Western Canada's December Weather Compared to Minnesota
Two Minnesota delegates report visiting Calgary and Yorkton in December and praise Western Canada for warm, snowless weather and abundant pasture. They cite fertile lands, ample water, and strong grain yields in Yorkton district with wheat at 25 bushels and oats at 60 bushels per acre. The letter says Canadian government agents can provide full details on new districts in Assiniboia and Saskatchewan.
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Thomas Regan
C. Collins
Eden Valley
Minnesota
Western Canada
Calgary
Manitoba
Alberta
Yorkton
Agsiniboia
Yorktowers
Assiniboia
Saskatchewan
Booker T. Washington Defends Slavery Foundations of Trade
In a recent speech Booker T. Washington asserts slavery harmed both races yet laid the groundwork for the South’s future. He argues the enslaved learned every trade and industry that form the basis of livelihoods today.
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Booker T. Washington
South
Shepard Reconsiders Hospital Plan After Rail Firm Critique
Oswego New York reports magnate Shepard reconsidering his plan to invest 500000 dollars and to build a hospital after a strongly critical article about a railroad company he controls. He will review the hospital project and other investments.
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Shepard
Oswego
N. Y
Britain’s Old Bridle Paths Revealed After Roman Era
After Romans left Britain the roads decayed and bridle paths became the sole means of communication. No systematic road work occurred until 1676 in the sixteenth year of Charles II, when efforts to improve English roads began.
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Britain
Charles II
England
Unclear fragmentary ad lines from 1900
Compilation of fragmented phrases and dubious quips from an Atchison era item. Contains misprinted quotations and early 20th century patent medicine and ad style lines with scattered names and nonsensical segments.
Fatal Albany electric railway crash kills five
A head on collision on a single Albany & Hudson line near Greenbush, Albany New York, left five dead and more than forty injured. Two electric cars running at high speed on a curve failed to stop, trapping crews and spectators as ambulances rushed wounded to hospitals and the post office became a morgue. Investigators suspect the south bound car passed a meeting point instead of waiting on the switch.
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Albany
New York
Greenbush
Albany & Hudson
East Greebush
Raising Flex in Dakota Experiment Doubles Flax
Fifteen bushels of flax from Argentina were sown in North Dakota as an experiment last year and results were strong. This year about 12 000 acres will be planted with 6 000 bushels of flax, noted for larger, plumper seed with several percent more oil. The Argentine seed originated from Russia.
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Dakota
Argentina
South America
North Dakota
Russia
Catch a Thief, Get a Day Off Siren Offer
New York City night police are offered a day off by Captain Chapman for making a good arrest. He reasons that seizing a culprit and taking him to court in the morning costs officers sleep, so a furlough follows a successful capture.
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Captain Chapman
New York City
Will Rest Near Lincoln in Oak Ridge Cemetery
The remains of former Governor Tanner will lie near President Lincoln in Oak Ridge cemetery Springfield. Mrs. Tanner has bought 7,000 feet along the driveway from the gates to the Lincoln monument about midway and 300 feet from the monument. Ground cost $3,000.
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Governor Tanner
President Lincoln
Oak Ridge Cemetery
Springfield
Tanner
Lincoln Monument
Attendant dies by morphine at Lincoln asylum
Edgar A. McCracken, an attendant at the Lincoln asylum, died by his own hand in Lincoln, Nebraska, taking morphine valued at 15 cents. The act followed his discovery that his wife, also an attendant, had clandestinely met Errett Bigelow, who had been employed at the institution for months.
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Edgar A. McCracken
Lincoln Asylum
Lincoln
Neb
Errett Bigelow
Plattsmouth Girl Fractures Wrist After Fence Fall
Annie Reimer twelve daughter of Mr and Mrs John Reimer of Plattsmouth Nebraska suffered a painful fracture of the left wrist when running home and fell against a picket fence while trying to step onto the sidewalk.
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Annie
John Reimer
Plattsmouth
Neb
Louisville Man Kills Wife Mistaking Burglary
F. R. Richardson of Louisville Kentucky shot and killed his wife after mistaking her for a burglar. It is believed she was walking in her sleep. Richardson was paroled by the coroner.
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F. R. Richardson
Louisville
Richardson
War Declared on Dogs in Table Rock Neb
The Table Rock Nebraska marshal orders every dog running at large after June 10 to be killed unless the animal wears a valid license tag proving payment of the canine tax. The move targets stray dogs found on the streets in the town.
