Western Canada Seen as Wheat Empire by Canadian Plant Scientist
In a Sept 1 1901 letter to The Partner Prof Thomas Shaw of Minnesota State University urges readers to view Western Canada as a vast, fertile region capable of extensive grain and stock farming. He notes Manitoba Assiniboia Saskatchewan and Alberta offer rich wheat potential with favorable cool nights aiding crop fill and large yields. He praises cattle quality in Winnipeg shows and highlights government and rail support aiding settlement and land access.
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St. Paul
Thomas Shaw
Minnesota State University
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Manitoba
Assiniboia
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Peace River
Manitoha
Catt
Winnipeg
Ontario
Ijse
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Saskatchewen
Western Canada
F.pedley
C.J. Broughton
Monadnock
Chicago
Crawford
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Kansas City
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Indianapolis
Ind
Plan for cow stall with fencing and feed setup details
A detailed plan from Pacific Homestead describes a cow stall layout featuring fencing around the cow, adjustable side bars, an 18 inch wide feed box, a 7 inch front flange, and a 6 foot 6 inch platform length. It outlines manger height, feed passage opening, hay handling, and stall partitions, emphasizing efficient distribution of grain and fodder while keeping hay separate.
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J. C. Wekert
Pacific Homestead
Treat the Cows Well in Hot Weather Dairying Advice
George E. Newell urges careful dairy herd management to maintain milk quality in heat. He warns against overheating cows before milking, rough handling, and dogs that disturb nervous cows. Early milking, calm handling, and treating dairying as a priority protect milk freshness and herd profitability. Gilt edged butter remains preferred by customers.
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George E. Newell
Early sowing of sweet peas hints from Rural New Yorker
J E Morse advises early fall soil prep for sweet peas in sheltered sunny spots with manure lime and ashes. Deeply spade the ground, cover with muleh to insulate, remove mulch in spring, and sow shallow drills as soon as land workable. Early sowing yields blooms ahead of later plantings.
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J E. Morse
New Yorker
Growing Sugar Beets and Farmers Profits in Michigan
Dr Kedzie of Michigan Agricultural College extols growing sugar beets as a people driven antidote to monopoly. He cites $7,000,000 invested across 13 factories, rising to 20 next year, with 60,000 acres under cultivation and $1,500,000 paid to Michigan farmers last year. He notes mortgage relief in Bay County farms and land value gains near factories, arguing it is a home industry delivering farmer profits and resisting trusts.
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Michigan
Bay County
Kedzie
Michigan Agricultural College
Detroit
Free Press
Cabbage carrier and wind effects in farming
A historical note describes a light durable cabbage carrier by Rawson, built to hold two men’s loads and mounted on four elliptical springs. It also covers wind impact on spraying fruit trees, advising multiple spray positions for wind and still conditions to avoid waste. It ends with a quip on cleanliness and milk quality.
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Rawson
Influence of Food and Character in Meals Debate
A Pittsburgh Gazette excerpt records Mr Smillfield and Mr Wood joking over whether diet shapes character. They discuss sugar in coffee beefsteak lobster beets and mutton as colorfully skeptical examples, concluding with light quips about diet and personality.
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Mr. Smillfield
Mr. Wood
Mr. Smithfield
Pittsburg
Death Valley Encounter Describes Lifeless Town Atmosphere
A tourist and a native discuss Death Valley's gloom noting it would be lifeless year round were it not for the occasional funeral. The exchange underscores the desolate, quiet nature of the region as observed on a stroll along the road.
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N. Y
Keeping the Secret in Stray Stories
In a Stray Stories vignette, Old Bachelor Uncle-Well Charlie demands attention and riches. LT seeks wealth to be pampered, while Ma dismisses him as an old fool yet notes the need to keep a great secret hidden.
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Charlie
Shrewd Man Getty Involved In Subsidy Rumor
A Baltimore American note describes Getty described as smooth and clever. It recounts a tale from Roomville offering a subsidy for manufacturing with a claim he planted a rhubarb field and joined the fund to promote several pie plants.
