The Canadian Northwest An Open Door To Riches And Growth
The article outlines three divisions of the Canadian prairies. It highlights cattle ranching expansion from 1899 to 1908, wheat belt potential, and northern dairy and mixed farming prospects, stressing settlers can start small and scale up, with ample homesteading land and markets in British Columbia and Manitoba. It notes rail and climate advantages, water supply, and the role of Chinook winds, urging confident settlement and enterprise.
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Canada Prairies
Hich
Alberta
Pernes
Wie
Dominion
Deraa
Mary
Canadian Prairies
Macing & Farmer
Korea
Allway
Territories
Manitoba
British Columbis
Paul
How Flys Walk On Ceilings And Capillary Adhesion
A historical note explains that flies walk on ceilings not by air pumps but via capillary adhesion. Researchers calculated that capillary attraction could sustain a fly’s weight, estimating 10 000 to 12 000 tiny foot hairs exuding an oily fluid that repels water on damp surfaces, enabling upside down movement.
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Itwig
Harper’s Weekly
Growing on Set of False Teeth
A brief note on oyster behavior noting a proclivity to attach to found objects. Illustrations derived from photographs of oyster curios in the possession of the United States Fish Commission at Washington are referenced.
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United States Fish Commission
Washington
Curious bivalve judgment shown with false teeth exhibit
A Montreal Herald note describes a singular exhibit: a bivalve found with a set of false teeth dredged from Chesapeake Bay. The teeth have attracted several claimants since the display began, making it a notable curios headlines in the paper.
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Byster
Chesapeake Bay
Montreal Herald
Not What They Seem in Harlem Window Ads
A Harlem resident reports observing deceptive displays using empty tins, bottles, and boxes in cigar stores, saloons, groceries, drugstores, and markets. She recalls her wife purchasing milk cream, noting a clerk’s claim that many items were actually filled with flour and corn meal rather than genuine contents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York St
Peculiar Maine Names Enter Hall of Fame Celebrities
Maine lists a handful of odd named individuals such as Mite Fern Park of Presquedale and Miss Daisy Peach of Bar Harbor. It notes Miss June Delight awards of Portland and A Bird Cough of Bar Harbor and North West of Biddeford as peculiarly titled figures deserving recognition.
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Maine
Mite Fern Park
Presquedale
Daisy Peach
Bar Harbor
June Delight
Portland
A. Bird Cough
Biddeford
Paris theft ends in a howl over hid brooch
A young woman stole a brooch in Paris and hid it under a dog's collar. The animal yelped when the pin pricked, exposing the theft and leading to her arrest.
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Paris
Proof the Earth Is Round Demonstration Recalled
A historic account recalls experiments along a straight water stretch at Bedhird Haglaylt tracing post heights to test curvature. Observers, including H Yule Olbom, used telescopes and telephotography to show the center post overtop others by about six feet, supporting a spherical Earth theory.
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Simpin
Bork -Endy
H. Yule Olbom
Glasgow
British Association
Think Quagga Extinct Correspondence on South Africa
A correspondence discusses the quagga’s disappearance in the Cape Colony. Soluter, director of the South African Museum, states the species is extinct. The animal differed from the mountain zebra by striped fronts. hind parts and legs were light brown. It ranged from the Orange River Colony and parts of Cape Colony, likely extinct around 1860, with brief persistence to 1878.
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South Africa
Dome Ie
Cape Tunea
Soluter
Tiuseum
Burewell
Orange River Colony
Pats
Cape Colony
Vaal
Harris
Gordon Cummings
Orange River
Cleaning Hull of Warship by Divers on Staging
When dry dock access is impracticable divers work on staging to scrape the hull bottom. They perform maintenance while ships remain afloat, ensuring hull cleanliness and performance without full dry docking.
First White Man Sees Okapi in Central Africa
Major James Harrison returns to England after a long Central Africa expedition during which he first sighted an okapi in its natural forest habitat. The animal stood ten to eleven feet tall with tawdry body color and loin stripes, elusive among dense undergrowth.
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Okapi
James Harrison
England
Central Africa
Harrison
Aden
Collie Journeys 70 Miles Back Home
A collie in Cromleigh Perthshire traveled seventy miles to its old home after being sent from Herothhall Berwickshire by train. The dog worked with sheep for two days before vanishing and then reappearing at its original home forty hours after starting the journey, demonstrating remarkable loyalty.
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Old Home
Cromleigh
Duntune
Perthshire
Hunter
Herrothhall
Berwickshire
Giltolm
Cromhlegh
London
Walking Sticks Picked Up On North Side
Residents of the North Side report abundant walking sticks resembling jointed twigs, found in nearby woods. The strange insects appear as twiglike forms easy to collect for display or study.
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Chieho
Walnut Loge Well Preserved Underbridge Discovery
Workmen excavating for a bridge over Big Walnut Creek at Columbus Ohio uncovered a walnut log that remained perfectly sound. They estimate the log dates back about two hundred years based on nearby fallen sycamore trees and the surrounding context.
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Big Walnut Creek
Columbus
Ohio
Walnut Lone
Scotland and England Trade Ban Under Ancient Law
A historic proclamation from Jamon 1 prohibits peace time trade and contact between Scots and English. It bans Scots from guarantying Englishmen, forbids intermarriage, and orders Scots to support English garrisons in Berwyck or Roxburgh under treason penalties. The decree aims to keep the two peoples apart. Bay City reports August 8 Special. Dodd's Kidney Pills touted as a cure for rheumatism with testimonial from Mr. K P Henley of this city.
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Jamon
Scotland
Berwyck
Roxburgh
Bay Citu
K P. Henley
le Dodd
Henley
Dodd
Eagles Build Eyries in Scottish Hills End of March
A writer on eagle habits notes eyries are usually built by end of March with eggs laid in April. Eagles favor southern pine perches or cliff edges but may nest on small rocks. Attacking a nest is rare. loss of mate can keep a lone eagle resident for years. Eagles’ voices are described as musical, unlike grain-eating birds.
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Eyrie
Tallana
Naples
Genoa
Norway
Sweden
Old Fashioned Food Change Revives Invalid Woman
A woman declares relief from chronic dyspepsia after changing to Grape Nuts and cream and avoiding fatty foods. She notes no sour stomach, better digestion, and steady weight gain from 125 pounds to 140, attributing her recovery to the food change and Postum company materials from Battle Creek Michigan.
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Lhad
Laoon
Indy
Postum
Battle Creek
Mich
Wallville
Deep Cut Piano Sale At Slayton's South Salt Lake
A long catalog style notice announces a two week sale starting Monday August 8 offering deep discounts on a wide range of pianos and organs from Mason Hamlin Chickering Knabe and others. It promises easy terms cash discounts and quick sale to clear stock and includes upright cabinets used pianos and square pianos with monthly payment plans.
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Plata Automatic
Mason & Hamlinopi Chickering
Whit Knabe
Heller
Timnos
Kraag
Smith & Barnes
Phlohe
Salem
Kimballa
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Abro Genere
Andean Bay Company
Datno Hidet
Canadian Northwest
Emsy
Joe Jon
Wheslman
Berlin
Bottner
Dariner
New Lodp
Wederatal
Henwuld
Recital Hall
Cos
Slayton
Salt
Lake Joseph J
Spain
Jackson
Voles
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