Wheat Lands of Western Canada An Attraction
Canada invites settlers to farm on 160 acre homesteads with a ten dollar fee, promising $10 to $25 per acre. It refutes false rumors on conscription and migration, citing a Rochester Herald editorial on voluntary military service and Canadian immigration openness for farming opportunities.
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Wheat Lands
Western
Canada
Med States
Dominion
Tony Ats
Mae
Rochester
N. Y
Great Britain
Ottawa
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Dauber Developed Revolving Canvas Technique
In explaining how Dauber created an extraordinary painting, sources reveal he used a revolving canvas during the process, enabling dynamic perspectives as he worked. This method allowed shifting viewpoints and a distinctive evolving composition.
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Dauber
Observation Teaches Better Than Experience
A concise maxim notes that wisdom comes from careful observation rather than direct experience. It emphasizes learning through noticing patterns, behaviors, and outcomes to gain insight and avoid repeated errors. The message endorses reflection over trial and error.
Atrocities Claims Spark War-Wide Debate From Berlin
Paris and Berlin reports debate the reliability of atrocity stories amid World War I. Eyewitness accounts from East Prussia, Belgium, and Russia are weighed, with cautions against exaggerated claims. Measured examples show both confirmed crimes and questionable tales, stressing the danger of biased publicity.
Making Dirt Roads Better Foreman Must Know What How and When to Plow
Foreman guidance on plowing sand clay and mixed soils to form durable crowns. Use middle-road furrow first for crown, spring or early summer best. Discusses ditching with drag scraper grader and proper layering with rollers to avoid overbuilding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. van Benthuyben
Skunks At Greenville Run A Compact Ranch Trade
Greenville becomes famed for a skunk ranch started by Will Stevens, a former Goldfield butcher. He captured young skunks in Indiana valley, raised them in corrugated pens, and sold skins for three to six dollars with valuable oil sold to druggists. Stevens plans larger stock for market in months, noting the animals’ fondness for milk vegetables and human company.
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Greenville
Cal
Will Stevens
Goldfield
F. W. Peck
Indiana Valley
Stevens
Lived on Same Farm Seventy Seven Years in Battle Creek
Battle Creek Mich Mrs Lucy Spaulding died at the home of her daughter after a long life on a single farm. She had lived there for 77 years and was remembered for a long, steady life on the family property. The report notes a record of 17 years elsewhere prior to this residence.
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United Jes
Bere
Doe
France
Red Cross
Army Corps
Battle’ Creek
Mich
Lucy
ES “Spaulding
Tha
Battle Creek
Road Building Habit Spreads Across Forty Eight States
A nationwide trend takes hold as road building becomes common in 48 states, attracting all social classes to adopt the practice and reshape infrastructure.
Prompt Earth Road Attention Aids Best Results
The text urges timely and proper maintenance of a dirt road to achieve optimal outcomes. It stresses prompt action and correct timing for best results in road upkeep.
Good Roads Advocates Push for Better Highways
It is gratifying to observe that every owner of an automobile immediately becomes an advocate of good roads. The casual enthusiasm hints at broad support for road improvements and infrastructure funding.
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Farmer Binks
Obadiah
Philadelphia Ledger
The Road Drag Keeps Earth Roads In Shape
The road drag is described as the simplest and cheapest device for maintaining earth roads, emphasizing its minimal cost and straightforward design.
Improving a Poor Road
A road improves not only by proper maintenance but may surpass a good road with time and care.
Road crown and ditching guidance from safety note
Instruction emphasizes keeping a crown on roads and cutting ditches to allow water flow. It stresses not leaving a shoulder unused and ensuring water drains away from the pavement to prevent runoff damage.
Shape a Road with Grader in a Split Log Style
A terse guide describes shaping a dirt road using a grader. It emphasizes maintaining the road’s shape by employing a split log technique, outlining practical steps to keep the profile even while grading.
Crowd Recalls Hoppe Inman Fight Tour USA
The piece notes Hoppe Inman touring the country and facing boxing and billiards peers. It mentions Willie Hoppe beating the Briton, George Sutton leading the Champion Billiard league, John Broughton buried in Westminster Abbey, Willie Ritchie losing to Johnny Dundee, Eddie May rising in coast bouts, and Gunboat Smith disputing Carpentier’s wounds. It also cites Snow Baker as a promoter and the broader boxing scene.
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John Broughton
England
Westminster Abbey
Nationals trainer Clarke Griffith to skip Cuba trip
Nash ville to release veterans Otto Williams and Johnny Lindsay. New York fans call Christy Mathewson Old Matty now. Carl Cashion to play for Minneapolis next season with Joe Cantillon aiming to convert him to first baseman. Lannin of the Red Sox and Province Grays will not depose Wild Bill Donovan as manager.
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Christy Mathewson
New York
Matty
Carl Cashion
Minneapolis
Joe Cantillon
Lannin
Red Sox
Province Grays
Wild Bill Donovan
Grays
Racing Tales and Trials From Latonia to Chicago
A thirteen year old jockey Pat Smyth rides at Latonia while a western inventor touts a new sulky for a 1 50 trotter though the machine refutes. Peter the Great colt Peter Farren eyes a big bet in next year’s slow pacing stakes as Barney Oldfield dominates publicity. Uhlan carries 1914 pounds in Vanderbilt race plans at the Panama Pacific expo while a Richmond trotting record is targeted at 13 4 seconds.
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Peter the Great
Peter Farren
Columbus
Murphy
Barney Oldfield
Uhlan
C. K. G. Billings
Richmond
Football figures and prep schedule notes in early reports
The article lists athletes and roles including Peter Gainc as Carlisle's captain and Johnny Maulbetsch honored by Ann Arbor with a diamond ring. It references George Browder aiming to play football in a Brooklyn prep school and the Navy planning to challenge Princeton and Penn as the season begins.
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Ann Arbor
Johnny Maulbetsch
Michigan
George Browder
Brooklyn
Navy
Princeton
Penn
Seasonapolis
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Chicago Daily News
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Soldau
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Abschwangen
Koenigsberg
Belgium
Frankfort-on-the-Main
General Headquarters
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Swithh
Jenetiah
Liege
Virginia Road
Shantung
Tsing Tao
Cially
St.Louis
Marble Tops
Zbyszko
Frank Gotch
Hoppe Inman
Inman
Willie Hoppe
George Sutton
Ora Morningstar
Willie Ritchie
Johnny Dundee
Eddie May
Freddy Welsh
Smith
Carpentier
Eddie McGoorty
Australia
Snow Baker
Island
Clarke Griffith
Cuba
Otto Williams
Johnny Lindsay
Nashville
Pat Smyth
Latonia
Chicago
Peter Gainc
Carlisle
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Pooch Donovan
Dal Penn
Lawson Roberts
Busch
Cary
Feld
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