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Goophe
Getty
Roomville
Baltimore American
Walter Baker Cocoa Wins Three Gold Medals at Pan-American Expo
Walter Baker & Co. Limited of Dorchester Massachusetts received three gold medals at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo for Breakfast Cocoa and all their cocoa and chocolate products as well as the exhibit quality. This marks the thirty seventh highest award the company has earned from major European and American expositions.
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Buffalo
Walter Baker & Co. Limited
Dorchester
Mass
Europe
America
How She Knew by the Medium in Philadelphia Record
In a Philadelphia Record item a widow voices disbelief at a medium’s claim about her husband. The exchange centers on the medium’s assertion that the husband is “rapping” and the widow's humorous, puzzled reply about forgetting his night key.
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Philadelphia
Cascarets Candy Cathartic Health Card Teaser
Best for the Dowels. No matter what ails you, headache to a cancer, you will never get well until your bowels are put right. Cascarets help nature, cure you without a gripe or pain, produce easy, natural movements, cost you just 10 cents to start getting your health back. Cascarets Candy Cathartic, the genuine, put up in metal boxes, every tablet has C.c Cc, stamped on it. Beware of imitations.
No Limit. Mrs Talk Emma fond of embroidery in Boston Herald
Brief society note notes Mrs Talk Emma's fondness for embroidery as observed by Mrs Gossip in the Boston Herald, highlighting local salon chatter and light social detail.
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Talk
Emma
Gossip
Boston Herald
Norfolk and Western sells cut-rate round trip tickets
On December 3 and 17 the Norfolk and Western Railway will sell round trip tickets from Cincinnati and Columbus to points in Virginia, West Virginia, and the Carolinas at greatly reduced rates. For rates and information contact Allen Hull, D. P. A., 45 East 4th Street, Cincinnati.
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Norfolk & Western Rl
Cincinnati
Columbus
Virginias
Carolinas
Allen Hull
E. 4Th St
Wedding Presents and Ads Echo a Daily Parade
A compact column mixes wedding present chatter with short quips and testimonials. A Norwich, New York resident credits Piso's Cure for Consumption, while readers note Atlanta doctors offering dropsy treatment. The piece also references humorous lines from papers like the Atchison Globe and Chicago Daily News.
Tragic Royal Cab Fall Ends In Death
A Streatham man, 42 Ferrar Road, recounts a fatal cab accident where his driver was thrown from the seat after his horse bolted. He credits St Jacobs Oil with curing years of rheumatism and sciatica, praising the remedy as miraculous and effective without relapse.
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Pope
Absent-minded Clerk Probes Size For Dog Collar
A Philadelphia Press item notes a customer asking for a dog collar while a sales clerk, recently transferred to that department, asks what shirt size the customer wears. The exchange highlights mistaken priorities and commuter whimsy in a retail setting.
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Philadelphia Press
Judge blocks Cascarets imitation in public notice
Hon. Judge Wing of the Federal Court of Cleveland issues a permanent injunction with costs and damages against a lawyer named Gorey for manufacturing and selling an imitation Cascarets. The decision warns dealers and readers against substitutes or claims of being “just as good” and directs complaints to the Sterling Remedy Company in New York or Chicago.
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Judge Wing
Federal Court of Cleveland
Gorey
C.C.C
Sterling Remedy Company
New York
Chicago
Good-morning exchange on essays in Philadelphia Record
A brief quip shows a would-be contributor proposing an essay on Our Daily Bread, with the editor replying they prefer batter. The exchange captures a playful newspaper moment from the Philadelphia Record.
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Philadelphia Record
Cure a cold in one day with Laxative Bromo Quinine
An old advertisement promises a one day cure for colds using Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets with money back guarantee by druggists. The message includes a quip about profit seekers and a note on Putnam faceless dyes advertised as easy to use like soap with no mess or failures.
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Putnam
Open Letter Praises Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound
Mrs E C Smith of Kansas City extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for female ailments. She claims it saves women from decline and urges others to trust the product over doctors. The notice includes a $5000 forfeit challenge and provides Lynn Mass address for testimonials.
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Kansas City
E. C. Smith
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia
E. Pinkham
E. C. Smirg
Pinkham
Warren Free
Lynn
Mass
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