Canadians lure Americans with farms and 160 acre homesteads
A longstanding push notes about 50,000 Americans moving to Canada in a year to settle on Western farms. It highlights Canada's plentiful grain market, cheap land, good climate, strong schools, and 160 acre homesteads. Remarks from Colonel Montgomery praise grain exports via Liverpool and Manitoba’s wheat supply as key to Britain’s empire.
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United States
Canada
Wilfred Laurier
Corn Exchange
London
Eng
Montgomery
Liverpool
Dominion
Russia
India
Pacific
Manitoba
Dominion of Canada
British Empire
How to Build and Use a Hotbed for Early Veggies
Practical guide by M L Merritt from Prairie Farmer explains hotbed frames, materials, and layout. It covers frame construction with two inch timber, sash placement for ventilation, and southward slope for drainage and sun exposure. It details locating, digging, and layering manure to heat beds, with care rules and temperatures guiding when to sow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. H. Bailey
M. L. Merritt
Prairie Farmer
Household hints for dye and plasters in fashion
A Cleveland Ledger blurb notes an old typewriter ribbon soaked in water can dye hair purple. It also mentions porous plasters embroidered with colored yarn and mottoes becoming fashionable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland Ledger
Cuticura Soap Promoted as Skin and Hair Care Cure
The advertisement touts Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment as pure emollients for preserving and beautifying skin, cleansing scalps of crusts and dandruff, stopping hair loss, softening rough hands, and aiding baby care. It also cites a joke about Long Island’s northern and southern shores from the Princeton Tiger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Island
Princeton Tiger
Salzer seeds promise big oats yield and catalog offer
Milliongin Oats yields cited from Michigan Missouri North Dakota and 30 other states with 150 to 300 bushels per acre. Salzer's seeds claim to boost 1904 production and farmer profits. Offer asks 10 cents and a stamp to La Crosse Wisconsin for big seed catalog and samples.
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Salzer
Mich
N. D
America
Farmer
John A. Salzer Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
K. L
Philadelphia Bulletin
Healing Agent in Coal Oil Prompts Wide Noted Cures
A German chemist discovers a healing agent in coal oil hailed as remarkable for muscular rheumatism neuralgia headaches tooth ear backache lameness sprains and chilblains. Sold as Dr Yer’s Penetrating Oil in 25c and 50c bottles with a money back guarantee. Also mentions hotel accommodations for the World’s Fair and various quotes.
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Sam’s
Care of Dairy Animals for Safe Milk
Guidance from Farm and Fireside on milk safety and dairy hygiene. Do not use milk from diseased animals. Keep milking areas dust free, feed dry fodders after milking, brush udder, sponge with clean water, and avoid dripping moisture. Feed ensilage and turnips only after milking to reduce volatile compounds. Use clean tin pails, discard rusty ware, and seal seams to prevent contamination.
Be Straight and Square in Merchandizing and Life
A compact verse column blends a Sellers style sermon on honest advertising with reflections on youth romance. It quotes from Rochester Post-Express and Chicago Record-Herald while urging steady effort, self restraint, and persistence through adversity. It juxtaposes poems about love memory and progress with rustic fables.
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The
Merchants’ Journal
Spain
Rochester Post-Express
Peruna Promise Against Catarrh Across The Body
The ad asserts catarrh arises from mucous membrane disorders and claims Peruna cures catarrh wherever located. It offers free advice from Dr. Hartman of The Hartman Sanitarium in Columbus Ohio and notes names and addresses are withheld from rejection to the Sisters but will be furnished on request.
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Colorado
Hartman
United States
The
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Ohio
Peruna Endorsed by Catholic Sisters Across the Nation
Dr. Hartman receives letters from Sisters of Charity and a Detroit Catholic institution praising Peruna for laryngitis influenza grip and winter catarrh. The Central Ohio institution notes wonderful results for influenza and other catarrhal diseases among inmates and calls Peruna an excellent remedy.
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Hartman
United States
Detroit
Mich
S. B. Hartman
Columbus
Ohio
Sisters of Charity
Debate Over Personal Prerogative Cited In Journal
A dialogue from the Somerville Journal presents a clash over stubborn insistence on personal control. The exchange contrasts self belief with competing viewpoints, reflecting ongoing themes of autonomy and decision making in local opinion.
Winter Tourist Tickets On Sale for 1904 Route
Winter tourist tickets are on sale via Queen and Crescent Route, Southern Railway and connecting lines to the South Southeast and Southwest. Return date extended to May 31 1904. Purchase to Florida via Lookout Mountain and Atlanta and return via Asheville and the Land of the Sky. Information from W C Rinearson Cincinnati G P A.
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Queen & Crescent
Southern Railway
Florida
Lookout Mountain
Atlanta
Asheville
Land of the Sky
W. C. Rinearson
Cincinnati
Prominent Mother Superior Endorses Peruna Medicine
A Catholic Southwest institution reports a prominent Mother Superior testifying from experience to the efficiency of Peruna as one of the very best medicines and expressing pleasure in its use.
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Southwest
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Western Canada
Great Britain
Berger
St. Louis
Keeper Inn
J. F. Boyer
Trinity Springs, Nd
Chicago Tribune
Putnam
Emerson
Poesy
Arcadia
Horace
Willon
J. Oppenheim
Glory
I. E. Kiser
Chicago Record-Herald
Saturday Evening Post
Space
M. J. Savage
Jenny and
Jenny
F. L. Stanton
Atlanta Constitution
E. Kiser
Sisters OF ST. Joseph
Megs Ciang
Deaf Mute Institute
Cass Ave
Sisters OF ST
Peruna
Sommerville Journal
Arge
G. Elias & Bro
Buffalo, N. Y
Trees & Cabie Fence Co
Cuyahoga
Cleselaséo
Mother Gray
Children’s Home
New York City
Addane Olmsted
le Roy
B. Busler
Johnstown
Montana
Washington
Great Northern Railway
Max Rass
Clark St
Chicago
Whitney General
St. Paul, Minn
OD Faio Ra
Earth
GRQSS
Western
Indian Territory
Oklahoma
Texas
MIT
George Morton
St. Louis, Mo
Gregory’s
J.J
Gregory & Bon
Marblehead, Ma
Kitzington
D. C
de Erald & CO
California
Eapmss
Creaoeus Sont
Bankune
Ree
Owensboro
Main Street
Knsboro
A.N. K.C
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