17 Apr 1918
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Newspaper
Ontario Georgetown Herald
Location
Georgetown, Ontario, Canada
Date
Apr 17, 1918
Page
1
Netta and Rossiter’s seaside tale unfolds as a shy poet confesses his feelings through a poem. The revelation follows a tense cottage meeting, ending with a hopeful marriage proposal and a future collaboration.
Two hobos Matt Burns and Erick Doane drift along aided by a fox terrier. Matt sells Erick's love rhymes to publishers Oswald & Ewing for two dollars, while plotting a future as patron and mentor to the frail poet. Erick frets over true poetry while dreaming of fame.
The article argues that expanding cropland by draining swamps and irrigating deserts, plus plowing new patches, would boost food production. It notes U S yields for wheat oats and potatoes lag behind Western Europe and attributes this to less labor and fertilizer use, then claims there is no such thing as a truly poor or exhausted soil in modern agriculture.
A fragment from the Boston Transcrint debates diet and ethics, contrasting vegetarian stance with a jab about potato farming harming bugs. The dialogue ponders animal life costs in food production.
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