Agriculture in Western Canada Its Grain Fields and Dairying Prospects
A Wisconsin Agriculturist editor joins a Canadian tour to verify reports of Manitoba and western territories. He notes rich soils for wheat and other grains, large arable land, growing dairy potential, and railroad corridor yields. Towns like Medicine Hat showcase natural gas and mineral resources. Canadian government agents offer atlas and railway rate info. When a man marries he wants something clinging to cling to.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin Agriculturist
Canada
Tianbtoba
Manitoba
Assiniboine
Red Rivers
Prairie Province of Canada
Northwest
Ontario
Wisconsin
Assiniboia
Canadian Pacific Railway
Indian Head
Medicine Hat
Seed Catalog Offers and Free Cure Claims
A jumble of advertising notes touts Teosinte and Victoria Rape yields per acre, a seed company contest, free medical cures, and household products. It promotes mail order seed catalogs from John A. Salter Seed Co in La Crosse Wisconsin and Elmo Chemical Company offers free boxes of Elmo Cactarine with no payment. It also endorses Defiance Starch and warns of stock in a brand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmo Chemical Company
Des Moines
Iowa
United States
For Rent or Sale on Crop Payments in Several Farms
An item notes rent or sale options on multiple farms in Sioux City listed by J. Mulsall. Also mentions Mark Twain joking about his autobiography sizes in Florence letters to New York friends.
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Duad
J. Mulslall
Sioux City
Juwe
Mark Twain
New York
Florence
Villa Quarto
Deafness cured only by constitutional remedies
An old advertisement claims deafness stems from inflamed mucous surfaces and the Eustachian tube. It promises one hundred dollars for a catarrh deafness case cured by Cheney’s Catarrh Cure, and promotes other products while making a general remark on marriage and talking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheney & CO
Toledo
Drageaists
Laundry blues and life tips in a quirky ad page
A collage of vintage advertisements and maxims touts Wiggle-Stick Laundry Blue as spill proof and affordable at ten cents, Defiance Cold Water Starch at ten cents for 16 oz, and Lexative Bromo Quinine tablets for coughs. It also includes home remedies, self-help aphorisms, and dubious medical claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laundry Blue Co
Michigan Street
Chicago
Defiance
10000 Plants for 16c Offer from Salter Seed Co
The John A. Salter Seed Co of La Crosse Wisconsin offers a big plant and seed catalog with seed for 1000 cabbages 2000 carrots 2000 celery 2000 lettuce 1000 onions 1000 radishes and 1000 flowers for 16 cents plus postage. Return the notice with 20 cents to receive Berliner Cauliflower. The Coreans use neither bedsteads nor chairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Salter Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
CW. N. U
Little Maple Custards
A plain cup custard mixture is prepared with a pinch of salt and a hint of maple sugar. Maple sugar is boiled to a crack stage and poured into custard cups to harden before adding the custard. The cups sit in a water bath and bake until set, then unmolded while hot to allow maple sauce to run over.
Representative Reeder Finds Nickel on Pennsylvania Car Floor
Representative Reeder of Kansas saw a five cent piece on the floor of a Pennsylvania avenue car and collected it. He asked if anyone had lost a ten dollar gold piece, ten people replied they had. He kept the nickel and quipped that the other nine dollars and ninety five cents disappeared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reeder
Kansas
Capitol
Reecer
Miraculous Cure by Dodd's Kidney Pills in Riley County
A three year old girl in Manhattan Riley Co Kansas recovered from malaria Brights disease after doctors gave up. Parents credited Dodd's Kidney Pills with saving her life after she had consumed about three and a half boxes. The article closes with a lettuce price remark.
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Manhattan
Kans
Riley Co
Dodd
Bright
The Trial in Dusty Flats Continues for Juan Case
In a rural court scene the prosecutor questions Curly and witnesses about a possible figure in ashes and Juan's alleged mental state. The judge suspends further action to resume the trial tomorrow at nine, while Franklin fears a verdict tonight at the Cottage bar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Curly
Cross-xamine
D’fense
Juan
Cottage Bar
Night's ominous hush in Ellisville ends with armed men
Franklin and Battersleigh arm themselves and head to the shack where Curly holds his prisoner. The two men move through a tense town scene where law and violence seem entwined, as the chapter ends with a plan in motion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellisville
Franklin
Battersleigh
Ned
Curly
Clever Trick That Won A Poem Acceptance
In Ponkapog Papers a Boston publisher keeps a public memorandum book on his desk. A young writer notices a list of reminders and writes Dont forget to accept A s poem. The publisher reads it, laughs, and prints the verse though it remains unpublished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Boston
Milton
Mechanical Aids to Rapid Reading Proposed
At a recent French Academy of Sciences meeting M. Andre Broca and M. Sulzer presented a paper on rapid reading. They argue that letter recognition varies by letter with E taking about one third longer than U. They propose a simpler alphabet and white on black printing to reduce brain fatigue and speed up reading.
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French Academy of Sciences
M. Andre Broca
M. Sulzer
An Interesting Girl in Town Topics
A brief chat examines Goldenrod anxious to introduce a girl named Silverton. Goldenrod quips the girl has no past but might not object to having one. The lighthearted exchange reflects social curiosities in the Topics column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goldenrod
Silverton
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Fresno
Haskins
William Haskins
William Hatkins
Brazos
Wyomin
Jsut
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Hoss
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Hank
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Sawyer
Han Mather
Pamel
du Ports Boy
Acre
Lawrence Tiebertt
Ogeman Co
J W Masui
Drakeit Co
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Ray Stearns
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Anya Rigen
Cwill
Moat
Vimerica
Paxton CO
Pope Bldg
Mass
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Douglas
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Nebraska
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West
State Farm
Sg. Dist
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Omaha
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Orono Lael
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