Canada 1911 Census Set To Show Bold Western Growth
A forthcoming 1911 census will reveal rapid development across Canada with higher industrial growth than any nation. Western settlement expands, over 100000 homesteads created, 35000 square miles opened, and Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta agriculture thriving. Strong immigration and land production promise further expansion. readers urged to request government literature.
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Dominion of Canada
Canada
United States
Indiana
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
al Berta
Alberta
Dominion
Tripe Shortage Haunts Shopkeeper and Customer
A woman asks for two pounds of tripe in a shop but is told none is available. The keeper cites fisheries restrictions as the reason tripe cannot be caught, prompting confusion and an attempt to find an alternative.
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Dsheries Commission
Tripe
Man With Mania For Collecting Bills Causes Caution
Dialog hints at a meeting with Slopay and DeLong about a man who avoids others and shows a compulsive habit. Slopay notes the man’s mania for collecting bills, suggesting potential risk or trouble in crossing paths.
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Slopay
DeLong
Cause and Effect Poem Sparks a Poet’s Return
A reader recalls a poet who erupts with passion when his verses come back in. The exchange hints at a creative temperament and a dramatic response to criticism.
Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets Promote Digestive Health
Sugar coated pellets claim to regulate stomach liver and bowels. Describes tiny granules that are easy to take and imply relief from griping. Potential historic medical advertisement tone. Contains product claims without explicit endorsements.
Notable Ad Copy Fragment From Early 20th Century Page
Fragmentary OCR line shows a cynical joke about women and a cigar advertisement with a sales figure. The text references a man named Lewis and a large woman with small head, plus a noted “straight 5c cigar” line and a banner about an annual sale.
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Lewis
Gas blast rocks Grand Central power house in Manhattan
A gas and illuminating gas explosion shaken midtown Manhattan after a pipe break in the auxiliary power house at Grand Central Station lifted a northbound trolley, crushed a car, killed nine and left four missing. Fire officials say the blast came from a gas air mixture touched off by an electric spark. Dozens injured. total damage exceeding $500000.
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New York
Manhattan Island
Grand Central Station
Croker
Patrick Jordan
E. RB. Livermore
New York Central
C. McMarrow
Edith Offner
William Poetschke
Corona
L. I
Mary B. Pope
Charles Roberts
Adams Express Company
John Ryan
Thomas Stagg
Mgrs
Lapette
Hayes
Fathers O'Connor
McQuade
Sinnot
Byrnes
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Lexington Avenue
Fifty-first Street
Duffy
Bible Teachers’ Training School
Fortieth Street
Madison Avenue
Child's Hospital
White Becomes Chief Justice in Quiet Washington Ceremony
Associate Justice Edward Douglass White was sworn in as the ninth chief justice of the United States Supreme Court by Associate Justice Harlan. The ceremony occurred in the robing rooms with a brief official oath and a holiday recess announced to January 3. It marks the first time an associate justice ascends to the chief seat and the first time a rival party is honored by a president and Senate.
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Washington
Edward Douglass White
Supreme Court of the United States
Harlan
White
McKenney
Fuller
Senate
Island Sinks, 700 Families Drowned in Costa Rica
A Salvadorean message reports that about 170 people perished when a populated island near Port Limon Costa Rica sank after an earthquake. The disaster left 700 families homeless as the island disappeared beneath the sea.
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Port Limon
Costa Rica
Salvadore Sunday
Ninety Prisoners Join Rebels at Ojinaga
Private telegrams report 90 prisoners captured by Mexican revolutionists at Ojinaga have joined the insurrectos. The message reached Washington on Monday and details the shifting loyalties within the conflict.
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Washington
Ojinaga
Carl Hagenbeck Not Dead Report Circulates
A Hamburg area cablegram said Carl Hagenbeck the famed animal handler is not dead. Reports from Berlin claimed his death but a brother in Cincinnati and Alfred Bode in Berlin say Carl Hagenbeck remains alive.
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Carl Hagenbeck
Cincinnati
Menagerie
Hamburg
Germany
Berlin
Alfred Bode
William
Carl
Tuberculosis Care Expands Despite Funding Gaps
A National Association bulletin shows sixteen state sanatoria, twenty eight county hospitals and twenty one municipal hospitals for tuberculosis have been erected since 1909. Public money for TB treatment rose to over six million in two years, yet the association says less than one tenth of needed provision exists and over 250000 patients lack proper institutional care.
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National Association For the
National Association For the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis
Words in the Air on the Wireless Anchors Shipboard Chat
Dialog shows Marjorie asking why they pause as Harold notes the anchor has snagged on a wireless device aboard the vessel. The exchange highlights a maritime mishap with a mechanical snag and voices aboard.
