Canada Surges Ahead as Immigrants Flock North
The New York Times reports eight shiploads of European immigrants bound for Canada and signs of heightened outward migration from the U.S. Labor tensions push Americans to Canada while the Dominion posts a 39 million dollar surplus and 38 million for railways and canals. Railways plan large expansions, with one road allocating ten million for projects and Canadian papers calling for fifty thousand workers. St. Paul dispatch notes two thousand carloads of farm animals and equipment moving north, bought by Americans paying with proceeds from high-priced U.S. land sales.
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New York Times
Canada
United States
Dominion
St. Paul
Old Neighborhood Snips and Publicity in a Patchwork Ad
A collage of vintage quips and ads notes old neighborhood life. It mentions Paxtine Antiseptic free trials from Paxton Toilet Co of Boston and cheeky lines about housing, memory, constipation remedies, and cleaning products. The tone imitates a penny press mix of humor and brisk product pitches.
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Paxton Toilet Co
Boston
Mass
Women Should Be Protected
Women suffering months of pain and weakness report dramatic relief after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Mrs Dema Bethune of Sikeston Missouri says she regained strength, can do housework, garden, milk a cow, entertain guests, and walk freely. Mrs Cartes Moore of Murrayville Illinois credits the remedy with avoiding surgery and restoring health after doctors advised an operation.
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Sikeston
Lydia E. Pinkham
Dema Bethune
Murrayville
Ill
Lydia KX. Pinkham
Cartes Moore
Murrayville, Til
Cadets At West Point Dismissed For Forbidden Refreshments
Charles Carroll Fitzhugh from North Dakota and Frederic Hurd Van Worn from Connecticut were dismissed from the Military Academy by General Thomas Barry after being found to have consumed intoxicants while absent from post. An officer reported a “pump” incident at the hospital and investigators uncovered a pig’s heart pierced with 112 pins and a dagger, related to belief in enroutement as practiced in the middle ages.
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West Point
N. Y
Charles Carroll Fitzhugh
North Dakota
Frederic Hurd van Worn
Connecticut
Military Academy
Thomas Barry
Post Hospital
Post Athletic Field
Fitzhugh
van Horn
Mighland Falls
Oth
Parry
Barry
Sorcery Revival in France At Calais Citadel
An extraordinary Calais tale describes two black-veiled women entering under guard at the old citadel. One woman stretched in a cross shape on the damp grass while the other dug a hole and deposited a packet wrapped in white iron. The sergeant notified authorities, suspecting infanticide.
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London
Calais
Madman Terrorizes West Berwick In Panic
In Berwick Pennsylvania Big Joe, labeled the town’s most powerful alien, ran amok in the streets and escaped capture. Several men pursued him and he battered a jail door with his head after being put in custody. He is rushed to Danville hospital amid fears of a mad dog bite.
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Berwick
Big Joe
Danville Hospital
Creasy
West Berwick
Fine Pasturage in Ocean Paris Lecture on Sea Food Value
Dr Paul Portler explains sea vegetation supports herbivores and that their predators, including sharks and micro organisms, recycle matter to prime elements. He details continental plateau fish, nutritive values of salmon and eel, and why potted fish sometimes exceed fresh in nutrition, with price comparisons for various species.
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Paris
Paris Institute Oceanographique
Paul Portler
Panama Canal opening may mix Atlantic Pacific fish
New York scientists study the anticipated intermixing of Atlantic and Pacific fish after the canal opens. A faunal survey of Isthmian waters is complete, with a follow up survey planned in five to ten years to verify the predicted intermixing of species on the two coasts.
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New York
Panama Canal
White Plague Less Deadly in Tuberculosis Decline
Data from the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis shows the U S tuberculosis death rate fell from 196.9 to 160.3 per 100000 from 1901 to 1910, an 18.7 percent drop, while overall deaths slid 9.7 percent. The ten year decline implies about 27000 lives saved so far, with TB deaths declining steadily since 1904.
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United States
National Association For the Study and Prevention of
United States Bureau of the Census
Laughing Gas Proposed as Substitution for Third Degree
A New York dentist urges nitrous oxide as a substitute for police third degree. He argues it is the least dangerous anesthetic and would unlock the suspect’s memory during recovery, prompting truthful initial responses and later full realization of what was said.
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New York
In Pompeii a tourist notes smashed wares after eruption
A tourist exclaims at the smashed earthenware in Pompeii, while the guide remarks that things were broadly shattered, comparing a volcanic eruption unfavorably to a hired girl.
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Pompeii
Quack Remedies and Odd Facts From Old Advertisements
If you are sensitive about shoe size, shake Allen's Foote Ease into them for dancing or breaking in shoes. Sample free from Allen & Olmsted, Le Roy, NY. A North Dakota man has an 11 foot beard. Beware of spring changes, Garfield Tea is useful. German silver is an alloy of nickel copper and zinc.
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Allen
Allen & Olmsted
le Roy, N. Y
North Dakota
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