Western Canada farmers win major prizes at Tulsa and elsewhere
Canada dominates at Tulsa Oklahoma International Soil Products Exposition with seven of eighteen sweepstakes. Peter Gerlach of Allan Saskatchewan wins the top thrashing machine prize. Manitoba Alberta Saskatchewan pride in grain and cattle shows highlights prominent winners from Western Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Canada
Colorado
United States
Manitoba
Chicago
Lethbridge
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Canada
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Peter Gerlack
Allan
Montena
Okishoms
Nebraska
Russia
Spain
Belgium
China
Mexico
Norway
Brazil
Gerlach
Her Aid and The Collar Signal
A dialogue notes a girl in danger could signal for help with a wireless collar. Another character questions feasibility and recalls her mother in congress. Farmer Coratossel mocks formal questioning, claiming the man knows all answers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Farmer Coratossel
Blind peddler tests buyer with touch
A purchaser stops before a blind peddler and buys a pencil giving five pennies. The peddler jokes that he can tell cents by feel, answering the question with a witty reply about his sense of touch.
Grape-Nuts Proclaimed as Perfectly Balanced Food
A testimonial letter extols Grape-Nuts as fully nourishing for brain and body across ages. It cites breakfast use with milk and cream, reduced meat at noon, and sustained energy for travelers and an elderly aunt. The note credits Theresa Beason and points readers to The Road to Wellville and Battle Creek, Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acon
Theresa &Beason
Postam Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellvills
Love and risk shadow Aurelie and Harlan in Sinsinewa
In a moonlit river town Aurelie pleads to run away with Harlan as he plans to finish school and win a place for her. The editor Wiley Curran reveals Aurelie has won a national beauty prize, threatening their future with publicity and pressure from family and town.
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Harlan
Papa Lindstrom
Dickinson's
Atrela
Wildhawk
Elsie
Aurelia
Aurelie
Farget
Michigan
Lindstrom
Angelle
Knute
Wiley Curran
Rome
Jeng
Wiley Curram
Wiley
Sha
Hilla
Aureile
Curran
Sihsinawa
News
Man Atood
Hlarlan
Wey Curran
George
Migs Lindstrom
Old Town
Dutar
Chicago Chronicle
the Chronicle
Chicago
Vawter
L Wers
Mills
Elsie Dickinson
Hetlan
Weat
Biggeeat
United States
High Street
Old Michigan
Eagle Point Trail
America
Jay Smith
First National Bank
Aurélie
Alugh
Lee
Bayou Fe- Tot
Bayou
Achoal
Wiley’s
Glimpse of Life in Harlan Lover's Turbulent Moment
A fragment from a chapter shows a woman walking with her lover along a moonlit street. He sulks over her beauty and a rumored portrait, fearing exposure while she jokes about publicity and prints. The tension reveals pride, constraint, and fear of scandal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlan
Wiley
Inventor Walks Across Mississippi With Air Belt
August Sommerfield, an inventor, claims a canvas covered pneumatic tube worn under the arms and around the body lets a wearer walk rapidly across water. The device includes an anklet web and belt straps, aiding lifeguard use and duck hunting with minimal recoil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World
August Sommerfield
Mississippi
Eada Bridge
SommerHala
Creve Coeur Lake
Bommerfield
Nothing Like That From the National Monthly
A fragment describes a priggish aunt boasting no flies in her hose and a timid visit from a niece. The piece notes neighborly intrusions and ends with mention of laundry girls in Tacoma starting a cooperative laundry venture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
National Monthly
Auntie
What is Woman's Beauty but Health
This ad argues women’s beauty stems from health via regulated bowels and digestion. It promotes Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as an ideal, gentle laxative tonic suitable for women, babies, elderly, and all ages, with a money back guarantee and a free sample offer by mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Caldwell
America
W. B. Caldwell
Washington
Monticello
Woman Recovers From Severe Skin Eruption After Cuticura Use
A 1912 letter from Misa Caroline Miller describes a painful facial eruption spreading from a pimples to red sores with a white crust. After suffering and social avoidance she used Cuticura Soap and Ointment for three weeks to complete a cure and regrets the look of concern from others.
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East Elm &J
Streator
Misa Caroline Miller
Cutiura
Dept. L. Boston
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International Soil Products
Allen
Pontfort
Aodres Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
N.Y
Palr
Saint Bernard
Elisa Dickinson
Schumann
Harvard
Elise
Bryn Mawr
Tacoma
Wash
MAS. C. & Vance
Hewitt
Gruet
Jewitt
Fletcher
Aeea
Foley
Western
Alberts
Caxaba
Ottawa
Maclachise
Materinwe
Benmete
Emake
Merteraska
BA Garett
Sackson St
Lam
L. C. Smith & Bros
L.C. Smith & Gros
Mainetail Vet
Demonmetra
APANY
Aetsrea
Tacker
Sigux City
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