Why People Go to Canada in Quest for Land and Wealth
A historical note explores rising American migration to Canada amid free homesteads and cheap acres. It cites firsthand success stories like William Johnston in the Alberg District, detailing crops, dairy, prices, and store coal, asserting milder winters and accessible land as key pulls.
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Canada
Champ Clark
U. S. Senate
United States
William Johnston
Alexandria
Minn
Alberg
Battle River
Minnesota
Baby's Rash Cleared By Cuticura After Trip Abroad
Mrs. Margaret Gunn of Roxbury Massachusetts reports a severe infant skin rash while traveling in Ireland and England. After trying doctors and medicines, she used Cuticura Soap and Ointment for about nine months and the rash disappeared with no scarring. The notice promotes Cuticura samples via mail.
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Boston
England
Ireland
Baby
Margaret Gunn
Burrell St
Roxbury
Mass
Cutt Eura
Paxtine An septic remedy advertised for eye irritation
An Anglo style ad touts Paxtine An septic at druggists 25c a box with series on receipt of price from The Tollet Co Boston Mass. The copy also includes quips on wisdom teeth constipation and prejudice versus conviction.
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Theton Tollet Co
Boston
Mass
Uniform county teacher examination questions for high school certificate
A general synopsis text lists uniform exam questions for county teachers' examinations in high school agriculture chemistry reading and related topics. It covers soil tilth cultivation, plant descriptions, crop yields, fertilizer terms, historical figures, government systems, plus math and scientific problem items as part of the State Board of Agriculture and State School Commissioner process.
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State Board of Agriculture
de Candolle
Music Theory and Practice in Mastery of School Subjects
This item lists broad questions on music theory including key signatures, diatonic scales, modulation, rhythm and meter, and harmonic minor concepts. It then shifts to pedagogy topics from Colgrove’s The Teacher and the School, outlining boards of education, curriculum goals, and methods for geography, biology, agriculture, and discipline, concluding with language and grammar tasks.
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Colgrove
Board of Education
Henry Pestalozzi
Boxwell-Patterson
Elementary Agriculture Questions and Seed Selection Practices
A compilation of practical agriculture topics including reasons girdling trees causes death sap movement diagrams, pollination definitions and methods, hand pollination steps, plant breeding motivations, seed corn selection rules and graders, grafting and budding techniques with target fruits, fruit varieties for budding, spraying purpose and Ohio spraying law, soil productivity decline causes and restoration, pupil record requirements for corn and vegetable contests, and state Board of Agriculture prize offerings and division grading for aging term experiments.
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Ohio
State Board of Agriculture
Ohio teachers exam for elementary certificate details
A semi annual county teachers examination outlines eligibility for a primary certificate valid for grades one to four. Applicants must have one year public school experience in Ohio and pass exams on arithmetic science reading and language, with questions on methods lesson plans and child development.
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Ohio
State Commissioner of Common Schools
Boards of
Batavia
German Carp With Vinegar and Horseradish Sauce
Fresh German carp is cleaned but not descaled and cut into pieces. It is boiled in salted water with onion cloves bay leaves pepper and vinegar to firm meat and color the scales. Serve with malted butter sauce parsley horseradish and boiled potatoes.
Lean Beef Jelly From Simple Soup Method
A simple beef jelly recipe uses two pounds lean beef, half a gallon cold water, bay leaf, peppercorns, cloves, and salt simmered four hours. Gelatin is soaked and added, the broth strained then lemon juice is stirred in before chilling in molds until firm.
How to prepare Colache squash stew
Chop six small squash and one onion. Add three new potatoes one handful string beans three green peppers. Stir in three sliced tomatoes and six ears of corn. Place in a pot with one cup water and two tablespoons lard. Cook slowly covered, stirring to prevent burning.
Saratoga Onions Frying Method
Peel and thinly slice three large white onions soak in milk for ten minutes then drain. Separate into rings and fry in smoking hot fat in baskets until delicately colored. Drain on unglazed paper turn to heated dish dust with salt and serve at once.
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Saratoga
Washing Lace Curtains Tip
A laundry note advises soaking lace curtains in cold water overnight then washing in clean cold water with borax. Heat gradually to a boil then boil 15 to 20 minutes. Rinse thoroughly in several waters and finally add five cents worth of gum arabic to the water to restore stiffness.
Young wife saved from hospital in Upper Sandusky
Mrs Benj H Stansbury of Upper Sandusky Ohio credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her health after years of fatigue backache and nervous distress Following a doctor recommendation she used the remedy and reports full improvement urging others to try it for female ailments.
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Upper Sandusky
Ohio
Lydia EB. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Speckled horse dispute ends with ownership debate
Uncle Rasberry accuses Mr. Erastus Pinkley of selling a non gaited horse claiming it is gaited. Pinkley maintains the animal is variegated but unchanged in behavior. The exchange centers on a disputed assertion of the horse’s gait.
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Uncle Rasberry
Mr. Erastus Pinkley
Silent Suffering Woman Speaks Out Amid Noise
A reflective piece examines how a woman who endures in silence often ends up making loud demands or expressing distress publicly, challenging assumptions about quiet resilience and social responses to hardship.
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