Minnesota farmer thrives in Manitoba Canada
Virden Manitoba November 18 1839 letter from Jacob Reichert describes homesteading experience in Manitoba after visiting Winnipeg with Immigration Commissioner McCreary. He and his family settled near Virden building a shanty planting 75 acres hay 2700 bushels grain from 100 acres wheat 50 oats barley, average yields 13 bushels per acre on sod and 24.4 on improved land. Reichert reports land quality clay loam, shallow groundwater, modest land prices at 3.50 per acre and nearby markets at Virden and Hargrave. He advises fellow Minnesota settlers to relocate for work and fair effort.
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Virden
Manitoba
Dutford Bitton
Ottawa
Canada
United States
North-West
W. F. McCreary
Winnipeg
Brandon
Lyon County
Minnesota
Hargrave
Canadian Pacific By. Co
Jacob Reichert
Early Routes to the Yukon Packers Open Trail in 1898
The packers, owners of horse trains, organized a compulsory service and opened a bridle path by spring 1898, turning the route into a horse trail and surpassing Dyea. Each string of six to seven animals hauled 1,500 pounds for gross earnings of 100 to 300 dollars, with round trips costing 112 dollars in total expenses. Some packers with 49 to 50 horses built boarding camps, and top operators earned over 1,000 dollars daily for months on investments of 2,000 to 3,000 dollars.
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Yukon
Dyea
Shugway
Bennett
Bates
Blondikers
Seattle
Harrison Emerson
the Engineering Magazine
Cavita Belli and Tom Debate Street Question
Detroit Press reports a playful exchange as Cavita Belli and Tom discuss a passerby’s query about the weather. Tom recalls being asked if it was cold enough for him. The banter showcases local flavor and colloquial speech from the era.
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Tom
Jack
Auavely
Detroit
Grace Church Assistant Organist Rounds Bells in Broadway
Mire Bertha Thomas, assistant organist, rings bells at Grace Church in Broadway New York. The Cathedral of St Joan at Morningside Heights rises as the largest ecclesiastical edifice in the United States at 2690 feet long and 206 feet wide.
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Grace Church
Broadway
New York
Mire Bertha Thomas
St. Joan
Morningside Heighta
N. Y
United States
Carbon on the Sun and Its Luminous Role
Sir Robert Mall explains carbon’s supremacy from earthly coke to diamond and life processes. He describes carbon’s presence in the sun, its resistance to fusion, and how carbon vapors form and radiate in solar clouds, illuminating daylight across space.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
Sir Robert Mall
McClure
Water Well Barometer Signals Incoming Storms
A hilltop well eighty feet deep with layered sands and clays serves as a barometer. Milky discolored water signals storms, growing more extreme with stronger weather systems, and reportedly warned before a major storm that the weather bureau missed. The Rochester Democrat notes mixed forecasts but cites the well as a reliable indicator.
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New York
Weather Bureau
Parker
Wayne
Ohtario
Rochester
A Humorous Conservatory Encounter and Ads Transcript
A phrase filled miscellany opens with a parlor comment on plant pride in a conservatory tour. It shifts to a factual pitch for Nalls Catarrh Cure and a generic ad for Grain-O, interspersed with light satire about ambition and political exclusivity. The piece ends by noting the bunko man losing work when people stop seeking handouts.
Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Claims Largest Cure Record
The median line notes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as holding the record for abso flute cures of female illnesses. Mrs Pinkham reportedly proves via letters that a million women were restored to health by her medicine and advice. Letters to Mrs Pinkham are read and answered by women. The mayor and postmaster of Linn certify these facts and offer a free book with certificates. Write for free guidance from Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. Lyton, Mass.
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Meadilolne
Lydia
Pinkham
Belva Lockwood Praises Perena Medicine in Letter
Washington lawyer Belva Lockwood, famed presidential candidate, endorses Perena for herself and her 88 year old mother. She notes its value for cold catarrh hay fever and as a tonic for the feeble and old. The Perrns Medicine Co. offers Health and Beauty free to women.
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Belva A. Lockwood
Belva Lockwood
Washington, D. C
United States
America
Pernina Medicine Company
Hannah J. Bennett
Perrns Medicine Co
Columbus
Ohio
Cure cures praised for infant skin ailments in Brooklyn letters
A flood of grateful testimonials from Brooklyn and New York parents extols CUTICURA remedies for infantile eczema and skin disorders. Letters from Mrs. Butler, Mrs. Freese, Mr. Lapham, and others describe dramatic improvements in babies and children, praising the remedies’ safety and speed, and urging households to adopt the CURICURA system.
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Oma
E. Butler
Third Avenue
Brooklyn
N. Y
J. C. Freese
South First Street
Annie Ring
East Thirteenth Street
New York City
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Ijnd
Philadelphia Preas
Nall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Torpedo, O
Th. Hail
Bill
Indianapolis Journal
Java
Chicago Dispatch
York
Jan
New Orleans
Women OF the
Winchester Repeating Arms CO
Winchester
Iowa
Crawpom
Terg
Fors Wayne
Indiana
Nens City
Rversti
Dr. Willams
Wey Mall
George C. Johnston
Allen Bidg
Cincinnati
Ifa Bbi
Avaest
Aran
Eeda
A. Balzer Seed CO
HH. Green
Box D
Atlanta
L&é
Aledo
Wehiting
Curt
Cura
R. A. Lapham
West Side Square
Springfield
Mr. Lapham
Cezama
Coricurs Soar
Ccticura
Cuticura
C. Brand
Conesville
W. M. Nichell
Lexington
St. Louis
G. A. Conrad
Lisbon
N. H
Seth
Cain AE
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