Grand Canadian Lands Offer Lured by American Settlers
Stirling Alberta reporter writes of Western Canada farmland and fortunes for homesteaders. M Pickrell cites mild winters, abundant yields from Edmonton to Raymond districts, and rapid farm gains. Prospective settlers urged to explore Lacombe Wetaskiwin and Edmonton areas with agents for railway details.
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Stirling
Alberta
Free Homestead Lands
M. Pickrell
Beechwood
Kentucky
Canada
Terra-Firma
Edmonton
St. Albert
Raymond
Lethbridge
Lacombe
Wetaskiwin
Western Canada
Ponoka
Manitoba
States
Ottawa
W. Ninth
Kansas City
Quincy Hildg
Chicago
Fragmentary Note Describes Petrified Man in Indiana
A garbled telegram fragment from Indiana mentions a petrified man and a high degree of intellectual traits. It hints at postfrontal measurement and suggests men may move away from Indiana or privacy concerns amid unclear context.
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Yound
Indiana
Rural free delivery faces road block in push for universality
A discussion on rural free mail delivery warns that rapid expansion faces serious obstacles from poor roads. It argues that general road improvement, funded nationally, is required to extend service beyond well off or well connected communities and prevent widening inequality.
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Congress
Terra Firma
Post Office Department
Bracing Fence Posts With a Homemade Lever Device
A DIY guide describes making a fence post straightener from a 2 by 4 plank split into 2x2 and 2x4 pieces, hinged ends, a lever piece, and a sharpened spike ferrule to grip and prevent splitting. Operation involves placing against the leaning post and pressing the lever to plumb, with potential two bites for badly leaning posts.
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Lawrence
Homa
Witty exchange in tram collision case reflects conductors
A county court hearing on a street accident involving an electric tramcar features a bantering witness and a barrister. The lawyer quips about conducting conductors, while the witness retorts with a fatherly remark that different kinds of conductors exist, keeping the courtroom moment lively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Treatment Promise From Dodd's Kidney Pills
An elderly man from Warren's Corners recounts years of kidney pain and unhelpful doctor visits. After four days on Dodd's Kidney Pills his pain worsened then steadily improved, and by the fifth day he felt better with a lasting, permanent cure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren’s Corners
A. B. Smith
Dodd
Ecclesiastical Query on Proportion in Gotham Figure
A Yonkers Statesman quips that in a debate the church question marks a man's proportions with lungs far larger than brains, reflecting satirical tone on clerical and civic figures in Gotham.
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Ecclesiantical
Gotham
Hig Lung
Yonkers
It Cures While You Walk Allen’s Foot-Ease Ad
A vintage advertisement claims Allen’s Foot-Ease cures hot sweaty callused and swollen feet. Sold by druggists for 25 cents with a trial package free. Address Allen S Olmsted Le Roy NY. The ad ends with a George MacDonald quote on passion and selfishness.
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Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy
Cough remedy ads and quotes from old newspapers
A collage of vintage ads and quotations including Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets price five and a list of endorsements. It notes opium habit cures, cautions about cooking skills, stove trademarks, and various aphorisms from sources like Ram's Horn and Puck, with dated testimonials from 1900 related to Piso's Cure and other products.
Longest sentence remembered in class tale
A schoolmaster asks pupils for the longest sentence they read. After a pause a small boy stands and says the longest is "Imprisonment for life" in response to the teacher. Tribune.
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Tommy
Tribune
What Do You Take Me For A Cheese
A Baltimore American report recalls a comical moment as surgeons debated delaying surgery for a patient believed to have appendicitis. The man on the cot, weak from illness, asked with a faint smile, What do you take me for a cheese?
Doan's Kidney Pills Claim Wide Relif in 1903-08 Letters
Readers from Massachusetts Pennsylvania and Wyoming report back pain relief after using Doan's Kidney Pills. Testimonials claim improved back pain sleep and urinary issues with claims of cured lameness and reduced nocturnal urination after trials and purchases.
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Dean
Sate
Mass
Doan
V. A. Cleveland
Gaxesevac
Int
Eemer Warfeel
Rose Gies
JosEra Lepperal
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Eta
George MacDonald
B. M. Woolley
M. D
Atlanta
Chicago Daily News
J. F. Boyer
Trinity Springs
Ind
Franklin
Chicago, St. Paul-Minneapolis
Chicago & North-Western
Puck
Putnam
Barke
York
Kanbas
Orleans
Casprra
Wrourno
Isaac W
Sternens
Cambria
Wyo
Jp Navyne
Foarga-Minsune Co
Buffalo, R. C
Wourn Co
Buffalo, N
Visa For Trade
Esch Picos
Wenneken’s
ST. Lous
Locust Street
St. Louis
A. N. EE
EE. Maleyw
Warne Avenue
Loule
Peddea
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