Western Garada's Offer Is America's Opportunity
The Dominion Government offers 160 acres free to settlers with easy conditions. Six months on land for three years, cultivate thirty acres, or keep cattle to gain the same value. Open prairie and park country in western Canada promise fertile loam soil and ample fuel. Canada invites Americans to move and farm, with voluntary service and fair laws.
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Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Dominion
Park
Canada
United States
Great Britain
Boss and the Inevitable Break
A terse exchange between Josh and Farmer Corn mocks self employment. Farmer Corn warns that being one's own boss tempts a worker to declare duties fulfilled and grant another holiday, hinting at complacency and duty.
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Josh
Farmer Corn Toseel
Velvet Muffs and Beaded Ornaments in Fashionable Sets
The article notes handmade muffs from velvet plush or fur, lined with satin and gathered at ends with tassels, fastened by hook and eye. Crocheted trims and bead buckles are popular, with muffs stuffed on beds of wool batting and velvet coverings ruffled at ends. Silk cords and black beads decorate the sets, while small sachets scented with lavender use narrow ribbon ties.
Attractive office and library sets make tasteful gifts
The article describes men's sets including a portfolio, letter box, waste basket and candle shade. Made from wallpaper designs pasted onto cardboard or wood foundations, the pieces feature a black and white stripe with red flowers and a red candle shade with gold braid. Leather, tiffany papers, and floral patterns are suggested.
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Tiffany
Rumor and Research on Corn for Hog Feed
State capital notes report feeding trials at North Platte showing cane seed half as valuable as corn by bushel, with cost and price data for pork at 100 pounds and per bushel comparisons. Experiments indicate cane seed, corn, and sorghum substitutes affect hog production costs and value.
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Union News Service
Hoge
North Platte
Holiday Gifts for Men as Practical Ribbon Ties
A reader guide notes men’s holiday gifts are fewer and simpler than those for women. It outlines easy at home ideas such as themed baskets for small items or pipes and cigars, using crepe, linen, or leather with ribbon or silver finishes.
Tobacco pouch and dressing case bag description
A compact leather or plush tobacco pouch and dressing case bag is described with long narrow leather triangles. An inner sickening feature is sewn in similarly. Top edges are blind stitched, and the bag measures seven and a half inches in length.
Storing Root Crops and Apples In Trench Cellars
Nebraska College of Agriculture offers guidance on preserving vegetables and apples in trench storages. For root crops such as cabbage potatoes celery carrots beets all may be buried in a trench with proper drainage. Apples require deeper holes and straw wrapping then soil cover. Beets carrots salsify may be buried after tops freeze Celery can be bleached by placing it in the trench before final storage Parsnips may stay unpulled but freezing before burying may improve flavor.
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Department of Horticulture
Nebraska College of Agriculture
Good Dairy Rations For 1200-Pound Cow
Nebraska College of Agriculture presents dairy rations for a 1200 pound cow producing 30 pounds of milk. Ration 1 uses alfalfa and corn silage with ground corn and bran. Ration 2 substitutes silage with alfalfa and gluten meal. Ration 3 replaces silage and alfalfa with millet sorghum hay ground corn and oil meal.
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Nebraska College of Agriculture
Inexpensive Gifts In Collars And Vest
Simple fashion items for women include sheer collars and vestees paired with tailored suits. Describes hand embroidery finishes, separate collar and vestee construction, wired collars, and decorative lace reverses with brocaded velvet accents.
Western Nebraska to Attend Mid-Winter Organized Agriculture Meeting
Western Nebraska will be represented at the mid winter meeting of organized agriculture. Alfalfa Seed growers plan to show Prof. F Josiah Chase samples of seed from western and northwestern Nebraska. A corn show at the Lincoln Auditorium may feature exhibits from many dry climate counties. County displays at the 1914 state fair boosted expectations and promoters report strong benefits.
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F. Josiah
Chase
Nebraska
Lincoln- ‘Auditorium
G. A. R. Seeks Civil War Relics for Capitol Display
State officers of the G. A. R. push to gather Civil War relics for a display at the capitol by January 1. Fourteen glass cases and cabinets are provided, with about half filled. Farragut post of Lincoln leads a canvass to fill another case.
