Western Canada prize winner at El Paso fair.
The essay highlights Western Canada sweeping top prizes at the El Paso Dry Farming Congress for wheat oats barley and rye with alfalfa also earning honors. It promotes favorable markets via Hudson Bay Railway and Panama Canal routes, notes high land values and favorable Dominion government offers, and urges inquiries to a Canadian Government agent.
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Western
Canada
Texas
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
el Paso
Western Canada
Moe
Prairies
Chicago
EL Faso
Hudson Bay
Bay
Pacific Coast
Panama Canal
Peace River
No Wonder He Wonders
A fragmentary exchange questions love and selfhood with a line about being snubbed, reflecting a puzzled speaker pondering affection and identity.
How to Treat Dandruff with Cuticura Ointment
Retiring touch atop dandruff and itching with Cuticure Ointment. Next morning shampoo with Cuticura Soap and hot water. A clean scalp means good hair and freedom from dandruff itching burning crustings and scaling. Free sample by mail with Book Cuticura Boston postcard address Dept L. Sold everywhere.
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Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Values of cheese nutrition and preparation shown in chef tricks
The article explains cheese food value from 4 to 2585 calories per pound, noting water and cream content affect strength. It discusses cottage cheese's high water %, the impact of additives like butter, cream, nuts, and currant jelly on nutrition, portion sizes, and dining habits. It also describes flavoring methods and a jeweled pastry syringe creation as a dessert note.
Helpful Household Hints From An Old Column
Helpful hints advise storing raisins in glass jars to keep moisture free from loss of goodness. Do not leave spoons in hot cooking as they conduct heat and absorb it. If sleepless, apply a hot water bottle to the stomach to induce sleep. Keep coats and hats aired to avoid odors. Clean dusty worn shades by flipping and rehanging. Two potatoes in warm water aid delicate fabric washing better than soap. Piano keys and ivory can be cleaned with woolen cloth dipped in alcohol, a dab of fannel moistened with cologne helps when yellow.
Teas Baskets Pie Crust Instructions
A brief recipe describes making a short sweetened pie crust, rolling it thin in sheets, and cutting four inch squares. The outer corners are pinched into a basket shape and filled with sweetened whipped cream, then returning to the oven briefly to finish.
Chicken Patties Recipe From Frugal Kitchen Notes
A compact recipe describes using cold chicken milk corn flour pepper salt and butter. Make a white sauce thickened with corn starch, season, then fold in minced chicken. Fill puff paste patty pans, bake briefly, add filling, and brown in the oven briefly.
Coffee Custard
Two cups milk with ground coffee dissolved, sugar, salt and vanilla. Stir in eggs lightly, blend, then mix with remaining milk. Pour into individual molds, place in a hot water bath and bake until firm.
Wicker care and Corn Custard Recipe Note
Cleaning wicker furniture with warm soapsuds and ammonia, then brushing and rinsing before air drying. Also includes a baked corn custard recipe using canned corn milk egg yolks salt pepper and bits of butter baked brown.
To Prevent Eggs Bursting While Boiling
Fragmentary note describes a deck one needle before placing takes aim at preventing bursting eggs and eyes during boiling.
Uncle Sam's Hospital Ship to Lead World Fleet
The United States plans a modern hospital ship built from keel up at a government yard. It will be 460 feet long, 60 feet wide, with 800 beds in peacetime and 500 in emergencies. The ship includes ear eye and throat facilities, X-ray and hearing test rooms, separate disease wards, a dental lab, a biological lab, an animal testing yard, a morgue, and a fully equipped kitchen system delivering hot meals via a steam-table trolley.
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Uncle Sam
Europe
Ono
United States Navy
Dairy Department
Congress
Navy Yard
BR. C. Holcomb
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
Navy Department
Bureau of Construction and Repair
Sugar Beet Industry Sees Record Harvest in US
Preliminary returns from sugar beet factories show 18,890 short tons of sugar produced this campaign. Harvested area reached 680,000 acres with beets totaling 871,000 short tons, the largest acreage and tonnage on record. Production exceeds 1915 peak by over 44,600 tons amid five-year gains.
