Success Follows Judicious Farming in Western Canada
A long letter extols Western Canada, citing Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta as thriving provinces filled with farmers who achieved gains through smart methods. It relays experiences of immigrant planters from Ohio and other states, highlighting debt freedom, land holdings, crops, and cattle, and notes the success of both large and small farmers driven by energy and practical effort. An Ottawa immigration official can name many more successful settlers.
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Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Iowa
Dayton
Western
Ottawa
Cpinion
Will Appeal to Court over Willful Act Insurance Rule
Columbus reports a suit may test the Ohio opinion that an insurer cannot indemnify an employer for injuries from willful acts or law violations. Protests from many companies warn the ruling could drive business out of the state.
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Columbus
Hogan
Moore
State Liability Board of Awards
Ohio
Supreme Court
Circuit Court
Franklin County Criminal Court
Finley H. Mutchler
Moxahala Brick Company
Mutchler
Joseph Wilde
Minnesota
Ohio State University
State Board of Health
Easy Road In Music
A fragmentary dialogue features a musician stating his son Louie is indolent while he must march eight miles for each parade. Louie learns the harp and will sit during performances, as the speaker aims to keep moving forward in his musical career.
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Louie
Woman Overcame Twelve Years of Illness in Missouri
Mrs Bertha Muff of Louisiana Missouri details twelve years of sickness with cramps dragging pains and failing health after eleven doctors. She credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her health and urges other women to seek help. The ad touts the product as non narcotic and effective for female ills with confidential advice from the company.
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Louisiana
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mrs. Berthamuff
4Th Street
Pinkham Laboratory
Lynn
Mass
Steamboat Memories and a Century of Change
London Opinion recalls the centenary celebration of the steamboat noting the British Admiralty once dismissed paddle wheel vessels as useless. It cites Dr. Lardner, who argued no steamship could cross the Atlantic, yet died having boarded a steamer to America with another man’s wife.
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London
Lardner
Atlantic
America
Sprinter Dread and Daring in Odd Vignette
A clipped mosaic of local scene snippets features Rose Matilda removing a sprinter from a finger with tweezers amid talk of car safety and community notices. The piece blends domestic humor with brief mentions of an aviating meet, Castoria advertising, and a stray reflection on beauty and kindness.
Financial Genius and Courtroom Humor
A Nashville style exchange jokes about financial genius involving a jewelers daughter and an engagement ring. The scene shifts to Wisconsin where lawyers George B. Smith and Is Sloan trade quips with the court about ideas and habeas corpus.
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Wisconsin
George B. Smith
Is Sloan
Sloan
Popular Magazine
Not a Dry Book A playful ad copy on ball blue detergent
A compact vintage advertisement notes a laconic debate about a lachrymose novel then pivots to a detergent pitch for Red Cross Ball Blue. The copy promises whiter clothes by mixing glass and water to create a blue liquid product. Ady.
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Ady
Unfolding bed demonstration and baby soothing syrup ad
A merchant demonstrates a folding system named unfolding bed in contrast to a folding bed. An accompanying ad promotes Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children, claiming gums soothing, reduced fever, pain relief, and relief from wind colic at 25 cents per bottle.
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Crawford County
Kansas City
Franklin County
North High Street
M. B. Earnhart
Earnhart
Texas
Harmon
O. B. Colquitt
Southwest
H. B. Speaks
Toledo and Ohio Central Railroad
Safety First
Ohio Society For the Prevention of Tuberculosis
Robert G. Patterson
J. H. Dodshon
Ohio, Episcopal Church
City Board of Health
R. Ss. Carver
State Board of Agriculture
A. P. Sandles
Frank W. Miller
A. D. Selby
Wooster
Selby
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co
New York
Rose Matilda
Kindred Association
Fletcher
Eddie
U U
Cincinnati
Spohn
Spohn Medical CO
Goshen
Ind
W.l.douglas
W. L. Douglas
W.L. Douglas
Brockton
Resinol Chemical Co
Baltimore
Gardner Bldg
Toledo
Carter
Mair Baloam
U.S
Shaman Port Heiry
M Chew
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