Prolific Garden at Middlechurch Shows Bountiful Harvest
English settler William Knowles near Winnipeg Manitoba cultivates twelve acres on the Red River shore. Potatoes promising 1500 bushels from 41 acres, tomatoes on 600 plants with a single stock yielding eighteen tomatoes and four pounds. Other crops include onions cabbages cauliflowers turnips parsnips carrots pumpkins marrows and rhubarb. Asters and blooms show a charming display as Knowles gains success in Manitoba soil.
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Winnipeg
Canada
Free Press
William Knowles
Manitoba
Middlechurch Ferry
Red River
Free Press Office
Knowles
England
Thoughtful of Him. A Billing Dispute with a Carpenter
A woman chides a carpenter for charging $14 after he had promised $13 fearing superstition about 13. The exchange ends with a reminder about Gold Sealy Overshoes from Goodyear Rubber Co in St Paul Minnesota.
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Goodyear Rubber Co
St Paul, Mini
Man of Principals on Crowded Subway Train
In a New York subway car, Supt. Maxwell rose and gave his seat to Miss Blank, head of an East Side school. She thanked him, and he replied that he always stands up for his principals.
Doan’s Kidney Pills Advertised by Mrs Moore
A Wa terville Missouri restaurant owner testifies that Doans Kidney Pills cured her year and a half of kidney trouble. She reports back and head relief after a few doses and urges others to buy the 50 cent box from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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S.A. Moore
Waterville, MO
Doan
Dean Kidney
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N.Y
Lydia E. Pinkham
Noahs Leisure Hours on the Ark
A Sunday school tale recalls Noah on the ark during the flood as children joke about activities. Wille suggests praying, Dick says fishing, and Willie dismisses it with a grumpy remark, noting two worms would be enough for fishing.
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Noah
Wille
Willie
Furious Humor On Child Measles Cure Report
A seven year old girl after measles suffered a severe itching eruption. Nightly nursing for three weeks produced no relief until the Cutiura Remedies were used. Within twenty four hours improvement appeared and after five days the child was cured and remained well. Mrs. F. Ruefenacht Baleld Cal June 25 and July 20 1906.
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F. Ruefenacht
Baleld
Cal
His Use for a Fork
A Kansas ranchman visiting Denver at noon shared lunch with a Denver friend. The rancher ate his meal with a knife and discovered he had no fork. The Denver man quipped that he could not use a fork, prompting the rancher to ask how to sift his coffee.
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Denver
Kansas
Pure Food Law and Alum in Baking Powders
Dr Herman Reinbold, a German chemist, says pure alum baking powders are less injurious than Cream of Tartar powders. He argues that even a mouthful of concentrated alum in baking powder used for a family batch would do no harm to any stomach, despite Pure Food concerns.
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Herman Reinbold
Fear of Contagion at Local Gathering
A young matron sees her infant in tears after a nurse explains the boy is upset because he cannot attend a charades event at the Simmonses across the street. The nurse fears possible contagion from crowding, as the child's parent worries about exposure and illness.
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Simmonses
Strate
Nora
Bank fugitive Wade held on passing worthless Georgia notes
G Wade sits in Red Lodge county jail charged with passing Merchants and Planters Bank of Georgia notes to Belfry businessmen. He admitted the bills were worthless but claimed they were not counterfeit and were worth face value before the war. A companion Gilbralth was arrested at Bear Creek with a remittance letter for $10 for worthless bills. Evidence found near Belfry suggests Wade planned a bank robbery, including slant powder nitroglycerin a fuse and burglar slippers.
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Bachelder
Gilbralth
Bear Creek
Chicago
Wade
Belfry
Pioneers to Gather for Old Trail Parade in Billing
Visitors to Billings will witness a street parade featuring an antique streetcar once used between Millings and Coulson and a recreated old stage coach drawn by a six horse team. Police Magistrate Munn will drive the car, and Jean Decker will helm the coach. A big barbecue at the club and a grand reception are planned as hotel demand suggests record attendance.
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Piane
Montana
Millings
Coulson
Munn
Jean Decker
Billings
Billings Club
POWWOW ON BIRTHDAY IN MONTANA TOWN
Uncle Georges Town of Bridger marked forty years in Montana and his sixtieth birthday with a campfire Indian powwow. Guests dressed as chiefs and squaws, a war dance by Town impersonating Chief Big Belt, and reminiscences about helping build the first house in Red Lodge and initiating Bridger coal mining.
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Montana
Georges Town
Bridger
Fort Buford
Mr. Town
Big Belt
Red Lodze
Yellowstone Bridge Builder Drowns In Montana
Otto Schneider of Milwaukee, working on the Milwaukee Road bridge across Yellowstone at Tusler, was drowned when a boat capsized while towing material. Searchers have not recovered the body. The funeral of Joe Packer, killed by his horse at Sadie, was held under Woodmen auspices.
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Schneider
Milwaukee Road
Montana
Otto Schneider
Milwaukee
Yellowstone
Tusler
Joe Packer
Sadie
The
Woodmen
Labor Shipped West on Special Trains Through Billings
Special trains carrying laborers passed Billings recently en route to western Montana Washington and Idaho for railroad construction work. More than 1000 men rode the two trains assembled at St Paul.
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Billings
Washington
Idaho
St. Paul
Fragmented 19th century newspaper chatter and quotes
A collage of quirky anecdotes and quotations from a late era page. Snippets reference education at CHS Commercial College, lion and king analogies, a ship of humorous misreadings, and various ads and opinions. Includes a Wall Street style cure claim and a Rockefeller quote about happiness and kindness.
Special Need and Temptation at Odd Prayer Meeting
An elderly parishioner who had not attended church for a long time appeared at a late prayer meeting and drew comment from a fellow church member. The dialogue reveals a concern about temptation and a request for guidance to resist it, mentioning a chicken coop and watermelon patch.
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Chuch
Brother Johnson
Totinson
Nike
Brother Tacksol
What He Got
A fragmentary note questions contact with a sister who went abroad. It mentions seventeen picture postcards sent by the sister but no further update or details about her whereabouts or status.
Anti wine room law crackdown leads arrests in theaters
The state anti wine room law prompts arrests of Tony H Minder of the Topic theater and saloon and Ross Brewer of the Glove, with seven women employed in the premises also seized. Charges allege women work in spots selling intoxicating liquors.
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Arcrate
Tony H. Minder
Topic Theater and Saloon
Ross & Brewer
Glove
A Definition From the Bleachers on Patriotism
A fragment from a column questions patriotism and heroism. It notes that a man who refuses to concede a team’s advantage attracts the fool killer’s gaze, implying a critique of boastful patriotism and public heroism.
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Uapire
Howe
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CHS
Comnereial College
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Obold
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