Record crop prospects in Western Canada spark farming expansion
Favorable weather and fertile land push Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta toward a bountiful harvest. Corn sunflowers and alfalfa show strong growth as silos rise and mixed farming expands, boosting dairy cattle and grain sectors across the prairie provinces.
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Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Ited
Rocky Mountains
Peace River
Prairie Provinces
Prairie Lumberman
Vancouver
West
Protection Against Radium
A physician explains radium hazards and protective gear. French expert Dr Belchere of the Academy of McGraue recommends lead lined gloves, spectacles with lead salt, pincers for handling salts, and a lead lined table, with operators advised to wrap in thin lead sheets. a heart and lung protector is in development.
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Belchere
French Academy of McGraue
Nature outfits fish with scales like a bathing suit
Dud Tunkines quotes Jud Tunking on how nature robes a fish with scales, humorously claiming it wears more protection than some people. The remark playfully contrasts natural armor with human clothing norms.
Pteranodon Exhibit Highlights Kansas Fossil Find
The American Museum of Natural History displays a Pteranodon skeleton from western Kansas with a 21 foot wingspan. Experts compare it to Tylosaurus and Partheus, discuss bone structure and the high brain type, and explore how inland seas shaped prehistoric life.
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Middle West
American Museum of Natural History
Kansas
Partheus
Rocky Mountains
W. D. Matthew
Department of Vertebrate Palaeontology
American Museum
Oe Winger & Tong Belligy
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promises Relief
An advertisement targets middle aged women in Vis Minn stating Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound eases menopausal symptoms. It urges readers to write to Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts for confidential, woman‑to‑woman replies.
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Vis, Minn
Pinkham
Diane
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia Elkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Mass
Bet Settled Over Dinner Wager in Courtroom Ruse
A playful dispute between Jones and the speaker ends with a judge asserting the wager terms. The loser must buy dinner for three, to settle the bet in a light courtroom moment.
Bayer Aspirin Safe Use Urged For Genuine Tablets
A caution about buying aspirin only with the Bayer name on the package or tablets. The note claims genuine Aspirin is pre scribed by physicians for twenty one years and proven safe by millions. It lists uses for colds headaches neuraglia rheumatism earache toothache lumbago and pain. Tin boxes of twelve Bayer Tablets cost a few cents and druggists offer larger packages. Aspirin is the trademark of the Manufacture of Monoacet ic acid.
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Bayer
Money Talks Cut Short in Quip Soliloquy
A humorous exchange centers on finance as Mr Nicelpinch declares banks lack, while his wife quips money talks but must restrain its speech. The brief dialogue plays on financial worries and witty banter.
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Nicelpinch
Housewife praises Red Cross Ball Blue for whitened clothes
A housewife smiles at a basket of clear white laundry and thanks Red Cross Ball Blue. At grocers the price is 6c.
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Red Cross
The Set Cartoons Magazine Exchange
A brief cartoon caption exchange from Cartoons Magazine praising a woman as a jewel and noting she is set in her ways, reflecting the magazine's humor and style.
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Cartoons Magazine
Modest Men Hide Faults Despite Size of Errors
Quotations reflect a view that most men avoid admitting the scale of their faults, suggesting humility masks self-critique and personal accountability.
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Western Canada
Dud Tunkines
Notarium
Solenhofen
Butt
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