Western Canada lauded by leading agronomist from Minnesota
Prof Thomas Shaw of Minnesota University surveys Western Canada after a trip. He praises its vast arable areas in Manitoba Assiniboia Saskatchewan and Alberta as prime wheat and stock regions with potential for irrigation along Rockies streams. He notes high cattle quality in Winnipeg shows and urges settlers that much land is free or cheap with government agents ready to help.
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Thomas Shaw
Minnesota University
St. Paul
Minnesota State University
Western Canada
Canada
Prairie
Manitoba
Assiniboia
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Peace River
Athabasca
Rockies
Territories
Winnipeg
Ontario
Wanata
Lansing
Mich
Lydia
Pinkham
Learmed
Tare Atell
Gorrett
Lydia E. Pinkham
Saskaschewan
Aerta
Eolley
Ottawa
Crawford
Ninth St
Kansas City
Senator Hanna Aid Cited in Election Text Fragment
A secretary notes Senator Hanna and the phrase after Hames referencing ninety six hundred children, with the fragmentary line suggesting a 1896 date and a count of 600 children in the context.
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Hames
Hanna
Red Ball Bine White Snow Promise In Packaging Claim
An advertisement promises whitening effect with Red Ball Bine product. It contrasts a package of five coats and “white as snow” result. The source text is fragmented and unclear on specifics.
Weather Frustrates Local Residents On Unseasonably Warm Day
Readable text notes general irritation over odd conditions and tense household dynamics as a mild climate unsettles routines. No specific events or named places are provided.
Putnam Faceless Ives Describe A Swap Method
Fragmentary note mentions an unnamed swap method and druggists. references a unit price of 100 per package and hints at a gift of gab being unreliable. Context unclear.
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Putnam
Magnate jailed after refusing to answer in grain trust case
United States District Judge Hook in Topeka jailed BE. J. Smiley secretary of the Kansas Grain Association for contempt after he declined to answer questions and produce papers, claiming the anti trust law section violates the eighteenth amendment. Smiley was summoned to Remo county court and refused to testify.
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United States
Hook
Topeka
Kas
Two Buffalo Joneses Dispute Death Rumor in Kansas
Horace L. Jones, an early Kansas Legislator and famed Buffalo Jones, is reported dead in eastern papers, but C. J. Jones of Garden City denies the claim. The Garden City J. Jones is known nationwide for buffalo herd work and European travels with his animals.
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Buffalo Joneses
Horace K. Jones
Buffalo Jones
Salina
Kas
C. J. Jones
Garden City
Horace L. Jones
Kansas Legisiature
J. Jones
Garden ‘City
Country
Europe
Oil Craze Grips Saline County Kansas Town
Reports from trookville Kansas indicate the first stages of an oil craze. Local business leaders organize a company to prospect for oil with leases on thousands of acres. Railroad officials are backing the venture and an expert has been sent to evaluate lands along a sandstone formation a narrow brow running north to south across the state.
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Trookville
Saline County
Kansas
Polish Colony Plan Moves From Kansas to Chicago
Bishop Anthony Kozlowski leads about twenty five priests from the East and South in a scheme to form a Polish colony in Chicago. The plan includes purchasing 70 acres of Kansas land and establishing a Polish school for farmers. Funds for the project have been secured.
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Kansas
Esvo
Chicago
Independent
Polish Catholic’church
Anthony Kozlowski
Incident at Methodist church ends with slap and pin attack
In Kas Trooper area last Sunday night Mrs Klimers accused Miss Jessie Fisher of laughing at her during service and confronted her in the church. She slapped Fisher and thrust a hot pin into her bosom. The wounds were painful but not serious. Fisher says she was unaware of Klimers presence.
Corbett Beats MacGovern in Six Minute Nutmeg Fight
The article describes Young Corbett, also known as Billy Bothwell of Denver, defeating champion MacGovern inside six minutes at Hartford's Nutmeg arena, after outpointing and outwitting him through the early rounds. Corbett dominated with precise technique to secure victory.
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Khanelf
MacGovern
Hartford
Young Corbett
Billy Bothwell
Denver
Col
Lens
Fire outbreak at Wellington revival injures several
A woman tossed a lighted match into a gasoline can during a Tabernacle revival in Wellington Kansas drawing a stampede of about a thousand people. Flames surged into the auditorium as the pastor helped battle the blaze. The fire was put out with minor damage and no serious injuries.
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Tabernacle
Wellington
Kas
Tragic Nebraska Partridge Gun Accident Totals Eight Year Old
May Hemmings eight year old resident near Williamsburg Nebraska killed when playing with an old revolver. His nine year old brother William fired the weapon with a partridge inside. The bullet passed through striking the base of the skull and the boy died after forty minutes.
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May
Carl Hemmings
Williamsburg
Neb
William
Prominent Trempealeau stock man killed in rail wreck
G. Saunderson, one of four leading Trempealeau stock men in charge of blooded stock for the Chicago livestock show, was instantly killed in a wreck on the Chicago and Northwestern railroad at the west entrance of tunnel No 3 between Sparta and Summit. A brakeman was injured.
Pan American Medal Winners Must Pay For Medals
The Pan American exposition awards gold silver and bronze medals but winners must cover the manufacturing cost. The executive committee will issue certificates of award and bearer medals upon payment of the cost of the medal design.
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Ast
Left Fortune Distribution in Washington Death Notice
A brief obituary notes Peggy Em dies in Washington D C on January 17. The item mentions a half million dollar fortune reportedly to be distributed, with reference to the New York Herald.
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The
New York Herald
Peggy Em
Washington, D. C
Defiant Laundry Aid Tries New Process and Prices
Fragments describe a differing method for starch and blueing products with price mentions. Mentions of white clothes and a usekeeper Axes imply a laundry context. Details are sparse and unclear about a specific event or outcome.
Mother Gray's Sweet Powders Ad
The Children’s Home nurse Mother Gray used in New York for feverishness bad stomach teething dis orders and worm destruction. Over 30 000 testimonials at druggists 25c. Samplerker Allen S Olmsted LeRoy New York It is getting serious a man said today about the drought.
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Ahen
Allen
Allen- S
Gray
New York
Allen S. Olmsted
LeRoy, N. Y
Defiance Starch Compared With De Nance and Others
A grocer notes Defiance Starch is afraid to stock when 12 oz packages sell. De Nance Starch is praised as better than other cold water starches and costs the same as 12 oz brands. The text claims Denance offers more lasting flexibility and resists shaking or blowing out for the same money.
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Renee
McCord-Brady Co
Omaha
Bros. & Clarke
Lincoln
Soane Co
Detian
Cure for a Cold in One Day Ad Claims Laxative Remedy
An antique advertisement fragment promotes Cure for a Cold in One Day using Laxative Bromo Quinine and various tonics. It touts quick relief from coughs and colds, teething remedies for infants, and a cold water starch claim.
Honest Physician Above School Principles
Fragmentary remark by an unnamed speaker praises a physician as honest and intelligent and asserts that virtue should be valued over school affiliation. The truncated text hints at a debate on medical ethics and professional standards without a clear event or date.
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Kiliea
J. Pope
Ferrar Road
Streatham
England
St. Jacobs
Bowman
Pope
Atchison
Brooklyn
N. Y
Garfield Tea Co
TRADS
Defiance
Maeneric Starch Mpg CO
Mother Gray
Rove
N. J
I. B
Green
Bex K
Atlanta, Ga
Thompson
Usipee
State Street
New
Scientific
Jess
A. Howe
Pamphles
Lincoln’ Eye and Ear Infirmary
Lincoln, Neb
Jones
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