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Marjorige
Harold
Cuticura Promoted For Skin And Hair Care
Potter Drug and Chem Corp of Boston promotes Cuticura as a remedy for skin and scalp ailments and for cleansing and beautifying the complexion. They offer to mail free on request their 32 page Cuticura Book covering skin and hair care.
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Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Boston
Mass
Mint Julep Myth Claims Missouri Mint Boom
The St. Louis Star notes Missouri produced 7,653 pounds of mint last year, enough for about 1,224,320 juleps from marketed product alone, claiming Kentuckians drink with mint and sugar but Missouri hosts the mint crop and julep lore.
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Kentucky
Mint
Missouri
St. Louis Star
The Way of Life and Punishment in Aging Businesmen
An Atchison business veteran is quoted saying an elderly man cannot stand punishment as before. The piece stresses daily punishment in earning a living, noting homes, streetcars, and roads all impose strain on men trying to get along, with aging worsening the effect.
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Atchison
Atchison Globe
Coff ee cures pale sickly person through Postum switch
A reader credits coffee as the cause of years of weakness and illness and praises Postum as a remedy. After giving up coffee and switching to Postum, the writer reports rapid health gains, improved appetite and sleep, fewer headaches, and eventual full recovery.
Policy clash over champagne and medical bill
Calvin forbids drinking champagne until his bill is paid, Ruth questions the constraint. Dialogue reveals tension between medical advice and financial obligation.
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Calvin
Ruth
Harvard coach recalls rough football of the 1890s
Paul Withington notes football in the 1890s was a terror before milder play in 1910. He cites Bourget on the era and a Philadelphia editor recalling a fatal on field accident where a coal dealer's mule entered the scrimmage and died.
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Paul Withington
Harvard
Mr. Withington
Philadelphia
Faithful Umbrella Worth Thirty Years Stolen In Chicago
Dr James A Mullican of Greenwood Avenue reports his family umbrella stolen Sunday after lending it to E 4 Seck during a rain. The umbrella, over thirty years old and a family heirloom, had been in use through multiple coverings.
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James A. Mullican
Greenwood Avenue
Doctor Mullican
Chicago Tribune
Resinol Ointment Cures Eczema Echoes From Ogden
A reader testimonial from Barbara Carpenter of Ogden South Carolina claims Resinol Ointment cured a summer neck eczema after other remedies failed. A follow up notes her son improved posture and has become an aviation enthusiast watching bird men.
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Barbara Carpenter
Ogden, S. C
The Happy Man is to Be Married
A witty exchange asks who the happy man is and answers that it is her father, cited from Lippincott's.
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Lippincott’s
Worth Its Weight in Gold
A fragment advertisement page highlights Pettit's Eye Salve for weak eyes and eye strain, Hamling Wizard Oil for chest pain similar to a mustard plaster, and Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething babies. It also notes a shift from cigars to Lewis' Single Binder cigarettes and contains assorted moral quips.
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Pettit
Ares
Howard Broad
Buffalo
Free medical advice from Munyon’s doctors in Philadelphia
The Munyon’s physicians offer free consultation with no obligation and only the postage stamp required. Send details of your disease to Munyon’s Laboratories at 53d and Jefferson Streets, Philadelphia, for careful prompt attention and confidential guidance.
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Munyon
53D & Jefferson Streets
Philadelphia
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Iowa
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Joseph Umann
St. St. Paul
Minn
Oris Caitoes
G& M Avallance Company
Elkhart
Ind
PRI
Eetler
Sun Vapor Light Co
Market St. Canton
Slic
Allen
J.p.allen Dept
Alst
Paul Minn
Ewing CO
Foemant
Chia
Defiance
Hote
Cscawnet
Thompson's Eye Water
Rosh Columbia
Heaton & Vezina
Enderston Building
Winnipeg
Man
L. J. Mountz Co
Sugar City
Co. County
Colorado
Woodward
Bee’y Board of Trade
Prince Albert
Sask
John Harbine, Jr
Senta
Ohio
Tennessee
Nodroutha
Tenn
Realty & Ing. Co
Lawrenceburg
Ron
Errey
Skin Beauty
Policy
Japan
Cirealer
Standard Oil Company
Standard Oil Company (Incorporated
Standard Oil CO
Alfred Vogler
Meor Bros
Stanlee
Peter Selgin Beck
Chicago
Acker
Alabama
Florida East
Washta
Ruiliculara
Co-Operative Stock Company
Lock Hox
Pierce
Iki Ecargoes
Cascarets
Planten
Parker
Putnam
Amy
Monroe Drug GO
Quincy
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