Mennonites in Canada Oppression Claims and Farm Ledger Notes
A reader reflects on Mennonite life in Western Canada, denying oppressive treatment despite wartime strains, and recounts migration from Russia to South Dakota and then to Canada. The piece cites a Crowfoot Alberta farming firm’s 1912–1915 financials, showing rising expenses, variable profits, and a 58 percent cash dividend in 1915, with notes on seeding and harvest dates.
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United States
Canada
Europe
Russia
America
South Dakota
Western Canada
Crowfoot Farming Co
Crowfoot
Alberta
Reesiois
Jad Salts Backaches and Kidney Relief Claim
An old warning links backaches and kidney trouble to excess meat, suggesting Jad Salts as a remedy. It describes sluggish kidneys, urine issues, and multiple nightly trips, promoting four ounces daily in water before breakfast to restore function and stop pain. The ad touts Jad Salts as a safe, inexpensive life saver for regular wheat eaters.
Pig as mortgage lifter on the farm and garden soil tips
An article extols pigs as mortgage lifters by converting waste into cash and boosting steer feeding efficiency. It ranks pigs as a close second to cows in turning feed into human food and highlights manure value. It also provides detailed backyard garden soil preparation tips, suggesting crop rotation, timely plowing, manure and phosphate applications, and soil readiness indicators.
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Mumford
Construction of Nest Box for Outdoor Poultry Nests
Poultry houses may place nest boxes outside the partition wall when space is tight. Boxes are 15 inches wide and high, length as needed, attached outside with hooks. Hinged covers shed water, roofing paper protects top. In cold climates boxes must be tight and warm, in hot weather covers may be elevated for ventilation. This arrangement saves space and offers convenience.
Seeding and Planting Time On the Farm
Farmers face a tight window for seeding and planting. Early or late starts affect season results, so plan carefully at season start and stick with the plan throughout the year to avoid persistent delays and poorer outcomes.
Economy In Feed Heralds Better Returns
Improvement in breed means economy in feed not less feed but better returns in proportion to the amount of food consumed, signaling efficiency gains.
Swamp Root Kidney Remedy Ad Claims Purity
Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root is promoted as a puré kidney liver and bladder remedy without harmful drugs. It emphasizes vegetable herbs, non stimulant action, and a pricing scheme of fifty cents or one dollar with a sample offer by mailing ten cents.
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Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
N. Y
Physician Attending Ex-Patient Funeral Provokes Debate
A remark compares a doctor attending an ex-patient's funeral to a tailor carrying his work home, prompting discussion on professional boundaries and emotional detachment in medical practice.
Q-Ban Hair Color Restorer Ad The Memphis Guarantee
An advertisement for Q-Ban Hair Color Restorer promises to darken gray or faded hair without dye. It claims the product is harmless and improves scalp and hair health, offering a money back guarantee and a 50 cent big bottle, prepaid or at drug stores, with mailing address in Memphis Tennessee.
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Memphis
Tenn
Pain Hardware, Drug, and Genera
Highwayman Demands Impossible Gesture in Robbery
A highwayman orders his victim to throw up his hands and throw down his arms at once, a demand described as impossible and indicative of a reckless crime in progress.
Freckles: Get Rid of Ugly Spots With Ethine-Double Strength
An advertisement promises a cure for freckles using ethine-double strength cream. Apply a small amount twice daily after purchasing from a druggist, with a guarantee of results or money back. The copy connects facial blemishes to social shame and notes post political job labor.
Tender Skinned Babies and Charity Appeal Ad
Tender skin needs mild soothing care with Cuticura Soap and Ointment. Soap is sweet pure and cleansing while Ointment soothes and heals irritated rashy skin. Free sample by mail with Book address postcard Cuticura Dept L Boston. Sold everywhere. Every woman enjoys charity work if some man funds it.
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Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic Ad Claim
An old advertisement touts Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as a malaria remedy and tonic. It claims quinine and iron purify and strengthen the body in a tasteless formula. Priced at 50 cents.
Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children Adverts
Many children suffer illness and feverishness. The ad claims Mother Gray's Sweet Powders cure colds, fever, headaches, stomach troubles, teething disorders, regulate bowels, and destroy worms. Pleasant for children. used by mothers for 38 years. Fry 25c. sample free. Address Mother Gray Co Le Roy N Y.
Widow’s Six Week Joy Brings Envy From Friends
After a woman of thirty has been a widow for about six weeks she is positive that all her married female friends envy her.
Coveted Head of Hair Restored by Creole Hair Dye
Advertises La Creole Hair Dye offering restoration of gray or stiff hair to a lustrous appearance. Claims beauty and allure with a $1.00 price. A compact period style ad presenting a product for personal grooming.
Fitted For It Shoemaker Turns Missionary Preacher
A local shoemaker has shifted to missionary work and preaches reform to customers. Neighbors remark the craftsman’s long experience at saving people’s soles should help his new mission succeed.
Lesson on Cornelius and the Gentile opening
The April 16 lesson centers on Acts 10 and the widening reach of Christianity beyond Jews through Cornelius a Roman captain who fears God and prayers generously. Peter’s prepared commission and theGentile Pentecost follow, highlighting God’s acceptance of all nations who believe through Jesus Christ.
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Cornelius
America
Caesarea
Great Sea
Judea
Jerusalem
Joppa
Italy
Scipio
Peter
Simon
Gabriel
Christ
Jesus
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Syd
Diedrich Goosshen
International Sunday School
Bo. SeLaRs
Bain
Moody Bible Institute
Chicago
Ufilon
Peter and Cornelius
Alabastine Co
Granville Rd
Grand Rapids, Mich
Renfrew
Devonshire
Renfrew Devonshire
Renfrew. Manufacturing Company Incorporated
Adams, Mass
Paul F. Skinner
Skinner Mfg. CO
Omaha, U.S.A
Cambridge Court
Sexton Manufacturing CO
Fairfield
Illinois
Mitchell
Webderinp
Aute Co
Mooleonat
St. Leute
Phangar
Duion Statics
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