Western Canada Women Farm Owners Demonstrate Success
The article highlights women like May Hazlett in Sas katchewan and Mrs. Mary Blackburn of Alberta who turn farms into profitable ventures. It notes two Manitoba sisters expanding from 160 acres to 1 120 acres after their father’s death, proving farming can be a viable, rewarding pursuit for women with industry and support.
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Canada
May Hazlett
Touchwood Hills
Saskatchewan
Miss Hazlett
Vimy Ridge
Blackburn
Dare Prairie
Oak Lake District
Manitoba
Western
Canada West
Athlete Recalls Rough Bout Hidden Jazz Past
An older bystander notes the heavier man took the worst of a fight while the injured fighter laments bad luck from a broken face. He reveals the foe has years of experience playing in a jazz orchestra, a detail the Birmingham Age-Herald reports with a witty twist.
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Birmingham Age-Herald
Bayer Aspirin Ad Emphasizes Safe Use Directions
An old advertisement urges taking aspirin only as instructed by Bayer. It highlights Bayer Tablets of Aspirin with the Bayer Cross label as the genuine aspirin prescribed by physicians for over 21 years and promotes following the package directions for safe use.
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Bayer
Rees
No Place to Stay Collision Sparks Kitchen Scene
Little Helen interrupts her newly engaged sister and her beau causing tension. The sister scolds Helen for breaking in and orders her back to the kitchen with Jessie until their mother returns.
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Helen
Jessie
Cmnnamma
Day’s Work Rewarded with Snowy White Clothes Ad Line
Slogan promotes Red Cross Ball Blue laundry product. Emphasizes satisfaction from clean snowy white clothes after hard day’s work. Advertisement tone stresses effective whitening and household use.
Paris Fashion Notes Highlight Youthful Tailored Suits
A Paris fashion correspondent outlines a shift from strict tailoring to soft drapery and youthful silhouettes. Three-piece suits gain prominence with bold trims, short jackets, and bias effects, while designers like Patou and Gheruit showcase vivid color, lace and knit sport wear as Paris emphasizes sporty, age-defying styles.
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Tennyson
Brook
Paris
New York Tribune
O’rossen
Place Vendome
Madeleine Vionnet
Worth
Jean Patou
Bianchini
Patou
Jeunes Filles
Martial Et Armand
Two Printing Errors Highlight Work Portraits at Post Office
Postmaster General Work keeps two prime examples of typographical slips. One mislabels a doctor as physician to the pope in a portrait caption. Another misstates a Colorado man as Colored Man in a second portrait inscription.
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Doctor Work
Herbert Work
Colorado
Conscience Whispering Or Wind In Your Tum My
A Penny Philadelphia Ledger clipping notes Alice explains to her six year old sister that a whispered inner voice is conscience. The sister dismisses it as wind in the stomach, sparking a brief domestic reflection on belief and imagination.
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Alice
Philadelphia Ledger
Money is everything to the poor fellow without a cent
A short reflective line notes the primacy of money for someone in poverty, highlighting the centrality of cash in improving or defining a deprived situation. The line implies a focus on economic struggle and personal condition without additional context or events.
Gardeners and a Lively Hen Rescue
A neighbor plot to dispose of a wounded chicken failed when the bird returned home under cover of darkness. The pair, who had planned to hide the bird after dusk, were surprised by a passerby with a flashlight and lamplight. They aborted the plan and went to bed.
Patriotic Advice on Visiting United States Landmarks
A foreign visitor compliments the country while a citizen urges the visitor to skip Congress and instead tour Niagara Falls Yellowstone Grand Canyon factories skyscrapers and universities to leave with the impression that America remains great.
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Congress
Niagara Falls
Yellowstone Park
Grand Canyon
Birmingham Age-Herald
Growing sturdier race leads to fewer fainting episodes
The text notes that trouble costs, while the race becomes sturdier and fewer people faint, implying increasing resilience and expense linked to ambition.
Obeys Orders. Boy Scout on Night Patrol
A scout guard halts a passerby and demands an explanation for being out at night. The officer of the day responds with orders to advance and state the purpose of the patrol.
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Haltl
Red Cross Ball Blue Advertisement Promises Dazzling Dresses
A vintage advertisement touts Red Cross Ball Blue laundry product claiming baby dresses will dazzle after using the detergent. It urges readers to try it themselves and notes availability at grocers.
Made Wise Choice of Wife
John Brown described his wife Dianthe Lusk as plain but neat industrious and economical. They married when she was nineteen and he twenty. Dianthe, a strong minded woman, steered his violent disposition and kept him to her wishes. She died in 1832 twelve years after their marriage and after the birth of their seventh child.
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John Brown
Dianthe Lusk
Dianthe
John
The Principal Inducement in Far Corners
A magazine ponders what drives men to distant lands and suggests the lure is the desire to have their names appear in newspaper headlines. The hint reflects on fame as a powerful pull behind ambitious journeys.
Fame Versus Notoriety Op-Ed Clash Highlighted
A brief editorial contrasts lasting fame with faster pay from notoriety, weighing public perception, media impact, and personal consequences in a concise opinion note.
Road to bankruptcy shows a few automobile tracks
A compact note hints at financial decline linked to car industry movements. It mentions creditors, assets, and evolving obligations shaping a fiscal path toward insolvency, with reference to industry dynamics and potential reorganizations.
Postum Beverage Described As Pure and Refreshing
Postum is a rich golden brown pure cereal beverage with no harmful elements. It can be enjoyed any number of times daily by anyone including children, described as a grateful refreshing drink.
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Gheruit
SS Beleans
Bellans
BELLA
Stearns
BBC
W.F. Young, Inc
Temple St
Springfield
Banat
Rana
California
National Parks
Rocky Mountain
Golden State
L. M. Allen
Rock Island Lines
la Salle Station
Chicago
Chick
Raider
Garden
Tammy
Postum Cereal Co., Inc
Battle Creek, Mich
Postum For Health
Alya Ee Elie
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