Why People Go to Canada in Record Numbers
An analysis of rising American migration to Canada highlights free 160-acre homesteads and affordable land as key drivers. A letter from William Johnston, an American settler near Battle River, extols crops, cheap coal, mild winters, good schools, and overall prosperity in Alberta, painting a persuasive picture of life north of the border.
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Canada
Champ Clark
U. S. Senate
Congress
United States
William Johnston
Alexandria
Minn
Albery
Battle River
Minnesota
Handy Card Index System for Bride’s Kitchen Library
A prudent idea suggests gifting a bride a card catalogue for recipes. Ten yellow index cards group recipes under soup meat salads desserts and more. The set fits in a booklike case and can expand with additional cases and cards as the collection grows.
Hidden Wall Mounted Table for Seed Planting
A compact garden table can be built by fixing a plank to the wall with hinges under the edge and using stout wires with screweyes and hooks to support it. When not in use the table drops away, saving space for seed starting or small work areas.
Baked Calf's Liver with Pepper Pork and Onions
A recipe describes skinning a large calf’s liver, larding with pepper salted fat pork, adding flour salt pepper butter soapstock and onions, roasting, basting, and serving with hot gravy and potato salad.
Beans Spanish Way with Pink Beans
Boil pink beans in plenty of water without salt until done. Fry lard with onion tomatoes and green peppers or Mexican chili. Add beans with enough water to cover, season with salt, and cook until gravy thickens. Mash a few beans to speed thickening.
Novel Steadpan for Shaped Round Loaves
A Woman's Home Companion contributor describes shaping bread using an empty tomato or corn can with melted tops removed and heavy wire wrapped around its outside to form a handle. The ends are twisted to create a two to three inch connection, producing a convenient bakeware tool comparable to a store tin.
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Kansas City Star
Bread Soup From Stale Bread with Cinnamon and Lemon
A historic recipe describes boiling stale bread with water, straining, and thinning with more water. Simmer with a stick of cinnamon, then sweeten to taste. Beat three egg yolks with a quart of soup and temper with the boiling mixture. Add lemon rind and juice.
Purge Ailments With Garfield Tea and Allen's Foot Powder
An old advertising page touts Garfield Tea as a pure herb laxative claiming it cleanses the system and eradicates disease. It also promotes Alimony cement for heartache, Cole's Carbolisaire for skin troubles, and Allen's Foot Powder with free samples cited to prove merit.
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Cole
J. W. Cole & Co
Black River Falls
Wis
Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Ex Governor's Candid Reply Sparks Family Dinner Row
Frank I. Cobb recalls a Detroit era when a former Michigan governor, famed for his freehand sweetness, reacted to a political defeat by ripping out a string of blue beads. His wife admonishes him as he quips he is not cussing, just talking.
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Frank I. Cobb
Detroit
Michigan
Cobb
Marie
Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post
Two Smiles on Shelley's Cremation and Ashes Tale
Ezra Pound at the Authors' club in New York discusses cremation and ribald jest. He cites two anecdotes about widows and ashes causing comic mishaps with their spouses. The exchange blends humor with memorial topics and March weather imagery.
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Ezra Pound
Authors’ Club
New York
Shelley
Mr. Pound
Oshaw
George
Contrasting Home Duties Mentioned by Ronan Gero Smith
The text contrasts personal claims about a wife’s skills in cooking and piano playing. One line notes she can cook but plays piano, the other says she can play piano but cooks.
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Ronan Gero Smith
Jones
So You're the Chap That Makes Mud Heads
At a studio supper an impulsive young man accuses a famed sculptor of making mud heads, a quip met with quiet restraint. The anecdote reveals the sculptor's tact and wit in the face of brusque humor.
Landscape Gardener Scorns Artificial Lake Plan
A discussion reveals a landscape gardener from town rejected the proposed lake site as not worth a dam and used profane language about the project. The exchange highlights disapproval of the landscape design and the viability of the site.
Husband ponders nurse question after boy’s prayer doubt
On the way to the theater a husband scolds his wife for dressing delays and recalls their child asking about prayers. The wife notes the nurse is for their convenience while the husband reflects on the boy’s reply, “What’s the nurse for?” and what it says about faith.
Magistrate Questions Old Man in Brimstone Theft
A magistrate asks the old man about the charge while an officer explains he stole brimstone. The prisoner is interrupted as the magistrate quips that the man could have waited a few years longer, hinting at irony in the case.
Rat Height Question Between Mamie and Susie
Tim notes Mamie is just about one rat taller than Susie while pondering who is taller. Jim asks if Mamie surpasses Susie in height.
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Jim
Mamie
Susie
Tim
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Social Responsibility
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Iver Pills
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RSI
Handy Card Index System
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Desler
Ford Manufacturing Company
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Omaha
Kansas City
St. Louis
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Postum Cereal Company, Limited
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