Farming Now a Business in Western Canada Prospects Grow
The article argues farming elevates to a business, with high grain prices and strong profits. It cites C. A. Wright of Milo Iowa buying 160 acres in Alberta for 3300 dollars and earning 2472.67 dollars net, plus large yields for Smith & Sons and Nobleford affidavits showing 54 395 bushels from 1000 acres and other impressive outputs. It presents Western Canada as ideal wheat country with high returns and systematic farming.
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America
United States
Canada
C. A. Wright
Milo
Iowa
Champion
S. Joseph and Sons
Des Moines
Alberta
Hewitt
Messrs. Smith & Sons of
Vulcan
Western Canada
Smith
Newell J. Noble
Nobleford
Nancy Coe
The Honorable Hunt for Cheap Lunches in Honeyville
A humorous tale follows Togo as he visits markets in Honeyville seeking an economical 50 cent lunch. He encounters prices at Schultz’s butchers and Goldthwaite’s grocers, faces surcharges for transit and a costly telephone call, and ends at Fineheimer Employment Bureau hopeful for work.
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Fineheimer Employment Bureau
Ethel McManus
Honeyville-on-the Hudson
Augusta
Fritz Schultz
Cyrus Goldthwaite
Hon. Goldthwaite
Goldthwaite
Togo
Holla Blond
Not for Conscription Ad and Odd Snippets
A collection of brief, ad-like lines and quips includes a conscription doubt quote, a Farm to Table Association recruitment note seeking a young man, a dating joke about moon faces, a Red Cross Ball Blue mention, and a statistic noting Hankow China possesses 58 registered automobiles.
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Farm To Table Association, Inc
Madison Avenue
New York
Adv
Suitor boasts of virtue as match for daughter
Suitor declares no bad habits and no smoking or drinking. Father counters that the daughter neither plays nor sings, implying lack of recognized talents. The exchange suggests questions of suitability and expectations in the match.
Freezone promises painless corn relief in drops
A Cincinnati man discovered freezone a small bottle sells cheaply. Apply drops to a corn or callus to relieve soreness and loosen the crust, then lift it off without pain or irritation the surrounding skin. If unavailable, ask a druggist to order it.
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Nusbaum
Hon. Nusbaum
Cincinnati
Adv
A Libel on the Sex Quips About Leap Year
A humorous exchange questions who invented leap year with a cheeky retort about a wife tired of annual birthdays. The brief vignette showcases playful gendered banter on a calendar quaintness.
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic Ends Malaria Build Up
Ad promotes Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic highlighting quinine and iron as the formula printed on the label. It claims quinine drives out malaria and iron builds up the system with a 50 cent price. The copy ends with a quip about people speaking their minds.
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GROVE
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