Western Canada harvest labor demand sparks rail rate deals
The notice urges 162000 farm hands to harvest grain across Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta with 112000 local help and calls for low railway rates via government agents in Detroit Marquette Syracuse and other cities to attract workers. Harvest runs July 25 to five or six weeks after threshing, with profitability projected per acre and land prices rising across the prairie provinces.
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Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Canada
M. V. McInnes
Jefferson Avenue
Detroit
Michigan
C. A. Laurier
Marquette
Crawford
Syracuse
L. Y
Thos. Hetherington
Tremont Street
Boston
Mass
Williams
Gardner
Toledo
Ohio
Geo. Alfrd
Traction-Te
Spokane
Wash
Bexland
No Argument There She Oh Mamma Objects to Kissing
Dialogue fragment shows a comic exchange about kissing with a mother figure objecting to the act. The line hints at playful family dynamics and social propriety in a lighthearted exchange.
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Mamma
Josiah Devotion to God Sunday School Lesson 1911
A July 23 1911 Sunday School lesson on Josiah from Chronicles chapters 34 1 13. It traces Josiah birthplace Jerusalem his age when he began to reign and the Scythian invasion shaping his reforms. The temple restoration and discovery of the Book of the Law spark renewed devotion and calls for personal spiritual renewal.
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Josiah
Judah
Jerusalem
Manasseh
Jehovah
David
Far East
Jeremiah
Herodotus
Caucasus
Assyria
Palestine
Egypt
Shapan
Maaselah
Joah
Solomon
Joash
Varying Lobster Prices Reported by Kennebec Journal
The Kennebec Journal notes lobsters are dirt cheap now at 16 cents a pound, down from spring highs. Earlier in the season they sold six for 25 cents and were bought alive at 60 cents per pound, with Boston and New York prices reaching high levels.
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Kennebec
Boston
New York
Ladies Aid Plans Aid for Soldiers at the Front
Mrs Wills asks how the Ladies' Aid Society can help the troops at the front. Mrs Gillis recalls a piece about soldiers making sorties and suggests they cook and ship meals for the men.
Cure of Chronic Itching Rash by Cuticura Remedies
HE L Cate of Exile Kentucky describes years of boils and a burning itchy rash that spread over arms neck body and feet. After trying three doctors with eczema, four months of Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent cured him completely and no symptoms returned in a year. Free sample offer details are provided by Cuticura Department Boston.
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HE. L. Cate
Exile
Boston
Booker T. Washington’s gambit to teach in a henhouse
In Tuskegee during hard times Washington decides to use an old chicken house as a schoolroom. He asks a trusted elder to help clean out the henhouse at nine the next morning, a plan met with surprise but undertaken to advance education.
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Tuskegee
Booker T. Washington
Washington
Success Magazine
Garrulous Barber and Sensitive Customer Exchange
A playful exchange unfolds as the barber quips about the idea of being at the top, while the customer retorts about baldness. The humor contrasts boastful tone with a sharp comeback on personal appearance.
Teething syrup and tobacco ads in a crowded column
An eclectic newspaper snippet features Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething with a 25 cent price and an ad for Lewis' Single Binder cigars. It also offers a quip about a child with a toy bank and a line about girl chums and a fat man.
Jiggs and Jaggs Corset Joke Delivers Punny Knock
A brief comic exchange shows Jiggs claiming the corset trust is not economical because everything it makes goes to waist, while Jaggs asks how he knows. The pun hinges on a homophone for waste and waist.
Doan's Kidney Pills Praised by Nurse Emeline Green
Osage Iowa nurse Emeline Green testifies to Doan's Kidney Pills aiding kidney disorders backache dizziness and bladder troubles. Ad cites 50 cent price and distribution by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY. Includes unrelated humor items from Harper's Bazar.
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Emeline Green
Osage
Iowa
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Silence Costs and Easy Obligations
A compact reflection on choosing speech over silence, noting that speaking comes with duty while silence is a free choice that can still carry a heavy cost in principle. The author cites Curtis Yorke as the source of the quote.
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Curtis Yorke
Lewis' Single Binder Costs More Than Fifty Cigars
A catalog note states Lewis' Single Binder extra quality to bacco sells for higher price than about fifty cigars. A social observation compares a woman's indifference to a man to a fatted calf for a prodigal son, illustrating disdain.
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Lewis
Quote exchange on nature and a talking fish
A dialogue fragment ponders nature’s design and a hypothetical fish with a voice. It raises a playful question about what a fish might say if it could cackle over each egg it laid.
Umbrella Theft Becomes Personal Identifier Clue
In a brief exchange, Becker claims the umbrella can be identified by the man from whom it was taken, suggesting the thief is known to the owner and tied to a specific identifying detail.
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Becker
Cole's Carboli salve promotes quick healing and scar prevention
The advertisement claims Cole's Carboli salve ends burn or cut pain quickly and prevents scarring. It offers a 25 cent price and free samples via J. W. Cole & Co. at Black Silver Falls Wisconsin.
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Cole
Drusysisis
J. W. Cole & Co
Black Silver Falls
Wis
Absorbine, JR
Lini
W.F. Young
D.F
Temple St
Springfiel
Mass
Reputations Over Wealth Highlighted In Proverb
A reflecting line notes that a good name matters more than riches and urges caution in personal conduct to preserve a respected reputation.
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Libby
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Tommy Tuff
William
Brownly
Jones
Townly
Coca-Cola CO
Atlanta
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German Savings Institution
ST. Louis
Missouri
Beast
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Senna
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Ninth St
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Chicago
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Quincy
Watson E. Coleman
Washington, D.C
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