Flax Lets Prairie Farmers Bank On Sturdy Profits
An optimistic look at western Canada agriculture highlights flax as a profitable crop alongside wheat oats and barley. Test boat cargoes from Fort William show large flax shipments valued at millions, signaling strong demand and rail access to free homesteads and affordable land. The article cites government literature available through Canadian agents to inform farmers about opportunities and revenue from cattle and grain production.
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Wlird
Canada
Fort William
Lake Superior
Buffalo
Admiral Evans on naval policy at San Francisco luncheon
Admiral Evans criticized a naval policy as mixed and logical during a San Francisco luncheon. He compared it to the tale of Bob Backstay, who became an engineer on a submarine, noting the dangers but saying a man must keep his head above water.
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Admiral Evans
San Francisco
Bob Backstay
Bob
Backstay
Anniversary Prompt Sparks Faraway Conversation
Mrs Faraway reminds Professor Faraway it is their wedding anniversary. The exchange shifts to memory of dates and personal history as they joke about the occasion while Blobbs muses on money from tobacco and a Denver Times remark.
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Mrs. Faraway
Professor Faraway
Harself
Blobbs
T—E Denver Times
Old Common Sense Change Food When You Feel Out of Sorts
A doctor tells a man with stomach trouble and headaches that diet can heal. He stopped fried foods and meat for breakfast, started Grape-Nuts and cream, and stopped medicines. Within days he improved and later recovered, noting better health after years.
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Wellville
Directions for Erecting a Practical Sheep Building
Practical plans describe a large sheep barn with stone foundations and post footings, movable feeding racks, and adjustable pens. Lambing areas stay warm, upper floor stores roughage, hay tracks on main and ell sections, ventilated sash windows, and roof vents. Grain storage on the second story allows gravity feeding.
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F. L
Winter Animal Care Advice From Rural Notes
Practical guidance on transitioning animals from grass to grain in ten to fourteen days, emphasizing gradual dietary changes, high quality forage, root feeds, outdoor kept stock, and ventilation. Also covers managing itching skin in horses with clipping, diet adjustments, and topical remedies.
Cattle Exports Highlight Argentina's Meat Trade
The Argentine Republic is a leading cattle producer with at least 130000 head exported in 1909. Large quantities of frozen and chilled meat are shipped, underscoring the country’s strong beef industry.
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Argentina
Argentine Republic
Manuel Broken in Spirit in England as Exiled King Loses Crown
London reports Manuel the former king of Portugal visits Woodnorton with his uncle the Duc d Orleans. He shows marked grief over the throne loss, has shed weight, and wanders disconsolately on estates near Soho. Prospects of a 100000 dollar yearly income from Portuguese estates fade as debts threaten seizure.
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London
England
Woodnorton
Manuel
Portugal
Duc d'Orleans
Lisbon
Soho
Strange Messenger of the Sea Washes Ashore at Hurricane Island
In Rockland Maine a bottle washed ashore at Hurricane Island, found by fisherman Gustaf Nelson who mistook it for a freak fish. The bottle, marked by barnacles and sized uniquely for lobster pot toggles, drew store chatter before being sent to Rockland for further handling.
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Rockland
Sean
Hurricane Island
Gustaf Neilson
Nellson
Barnacle Mystery On Granite Island Exhibit
A mounted bottle containing a seal and curious barnacles was shown to many seafaring captains who declared they had never seen such growth outside Labrador. The sea parasites appear thick, likely years in the making, and may have drifted from Labrador waters to the Maze coast. Joseph M. Porter, who delivered the bottle to Rockland, declined offers from tourists and plans to mail it to his brother in New York.
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Nea
Labrador
Maze
Joseph M. Porter
Rockland
John Newton Porter
New York
Tightly Laced Shoe Causes Leg Artery Burst
In St Louis, Misa Maggie Hunt suffered a leg artery rupture after a tightly laced shoe restricted circulation. She nearly bled to death before medical assistance arrived.
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St. Louis
Misa Maggie Hunt
A Christmas Criticism by Orville Wright on Flying in New York
Orville Wright comments on aviation quality in New York, noting that French claims to superior machines are contradicted by foreign order books. He recalls a Dayton boy at a Christmas treat who brandishes a new pair of pants and shouts that his father never had such fine clothes.
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Orville Wright
New York
Dayton
Amelia Austin
Amasa Hunting
James Hunting
Webrook-in-the-Hills
Jim
Miss Amelia
Mrs. Hunting
Long Time Coming Real College Boy Waiting for Change
Esmeralda admonishes a waiting college boy in a department store scene. A saleswoman heckles him with sharp wit as he anxiously begs for his change. The dialogue leans on stolen money from home and petty friction between customer and clerk.
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Esmeralda
Archibald
Drake Delphic
Companions In Misery
A compact note recalls Elia and Stella with lines about sorrow and aging. A light literary reflection contrasts friendships and personal vows, capturing a mood of wit and resignation in terse phrases.
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Elia
Stella
Father of the Man and Miscellany of Humour
A fragment from a periodical blend recounts Mrs Hunting describing James Hunting’s exploits abroad and a quip about a setting hen versus a sitting hen. It weaves social chatter, a Castoria ad line, and a rural joke on hens into a single vignette.
A Brush With Madam and Other Fragments in Boston Transcript
A garbled OCR fragment chain mentions portraits and interiors and quotes a woman calling for souls beyond faces. It references Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets, an elocutionist, and a line about a woman bossing a man, all from an era newspaper context.
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Boston Transcript
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