Encouraging Farm Fathers to Retain Youth on the Land
An exhortation to farm fathers to connect with their restless sons and curb urban drift. It argues offering real work, ownership stakes, and early land or livestock opportunities can keep boys on the farm, benefiting families, communities, and the nation. It acknowledges city life has attractions but stresses farm life can meet youths needs for play, independence, and reward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack
Hier
Vcouthard
Canada
Putnam's Painless Corn Extractor Promoted for Corns and Warts
An ad asserts a cheap corn salve yields an appalling condition and urges use of Putnam's Painless Corn Extractor. It claims the product has cured corns and warts for fifty years and promotes it at 25 cents at all dealers.
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Putnam's
Putnam
The Cheerful Giver Story of a Cheery Ten Cent Gift
A St Louis boy chose a ten cent coin for church offering over a quarter after recalling the Lord loves a cheerful giver. He said the smaller coin could be given more cheerfully, so he placed it on the plate.
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St. Louis
If Some Men Accuse Themselves Of Being Liars
If some men accuse themselves of lying many of their acquaintances would believe them. The sentence explores social credence given to self accusing liars and how perception varies among friends.
Kansas Alive To Danger Kansas City
Kansas attorneys plan a Hutchinson meeting to combat LWW agitators in the wheat belt. Reports say Wobblies are mobilizing in small holdings and woods areas while avoiding cities. Attorney General Hopkins directs local officials on handling agitators as no violence reported yet.
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Kansas City
Kansas Wheat Belt
Hutchinson
Kansas
U.S
Robertson
Hopkins
Bromide Quinine Tablets Sailor's Cold Remedy
A fragment describes a potion labeled Bromo Quinine with a signature on the bow and a price of 0c. The text implies a maritime or shipboard medicine, naming FE and GROVE'S signature, and references colds and influenza.
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FE. W. Grove
Justice Finlay to Visit West Winnipeg
The Right Hon. Lord Finlay ex lord chancellor of England and a Privy Council Judicial Committee member will attend and address the Canadian Bar Association annual meeting in Winnipeg from August 27 to 29 at the invitation of Sir James Atkins president of the association.
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Winnipeg
Lord Finlay
England
Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
James Atkins
Canadian Bar Association
Black Watch Tobacco Ad Promises Quality For Smokers
An old advertisement touts Black Watch chewing tobacco as the best on the market. The copy emphasizes masculine imagery and suggests tobacco use as part of a rugged lifestyle.
Catarrh Cure Claims Strong Constitutional Benefit
The advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a constitutional treatment that reaches the blood and mucous surfaces, promises strength and health, offers a $100 reward if it fails, and asserts free testimonies from F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio. It adds a note about forthcoming expert aerial surveys of Western Canadian mineral and timber tracts.
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Nature
Wall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
When They Are Visitor and Dinner Time Question
A brief humorous exchange from Pearson's Weekly notes a hungry visitor asking about dinner time. The boy answers that dinner will be served as soon as the visitor leaves, underscoring a playful domestic tension.
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Pearson's Weekly
Agnes and Ethel Discuss Changes and Worm Remedies
Agnes married a self made man and she has forced him to make alterations. Infants are often infested by worms causing suffering and possible constitutional weakness. Miller's Worm Powders claim to clear stomach and bowels, prevent recurrence, repair organ injuries, and restore soundness.
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Dora
Agnes
Ethel
Woman’s View on Equality Sparks Debate
A remark about women and equality circulates, provoking discussion on gender roles and fairness. Critics say the statement reflects traditional views, while supporters call for continued progress toward equal opportunity for all.
It Will Cure a Cold from Dr. Thomas Eclectric Oil
Colds are the commonest ailments and can lead to serious conditions if neglected. Dr. Thomas Eclectric Oil relieves bronchial inflammation quickly, strengthens passages, and eases throat irritation to stop coughing. Try it and prove it. If you trust to luck for anything you’ll be lucky if you get it.
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Thomas
Tuck
Minards requested pie or puddin in delayed pie crisis
A fragment presents a guest in a Manitoba hotel thirty years ago choosing pie while the waiter warns of no pie and pudding will be served. The piece also notes the dignity of those who ignore street dog fights and a line about Germany inspecting Allied peace terms.
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Germany
Manitoba
New coins fall short on buying power for soldiers
A tongue in cheek note questions why new coins seem unable to buy as much as old ones and whether soldiers should sleep on their packs. The piece blends humor with economic doubt about currency value.
Small Judge and Painlessly Rooted Corn Cure Ad
A brief satirical style line extols Holloway's Corn Cure to remove corns painlessly. It compares a diminutive judge to an imposing figure and ends with a proverb about a secure catch in an angler's tale.
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Holloway
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S.W.W
Justice Finlay
West
Hazel
Womans Air Castle
Minard
Liniment Lumberman
Domin Ruinion
Pershing
St. Mihiel
Najel Laboratories Standard Oil CO
New Jersey
Broadway
New York
Najol
Wagstaffe’s
Real Seville
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