Warm Canadian weather contrasts with Texas freeze in February
Early February brought severe cold and storms in the Middle and Western States causing train delays and hardship for cattle. Meanwhile Western Canada enjoyed mild weather, drawing attention as Calgary and other centers reported balmy conditions while southern states froze. January saw record settler migration to Canada, with government agents arranging tours for would-be settlers amid rapidly filling lands.
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Canada
St. Paul
Arctic
Calgary
Texas
Bt. Pau
Omaha
St. Joseph
Fort Worth
Tex
Burlington
Havre
Mont
Williston
N. D
Miles City
Medicine Hat
Can
Edmonton
Leadville
Col
Pusheck's Euro Promoted as Cure-All Medicine
An advertisement urges overworked people and sufferers of rheumatism pains weakness blood and nervous disorders indigestion and insomnia to take Pusheck's Euro. It claims the medicine is the best today for nervous debility stomach troubles and related conditions and urges customers to ask their druggist to keep it on hand.
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Pusheck
Parting Shot Featured In Cleve Leader Exchange
A brief dialogue from the Cleveland Leader shows a lady agent offering cosmetics and Mrs. De Tone declining with a wry remark about painting. The exchange captures a humorous back chat typical of the era.
Blunt-Do Xen Approve of Flattery
Miss Cleverly-Well suggests flattery tests truthfulness in social discourse while Mr Blunt-Do questions the link between politeness and honesty in a Detroit Free Press exchange.
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Mr. Blunt
Xen
Miss Cleverly
Detroit Free Press
Completing the Quotation in Pittsburg Post
Johnny Paws asks for the continuation of a quotation starting with Truth is mighty as cited in a Pittsburg post. The query seeks the rest of the saying and attribution for accurate completion.
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Johnny—Paw
Pittsburg
Nervous Headache Cured by Williams Pink Pills
Miss Ellen McKenna, secretary of the Associated Ladies' Guild in Roxbury Massachusetts, suffered seven years from nervous headache and dizziness. After two months on Dr Williams Pink Pills her headaches and dizziness disappeared. The pills are described as a blood and nerve remedy available at every drugstore.
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Ellen McKenna
Dr. Williams
Verses of the Day and Cossack Battles Reflected
A mixed excerpt features a sentimental verse about a young girl and a later poem by S. E. Kiser depicting ruthless Cossacks in battle. The lines contrast tender affection with wartime brutality, highlighting emotional tenderness beside graphic combat imagery from Chicago Record-Herald.
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Imperial City
S. E. Kiser
Chicago
Handy laying record aids in farm egg profits
A simple cash based farm accounting method helps keep hens profitable. Use a blank school book to track daily eggs by date and month, creditting eggs at local Saturday prices, then record sales and feed costs to reveal net hen profits.
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W. B. Lloyd
Orange Judd Farmer
A Health to the Man Who Does His Work
A Chicago Chronicle verse praising the diligent worker who meets duty, endures trials without complaint, and earns rich rewards through earnest effort, steadfast heart, and cheerful outlook. The poem extols perseverance and integrity as the path through life.
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Chicago Chronicle
Love as guiding star in Brooklyn Eagle poem
A lines long romantic verse from John Eugene Butler in the Brooklyn Eagle compares love to a guiding star and hope to a distant southern sea isle. It expresses yearning, distant sunshine, and the belief that love will aid the quest despite dark clouds.
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John Eugene Butler
Brooklyn Eagle
Come Sing To Me Some Olden Song By The Times Democrat
The poem laments daily troubles of African Americans and the persistent fear of economic hardship while recalling comforting memories of mothers. It contrasts uneasy modern life with easier past days and ends with a request for a nostalgic old tune.
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W. Covington Hall
N. Co
Times- Democrat
City Nightly Echoes in Verse and Personal Reflections
Excerpts show poetry praising city life in constant sleep and vigil, with lines on joy and sorrow. A short attributed note from Eaward Branch Lyman in the New York Herald appears alongside Susie M. Best in Success Magazine declaring personal creed and standards.
