Call of the Canadian West and Western Canada’s agricultural boom
The piece celebrates Western Canada's agricultural gains in 1905 with wheat nearing 100,000,000 bushels and strong yields in rye, barley, peas, and flax. It notes rising American interest, new homesteads, and railways opening prairie lands, urging settlers to Saskatchewan and Alberta as Canada’s young promise. It quotes a Toronto Star poem praising the West and national growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western
Canada
West
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Dominion
Canadian Prairies
Toronto “Star
New York Central creates General Advertising Department
The New York Central Lines establish a General Advertising Department led by George H. Daniels, advancing railroad advertising nationwide and internationally. The move consolidates ads for the New York Central and sister lines, covering over twelve thousand miles and linking major terminals in New York, Boston, Montreal, Chicago, St. Louis, and Cincinnati.
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New York Centra
Veteran Railroad
George H. Daniels
New York Central Railroad
America
New York Central
Boston and Albany
Lake Shore
Michigan Southern
Michigan Central
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Chicago
St. Louis
Rutland
New York State Press
Daniela
Empire State Express
Twentieth Century Limited
Wll
Jill Meanse
Velit Awive
Linngafi
Learning Our Boys And Girls Practice Writs And Wages
Poem notes how children train fingers and eyes to play piano, urging steady daily practice. It speaks of progressive skill with lines about learning to read notes, place by place, and a trained will guiding effort, attributed to E S Martin in St Nicholas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. S. Martin
St. Nicholas
Bent Iron Artifacts for Home Crafting
Simple and practical metalwork project guides boys and girls to make decorative scrolls and candle brackets from thin iron or brass strips copper wire and small sticks. Instructions cover material prep bending with pliers assembling with wire coating with lampblack shellac and black paint plus planning layouts using a 12 by 4 inch design and mounting on a door or window casing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg Gazette
Runaway Ralph from the Sunbeam story
Ralph Perkins runs away from a busy farm seeking fun but finds no welcome. He pockets ginger cookies and doughnuts then returns home at dusk, crying that he found no pleasant place and asks to do chores again to earn a doughnut and a cup custard for Amy.
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Ralph Perkins
Ralph
Grandfather
Amy
Mother
How He Knew Youkers Statesman
The piece presents a dialogue on pride and win orientation, with a sparring line about always backing the winner. It reflects a contest of wits and social bravado in a brief comedy of manners style.
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Youkers Statesman
No Results in Ads Says Daily Whooper
A quip from the Cleveland Leader about an ad that failed to attract replies. A Yonkers Statesman joke notes a boy scratched his face after playing with a neighbor child, mocked by his father.
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Daily Whooper
Cleveland Leader
Yonkers Statesman
If I had a better complexion says Bella in Chicago Sun
Bella claims a better complexion would help her land a young millionaire. Stella cautions to hope for the best and keep powder dry, illustrating urban dating irony and savvy banter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bella
Stella
Chicago Sun
Brother Charlie Blessing Prayer Teases Family Humility
A humorous household moment ends with a boy praying for his brother Charlie to be as good a boy as he is. The anecdote reflects family dynamics and childlike self confidence in a dated tone.
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Brother Charlie
Educational Errata and Academic Notes From the Era
The item notes Dr William Packard's retirement after 35 years at Kennedy college and Princeton's language silence. Granta urges reform in English university education. Prof BE Clark of Ripon College gains Rome travel honors to gather material for ten years of lectures. A New York Public Schools Athletic League girls branch forms for organized athletic training. Grace Dodge comments on differing training methods for girls. Mrs Henry Siegel offers a $50 prize for an approach combining moral and athletic discipline.
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William A. Packard
Kennedy
Princeton
Granta
Cambridge
Oxford
BE. W. Clark
Ripon College
Wisconsin
Bureau of University Travel
Rome
Public Schools’ Athletic League
New York City
Grace Dodge
Henry Siegel
How Kings Have Died Through History
A historical list assigns demise causes to monarchs naming Henry I Edward VI Charles I George III Henry VIII George IV Henry VI James I Charles II Henry II William III George I Edward III Richard II Henry VI William the Conqueror Henry IV with notes on gluttony drunkenness and other vices, linking royal deaths to personal excesses and royal misfortunes.
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Henry I
Edward VI
Charles I
George III
Henry VIII
George IV
Henry VI
James I
Charles II
Henry II
William III
George I
Edward III
Richard II
Wiliam
Henry IV
New anaesthetic allypine claims cocaine virtues without ill effects
Two German scientists announce allypine a new anaesthetic that deadens pain by focal application and is nonpoisonous. The piece notes ultraviolet effects on glass at high altitudes and reports on dust in Paris air containing organic matter and living germs. It also mentions perceptual studies by Mabel S Nelson on ear advantage and color recognition differences between men and women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian Pacific Railway
Mabel S. Nelson
A. Ditte
Paris
Space
Lost eyesight blamed on coffee in Rockford case
A Rockford Register Gazette report details O. A. Leach of Beach County who loses forward vision and keeps side sight after years of heavy coffee use. Doctors say nerve damage is incurable, urging quitting coffee and switching to Postum Food Coffee to restore strength, with a plea that others beware incipient disease.
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Rockford
Register-Gazette
William Langhorst
Aurora
O. A. Leach
Beach County
Leach
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