Bumper Wheat Yield of Canada Inspires Western Settlement
The article extols Western Canada as a settlement lure, citing US settlers and free 160 acre land, with yields of 20 to 40 bushels per acre and profits per acre. It notes Manitoba Alberta Saskatchewan crops breaking records, predicting 100 million bushels from four million acres. A dispatch from Ogilvie Milling and a Winnipeg telegram back up the optimistic outlook. The piece urges readers to consult Canadian Government Agents for district details and rail rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Canada
Dominion of Canada
United States
Western
Canada
Manitoba
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Speen
W. Thompson
Ogilvie Milling Co
Inventive Ingenuity Across Nations
From France the phonopostal reproduces voice sounds on pasteboard postcards as souvenirs. In Denmark a laborer crafts life saving impregnated clothing to float wreck victims days longer. In Indiana Hoffmann tests a one piece glassware mold making machine that forms handled jugs in a single operation, cutting costs and labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Denmark
Indiana
Hoffman
Newspapers as Cleaning Use Probed in Quirky Household Guide
Source jokes about repurposing newspapers for cleaning tasks. Notes suggest using them to wipe stoves and lay under carpets as practical tips, reflecting a lighter, domestic facet of newspaper culture.
Raised From a Death-Bed by Kidney Pills
Mr. Pitts of Skowhegan describes severe back ache night sweats fainting and dropsy with near death. After using Dean's Kidney Pills his condition improved and he has been well for three years. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. E. Pitts
Hathaway St
Skowwhegan
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Willcox Named Iowa Nebraska Pension Agent by Hull
W W Willcox of Des Moines has become the pension agent for the Iowa Nebraska district after a conference with Iowa statesman Hull and President Roosevelt set his appointment. He succeeds Richard Clarkson, serves a term to 1906, with expectations of continuation. Willcox, a long time Iowan, formerly Hardin County sheriff, now assumes duties in Des Moines.
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Russell Woodard
Des Moines
W. W. Willcox
Lowa- Nebraska
Richard P. Clarkson
Hull
Iowa Statesman
Roosevelt
Willcox
Washington
Iowa
Iowa City
Wapello
John H. Iset
Highth
Iowa, Cavalry
Hardin County
Seed Corn Day Observed by Iowa Farmers
Last Tuesday was seed corn day in Iowa with a statewide appeal to gather seed for winter. Prof Holden urged harvesting every ear used for seed by October 10 and drying before November freezes. Authorities hope seed corn day becomes an annual event on the Iowa farmers calendar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Holden
Juvenile Court Law Use Scored in Statewide Reports
State Board of Control compiles responses from Iowa counties on the juvenile court law two years after passage. Forty two counties report cases. 34 counties account for 172 cases. Several counties including Adair Audubon Allamakee Adams Boone Buchanan Bremer and others report no juvenile court cases. Montana Dennison trial set for October 23 in Montgomery county with Omaha backers denying delays and repudiation rumors. Affidavits from Harrison county clerks confirm continued funding for the prosecution.
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State Board of Control
Board of Control
New York
Iowa
Adair
Audubon
Allamakee
Adams
Boone
Buchanan
Bremer
Butler
Cedar
Calhoun
Clay
Clayton
Decatur
Davis
Delaware
Franklin
Guthrie
Grundy
Henry
Hamilton
Humboldt
Hancock
Ida
Greene
Jackson
Jefferson
Lyon
Monroe
Monona
Osceola
O'Brien
Plymouth
Pocahontas
Poweshick
Palo
Alto
Sac
Sioux
Shelby
Tama
van Buren
Worth
Winneshick
Dennison
Montgomery County
Tom Dennison
Omaha
Harrison County
Red Oak
Forged Deed Suspected In Gressor Property Case
Des Moines grand jury subpoenas County Recorder Mrs. Dodson to produce three mortgages and the deed to the Gressor farm made over to William L. Carter. Prosecution suspects forgery and deception of Attorney M. E. Welday. Witnesses sought for night-signature timing on September 25. Charles City reports Eastman sought $50 000 in a breach claim over a proposed marriage via want ad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Grand Jury
Mrs. Dodson
Heft
Edward J. Gressor
Gressor
William L. Carter
M. E. Welday
Charles City
B. Eastman
Minneapolis
Miss Woods
Eastman
Tramp Found Dead After Night on Rock Cut Tracks
An unknown man believed to be a tramp was found dead beside the Illinois Central tracks at Rock Cut in Dubuque. He had a severely damaged head, a revolver nearby, and marks suggesting a hand to hand fight. Residents heard gunshots during the night. a presumed internal tramp clash may have led to his death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
W. W. Ordway
Los Angeles
Onawa
Mapleton
Dubuque
Thelinois
Rock Cut
Death by self immolation at Audubon home
F A Riggs committed suicide by building a funeral pyre from his bed at home in Audubon. He saturated the bed with oil and lit a match then lay down. Neighbors rescued him from the flames but he died soon after. Family says domestic trouble was the cause.