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Eaward Branch Lyman
N. Y
Susie M. Best
Success Magazine
Good Times Are Coming Believer Singing Across Georgia
A quoted verse from the Atlanta Constitution speaks of good times approaching in Georgia with life turning sweet like a heavenly song. It envisions reaching valleys with bright daisies and believers urged to anticipate joy.
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Georgia
Sweet Vales
Atlanta Constitution
Freshness of Eggs Test: A Water Method
An old tested method uses a pan of water to judge egg age by buoyancy. Fresh eggs sink and stay horizontal, older eggs tilt and bob, while very old eggs float. The test relies on air chamber size and moisture loss, and fails for pickled eggs or those kept in cold storage with little evaporation.
Lived Without Hope'
A short exchange between a philosophic man and a pessimist reflects social inequality and lack of opportunity as recorded by the Philadelphia Press. The pessimist quips that even a silver spoon would choke him if born into wealth, underscoring class frustration.
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Philadelphia Press
Not So Presumptuous Pompus Waiter at Chicago Tribune
A fragment shows a timid girl at her first restaurant meal responding to a waiter. The scene captures social hesitation and budding propriety in a dining room setting. This brief dialogue hints at class and etiquette themes.
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Chicago Tribune
Didn't Expect To
A brief quip from the Houston Post quotes a couple exchanging wryly about marriage and aging. The light exchange contrasts expectations of companionship and devotion with a plan to avoid dotage in the future.
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Houston Post
Cure for Rheumatism and Kidney Troubles Claims Local Man
Alston Michigan March 13 Special James Culet of Alston says twenty years of rheumatism and kidney trouble vanished after using Dodd's Kidney Pills. He spent a fortune on doctors and remedies before finding relief and urges others to try the pills. He credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with restoring his health and notes healthy kidneys remove uric acid from blood.
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Alston, Mich
James Culet
Dodd
The Secret of Success Pusheck’s Kuro Claims
The advertisement touts Pusheck’s Kuro as a single medicine that affects stomach, blood, and nerves to cure Rheumatism pains weakness nervous debility catarrh indigestion and skin diseases. Priced at $1.00, available from Dr C Pusheck in Chicago or local druggists with a prospectus available.
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Pusheck
Kuro
C. Pusheck
Chicago
Salter’s Macaroni Wheat Promises High Yields
Salter’s strain of macaroni wheat boasts drought resistance and immunity to rust, claiming 80 bushels per acre on fertile lands in Iowa Michigan Wisconsin Ohio Pennsylvania Missouri Nebraska and 40 to 60 bushels on arid lands. Catalog reportedly provides full details.
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Salter
Mich
Wis
Neb
Catalog
Seed company offers free wheat seed sample and catalog
An advertisement urges farmers to send 100 as a note to John A. Salter Seed Co. of La Crosse Wisconsin. The firm promises a free sample of wheat and other farm seeds with their catalog valued at 100 to any attentive farmer.
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John A. Salter Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
K. L
Salter
John A. Salzer Seed CO
Laxative Bromo Quinine Ad Promises Quick Cure
An advertising claim offers a one day cure for colds using Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets with a money back guarantee if it fails. E. W. Grove signs each box. The ad cites a Chicago Tribune quote about freight and includes endorsements from J. W. O'Brien and a Life magazine epitaph remark on New Year’s resolutions.
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E. W. Grove
Improvement of Horse Breeds
Draft and riding horses have been nearly pure bred in Europe for centuries making them strong improvers of common horses. The breeding of plants is as important as the breeding of animals.
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Third Ave
Minneapolis, Minn
Rune
Ne Cyou
American School of Correspondence
Armour Institute of Technology
General Electric
Crocker- Wheeler
Westinghouse
Bullock, Co
Holtzer-Cabot
Jooper-Hewitt
Nernst
Morocco
Ue le
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Washington St
Ill
Best
P.O
EYEF
Boston
Mass
U.S.A
E Ltd
Toronto
A. J. Tower G Tower
Shiloh
C.werrs&co
LeRoy
N.Y
R. Paxton Company
Pope Building
Mother Gray
Children’s Home
New York City
A.N. K.C
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