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Capitol
Farragut Post
G.A. R
Lincoln
Law on constitutional amendment voting lacks recount provision
Attorney General Martin notes the law favors straight party votes on amendments if parties endorse them in primaries but does not provide a method to contest such votes. He says the legislature could authorize a recount procedure, though he doubts the cost and will not act on his own motion.
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Martin
Belgian relief fund drive in Lincoln Nebraska
The Lincoln committee of the Belgian relief central committee outlines fundraising and aid efforts for Belgian non combatants. Details include money for food and clothing, Red Cross support, and information dissemination through lectures, with local chairs and contacts listed.
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Belgian Relief Committee
Gawkers’ Life Insurance Building
Lincoln
Neb
South Sixteenth Street
Miller, Miller & Paine
Belgium
Ena Soper
England
France
Holland
America
United States
Nebraska
Lincoln Committee
F. Ladd
Seventeenth Street
Red Cross
W. H. Ferguson
South Sixteenth. Street
W.G. Langworthy Taylor
Allen Ew. Field
Frank H. Woods
T. E. Calvert
W.H. Ferguson
R. E.moore
Callen Thompson
W. A. Apperson
W. M. Leonard
C. F. Ladd
M Olive. Watson
Ida Robbins
W. G. Langworthy Taylor
W. C. Wilson
HK. Burker
Fatal grade crossing crash kills couple near Nebraska City
George Hilton and his wife from Farragut Iowa were killed instantly when their car stalled on the tracks at a grade crossing in Nebraska City Nebraska while en route to spend Thanksgiving with relatives in Havelock. A fast passenger train struck the auto before they could escape.
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Nebraska City
Neb
George Hilton
Farragut
Havelock
Brightest of India’s Gems
Description of Kashmir as a dreamland in the mountains with snow covered peaks pine forests rushing rivers lakes and plains. Notes that it was once a jewel in the British crown and appeals for preserving its beauty against tourist inflation and modern trends.
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India
Kashmir
Globe
Cuticura Relief for Infant Skin Troubles
An advertisement promotes Cuticura Soap and Ointment for immediate relief of eczema rashes itchings and related skin conditions in babies and children with a promise of faster healing and calmer households. It offers a free 32 page Skin Book via a postcard address in Boston. Columbus remark notes hay fever unknown in 1492.
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Cuticura
Dept. X
Boston
Ear bitten? frontier court fight among colored soldiers
A frontier post case in a general court martial centers on an ear loss during a fight between two colored soldiers. The prosecution witness and defense counsel clash over where and how the ear was lost with the witness claiming the accused bit it off.
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Mista Nélson
Con Field
Stanley Claims Steel Plays Key Role in Daily Life
In Kentucky campaign stops Representative Stanley argues steel and iron underlie everyday life from cradles to coffins. An attendee asks how voters should worry about steel nails after death, and Stanley confirms he is open to questions.
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Kentucky
Stanley
Best patients are the ones who always complain
A remark notes the paradox of patients who constantly push back by claiming life lacks worth and questions the value of medical care. The quote emphasizes patient resilience and the clinician’s perspective on ongoing dissatisfaction.
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Tor
Grateful Patient Praises Dodds Kidney Pills
A letter from Welcome Lake, Pa., claims Dodds Kidney Pills cured back ache and kidney trouble with improved sleep, appetite, and energy. The testimonial urges publication for skeptics and notes the product price as 50 cents per box from Dodds Medicine Co, Buffalo, N.Y.
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Mr. F
Welcome Lake
Dodds
Berty
Dodds Kidney
Dodds “Medicine Co
Buffalo
N.Y
Ady
Beans in Boston Reflect Oddities of Local Life
A quirky note surveys Boston society where quirky sayings appear in everyday speech. The dialogue_ style line mentions Philadelphia experiences and the unfamiliarity with scrapple, hinting at cultural contrasts and the value of stubborn resolve in pursuing dollars.
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Boston
Philadelphia
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