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Newspaper
Van Buren News Eagle
Location
Van Buren, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1914
Page
3
Boston Globe reports Ignatius Tootie of Yankee Springs plans a rectangular watermelon by 1927 to solve slippery fruit transport. The project claims one corner fits the bent elbow for inside arm carrying, challenging standard round melons and rivaling Burbank.
Choice agricultural tracts from Wisconsin to Oregon offered by multiple brokers. Properties include 120 to 860 acres with cultivated land, houses, barns, outbuildings, orchards, and timber. Locations span Merrill Wisconsin Spencer Indiana Paulding Cass County Illinois and several Michigan Oregon and Iowa areas.
Western Canada shows growing wealth from oil and gas as Calgary fields rival top producers. Reports note a well producing 2000 gallons hourly and surface indications across Alberta Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Battleford leases filed on twenty thousand acres. Coal and natural gas deposits reinforce optimism for 1914 harvest growth alongside grain prosperity and favorable weather.
A Hearst Magazine piece argues for state action to lower lending costs for farmers. It compares farmer borrowing to merchants and stock gamblers, urging government modeled farm loan programs that align rates with savings and postal banks to help the rural sector.
Advertises Red Cross Ball Blue as superior laundry blueing product for grocers to stock, promising improved results over liquid blue and appealing to laundresses.
A stage musical centers on Little Bo-Peep who loses her sheep and also a breach of promise suit as reported by newspapers. The piece plays on social manners and comic romance with a light theatrical tone and familiar characters.
Lesson analyzes the Parable of the Kingdom with the householder, the vineyard, and workers called at different hours. It explains that God’s generosity and fidelity matter more than length of service, and that the last may be first while wages reflect divine prerogative and justice.
The piece describes a northern landscape where spring arrives late after frost and snow. Birds migrate through the temperate zone, finding sanctuary in marshes and abundant insect life that sustains nests before the southward movement.
S IL Killian of Seymour Missouri endured eczema on scalp shoulders and skin for five to six years with itching burning and sleepless nights. After trying various remedies he used Cuticura Soap and Ointment as directed and was cured in two weeks. Advertisement notes Cuticura sold worldwide and offers free samples with a Skin Book.
The London Globe notes suffrage unrest boosts private detectives for guarding pictures and valuables at social events. A detective agency chief told Express he hires a special staff and sometimes deploys a dozen guards to monitor hosts at receptions. Idle Thoughts jokes about a fly and dancing on walls.
The article argues that business leaders seek country homes to escape urban monotony. It emphasizes open air, growing crops, animals, and farm life as the source of fundamental knowledge, sobriety, thoughtfulness, reverence, and hopeful optimism. Life is where things are born and grow.
The leading New York City dancing instructor praises ALLEN'S Foot-Base antiseptic powder. He says after ten years of daily eight to ten hour dancing it keeps feet cool and comfortable, reduces friction in shoes, prevents aching feet. Signed by K. Fletcher Hallamore. Address Allen S. Olmsted Le Roy, N.Y.
The piece compares the dog barking at progress to a stevedores strike in New Orleans opposing electric trucks for freight between ships and warehouses. It argues the motor vehicle is here to stay and society is adapting, seeing the strike as a new labor difficulty rather than a true obstacle to progress.
An advertisement promotes Marine Eye Remedy Co product Marine Eye Remedy for red weak watery eyes and granulated eyelids. It urges readers to try the remedy and write for a book of the lye mail free.
A brief comic exchange reveals a woman who smiles at her former fiancé because he once earned only ten dollars weekly. She remarried into wealth after their engagement ended.
An old advertisement promotes Red Cross Ball Blue laundry product with the claim of brightening white clothes, inviting customers to buy at low prices. The tagline emphasizes affordability and visible results for household laundry needs.
A reflective line from the Albany Journal notes that a person who thinks they are never at fault may still be correct by chance. The quotation explores judgment and error in human behavior.
Eldon Missouri woman describes long struggle with displacement and inflammatory symptoms. After trying many remedies she credits Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound with restoring strength and eliminating pain. Ad appeals to other women to try the remedy and mentions its wide sale and traditional efficacy.
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