Why I Emigrated to Western Canada
A prominent journalist recounts meeting a Iowa farmer who moved to Western Canada seeking land and opportunity. The farmer bought 160 acres for 2400 dollars, paid within three years, and now owns about 3000 acres with a thriving homestead. He contrasts Canada’s prospects with his Iowa years, noting self-sufficiency, rising income, and political stability as the reason for emigrating. The piece emphasizes the vast, promising prairie and the transformation from shack to prosperous farm.
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Chi
Canada
United States
Iowa
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberts
Ottawa
Journalism Dreams In A Frayed Town Shop
In Rome Iowa, editor Curran ropes in Wiley and Miss Vance as his staff navigates dwindling audience and a bold plan to sell The Inland Empire. Janet Vance, a rising superintendent, eyes broader ambitions while Arne roars with reform schemes and Harlan eyes Harvard, amid town politics, family ties, and fading fame.
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Puget Sound
Rio Grande
Old Town
Abby
Anne
Janet
Wiley
Min
Nevada
Sin
Miss Vance
Curran
Rome
Iowa
Abeby
Br. Cagran
Sarah Coyne
Chicago
Duke Vance
Zanel
van Hart
High Street
Agricultural School
Wisconsin
Jake Vance
Cloverland Farm
Inland Empire
City
Des Moines
Earlville
Mr. Curran
Arne
Boston Notes
Gem
Harvard
Washington
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News
Granger
Vanice
Congress
The
Reserve
Judge van Hart
Senator Fairchild
State Athletic Association
Association
Misa Amélia Parsons
Erriviste
Elk's Club
Shakespeare
Syndicate Theater
Baptist Young People’s Association
Flint
Amelia Parsons
Parsons Henge
Checkea
Harlan van Hart
West
Carran Ha
Misa Vance
Fairchild
Indesa
Ancient Greece slaves and social decay in modern view
Zaborowski of the School of Anthropology writes from Paris on slave population in ancient Greece. He finds slavery shaped household and industrial labor, ceding leisure to citizens, fueling aristocratic life, and influencing morals and family demographics. The study offers a standard for comparing ancient and contemporary social phenomena.
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Ancient Graece
Zaborowski
School of Anthropology
Paris
Greece
Cabinet Crisis in France Deposed Premier Barthou Falls
The Brooklyn Eagle reports the fall of Louis Barthou as French premier after a brief tenure. Opposition from socialists and radicals blocks key tax reforms and military loans, amid disputes over exemption of government bonds from taxation. The piece also notes 1912 Palatino emigration to the United States.
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France
Brooklyn Eagle
Louis Barthou
Trifte
Socialista
Barthou
Chamber of Deputies
Democratic Left
Action Liberals
Geraldine and twin brother clash over a bad word
A family scene shows Geraldine accusing her twin brother of saying a taboo word after their Christian Science mother admonishes them not to play rough. The boy denies and mutters confusion as the mother intervenes. The exchange centers on what counts as a rude term and the siblings’ reaction.
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Geraldine
Gerald
Cure for Ringworm Warns of Cuticura Remedy
In 1911 a five year old girl suffered a severe facial eruption misidentified as ringworm. After applying Cuticura Soap and Ointment as directed, the condition improved, and within three to four months she was fully cured. The ad touts Caticura products and offers a skin book from Boston.
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Maurice
Acogs
Henry Pring
Caticura
Dept. L
Boston
Mean Swindle Sparked by German Girls Ad Joke
Bishop Blougram denounces exploitation of white slavery in fiction and cites a German scam where 15,000 girls sent $1.50 for a book titled What Every Young Girl Should Know Before Marriage and received a cookbook instead.
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Bishop Blougram
Denver
Germany
Advertiser
And Doesn't. Wife-Do you know I have a very little mouth
The fragment presents a dialogue line about a small mouth seen in a glass. It is a stray, literary excerpt with unclear context and no identifiable event, date, or人物 names.
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Carter
Young nan seeks job in business brains drive hiring
Advance Information captures a dialogue as a young person offers to work, insisting on bringing intelligence to the business. The exchange emphasizes eagerness and the employer’s interest in skilled help, signaling potential recruitment.
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Nan
Good Luck With Him Hunters Try for Deer Guides
A Chicago Daily News item notes a hunting trip exchange asking about luck and mentions missing three guides shot at for deer. The record also references Winslow's Boothing Syrup claimed to ease teething gums andColic issues, with several mis-typed product lines and a hosted ad or note on treatment.
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Chicago Daily News
Disjointed Exchange Over Arrest of Minister
A fragmentary dialogue shows a policeman claiming a notable arrest of a minister while other lines mention Mrs. Jones restricting her daughter Mabel's engagement to Billy amid unclear context and bumpy phrasing. The piece suggests a chaotic scene with social tension and disjointed remarks.
Upper Cut in Newport Gala Sparks Gossip
Mrs. French Vanderbilt, at a Harbourview luncheon in her Newport villa, denounces Gotham’s nouveau riche as forming a splendid yet exclusive social upper crust, built solely on financial wealth.
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French Vanderbilt
Harbourviewe
Newport Villa
Gotham
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