tolsto
Nicholas
Tol
Long Wait and Small Talks From Vermont Town
A Vermont town greets a returning New Englander who laments lack of marriage and wealth, joking about awaiting a rich uncle’s heirs. In a separate vignette a mother notes her son was among the top three in class answers, while a child recalls the question, who broke the back window glass.
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Jesse
Vermont
Bill
Sahih
Sam Harris
Harry Stone
Sam
Johnnie
Firm promises hundred dollars for cure of canker by fists
Oath sworn by Frank J. Cheney of Cheney & Co. in Toledo Ohio promises one hundred dollars for each cataract case not cured by fists. Notary public and testifiers sign. Advertisement for Dr Cheney’s internal medicine pills invites readers to try for constipation relief.
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TATE
Toleda
Fiack J. Cukney
Fr. Coursrey & Co
Toledo
Aierewikt
Rycom
Cheney & CO
Faledo, O
Drygueteta
War and Peace Author’s Life Timeline 1828 to 1897
A chronology outlines Leo Tolstoy born 1828 on his father’s estate at Yasnaya Polyana, studies Oriental languages at Kazan 1843, becomes a lawyer in 1848, deserts his estate in 1851, serves in the Crimean War 1853, travels abroad and laments modern civilization in 1857, writes War and Peace between 1564 and 1569, marries Sophie Behrs in 1862, and endures imprisonment for his teachings in 1890 and brief confinement in 1897 for alleged nonconformity to government policy.
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Sophie Andreyevna Behrs
Moscow
Cities Spend on Public Schools Reveals Wide Gaps
New York City spent 33 million dollars on public schools last year, Chicago 22 million, Boston over 10 million, and Philadelphia a little over 6 million. Yet Philadelphia, third in population, ranked 34th per capita in school spending. The piece contrasts expenditure with population, highlighting funding disparities.
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New York City
Chicago
Boston
Philadelphia
United States
Vacuum sealed storage beats refrigerator for long preservation
The passage asserts that food can be preserved longer in a near vacuum container without decomposition than in a conventional refrigerator. It claims milk, fish, and meat remain months unchanged when the air is withdrawn, with no additional cost beyond air removal.
There and Back in a Magazine Cartoon
A comic vignette set in a college cookery room where a tramp begs for food among freshmen. The assistant principal quips that bad cooking drives men to drink, while the tramp retorts that drink drew him there, delivering a humorous line with a rustic narrator.
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Illustrated Sunday Magazine
Reached His Limit Little Henry Finds Penitence
A mother keeps her naughty child Henry locked in a closet until he shows true sorrow. At last she hears a faint sigh, then finds him on the floor muttering “Poor me” and lamenting being kept inside. The scene comes from Delineator as a domestic vignette on remorse and forgiveness.
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Henry
Old Gent Questions Language While Boy Declares Caddie Role
A local exchange captures an old gent scolding a boy for speaking coarse language while the youth defiantly claims he is simply acting as a caddie. The brief dialogue highlights generational tension and class cues in a sporting setting.
New Life Found in Change to Right Food
A New York New York mother describes relief from sour stomach after months by using Grape-Nuts. She and her son improved, regained weight, and sleep better. The letter credits avoiding heavy foods and follows advice from a stomach specialist. The Postum Co. promotes The Road to Wellville and authentic letters.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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