West en Canada as a Grain Producer
A 1910 letter from a settler near Maidstone describes breaking land, haymaking, timber work, and house building for others while noting wheat yields of 22 ½ and 27 bushels per acre and 60 to 1 200 bushels of oats. The report praises rain, discusses frost, and highlights the high quality of Dominion wheat amid favorable weather and strong market data.
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Besa Camrads
Maidstone
Teranena
Anderson
Dominion
Rest and Peace Cure Promoted for Infant Skin Ailments
Advertised remedies claim Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment soothe itchy skin rashes in infants and children. The text asserts rapid relief from eczema, inflammation, and chafing, promising rest for tired mothers and speedy recovery when other treatments fail.
Mike to a lobster Pat’s stubborn quip shocks diners
An odd exchange erupts at a table where Pat declares a remark about a dame as a lobster, prompting disbelief from onlookers. The tumbling dialogue captures a quirky burst of slang and humor among diners.
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Mike
Pat
Schurman Urges National Charter for Rockefeller Foundation
President Schurman argues Congress should grant a national charter for the Rockefeller Foundation, urging broad scope for philanthropy and suggesting the trustees be partly named by the president with Senate consent to ensure public welfare and democratic legitimacy.
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Congress
Schurman
Rockefeller
United States
Senate
Airship Zepellin II Drifts Destruction After Breakup
The dirigible Zeppe lelin II, a German airship, broke moorings in a storm near Limburg an der Lahn and drifted without crew. It descended, then smashed to pieces at Wellburg, after escaping to the northeast from Homburg toward Cologne.
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Limburg-an-der-Lahn
Homburg
Cologne
Wellburg
Train saves disaster after switch failure near North Yakima
A Burlington passenger train on the Northern Pacific line was saved from disaster when the engineer applied brakes after striking a defective switch near North Yakima. Engineer Gordon of Ellensburg and fireman Meyers of Pasco were killed in the crash.
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Spokane
Wash
North Yakima
Burlington
Northern Pacific Railroad
Gordon
Ellensburg
Meyers
Pasco
Girl Held as Dynamiter Near Prairie City
Miss Mary Guthrie of Carthage, 41, arrested in connection with a dynamite blast that destroyed the $12,000 residence of Jease A. Quick three miles east of Prairie City Iowa. Occupants escaped unharmed. In the home were Dr. Alexander Hall of Colfax and his bride, formerly Misa to taste Alene. Hall had been a former suitor of Miss Guthrie. The couple were engaged to be married.
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Prairie City
Jease A. Quick
Mise Mary Guthrie
Carthage
Alexander Hall
Colfax
Miss Guth
Misa
Young Jersey City Boy Dies After Foul Tip Collision
Louis Rose, aged ten, fell headfirst into shallow water while chasing a foul tip during a Jersey City baseball game and died on removal. Crowns and officials from Galt Rune in New York report details of the incident in April.
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New York
Louis Rose
Jersey City
Six Dead in a Fire at Ponca Ferry Landing
A tar kettle explosion on a kitchen stove at the Missouri river ferry landing near Ponca Nebraska killed six members of the Miner family: Mrs Jeremiah Miner Philip Miner Samuel Miner Utley Miner Jeremiah Miner Etta Miner. Injured include Jeremiah Miner and Minnie Miner with severe burns. the husband Jeremiah Miner is critically burned.
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Ponca
Mixsouri
Here
Jeremiah _Miner
Phlilip
Samuel
Utley
Jeremiah
Etta
Jeremiah Minier
Minnie’ Miner
Jeremiah Miner
Salem Fire Devastates District. Loss Estimated At High six Figures
Salem Nebraska reels from a Saturday night blaze that wiped out much of the business district. Initial estimates shrink to about a hundred thousand dollars with many shops partly insured. The Bank of Salem and several merchants suffer heavy losses while residents open homes to those displaced as repairs and rebuilding commence.
