Western Canada the Land-Hungry Mecca for Farmers
Western Canada offers vast agricultural potential with 180 million acres of prime farmland in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta. The 1915 Canadian Wheat average exceeded 30 bushels per acre, far above the US average, with Alberta reaching 32.84 bushels. Free homesteads of 160 acres await, and fresh settlers may find comparative cost advantages, similar climate to Minnesota and North Dakota, and government education funding.
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Canada
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Saskatchewan
Alberta
Minnesota
Iowa
Wisconsin
Illinois
Indiana
United States
North Dakota
Providence Benevolent Society Receives Exaggerated Letter
A benvolent society in Providence received a letter about a bereaved family. The note described an unfortunate young man as the sole supporter of his widowed mother and two sisters. The society secretary Margined that the circumstances appeared exaggerated.
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Benevolent Societies of Providence
Morning Mail
Advert for Cuticura Soap and Ointment sample
Advertisement touts Cuticura Soap to cleanse and purify and Cuticura Ointment to soothe and heal skin. Claims to preserve natural purity and prevent irritation and disfigurement. Free sample by mail with Book, Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston. Sold everywhere.
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Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Family quarrel over a game and a test of love
In a Detroit Free Press item a parent recalls teaching a son by letting him see who would win in a house argument. The mother claims she “gave his pa a fighting chance” and notes she once trumped Sam’s ace in a bridge game, prompting an admission of love and approval.
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Sam
Detroit
Too Much Water Kills Plants
By Lima R. Rose, the article warns overwatering harms window garden plants more than other causes. It explains factors like plant type, soil, sun exposure, pot size, and dormancy, and offers a flexible rule: water when the surface looks dry and saturate the soil, adjusting for conditions.
Work on the Lawn How to keep a lush summer lawn
The lawn and home grounds set the summer scene for passersby. If patches appear, keep seeding through summer until bare spots are filled. White clover enriches lawns but dies after two years, so reseed in fall or spring or avoid mowing in fall to let blossoms seed.
Plan for Beauty in the Backyard Garden
Plan for beauty and steady effort to keep back yard views attractive. Plant hardy azaleas and spireas, screen the back door with green growth, and train trumpet creeper on a stake to form a roaming but controlled vine frame. Use vines to hide ugliness and create a kitchen window picture frame.
Married U S reserves called out to replace militiamen
Washington July 8. Secretary Baker announced that married men with dependents will be excused from National Guard service during mobilization for the Mexican border. Affected guardsmen with dependents may receive honorable discharges, while 4,000 to 5,000 former regulars are to be called from the regular army reserve to fill new regiments under the new defense act.
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National Guard
Baker
War Department
Army Department
Going to Canada Is Easy for American Tourists
Ottawa reports officials have dispelled fears of conscription for American visitors. Canada has no general conscription. only British-born subjects in England face draft. US travelers to Canada face no special travel barriers beyond standard customs checks. Naturalized Americans born abroad are advised to carry naturalization certificates.
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Ottawa
Canada
Europe
England
United States
Lloyd George Named War Secretary After Kitchener’s Death
London announces David Lloyd George, previously minister of munitions since 1915, is appointed secretary of state for war succeeding the drowned Lord Kitchener. Sir Edward Grey also elevated to the peerage. Lloyd George had long served as chancellor of the Exchequer before munitions.
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Kitchener
London
David Lloyd George
Lord Kitchener
Russia
Edward Grey
Lloyd George
Nashville Loot Exposes City Treasury Heist
Final report to Nashville city commission by accountant James Cameron reveals former city officials looted 71787.79 dollars from 1909 to 1914. The July 10 note places the event in Nashville Tennessee detailing the long running embezzlement.
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Nashville
Tenn
James Cameron
First Burglary Execution in State History
Lawrence Swinson, a negro, was executed at the state prison in Raleigh New York for burglary. This marks the first such execution in the state. Six more electrocutions are scheduled to follow this month.
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Raleigh
N. Y
Lawrence Swinson
Beauty Doctor and Count Cagliostro’s Rise and Fall
The first famed beauty doctor was Balsamo known as Count Alessando di Cagliostro, a Palermo shopkeeper's son who rose in Europe selling a wine of Egypt and beauty elixirs. He and his Countess Seraphina publicized youth cures before imprisonment and death in a convent. A Massachusetts woman then begs police to search a river for her missing, deaf husband, claiming he threatened drowning.
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Balsamo
Palermo
Count Alessando di Cagliostro
Rome
Europe
Countess Cagliostro
Egypt
Seraphina
Cagliostro
Massachusetts
Card Postcard Fire Alarm At Village Station
Captain Sparks heads a rural fire station with a jury of odd appliances a stove like engine and a village pump. A visitor asks how responders are summoned. The captain replies that they simply send them all a postcard, a humorous note from London Tit-Bits.
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Sparks
London
Woman Prefers Tailor Made Over Self Made Life
A brief quip contrasts sympathy for a cause with personal autonomy, noting a woman would rather be tailor made than self made, reflecting attitudes about self reliance and gender roles. The exchange underscores debates on identity and empowerment.
Free Book Promise on Rheumatism Cure by Jesse A Case
Advertisement offers a free booklet on the cause and cure of rheumatism and neuritis. It claims the book is the most wonderful ever written and invites readers or friends to write for it. Brockton Massachusetts contact: Jesse A Case Department C W.
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Jesse A. Case
Dept. C. W
Brockton
Mass
Adv
Solomonlike Judgment from a Village Arbitrator
Two brothers quarrel over a farm and appoint a wise old man as arbitrator. After deliberation he orders the elder to divide the land as he thinks fair and grants the younger the first choice, resolving the dispute with a clever plan.
Count One for Small Boy on Donkey to Army Camp
A Texas army camp tale recalls a boy guiding a donkey loaded with supplies as soldiers march by. Taunting peers ask why he grips the bridle and the boy calmly says he fears his “brother” might enlist.
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Texas
Chicago News
Simple Exchange in a Humorous Exchange
A comical dialogue unfolds with an oculist testing a patient who admits he cannot read. The patient refuses to answer and quips that he never learned to read, while a remark about butter markets adds a satirical, unrelated point.
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