Wheat lands of Western Canada attract settlers
A public notice extols Western Canada as a wheat frontier offering 160 acres with a ten dollar entry fee and similar plots $10 to $25 per acre via railroad and land companies. It urges immigration to meet Europe’s grain shortfall and refutes conscription rumors with a Rochester Herald quote praising voluntary aid and devotion to Canada.
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United States
Canada
Rochester
N. Y
Great Britain
Ottawa
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Domestic fashion critique of military inspired women's wear
A Chicago Post opinion challenges women’s fashion by decrying designers mimicking European military uniforms. The piece asks if war imagery already dominates public life and magazine culture and riffs on women’s appearance and self perception through mirrored social judgment.
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Europe
Chicago Post
Politicians wrestle with laws on amendments and recounts
State actions loom as Attorney General cites no method to contest constitutional amendments on ballots. Governor Morehead prepares proclamations to implement the workers compensation law once canvass rules align. Nebraska topics span tax reform, jury verdicts, official salaries, potato seed selection, foot and mouth vigilance, milk pasteurization, and a $1 million treasurer bond.
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Union News Service
Martin
Nebraska
Kigin
Federal Department
Rods and shells and jokes from Kimberley siege
During the siege of Kimberley Mr Rhodes built a rifled cannon in town and fired homemade shells marked with compliments. Boers at Christmas 1899 used plum pudding shells with season's compliments. Other notes mention Syracuse indoor rowing tank aiding winter training and a Boston vignette about a sharp tongue.
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Rhodes
Kimberley
C. J. Rhodes
Ladysmith
Johannesburg
Syracuse’ University
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Statewide returns total in secretary of state office
Totals compiled for governor lieutenant governor and other state offices show Morehead and Sackett among top candidates with varied support across districts. The report covers Secretary of State Treasurer Attorney General and University Removal and Suffrage amendments with multiple party tallies and regional differences.
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Secretary of State
Nebraska farmer warns war with Mexico not imminent
Lincoln reports that Lieutenant B. M. Bowman, commandant at the University of Nebraska, is stationed with his regiment at Vera Cruz. Letters from Nebraska indicate he believes war with Mexico is not imminent unless hot-headed men escalate tensions, and he does not expect such an outcome.
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Lincoln
Wilson Drafts Annual Message With Big Topics
President Wilson has begun work on his annual message to Congress to be delivered at the opening of the regular session in December. He is expected to discuss Philippine independence, conservation, the Mexican question, government ownership of merchant ships, and the impact of the European war on the United States.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
United States
Study a Child's Character and Trade Choice
A fragment hints Henry Ford advising to study a child's character to select a suitable trade. The text mentions a trip to Washington and a request for a small purchase, but the item was out of stock. The narrator received two dimes and a nickel in place of the needed quarter.
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Henry
Ford
Washington
Conscience and references to time in a wry social quip
A fragment references a maid asking about morning attire and a joke about time and punishment. It notes a moral quip comparing riches’ difficulty entering heaven versus avoiding jail. The lines mix humor and social satire with German praise phrases.
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Lustige Blatter
Starting the Day Wrong in New England Farm Life
A New England farmer Elijah laments a gloomy morning as his wife declares no more apple pie. The neighbor jokes about flapjacks while Elijah frets that the day’s start sets a bad tone and hints at rising prices versus value. The piece closes with a wry note on the deadbeat being alive.
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Eijah
Elijah
Tye
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