Crop Prospects and Climate at Beaver Hills Canada Letter
A letter from Mrs. S A Brigham of Mason City describes Beaver Hills Alberta near Fort Saskatchewan and Edmonton. She details fertile bottom lands hay supply, Beaver Lake, wildlife, flora, fruit, and crops wheat oats barley vegetables especially potatoes yielding 208 to 308 bushels per acre, long days, mild summers, cool winters, and roads, fences, and land laws.
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Edmonton
W. T
A. Brigham
Mason City
Hoss Creek
Alberta
Canada
Beaver Hills
Ft. Saskatchewan
Beaver Lake
Witc
Jebly Ap
Coneilusion
Wwe
Ras¢ Creek
History repeats in a local art tale from Paeonsetown
A fragmented OCR report recalls a town event where an artist named Profs Gridley prepared to perform on a piano as a manager signaled start. The crowd reacted loudly, shouting and moving away toward Yonkers Staterman amid the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
oCrmronbrak
Gridley
Shang
Yonkers
The Hand and Its Divine Mission in Life and Mercy
A religious discourse extols hands as divine tools, urging charity and help. It highlights hands as the eye and hand in scriptural debate, praises Christ’s healing by touch, and calls for benevolent, gentle handshake practice, blessing children, and aiding the needy. It cites historic examples of handshake ethics and benediction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jehu
Jehonadah
Solomon
Herod
Christ
William Pent
Carey
Havelock
Lucknow
David Drainer
Lincoln
Anya Ross
Cooper Shop
Villadelphia
van Meter
Heaven
Earth
Bethlehem Shepherds
Ewrace
Erice
Cheap Poultry House Promises Winter Laying Comfort
An outlined design for a hen house suited to New England winters details costs per head, construction with a scratch shed, adjustable front curtains, and two 14 by 14 compartments. The article explains framing with cedar posts, spruce lumber, tarred felt roofing, and ventilated roosting rooms to keep hens productive year round.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Poultry Housing Plan Improves Winter Laying Yields
D J Lambert notes in Farm Journal a method tested over 20 years for confining hens in an inclosure or adjoining yards. By housing pullets in November in a shed with a single pen, Barred Plymouth Rocks became rapid growers and early layers with high year round egg yield.
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Plymouth Rocks
Hells
D. J. Lambert
Farm Journal
Convenient Pig Pen Made of Oak Lumber and Flour
A description of a pig pen built from Enoc Oak Lumber and flour of the same, with a slightly stone inclined design. The example shown divides into three compartments, each with a rear-eliding door.
Yard Pen Description From Ohio Farmer Sketch
A detailed description describes a yard pen for animals built of rich oak with a slightly inclined floor and a front ventilating window. It notes a feed trough, stationary wire protection, slops, and a rain spout directing water from the yard. The text also mentions a proposed asphalt road from New York to Chicago costing about 4 million dollars and questions funding.
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Ohio
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters Promises Relief for Digestive Ailments
An old advertisement extols Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a worldwide remedy for indigestion dyspepsia constipation biliousness and fevers. It claims benefits for those with defective eyesight and stomach derangements and presents the product as a trusted cure.
Ambitious Cooper Seeks Rothschild Apprenticeship
A German youth, apprenticed to a cooper, rejects his trade to pursue wealth. He wrote to the Rothschild banking house in Frankfort seeking to become an apprentice millionaire, pledging diligence and effort, yet remains a cooper.
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Rothschild
Frankfort
Hall's Catarrh Cure Claimed as Universal Cure
Readers learn there is at least one disease science can cure in all stages according to Hall's Catarrh Cure the only positive cure known to the medical fraternity. The ad claims it cures by acting on blood and mucous surfaces and offers one hundred dollars for any failure. Includes testimonials and address in Toledo Ohio. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills.
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Talmage
Mani
Anneordavec
Mit
Witteried
Jim
Amt
Amd
Ashoun Aviv
Wiel
Chathata
Uipers
Datense
Ian
Gelerre
Sonner
Sagner
Bneds
Otal
Tomiegs
Meres
Raphael
Leonardo Ca Vinci
Quentin Mat
Rembrandt
Albert Durer
Tittin
Christ
Ars Scheffer
Tuar Chriss Rushet
Dehbovahl
William
Perul
Isaiah
David
Micah
Phanes
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Tie. Hall
Harmony and politics clash in barber banter
A Chicago Evening News quip features a chatty barber, a local politician, and a knight of the lather brush. The barber claims harmony, the politician hedges, and the exchange pivots on uniting business with the razor.
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Chicago Evening News
Peptide and Oriental Mail Leaves Grand Central at 9:15 Each Night
The Peetite and Oriental Mail departs Grand Central Station New York nightly at 9 15 en route to San Francisco for delivery or transfer to steamers serving Australia the Philippines Japan and others A free postpaid copy of the new Round the World folder is available on receipt of three cents in stamps from George H Daniels General Passenger Agent Grand Central Station New York
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Grand Central Station
New York
New York Central
San Francisco
Australia
Philippines
Japan
Wia
New York Central Lines
George H. Daniels
Creatures of Habit in Dating Letters
The Philadelphia Record notes a habit many men have when starting to date a letter, preferring the number 99 and then using words ending in v y or o y. The playful observation reflects style trends in personal correspondence.
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Philadelphia Record
Cure a Cold in One Day Promoted by Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets
An old advertisement bundle touts Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets with a money back guarantee if they fail to cure a cold. It also includes multiple short quotes from periodicals and a claim for Ti is Cure for Consumption as an asthma remedy.
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Western Canada
Darwin
Sen Ris
Bors
Metabo da Daily
Louis Kiopsch
Serearn
Aexa Se
Poe
Cheap Poultry House
Dee
Walter
Grove
Creatures of
Putnam
Shiott
Eliott’s Magazine
Tiso
W. Willams
Antioch, Il
Cincinnati
Rae Corm
As &S
Baltimore
Indianapolis
Louisville
Lydia E
Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Adele Williamson
N. Boulevard
Atlanta
Mars
Lena GarxEs
Visalia
Tulare Co
Cal
Minnesota
N.Y
America
Salter
U.3
LE Johnasalzerseed Co
LA Crosse
Wis
Estern Gaanda
Ottawa
Ottawa. Or Address: the Wagersign d, Who Will Ik Xe Sunes, Amirphiets
Pedley
Merrill Iilogk
Retroit
Ioich
D. L. Caven
Springfeld
Obic
H. K. Green
Box D
Athaita
Eliza Austin
Fremont
C. H. Purdy
Waupaca
maliforiGe
Als and
Arents
Swanson Rheumatic Cure CO
Lake St
Ill
Falkville
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