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Table Rock
Neb
Merchant Murders Self in Southwest City Residence
Claud W. Hudnall a 32 year old clothing merchant of St. Joe died by his own hand at an unoccupied house southwest of the city. He left a note attributing the death to domestic difficulties.
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Claud W. Hudnall
St. Joe
Lipton Cup Race Delay Considered To One Month
The cup races are practically set to be postponed for a month. The New York Yacht Club has urged Sir Thomas Lipton to take all necessary time to repair his damaged racer and return when ready.
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The
New York Yacht Club
Thomas Lipton
Egg beater speeds thick gravy blending
Flour and water to be used in thickening gravy can be much more quickly and satisfactorily blended by use of an egg beater than by stirring with a spoon.
Needle lesson sparks stubborn reply in church paper
A short quip from the J. Louis Christian Advocate notes a school lesson where a teacher corrects a spelling and a student retorts that the object is not a “good needle.” The exchange captures everyday schoolroom humor in a religious-leaning publication.
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Bobby
J. Louis
Will of Matilda Goddard Awards $30,000 to Charities
Boston bequest totals $30,000 for public charities. Of this $20,000 goes to the Gynne Home for Destitute Children. The remainder supports other charitable causes.
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Matilda Goddard
Boston
Gynne Home
Clock in every street car proposed to protect riders
In St. Louis an ordinance would require street car companies to install a clock in each car. Transfers are valid only within one hour of issuance and the measure aims to let passengers call conductors to account for time-punch mistakes.
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St. Louis
Origins of Cape Town Names Traced to Governors
The article explains how several towns in Cape Colony and Natal got their names. Durban honors Sir Benjamin Durban, Grahamstown and Harrismith derive from military leaders Col Graham and Col Sir Harry Smith, Caledon Beaufort Somerset and Cradock from governors Earl of Caledon Lord C Somerset and Sir J Cradock, Ladysmith Port Elizabeth and Lady Grey from governors wives, Kimberley from Earl of Kimberley during 1870 to 1874 when mining town grew.
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Cape Colony
Natal
Durban
Benjamin Durban
Cape
Grahamstown
Harrismith
Col
Graham
Harry Smith
Caledon
Beaufort
Somerset
Cradock
Earl of
Port Elizabeth
Lady Grey
Kimberley
Earl of Kimberley
Passenger Not a Traveler When Ticket Used Solely for Luggage Stop
Michigan Supreme Court in Marshall v Pontiac & North Eastern Railroad Co held that a man who bought a ticket just to have a trunk checked en route and not to travel on the train bore no passenger relation once the trunk arrived at its destination. The railroad is liable only for gross negligence in the luggage room theft.
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Supreme Court of Michigan
Marshall
Pontiac & N. R. R. Co
N. W
Dodd's Kidney Pills Credited With Save for Mrs Moore
Four top doctors failed to help Mollie Moore of Aldrich Missouri after nervous system and kidney illness left her weak and near death. After starting Dodd's Kidney Pills she rapidly improved with symptoms of dark spots before her eyes and nerves collapsing fading as her condition advanced. Locals praise the remedy for curing her when other physicians had given up.
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Aldrich
Mollie Moore
Dodd
Longest Mile in World in Sweden
A quote notes the Swedish mile as the longest mile in the world. It claims a traveler told he is about a mile from a point would need a horse because walking would cover exactly 11,700 yards.
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Sweden
Grain-O food drink advertised as coffee substitute
An advertising snippet promotes Grain-O as a new food drink to replace coffee. The copy urges readers to ask their grocer to show Grain-O and claims it suits both children and adults.
Varied Hen Feed Includes Grit for Egg Quality
The article notes that a hen’s diet must be varied with grains, bones and meat, vegetables, lime, and crucially grit to ensure proper nourishment and egg production.
Virtuama Tablet Claims to Cure Brain Debility
An old advertisement from Kida Drug Co promoting Virtuama tablets as a universal restorative for brain fog nervous debility and both mental and physical weakness in men and women. It touts wholesale and retail availability at 1146 street Neb 8 and markets the product as inexpensive and effective.
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Kida Drug Co
Street
Neb
Wife's bonnet arrives as six flies escape husband's pocket
A quirky moment described as six flies leap from a husband's pocket as his wife brings in the bonnet at the door. The scene captures a domestic vignette with odd humor noted by the teller.
Ball's Catarrh Cure Claims Constitutional Cure
Advertisement asserts Ball's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy priced at seven shillings. It promotes silence as a virtue and implies value in quietness as wealth.
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Ball
Price
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Atchison
Joan F Borsa
Trinity Springs
Ind
Asnies Ettets Oy
Legsa
John R. Tanner
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