Canada and US share drive to aid war food program
Immigration to Canada surges as war prompts farm labor shifts and land purchases. W. D. Scott notes a 60 percent rise in US-to-Canada migration in three to four months with forecasts of a one hundred percent yearly increase. Movements originate across Emerson, Coutts, Kingsgate, and Vancouver. Saskatchewan and Edmonton see rising settler activity and livestock transport boosts.
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Canada
United States
W. D. Scott
Ottawa
Scott
Emerson
North Portal
Coutts
Oregon
Washington
Kingsgate
Vancouver
Saskatchewan
Immigration Department
Edmonton
Alberta
Winnipeg Yards
Second Thought Wins as Silk Hat Self-Destructs
A tale from the Cleveland Plain Dealer recalls a man who buys a new silk hat for a formal party. He slips on the sidewalk, sits on the hat, curses loudly, then recovers by returning the ruined item and leaving with his own hat.
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The
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Siting Hen On Nest And Egg Incubation Instructions
The article outlines preparing a nesting box with straw for a sitting hen, dusting with insect powder weekly, and placing china eggs under the hen. Move the hen at night to the dedicated nest, allow feeding first, and replace broken eggs with clean ones if broken during incubation. It advises limiting to ten eggs in cool weather and twelve to fifteen later in spring depending on hen size.
Fruit Salads And Desserts For A 35 Person Menu
A vintage kitchen column lists recipes for a 35 serving fruit salad with frozen fruit mix, mayonnaise and cream, popovers, and a prune coconut pudding described with steps and ingredients. Also includes a cucumber dressed salad and a short verse about books and readers.
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Vassar
Arrangement of Trap Nest
A Twentieth Century Farmer description details a cheap practical homemade trap nest using a lemon crate. A door on a wire trigger drops as the bird enters, lifting a step to lift the door and close the bird inside, with an outside button preventing escape.
Chicks and Brooder Care for Early Rearing
The guide advises chicks should not be in brooders before 36 hours after hatching and 438 hours is preferable. Begin with a hover, use boards to trap warmth during intro, then briefly release them to guide return. Keep chicks under hover initially and prevent chilling in the first days by perimeters around the hover when adults are away.
Various Dishes and Techniques for Egg and Meat Dishes
A recipe collection describes egg and rice preparations including eggs scrambled with milk and butter, rice in omelets, egg soup with stock and rice, and beef olives with bacon fat gravy. It covers deviled crabs, tuna fish omelet, chicken and mushroom pie with layered ingredients, club salad assembly, and pimented cheese for crackers or sandwiches.
Optimal Fowl Count For Profitable Flocks
The article argues 3800 fowls best balance independence from local markets with manageable operations. It notes 300 fowls require slightly more effort than 150, while 3800 provides scale without hampering other ventures.
Rats in the Chicken Yard Warned to Preempt Hatch
The article urges prompt rat control to protect future chicks and save time and poultry. It notes no excuse for rat presence, mentions several pastes and poisons, and advises careful, judicious use to eliminate these costly pests.
Early Vegetables as Greens and Salads
Weekly guides for using greens and seasonal vegetables in salads. Cooks cowslip and dandelion greens, beet greens and spinach, watercress, grapefruit salad with nuts and dressing, Birmingham Salad with pineapple and cream cheese, and Spring Salad nests with cucumber and radish.
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Birmingham
Woman Speaks Twelve Tongues But Minds Not In Any
A speaker notes she knows a dozen languages yet uses none of them as she talks in every tongue without thinking in any.
Gardens intrigue sparks neighborhood wager
Mr. Crosslets asks if neighbors will garden this year and predicts more gardens, aiming to avoid ridicule as others join in. The exchange hints at a local plan to prove gardening efforts.
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Mr. Crosslets
Allen's Foot-Ease antiseptic powder advertisement
Used to soothe painful feet. powder shaken into shoes or foot-bath relieves swelling, smarting and bunions. Promises comfort for all foot-aches with trial package offered free. Address Allen S Olmsted Le Roy New York.
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Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
One Advantage of a Wooden Leg in War Bond Banter
A veteran with a wooden leg jokes that the advantage is you can keep a sock up with a tin tack. His humorous quip highlights wartime resilience and a light moment between friends.
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Tommy
Exodus of Genesis
A joking exchange about Eden and first parents leads to a humorous remark on repeated divorces and recall of the first relationships in a courtroom style tease.
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Eden
Green's August Flower promotes stomach health remedy
Green's August Flower has been marketed for fifty one years as a family remedy for biliousness and stomach troubles. The ad claims relief from sick headache nervous indigestion sour stomach and upset stomach with prices at 25 and 75 cents.
Woman's Rifle Club Aims to Improve Women's Aim
A Lakewood New Jersey note mentions a woman's rifle club formed to improve marksmanship. The item recalls humorous quips about wives and pockets, framing the club as a serious sporting effort rather than a domestic joke.
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Lakewood
N. J
Ife
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W.L. Douglas Shoe Co
Spark &J
Brockton, Ma
Woman's Rifle Club
Saxon Motor Car Corporation
Detroit, Michigan
Bond Motor Company
Kansas City, Mo
Manitoba
ATP
Cas
G. A. Cook
Main St
Kansas City
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