Canadian Northwest drawn by settlers amid favorable rates
Immigrants from the United States eye Western Canada as rail rates and good weather attract homeseekers. Reports from Magrath and Cardston show strong yields with winter wheat up to 60 bushels per acre and oats around 80 bushels, valuing farm output at over $30 per acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Canadian Northwest
Canada
Alberta
Cardston
H. Howe
Magrath
Alto
J. F. Haycock
J. F. Bradshaw
Salter Seed Co Promises Pure Wheat and Drought‑Tolerant Strains
The John A Salter Seed Co of La Crosse Wisconsin advertises Salter's Macaroni and Qur Dakota wheat varieties claiming purity and drought resistance across many states. They promise high yields 40 to 80 bu per acre in favorable regions and 40 to 60 bu in arid lands, with no rust or insects, and offer a seed book and free samples for 10 or 14 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salter
Department of Agriculture
Dakota
Mich. Wis
Kic
Penn
Afo
Neb
Kan
John A. Salter Seed Co
la Wis
William Oats
la Crosse
Wis
Reduced Colonist Rates on The North Western Line
One way tickets at special low rates on sale daily throughout March and April from all points on The North Western Line to San Francisco Los Angeles Portland and Puget Sound. Dally and personally conducted tours in tourist sleeping cars via the Chicago Union Pacific and North Western Line. Double berth only seven dollars through from Chicago. For full particulars write A Hutchison Manager Tourist Dept 212 Clark Street Chicago IL or address nearest ticket agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Western
San Francisco
Los Re
Portland
Puget Sound
Dally
Chicago
Union Pacific
Animal Post Cards and Mail Rates Advertised
Fragmentary ad copy notes postcards or stamps with travel and rate terms. Mentions one way fares via nickel flight or pigte item. unclear dates, origin, or carrier names due to damaged OCR.
Town Lawyer Schemes with Uncle’s Will and a Cunning Suitor
In a London office the attorney Keene drafts Frank Barrett's will to entrap Lynn Yeames. Yeames courts Miss Dalrymple while plotting a future with Gertrude, unaware his fate is sealed by the uncle's fortune and Keene’s deceit. The plot thickens at a concert where Yeames’s possessiveness fuels Keene’s suspicions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flexmore
Lynn Yeames
Mise Kite
Miss Dalrymple
Awdrey
Gertrude
Scotland
Lynn
County Club
Old Fletmore
Rascal
Mr. Lyon Yeames
Hazledown Woods
London
Laure
Dr. Andrey
Gertrute
Stoessel Condemned to Death for Port Arthur Surrender
From St. Petersburg a military court condemned Lieutenant General Stoessel to death for surrendering Port Arthur to Japan. General Fock was reprimanded for a disciplinary offense not tied to the surrender. Smyrnoff and Reiss were acquitted for lack of proof. The court suggested commuting Stoessel’s sentence to ten years in a fortress and removal from service. A Boston fire left Mrs. Mary McDonald and her 19 month old ailing as the husband saved the infant. the mother suffered a skull fracture and may die. the fire damaged the tenement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stoessel
St. Petersburg
Russia
Port Arthur
Fock
Fourth East Siberian
Smyrnoff
Reiss
Mary McDonald
Boston
Mass
Patrick McDonald
Pullman Cars to End Sale of Liquor on Trains
The Pullman Company will stop selling alcoholic beverages on its cars beginning with the Philadelphia & Reading Pullman trains. Policy follows prohibition laws in states along its routes and conflicts with Sunday liquor sales laws in others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pullman
Pullman Company
Philadelphia & Reading
Pope Receives Lions From Abyssinia Missionary
A Rome dispatch reports Father Bernard of Abyssinia presented Pope with two young lions from King Menelik. The king seeks protection for Catholic missionaries in Ethiopia. Lions await a special cage in the Vatican gardens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Bernard
Abyssinia
Menelik
Ethiopia
Vatican Gardens
Thaw Denies Divorce Story
Attorneys Daniel O'Reilly and A Russell Peabody told reporters after two hours with Harry K Thaw at the Matteawan asylum that he has no intention of seeking a divorce from Evelyn Nesbit Thaw and that rumors of an imminent attempt to annul their marriage are groundless.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thaw
Daniel O'Reilly
A. Russell Peabody
Harry K. Thaw
Matteawan
N. Y
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Death in U S Senate Claims Senator Latimer
Senator Asbury C. Latimer of South Carolina died at Providence Hospital Washington D C from peritonitis following an operation for appendicitis. He had been in the hospital since Sunday when the procedure revealed a more serious illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Senate
Asbury C. Latimer
South Carolina
Providence Hospital
Washington, D. C
Fatal Explosion at Hercules Powder Works Burns Workers
An explosion in the nitro glycerine mixing house at Hercules Powder Works fourteen miles north of Berkeley California destroyed the building. Twenty four civilians and four white men were killed and six white men seriously injured. Goldie Ackerman aged 26 badly burned and two babies nearly drowned as homes flooded in Marietta Ohio. Residents rescued with difficulty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hercules Powder Works
Berkley
Cal
Goldie Ackerman
Marietta
Ohio
Old-Time Minstrel Dead
Garfield H. Topping, longtime Chicago theatre owner and former head of the Cotton & Wayne Minstrel Co., a pioneer troupe, died in Barrington, Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garfield H. Topping
Fist Theatres
Chicago
The
Cotton & Wayne Minstrel Co
Barrington
Ill
Character Insight and Self-Doubt in a Reflective Passage
A narrator questions their sharpness in reading character while acknowledging a generally accurate self-assessment. The fragment hints at introspection about perception, humility, and confidence in interpersonal judgment.
Feat of an Army Officer Castner Beat Alaska Walking Record
The account recalls Captain Castner of the Fourth Infantry who in 1898-99 led an expedition across Alaska. He and two privates traversed about 2,000 miles to the Yukon joining Tanana Indians, enduring extreme cold, lacking food, and losing gear. Castner later logged a 26 mile per day pace to reach Skagway in 1890, prompting a relief expedition search.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O'Leary
Wilds
Alaska
Fourth Infantry
Joseph C. Castner
Castner
Alaskan
Mount McKinley
America
Fourteenth Infantry
Yukon River
Tanana River
Yukon
Skagway
Cincinnat! Enquirer
Pacific Coast Salmon Pack 1908 Total 3 808 811 Cases
The Seattle Trade Register reports the Pacific coast total salmon pack for 1908 at 3 808 811 cases. Figures cover the harvest across multiple ports and processors, reflecting a season of substantial production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle Trade Register
Pacific Coast
To Measure Molecules by Delicate Micrometer
Dr P Shaw of Nottingham University England created an ultra sensitive measuring device based on electric touch and six levers. The apparatus reads as small as sevemillionth of an inch and must be operated quietly at night. Current improvements since 1900 have made it a wonder to physicists worldwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. Shaw
Nottingham University
England
Technical World Magazine
Shaw
Mixed Patent Medicine Advertisements and Endorsements
A collage of old medical ads promises rewards for catarrh cures, endorsements of F J Cheney and Hall's Catarrh Cure, and side pitches for Hall's Pills and a bromine product. It also touts Earl Cromer as a Bible scholar and claims a one day cold cure with a 25 cent price.
Pancakes and Patterns in Cities and People
A collage of quick remarks on family life and city histories. It touches Mrs. Austin's pancakes, Rome's repeated conquests since 390 B C, and Osaka's population growth from 811,900 to 1,026,000 over eight years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Austin
Rome
Osaka
Japan
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Indianapolis
Ind
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Keo
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
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B. W. Grove
Mike
Mre. Winslow
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