Indiana Man Praises Western Canada For Agriculture
Writer Fister and wife toured Alberta Assiniboia and Saskatchewan praising rich loamy soil mild winters and long sunny days. He argues prairie lands require little initial clearing and offer low entry costs with strong grazing water and hay as keys for ranching. He estimates rapid payoff for young settlers buying 160 acres at low prices and notes Canada’s climate supports year round farming with favorable financial outlooks.
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Department of the Interior
Hiawa
J. Holmes
Indianapolis
Diana
F. Fister
Dunkards
Mexico
Indiana
M. V. Mcinnes
Avenue Theater Block
Etroit
Mich
James Grieve
Sault Ste. Marie
J.B Crawford
West Ninth Street
Ansas City
Benjamin Davies
Fast Thir Street
St. Paul
Minn
T. ©. Currie
B. Callahan
Canada
White County
Western Canada settlers gain from free creameries venture
In Alberta near Edmonton farmer Thomas Daley shows prize oats raised on his farm. He notes oats yielding 310 bushels per acre in 1899 and mentions roaming stock policy for ranchers. FRANK FISHER reports from Mexico, Inc.
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Canada
Thomas Daley
Edmonton
Alberta
Frank Fisher
New Uses for Sawdust Across Industries and Homes
Sawdust once viewed as waste now powers industry and housing. Compressed with tar into bricks yields up to 40,000 cubic feet of gas per ton. blocks with coal dust serve as efficient fuel with minimal smoke. Clay and sawdust bricks are light and plaster-ready, while walls and floors gain sound-damping fill. Wood shavings, once discarded, are baled for fuel and lime burning. Pine needles in North Carolina cushion stuffing and medicinal oils are developed, and Sweden extracts valuable wood products from timber refuse.
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Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post
Fee
North Carolina
Sweden
King Oscar Speech Impromptu Delivers Same Address
King Oscar of Sweden, famed for impromptu remarks, dictated a speech to a newspaper man in a carriage en route to a railway inauguration. the delivered address at the station closely mirrored the carriage version. The anecdote underscores royal reluctance to rely on prewritten texts and the writer’s wit from Puck.
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Osear
Sweden
Oscar
London
Gothenburg
Homemade horse powered water pump diagram
A diagram and description show a farm horse powered water pump with an upright shaft and cog wheels driving a force pump. The design includes a windmill option, various wheels and rods, a cistern reservoir, and a whiffletree lever for horse attachment.
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J. A
Sheffield
War Against Insects a Crop Losses Eye Opener
Dr L C Howard entomologist of the department of agriculture says insect losses may exceed 300 million dollars yearly. Historical figures cite the Rocky Mountain locust and chinch bug causing hundreds of millions in crop damage across multiple states. A New Jersey estimate claims eliminating mosquitoes could raise real estate values by at least 100 million dollars.
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L. C. Howard
Department of Agriculture
Kansas
Missouri
Iowa
Nebraska
Webster
New Jersey
N. Y. World
Corn Crop Figures Show Wide Range of Estimates
The official corn crop report shows estimates from 1.1 to 1.393 billion bushels by different authorities. The range reflects varying methods as markets anticipate stock adjustments amid lower exports and feeding. An older corn supply and reduced exports are noted as context. Agricultural import statistics reveal 1900 imports at about 420.1 million dollars, dominated by sugar coffee hides and skins silks wools fruits and nuts teas and tobacco with smaller items included.
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Chicago Daily Trade Bulletin
New York Produce Exchange
Cincinnati
United States
Department of Agriculture
Letting Him Down Easy and Foot Ease Ads
A fragment from a Chicago Post item jokes about honesty on the witness stand. It references a line about truth and veracity and a mirror of letting someone down easy. The text includes an advertising note for Alien's Foot-Ease powder and a joke from the Cleveland Plain Dealer about a prospective boarder who dislikes potatoes.
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Chicago Post
Kample
Olmsted
LeRoy
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Pills cure and farm tips from early 1900s ads
An assortment of brief notices and ad snippets from 1900 including Piso'r Cure praised for coughs by Dr W O'Brien in Minneapolis, jokes about a Cleveland Hoxsie Cure, Chicago Daily News on bound love poems, Putnam Faceless Dyes, and farm advice from Farm and Ranch praising cow peas to restore worn soils with crop rotation and fertilizers for long term profit.
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Chicago Daily News
Putnam
Dropsy Cure Praised After Long Illness
Mrs J B Flanigan of Sumpter Illinois suffered fifteen years with dropsy and could not wear shoes for three years. After using Dodd's Kidney Pills on a recommendation from druggist J J Dale of Carmi, she recovered fully, with husband Mr Flanigan praising the remedy as life saving and widely sought in White County.
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Sumpter
J. B. Flanigan
Dodd
Mr. Dale
Mrs. Flanigan
White County
Methodist Bishop Praises Peruna With Endorsement
Bishop A Grant of Indianapolis writes from 3349 N Pennsylvania St praising Peruna for catarrh relief. Clergy endorsements follow from Rev E G Smith of Greensboro Ga and Rev A S Vaughn of Eureka Springs Ark citing health recoveries after Peruna use. Dr Hartman offers free advice to readers seeking results.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Pennsylvania Street
Perona Medicine Co
Columbus
A. Grant
Peruna
Grant
E. G. Smith
Presbyterian Church
Greensboro
E.G. Smith
A. S. Vaughn
Eureka Springs
Ark
Hartman
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Mexico, Inc
King Oscar
Puck
Hoxsie
Atchizon Globe
A.grant
Iud
Dr. Hartman
The
Hartman Sanitarium
Ohio
Bishop Grant
Winchester
Sawyer
M. Sawyer& Son
Soto Mitre
Gast Cambridge
Maas
W. Goeke & CO
North Second Street
Louis, MO
Devoe
F. W. Devor & Company
Devore
Chicago
Department C. C
White Rirect
New EW York
Weirine
Advertinns
Advertiee
Sterling Remedy Company
New York
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