Western Canada Dominates Wheat Prizes and Profits
Western Canada sweeps the top three prizes at the Peoria wheat exhibit. S. Larcombe of Birtle Manitoba wins second and third. Farmers there expect yields around 20 bushels per acre and prices near 2 dollars a bushel. Land costs under 30 dollars per acre, with potential profits highlighted to entice U.S. renters and buyers to consider Western Canada opportunities.
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Peoria
Ill
Western Canada
S. Larcombe
Birtle
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Canada
United States
Kissing the Blarney Stone in an Irish Castle Ride
A travelogue describes riding an outside jaunting car from Cork to Blarney Castle. Visitors hear tales of Cormac MacCarthy and the legendary Blarney Stone believed to grant eloquence. The article notes the keep remains, the lake tales, and the ritual of kissing the stone atop the parapet, with caution about its authenticity.
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Henewhyr
Cork
Ireland
Blarney Castle
Blarney
Cormac MacCarthy
MacCarthy
Cormac McCarthy the Strong
Cormac
Thim
Owas
Australia
Cormac Macarthy
Cormac MacCarthy the Strong
Stranger courtroom jibe sparks a puzzled reply
A local exchange turns odd as a man denounces another and a bystander J Fuller Gloom questions a prior loan claim. The unexpected dialogue leaves observers uncertain about the dispute and missing financial help.
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Ad Offers $100 Reward
How's this We offer $100 for any case of catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. Hall's Catarrh Medicine is taken internally and acts through the blood on the mucous surfaces of the system. Sold by druggists for over forty years. Price 1d. Testimonials free. F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
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F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Horse Chestnuts Wanted for Munitions
British find horse chestnuts will replace other cereals in munitions. Thank heaven, we are not asked to eat them. New York Sun reports hopeful substitution while wartime food plans rely on chestnut crops and related storage.
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New York Sun
Alice Pork and Beans Ady Taste Preference
A light note on opinions about serving Alice Pork and Beans hot or cold, highlighting varied tastes among readers. Ady.
The New Way Havens Diplomatic Camouflage Plans
Chancellor-Sire discusses camouflaging diplomatic schemes with a neutral tint to present Kaiser-Tihen actions more softly. The statement suggests a strategic pivot in public framing and messaging.
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Sire
Kaiser—Tihen
Government seeks to protect Indian race from liquor
The United States government has long aimed to shield the Indian race from liquor. Uganda's population includes Protestant Christians making up about one tenth of its 2,000,000 inhabitants.
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United States
Uganda
Tolstoy on Music Taste and Life Philosophy
The excerpts reveal Leo Tolstoy’s sharp critique of music and opera and his belief that art, romance, and poetry are lesser than real life problems. He dismissed Wagner Siegfried as worthless and urged focusing on life’s material and social duties.
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Leo Tolstoy
Beethoven
Wagner
Siegfried
Yasnaya Polyana
Best Listener In the World Horse Description
A horse is described as highly attentive to sounds and surroundings. It turns its ears toward things it observes and pinpoints sounds of interest. If driven by someone it turns ears backward toward the driver, showing focus on subject matter and potential indifference when not concerned.
Crooked Sticks Urged to Cut Waste in War Food Drive
Forestry experts in New York call farmers to use fallen or crooked timber for fuel and to harvest doomed crooked trees for timber. They frame the moral as cutting out crooked sticks to prevent war-time exploitation while preserving resources for national needs.
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New York
War Tea and Sugar Fears Stir Quiet Chat
In a light home scene, Al Gernon muses on wartime disruption to business and a looming sugar shortage in the United States. His companion responds with calm, preferring a long automobile ride over sweets as a distraction from anxiety.
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Algernon
United States
Crow and Emperor Augustus tiger exhibit mention
The text notes the crow as a large black bird always flapping its wings in flight and cites Pliny stating Emperor Augustus first exhibited a tame tiger in Rome.
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Pliny
Augustus
Rome
The Worst Way And The Home Life Of The Fiji Islanders
A snippet from a periodical recalls a west bound Hiie railroad delay at Corn ing when a hasty passenger rushes with a telegram to Buffalo. The other item from Normal City shows a pupil’s blank composition titled the Home Life of the Fiji Islanders and the joke in class.
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Hiie
Corning
Buffalo
Everybody’s Magazine
Muncie
Lee Baird
Roscoe
Pointed Question About Sewing For a Living
Jean asks if every girl should learn to sew and make her own clothes. Aunt Ruth affirms the idea but chastens the question, then questions how one would earn a living if all did so.
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Jean
Ruth
Aunty
Turkey buzzard sighting notes and expense caution
A compact report notes a large dull black turkey buzzard soaring in broad curves. also remarks that the note shaver cannot be relied on to trim costs.
German officer refuses sword claim in wartime exchange
Tommy Atkins captures a German officer and demands the sword. The officer declines and offers alternatives, stating he has no sword but suggests his vitriol spray, flame projector, or gas cylinder as substitutes.
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Tommy Atkins
Why the President Holds Pardoning Power Not Congress
Citizens ask why the pardon power rests with the president and not Congress. Some fear a prisoner deserving clemency could die before receiving a pardon if left to legislative action.
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Congress
Appetite control shifts focus from food policing to restraint
A remark contrasts interest in food control with a broader aim of appetite restraint. The speaker notes past avoidance and pivots to managing desire rather than policing meals.
Fruit Tree Agent Prefers Low Profile Over Grafting Fame
A fruit tree agent declines professional grafting branding, choosing anonymity over recognition while continuing work in horticulture. The remark hints at a preference for practical tasks rather than public reputation within the grafting community.
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Western
J. Fuller
Tolstoy
Grr
Peps-Aid
Peps-Aid Company
Goshen
Indiana
France
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