Women Farm Across Western Canada Open New Paths
Feature on women in Western Canada taking ownership of farms and thriving. May Hazlett, an English immigrant in Saskatchewan, shifts from stenography to farming after her brother’s death at Vimy Ridge. Alberta’s Mrs. Mary J. Blackburn expands from a tent to a 160 acre addition and builds a prosperous Holstein dairy. Two Manitoba sisters grow a 1,120 acre farm, manage 25 heavy horses and nearly 100 cattle, proving farming can be a female enterprise with strong results.
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Canada
May Hazlett
Touchwood Hills
Saskatchewan
Miss Hazlett
Vimy Ridge
Oak Lake District
Manitoba
Western
Canada West
Barrage From Washington Franks Speech on Resignation
A dialogue reveals a citizen asking a congressman to resign over a disliked bill. The congressman has since sent speeches by franking, prompting reflection on political favors and accountability.
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Barrage
Washington
Mr. Grampson
Red Cross Ball Blue Laundry Ad Promises Bright Dresses
A vintage advertisement touts Red Cross Ball Blue as the stain free laundry aid for baby dresses. It urges shoppers at all good grocers to try the product and see the dazzling results.
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Baby
Two of a Kind Artillery Rookie Seeks Gentle Horse
In a light military scene a rookie artilleryman asks to be matched with a calm, unbroken horse for his first horsemanship lesson. The stable sergeant notes the horse has never been ridden, and proposes they begin together.
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D’ja
Indiana Brevities reflect war dead and civic notes
Indiana brief items report Sergt. John Keller buried at Arlington from Evansville. Boys Club Federation conference opens in Indianapolis with northern and eastern delegates. bank suit in Vincennes. primary canvass shows Mrs. Wayhinger ahead in Grant County Senate race. several robberies and indictments in Indianapolis. livestock terminal to open under Farmers Federation. DAV headquarters set in Indianapolis. steel merger talk at East Chicago. poppy days proclaimed by Mayor Shank. Republican state committee names Lawrence Lyons chair. Bloomington manslaughter case suspended sentence. Huntington elm memorial project. new oil inspector appointed. bigamy case in Mexico. East Chicago mayor humor noted. Henry county nominations. Elien Jones school named. governor to sit with pardons board. Muncie witness case. federal aid roads bill progress. corn planting underway. Greencastle Tri Psi convention.
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Washington, D. C
United States
France
Arlington National Cemetery
John Keller
Three Hundred and Tenth Infantry
Mamie Myler
East Tenth Street
Evansville
Indianapolis
Boys’ Club Federation
Claypool Hotel
Marion
Grant County
Culla J. Wayhinger
Indiana
State Senate
Alfred Hogston
Wayhinger
Hogston
Madison Road
George Lang
South East Street
John Kranzer
Iowa Street
William Beville
Producers’ Commission Association
Indiana Federation of Farmers’ Associations
David L. Swanson
Chicago
Farmers’ Federation
Indiana Department of the Disabled American Veterans of the Word War
Lincoln
Lafayette
Hammond
East Chicago
Inland Steel
Steel and Tube
P. D D. Block
Inland
Clayton Mark
Brier Hill
Midvale
Lackawanna
Youngstown Steel
Bethlehem
Shank
Anderson
Republican State Central Committee
Indiaanapolis
Lawrence Lyons
Brook
Bloomington
Noble Henderson
Henderson
Carl Ferguson
Huntington
Maple Grove
Huntington County
Brownstown
Henry Merrill
Merril
McCray
Albert Einicke
Terre Haute
Einicke
Clay City
Libertyville
Jasonville
Rosedale
Clinton
Palmersburg
Shellburn
Riley
Isaiah Moore
Linn D. Hay
Harriet E. Evans
Mexico
Moore
James A. Collins
Criminal Court
Wing Callahan
Frank Callahan
Mike Untri
Crites
Mike
King Callahan
Newcastle
Henry County
Adah Granger
Mary Caldwell
Granger
Caldwell
New Albany
Elien Jones
Elen Jones
Pardons Board
Wiliam T. Donovan
Bloomingdale
Parke County
Donovan
Montgomery County
Delberta Williams
Muncie
A. B. Anderson
Indianapovlis
Thomas W. Miller
Delaware County
Tom Miller
Tanlac Gives Man New Strength After Bed Rest
W S Meadville of Omaha Nebraska says Tanlac cured health problems including liver and kidney issues and back pains. He recalls weeks in bed before using Tanlac and reports feeling stronger and better now. Tanlac sold by druggists.
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Omaha
Tanlac
W. S. Meadville
North Twenty-ninth St
Neb
How They Came. Benham Relays of Egg Relay Comments
Mrs. Benham notes both hens have spoken again. Benham confirms they are collecting eggs in relays, indicating a playful farmyard exchange about laying. The dialogue evokes rural humor and domestic animal antics.
Bayer Aspirin Directions Advised for Safe Use
An advertisement urges taking aspirin only as directed by Bayer and following package instructions. It touts the Bayer Cross as proof of genuine aspirin prescribed by doctors for over twenty one years.
What are the wild waves saying in Louisville radio talk
A Louisville Courier-Journal line invites readers to cut in with their radio outfit and discover what the wild waves are saying, signaling a feature or contest of local curiosity.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Snowy Whites Made Easy with Red Cross Ball Blue Ad
Advertisement touts Red Cross Ball Blue for bright laundry results after a hard day of work. The copy emphasizes snowy white clothes and satisfaction from clean fabrics.
Romance in Chinese Literature and the Foot Binding Myth
J P Donovan notes that foot binding was a fashion craze rather than law. He cites Yao Niang, imperial concubine to Li Yu, who supposedly wore golden lily petals and had her feet bound to three inches to resemble a lily bud.
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J. P. Donovan
Forum
England
Yao Niang
Li Yu
Barber Suffers Fit in Rear During Shave Row
A Birmingham Age-Herald anecdote recounts a barber who suffers fits while patients are served. The proprietor explains he cannot fire Bill, noting the barber is skilled though afflicted since women began receiving hair bobbing services.
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Bill
Birmingham Age-Herald
British Germ Collection Issued by Medical Research Council
The British Medical Research Council has released a guide book for a national collection of living disease germs. The Lister Institute houses the collection with ongoing additions of new strains. Each germ entry lists its name donor and gift year, joining similar efforts at Pasteur Paris Muse um of Natural History New York and Vienna.
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British Medical Research Council
Pasteur Institute
Paris
Museum of Natural History
New York
Vienna
Lister Institute
One Way of Knowing and a Courtship Caper
Two friends at a hotel share a morning joke after one wakes early for a walk. The friend who notices him cites a cough as the tell. A quip closes the tale about how a man’s footsteps reveal his identity.
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Bill
Jim
Odd Rheumatism Cures From Folk Beliefs And Pots of Gunpowder
The article surveys folk remedies for rheumatism across regions noting beliefs in potato and chestnut protections, hare forefoot amulets, and mountain ash wood. It cites a 1742 guide recommending a preparation of glazed gunpowder with milk to be drunk, followed by fasting and sweating for nine or ten mornings.
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Holland
Midlands
England
Train joke sparks soon to be told truth
Bertie greets Jack with a quip about missing the last train. Jack laments fate of the married man who misses it, noting the irony as the rear lights fade from the platform.
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Bertie
Jack
The Simple Life Echoes as Modern Poverty Morality Fades
A remark notes that no longer do people moralize about poverty as a blessing. The phrase the simple life resurfaces to describe a lifestyle choice rather than a virtue, reflecting a shift in social attitudes toward wealth and contentment.
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