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Audubon
F. A. Riggs
Riggs
Pioneer Banker to Marry Seizes City Property in Iowa
G B Eastman, pioneer resident and first banker of this city, sold all property to H C Baldwin of Citizens National Bank and left for Minneapolis where he is said to marry Miss Wood. The compilation notes other local events across Iowa cities including court adjournments, guilty pleas, bankruptcies, arrests, and a fatal train incident.
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Charles City
G. B. Eastman
H. C. Baldwin
Citizens’ National Bank
Minneapolis
Miss Wood
New Hampton
Judge Fellows
Lansing
Chickasaw
Linton
Frank McGinn
Eddie Larson
Chicago
Anamosa
Osceola
John Sanders
Sioux City
A. J. Wilson
W. E. Brown
Storm Lake
Subway Strikers Spark Panic as Riders Brace for Unrest
A New York City subway crowd endures strikes and unknown actions by rail workers and green substitute hands. A nervous passenger, stepping from the Ninth Avenue elevated station, proclaims relief and exclaims in a comic misspoken line about getting her feet back on terra cotta amid the tense scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Ninth Avenue
Sherlock Holmes
Mrs. Malaprop
Wrinkles Spark Vintage Photo Quip at Detroit Event
A Detroit Free Press snippet recalls a man boasting no recent photos for ten years and a friend joking about still using the same old plate to strike off wrinkles as cameras linger on a humorous remark at a local gathering.
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Detroit Free Ress
Dodd's Kidney Pills End Sciatic Pain Claims
A Mineral Idaho resident, D. S. Colson, testifies that Dodd's Kidney Pills cured his severe hip pain and sciatica. He asserts the medicine eases all sciatic and rheumatic pains by removing uric acid through healthier kidneys.
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Mineral
Idaho
D. S. Colson
Dodd
Good Enough Evidence in a Teacher of What Country
In a Cleveland Leader style exchange, Willie questions the country of origin for the rhinoceros robe or native attire. The dialogue contrasts Willie with a remark about clothing fit and identity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie
England
Cleveland
Cure for Women Promoted by Cuticura Trio Claims
Advertisement extols Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills as antiseptic for mucous membranes blood and body fluids offering local and constitutional relief for weakening discharges ulcerations inflammations itching irritations relaxations displacements pains and irregularities in females and accompanying conditions such as anaemia hysteria nervousness and debility.
Fragmented Ads and Quotations From 1900 OCR
A jumble of quoted lines and ad blurbs including satirical remarks about Indiana stoicism references and Minnehaha plus an 1900 period ad for Piso's Cure for Consumption. It also notes a New York Press remark on consolation freckling and a Philadelphia Press quip about laughing.
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Pitts
Clarkson
W. V. Willcox
NEW Pension Agen 2
John Simpson
Department of Agriculture
Legislatire
Great Sun
Great Council of Iowa Improved Order Red Men
Marshalltown
Wilson Brooks
John W. Cherry
Norfolk
Gov. Cummins
Secretary of the Treasury
Shaw
Des Moines ‘Commercial ‘Club
Polk County Republican Club
W.W. Ordway
Wellington
John Earl
Waterloo
Prohibition Party
Anti-Saloon League
Behring
Paris
Iowa Association For the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis
Brigham
Iowa State News
Clinton
Evelina Joehnk
Hans J. Joehnk
North Side
Council Bluffs
George Fitch
Herald-Transcript
Peoria
Ill
Fitch
Henry Sheeley
Burlington
Glenwood
O. D. Wheeler
Iowa Institution
Louis Valeske
State Board of Medical Examiners
Cedar Rapids
Elmer Watson
Lisbon
John Carmody
Carraher
John Conway
John Robson
Berkeley
Cal
J. R. Baker
Odebolt
Federal Grand Jury
Caster
Iowa League of Municipalities
Clement Scollard
Milwaukee Railroad
Scollard
Hopkinton
F. C. Barker
FOR
Rey
Philadelphia Press
N.W. Samuel
Ocean Grove
N. J
N. Y
Lurkitt Co
Eavantisto
Buffalo, N
Kemp
Balsam
Texas
Montana
Adirana
1904
A. J. Tower CO
Boston, U.S
Tower Canadian Co., Limited
Toronto
Canadg ‘Sue
R.F . Bieber
Washer Co
Henry St
Binghamton
Yonge St
Ont
W. L. Douglas
Adougls
Jw.l.douglas M. Land
Brockton
Mass
Mig
W. L. Dougiea
W.l.douglas
W.L. Douglas
Brookton
Mate
Nashville, Chattanooga & St.Louis Railway
Union Depot
Chattanooga
Tenn
Andrews
Dig Shanty
Kennesaw
Georgia
Western & Atlantic
A. N. KA
Mull
D. Gianelle
Joliet St
Joliet
Mull's
Mull’'S Grape Tonic CO
Third Avenue
Rock Island
Druwatores
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