Interesting to Farmers by T A Tolman from Lacombe Alberta
Mr T A Tolman of Lacombe Alberta, formerly of Cascia county Idaho, writes about relocating to western Canada in 1894. He describes bringing cattle horses wagons harness and cash, homesteading land near section 28 township 40 range 26, and buying railway land. He reports 1897 grain yields and 1898 wheat oats barley and potatoes, praises cheaper land and easy terms, notes seven payments made, and says school laws are advanced with new schools for settlers.
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T. A. Tolman
Lacombe
Alberta
N. W
Cascia Count
Idaho
Canda
Fourth Meridian
Canadian Pacific Railway
Married life and allowances debated in Chicago Journal
A brief dialogue asks what allowances partners should make in marriage. He suggests men should overlook faults, while she replies that such forbearance would be as much as expected. The exchange reflects social norms on marital concessions in the era.
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Chicago Journal
Admiral Dewey Seizes Moment After Manila Fight
Washington dispatches report Admiral Dewey used a new opportunity as Otis drives back insurgents near Manila. Filipino forces suffer heavy losses while US lines hold. Navy and army leaders note 21 ships in Dewey's force and 6,000 reinforcements en route, with Otis commanding Manila front and uncertainty over insurgent strength estimated around 30,000.
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Dewey
Gen. Ota
Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Navy
Admiral Dewey
Navy Department
Manila
Philippine
Philippines
United States
Aguinaldo
Gen. Otis
Philippine Commission
Sea
Luzon
Miller
Iloilo
Panay
Otis
Miner
McKinley
Apelin Ee
Spain
Adjutant General's Office
Seventeenth Infantry
Lawton
Gibraltar
Twentieth Infantry
Gen. Wheaton
San Francisco
Twenty-second Infantry
Egbert
New York
Sherman
Sheridan
Twelfth Infantry
Corbin
Cuba
War Department
Manila Bay
Olympia
Boston
Baltimore
Charleston
Concord
Monadnock
Monterey
Petrel
Buffalo
Culgoa
Nanshan
Zafiro
Helena
Colombo
Castine
Princeton
Port Said
Bennington
Brutus
Yorktown
Guam
Oregon
Iris
Honolulu
Norfolk
Taland
Lugon
Paris Police Arrest Former French Lieutenant
Paris authorities seized Durand a former lieutenant in the French infantry after a Nancy warrant charged him with illicit foreign government correspondence. Police found photographs of trench fortresses and defenses in his rooms tied to the recent Loire River bridge collapse and a mail cart accident revealing illegible addresses and opened letters.
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Paris
Nancy
Durand
Tie
Phen
Loire
True Greatness In Medicine Hood's Sarsaparilla
True Greatness In Medicine proclaims health of the people as proof. It claims Hood's Sarsaparilla has cured more disease and sickness than any other medicine, touting its unique preparation and superiority.
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Hood
Unnamed February Getaways via Louisville & Nashville Rail
Discomforts of February fade with winter excursions offered by the Louisville and Nashville Railroad to Southern resorts. The line provides facilities for reaching Gulf Coast cities, Florida, California, and the West Indies. Write C. P. Atmore in Louisville for descriptive folders on Florida or the Gulf Coast.
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Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Gulf Coast
Florida
California
West Indies
C. P. Atmore
Louisville
Engagement Rumor Sparks Count Duke Romance
A Chicago Journal item notes a daughter ending an engagement with a count to pursue a chance at a duke, suggesting a strategic match rather than romance. The periodical hints social maneuvering in aristocratic circles. An advertisement promotes Allen's Foot-Ease with claims of curing foot ailments and easing tight shoes, offering a free sample by mail.
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Chicago Journal
Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Know He's Got It. Meyer Marries Ugly Woman Jokes Spark Loans
In Vliegende Blaetter humor, a friend notes Meyer's marriage to an unattractive wife. The gag points to social pressure and envy as friends imply they would borrow from him after meeting her, highlighting clever jests about wealth and shaming.
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Meyer
Land Seekers Excursion Tickets For Southern Lands
Land seekers are invited to join excursions to Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi and Alabama on multiple days each month. Thousands of acres of land are for sale along the Mobile and Ohio Railroad. Contact Alabama Land & Development Company in Mobile or agents F. L. Harris in St. Louis, Charles Rudolph in Chicago, E. 14 Posey in Mobile, and G. P. A. in Mobile for details. Sugar is so cheap that it pays buyers to extract sand from it.
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Kentucky
Tennessee
Mississippi
Alabama
Mobile & Ohio R. R
Alabama Land & Development Company
Mobile
Ala
F. L. Harris
Olive St
St. Louis
Charles Rudolph
Marquette Building
Chicago
Posey
Salzer Seed Company Catalogue Promises High Yields
Salzer Seed Company of La Crosse Wisconsin touts Onion Seed GS8c and Up a Lb and a claim of 1213 bushels per acre as easy as 100. They market Earliest Vegetables and Farm Seeds as top growers and promise early harvests. Prices listed include Coffee Berry 15c per lb and Potatoes $1.20 per bushel. Include a request for the catalogue and 10 seed packages to John A. Salzer Seed Company.
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Salzer
John A. Salzer
40 Hours Between St Louis and Port Tampa Ad
Advertisement promotes a fast steamship route from St Louis to Port Tampa via Mobile and Ohio and Plant System connecting to Elegant Steamships for Havana. It lists contacts F Harris in St Louis and Rudolph in Chicago, plus a humorous Atchison Globe quip.
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St. Louis
Port Tampa
Sma
Mobile & Ohio
Montgomery
Plant
Plant Steamship Line
Havana
Cuba
F. Harris
Olive St
Chas
Congressman's Catarrh Cure Endorsed by A. T. Goodwyn
Alabama congressman A T Goodwyn reports using two bottles of Peruna and reclaiming health after a yearlong catarrh. The letter extols Peruna as a national remedy, cites Dr Hartmann of Columbus Ohio, urges public figures to back the drug, and offers a free book on catarrh.
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A.T. Goodwyn
Alabama
Columbus
Ohio
A. T. Goodwyn
Hartmann
Peruna
Hartman
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Santa Mera
Gen. Greely
Thompson
Col. Thompson
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London
Philippine Islands
Mabini
Madrid
Atchison Globe
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