Women Farm Histories In Western Canada Highlight Drive
Feature profiles show Miss Hazlett from Sas Katchewan taking over a family farm after her brother’s death and Mrs. Blackburn building a 60 purebred Holstein herd from a 169 acre start. Two Oak Lake sisters run a 1 120 acre operation with 25 heavy horses and nearly 100 cattle. They illustrate a growing trend of female farming success and independence empowered by Canada West.
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Alay Hazlett
Touchwood Hills
Saskatchewan
Miss Hazlett
Vimyidge
HH ‘Oie
Mary J. Blackburn
Alberta
Hlardisty
Canada
Blackburn H
Abs. Blackburn
Oak Lake District
Manitoba
Canadia
Western Canada
Canada West
Barrage From Washington Reveals A Politician’s Franking
In an exchange between Ann and Grampson the dialogue recalls a congressman and a request for resignation after displeasing legislation. Ann notes the fathered measure and the ongoing practice of franking speeches to her, expressing remorse for revealing her influence.
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Washington
Ann. Grampson
Red Cross Ball Blue Laundry Ad Promises Dazzling Dresses
Advert says use Red Cross Ball Blue in laundry to make baby dresses dazzle. Claims will be easy and visible to shoppers at all good grocers.
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Baby
Two of a Kind Artillery Bans
A wartime humor vignette shows a rookie learning horsemanship under a patient sergeant. The sergeant introduces a gentle, unridden horse and offers to begin lessons together, illustrating quiet camaraderie on a military horse stable.
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D’ja
Frogs Discuss Spring Traits and Moulting Differences
In a lively woodland dialogue, Mr. Leopard Frog and Mr. Green Frog compare spring behavior, voice changes, and color contrasts. They explain moulting both in and out of water, noting shared frog viewpoints and a lighthearted pride in their species.
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Leopard Frog
Mr. Green Frog
Green Frog
Tin
Screaming Frog
Tino No Handsome Frog
Mr. Leopard Frog
Breeze Brothers
Purifying With Soap Lesson In Sunday School
Susie explains the lesson as cleansing the man within with soap. The investigation reveals the verse about purifying oneself who has this hope in him.
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Susie
Goodrich to Sail for Russia to Finish Relief Work
Former Indiana governor James P. Goodrich left Indianapolis for New York on May 1 and will sail Wednesday to complete duties for the American relief committee. He expects August return and notes European tensions as the United States should stay distant from European entanglements.
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New York
American Relief Committee
Indianapolis
James P. Goodrich
Indiana
Goodrich
Winchester
Marie Moormin
Germany
Europe
Russia
Primary United States senator results in Indiana
State canvassing board tallies show 657,999 votes cast in the Indiana primary. Albert Beveridge leads Republican totals with 206,165 votes to Harry New’s 184,505. on the Democratic side Samuel Ralston has 174,628, Jessie Sanders 54,027, Daniel Simms 24, plus others including BL Bo Shively 22,990 and Charles Steward 12,152.
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Daniel W. Simms
Bo Shively
Charles BF. Steward
Indiana Physicians Meet at Claypool Hotel
More than 40 Indiana physicians attended the six tieth annual convention of the Indiana Physico-Medical association in Indianapolis May 15. Dr. A. E Berninger of Indianapolis presided. An address on Focal infection to Rheumatism by Dr. C. E. Milligan of Winchester, who died suddenly a week ago, was omitted from the program prepared earlier.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Indiana Physico-Medical Association
Claypool Hotel
A. E Berninger
C. E. Milligan
Winchester
Stolen Auto Struck by Train Near Richmond
A stolen car abandoned at Wright near Modoc, sixteen miles north of Richmond, was hit by a Pennsylvania Railroad train at a grade crossing eight miles east of the city. Witnesses say the thieves fled as the train approached.
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Richmond
Garage
Indiana bank sells $500000 federal farm loan bonds
Indianapolis May 1 indication of land value as an investment is shown by the Fletcher Joint Stock and Land bank completing the sale of $500000 in federal farm loan bonds to a syndicate led by the bond department of the Fletcher Savings and Trust company which owns the bank's stock.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Fletcher Joint Stock and Land Bank
Fletcher Savings and Trust Company
Stock and Land Bank
Milan Chosen for Federated Women's Clubs Convention
Milan was selected as the site for next year’s Federated Women's Clubs convention for the Fourth Indiana district during the annual meeting in Columbus. Mrs. Fannie Foulk of Aurora was chosen district chairman, with Mrs. Z. S. Silby of Osgood as vice-chairman and Mrs. Edith Peaney of Aurora continuing as secretary and treasurer.