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Thee
United States
Uncle Sam On Wheels Expands Government Rail Car Network
Government fitting up a rail car each year to carry experts’ demonstrations to the people. Six or seven cars already, with an order for another. The traveling exhibit blends education with novelty to reach a wide audience, including a new peripatetic laboratory for food analysis and safety, plus cars from the Bureau of Standards and other agencies to test scales, assess weighing practices, and aid disaster response.
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Uncle Sam
United States
Education On
Sam
Federal
Food Research Laboratory
Bu‘teau of Animal Industry
Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Mines
Fisheries
Bureau of Chemistry
Bureau of Animal Industry
Pacific
Atlantic
Great Lakes
Bureau of Standards
Uncle Sam Doctors Urge Fresh Air and Exercise
Public health service urges more outdoor time and lighter diet to combat gluttony and its effects. The statement cites wet inefficiency and a red nose as consequences, recommending moderate meals and increased outdoor work to relieve dyspepsia and improve health for Americans and Kansans.
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Uncle Sam
United States Public Health Service
United States
Paper twine from paper proves sturdy for packaging
Experiments at the Madison aaf est products laboratory demonstrate that paper twine made from narrow paper strips twisted into cords can securely wrap packages. Several hundred parcels across the United States arrived in good order with no damages attributable to the twine. Foresters note the method is strong but not yet a satisfactory stand alone substitute for other twines.
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Uncle Sam
Forest Products Laboratory
Madison
United States
Bankers of the Albemarle Coast Bankers ponies of North Carolina
Along the North Carolina coast a breed of half wild horses called banker ponies roam the Albemarle shore. They grow twice the size of Shetland ponies and feed by digging for fish at low tide. Herd owners brand foals and sell some adults to dealers. In captivity they are intelligent and strong draft animals.
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North Carolina
Albemarle Sound
Swamp-Root Stops Serious Backache
An old advertisement promotes Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a physician's remedy for kidney and bladder disorders. It claims fast relief, cites years of use, and offers bottles at 5 cents and 1.00 dollars. Readers are urged to obtain a sample by writing Kilmer & Co. in Binghamton New York and to mention the paper.
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Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
aAdy
Foxy Jack and Edith-Ohh Tale of Proposals and Steps
The text presents a humorous exchange about Jack declaring love to a dozen girls before proposing to Ethel. A whispered reply suggests those declarations were only stages in his progression toward an ideal partner, reflecting playful dating banter.
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Foxy
Jack
Edith
Ethel
An Ardent Wooer in a Town Topics Sketch
A clipped dialogue in Town Topics features Jack and Bess debating elopement with mock romance and imagination. The piece includes a product jingle for LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE touted as curing two colds in one day, signed by 3. W. Grove, and a mock theater quip about Tragedian Flubbut’s acting as friends in the audience imitate him.
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Jack
Bess
W. Grove
A Bold Statesman Belittled by Cavits Critics
A quotation reflects a defender praising a congressman for courage while critics mock his alleged habit of avoiding praise for cavits lists. The remark underscores political tension and partisan framing in the era.
Navy manpower exceeds one million at sea and shore
The working force of the British navy afloat and ashore totals more than 1,000,000 men, reflecting broad manpower for naval operations and support across seas and naval bases.
High Cost Of Living Ad Promotes Skinner Macaroni
An advertisement urges housekeepers to cope with rising food prices by serving Skinner’s Macaroni and Spaghetti as the cheapest nutritious option. It invites women to request a free Skinner cook book from the Skinner Mfg. Co. Omaha Webr. The piece notes the tiny central American hummingbird as the smallest bird, about the size of a blue bottle fly.
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Skinner
Skinner Mfg. Co
Omaha
Ady
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U.S
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Elu
Ae Over
Peruna
Eternal Hills
Peruna’ Company
Columbus
Ohio
Cascara
Quinine
Rice Brothers
Simux Git
Kansas
Rebraskation & Metal Co
N. UL
Sioux City
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