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Salem
Neb
Carriea
Post Ofice
Schildneck
C. M. Coffey
E.P. Emmett
A. Snyder
F. H. Brizi
S. B. Stouffer
Joseph Windle
George Vanderberg
James. Klarry
Wade Whitten
Fruit Not All Killed in Nebraska City Crop Report
Nebraska City fruit growers report the late cold spell did not destroy all buds. Apples about 30 percent, peaches 50 percent, cherries 80 percent, grapes badly injured but partly budded. A half crop of apples will meet local needs though overall loss remains. The cold spell also reduced harmful insects and scab.
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Nebraska City
Neb
Man Dies After Fall in Nebraska Well
Rushville Nebraska reports a man named Lewis Caldwell fell about 100 feet while repairing a well Friday afternoon. Companions attempted rescue but Caldwell died from injuries sustained in the fall.
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Rushville
Neb
Lewis Caldwell
Fire at Union Pacific stockyards blacks out North Bend
Fire broke out in the Union Pacific stockyards in North Bend Nebraska during a Saturday surge of heat. Firefighters battled the blaze as smoke hung over the town and no injuries were reported in the initial notice.
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North Bend
Neb
Union Pacific
Limburger and the Law in Municipal Court
Judge Wells admonishes William Ring for a prank at lunch after he smeared limburger cheese on Edward Snider. Ring faces a symbolic one dollar fine as punishment for a questionable act in a humorous court report from the Chicago Record-Herald.
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Wells
William Ring
Rung
Edward Snider
Snider
Chicago Record-Herald
Honest suitor vows to spare her old home’s quarrels
The suitor tells a stern father that marrying him means no grumpy dad, nagging mother, or abusive siblings. He pledges to provide a different home free of petty tyrannies and constant strife, contrasting it with the burdens of her current family life. The remark, attributed to Puck, underscores wit about domestic tensions.
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Puck
Saving His Life in Peking A Doctor Tale
An Englishman staying in Peking hears of Sing Loo, hailed as the greatest doctor, who reportedly saved a servant’s life after seemingly failing with other physicians. The tale contrasts bad medicines with Sing Loo’s successful aid and ends with a proverb about starting the day with the right foot.
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Peking
Sing
Cailee
Leo
Suffragette lecture topic sparks chatter
In a Stray Stories snippet Mrs Suffragette’s lecture is questioned about the subject this afternoon. Mrs Clubwoman jokes about the disasters of married life. Mrs Bridgewhist quips on the speaker leaving her husband as an exhibit.
How's This We Offer One Peace Sale Woes by Ale
A fragmented note offers a roadside ad for a sale tied to ale and a hopeless tone. The readable bits suggest a promotional phrase with uncertain wording and no clear event or location.
Pennsylvanian's Lapse of Memory Costs Whisky Loss
A. C. Hidlay proprietor of the Hotel Hidlay Shoeninburg Pa forgot to turn off a barrel spigot and two hours later discovered a gallon of whisky had run into the sewer. The loss is about 100 dollars.
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A. C. Hidlay
Hidlay
Shoeninburg
Philadelphia
Fiji cannibal reluctantly produced a quarter
The Lightning Calculator pleads at a psychological moment begging to cut booze and the handbook thing. He retorts with sarcasm while recalling being asked for a grub-stake and mocks the "eccentricities of genius" in a Los Angeles Herald style.
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Fiji
Los Angeles Herald
Civilization and Missions and the Missionary Duty
The author argues that modern government support requires Christian foreign missionaries from America and Europe. Civilization endures when material well being is paired with liberty, intelligence growth, and equal justice under law. The shift in sentiment toward foreign missions has been remarkable in one generation.
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America
Europe
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Paii
Cuticura
Pleases Schurman
Girl
Dynamiter
Ponca, Neb
Nebraska
Tae
Post
Postum Cereal Co., Ltd
Battle Creek, Mich
U. 5S. A
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