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Milan
Columbus
Federated Women's Clubs
Fourth Indiana
Fannie Foulk
Aurora
Z. S. Silby
Osgood
Edith Peaney
Twenty Flying Corps Tests
Indianapolis May 14 Twenty officers of the One Hundred and Thirty seventh observation squadron of the Indiana National Guard at Kokomo have passed the physical and efficiency examinations to qualify for flying. Orders for qualification came from the militia bureau of the War Department in Washington.
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Indianapolis
Indiana National Guard
Kokomo
Harry B. Smith
Militia Bureau
The
War Department
Washington, D. C
Prohibition raid seizes 28 quarts in Indianapolis
Federal and police agents arrested John Mangus after seizing twenty eight quarts of white mule liquor from a rear building on West Washington street in Indianapolis. Mangus, of 1901 South East street, faces prohibition violation charges.
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Indianapolis
Pice
Washington Street
John Mangus
South East Street
Thorntown Physician Dr EL Brown Dies at Home
Thorntown physician Dr EL Brown, 76, died of paralysis at his home after a six year illness. Born in Boone county on April 9, 1846, his parents were from North Carolina.
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Thorntown
EL Brown
Boone County
North Carolina
Man Sheets and Kills Self in New Albany
Clarend McBride aged thirty seven shot and killed himself at his father Charles St. McBride home north of New Albany. He had been in ill health.
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Self
New Albany
Clarend McBride
Charles St. McBride
Tanlac credited with restoring health in Omaha man
W S Meadville of 7604 North Twenty ninth Street Omaha Nebraska says he was bedridden for weeks with liver and kidney problems and back pains before taking Tanlac. He reports quick improvements and lasting benefits and notes Tanlac is sold by all good druggists.
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Tanlac
W. S. Meadville
North Twenty-ninth St
Omaha, Neb
How They Came Mrs Benham
In a light rural exchange Mrs Benham notes both hens have laid again as they are rewarding their keeper with a steady stream of eggs, described as a relay of production. The simple farm scene captures a moment of ongoing poultry routine and domestic humor.
Bayer Aspirin Directions Ad from Bayer Cross Stamp
An old advertisement urges aspirin use only as directed by Bayer and notes the Bayer Cross as a symbol of genuine Aspirin prescribed by physicians for over twenty one years. The ad promotes Bayer Triblets of Aspirin and emphasizes safe directions on each package.
Red Cross Ball Blue Ad Brings Snowy Whites Promise
Ad copy touts Red Cross Ball Blue as the solution for snowy white laundry. Quoted line from Louisville Courier-Journal invites readers to try the product with a radio campaign tagline.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Romance in Chinese Literature and the feet bound lily myth
J P Donovan describes the beauty ideal of bound feet as a fashion craze, not law. He cites Yao Niang, the concubine of Emperor Li Yu, who reportedly walked on golden lily petals and compressed her feet to three inches to resemble an unopened lily.
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J. P. Donovan
Forum
England
Yao Niang
Li Yu
Barber on the Run In Fit Sparks Mascot Ruse
A Birmingham Age-Herald item depicts a barber who suffers a fit in the rear as customers question the shop’s handling of a worker. The proprietor explains he cannot dismiss Bill, noting he was decent before women began arriving for hair bobbing.
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Bill
Birmingham Age-Herald
Germ zoo guide issued by British Medical Research Council
The British Medical Research Council releases a guide to a national living germ collection for investigators. Similar germ banks exist at Paris Pasteur Institute New York Museum of Natural History and Vienna. The Lister Institute hosts Britain's collection with ongoing additions and donor details in the catalogue. Rheumatism is linked to many folk beliefs across Europe and England.
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British Medical Research Council
Pasteur Institute
Paris
Museum of Natural History
New York
Vienna
Lister Institute
One Way of Knowing
Two friends stay at a hotel. One wakes early and goes for a walk. He returns to breakfast to hear a joke from his friend. The other figures out he was up early by hearing his cough and footsteps.
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Bill
Jim
Halo on a Girl During Courtship Grows After Marriage
A succinct saying from historical lore describes how a halo seen during courtship can deepen into a bon net after marriage, illustrating evolving perception in intimate unions.
Train running joke among friends ends in irony
Bertie and Jack joke about catching the last train. Jack laments missing the train as the rear light disappears on the platform. Sack delivers a quip about the married man who misses the last train still catching it.
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Halloa
Bertie
Jack
Sack
The Simple Life: Moralizing Poverty No Longer Offered
No one now offers moralizing on the blessings of poverty. It is called the simple life.
Stop Coffee Or Tea And Try Postum This Week
If you have an idea that coffee or tea drinking may be injurious to your health, why not stop it for a week or so, and drink delicious, fragrant Postum instead.
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Western
Bellans
Mary
Eonne
Omaha
Bayer
Goodyear
United States
Holland
Midlands
Postum Cereal Co., Inc
Battle Creek, Mich
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