Western Canada Farm Boom and Immigration Drive
The article urges Western Canada as a land of opportunity driven by high farm prices and rising profits. It highlights abundant wheat yields, low land prices now rising with demand, and widespread immigration to inspect and settle, aided by favorable rail rates and rural infrastructure. The tone celebrates agriculture as central to global prosperity.
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Canada
Western
Western Canada
America
Boschee’s German Syrup Ad Forty One Year Claim
This advertisement promotes Boschee’s German Syrup as a remedy for coughs bronchitis colds and lung troubles. It asserts fifty one years of success across the United States and claims the medicine aids rest easing expectoration and healing with bottles priced at 80 and 90 cents.
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Boschee
United States
Chariots of Iron at Gaza Recalled by London Star
The London Star recalls Gaza operations linking biblical chariots of iron to tanks in a modern siege. It cites Joshua and Judges to suggest Allied forces under General Allenby may achieve final, complete clearance of the Philistines in the valley.
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Gaza
London Star
Ajalon
Allenby
Judah
Castoria Safety Reminder Endorsed for Over 30 Years
Important to Mothers. Examine carefully every bottle of Castoria, that famous old remedy for infants and children, and see that it bears the Signature of Fletcher. Children cry for Castoria by name, a trusted remedy used for over 30 years.
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Fletcher
Boystrous and Girlstrous
In a neighborhood dispute, Mary's mother objects to Mary playing with a loud girl. Mary defends her choice, noting the girl is boisterous and that she won’t play with her brother Tommy because he is a sissy and girl strous. The exchange highlights gendered labels used to describe behavior.
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Mary
Tommy
Re-enforced Concrete Dry Dock Celebrated in Moss Norway
The first reinforced concrete dry dock completed at Moss in Norway was celebrated. It will accommodate ships of 100 tons and 90 feet, proving cheaper and faster to build than steel, and the shipyard already gets inquiries for docks up to 8,000 tons.
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Moss
Norway
Not Like the Old Days In Town Telegram Sparks Talk
Local chatter says Lew Higgins sent a telegram while Farmer Mowbrey questions the names. Young folks forging ahead draw in town interest and surprise at the new pace of change.
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Lew Higgins
Farmer Mowbrey
Lem
Crackey
Bowser Family Chooses Old Remedies Over Doctor Bills
In 1917 a Bowser couple dispute a doctor's $24 bill for eight visits. Mrs Bowser recalls past home cures, mocking the doctor’s remedies and arguing that simple herbs sufficed. The tale ends with Bowser visiting the drugstore, paying the bill, and returning to chase the man who sent it.
Is It Wrong to Fight Aimed at Boys and Girls War Guidance
A reader asks if fighting is ever justified. The piece argues it depends and urges youths to support war effort, join the Junior Red Cross, and back Uncle Sam. It cites President Wilson, Franklin Roosevelt era rhetoric, and lessons from U S history to uphold democracy and aid allies France Belgium and Great Britain.
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George Washington
U.S. Grant
Buffalo Bill
United States of America
Wilson
Congress
Mr. Hoover
America
France
Belgium
Great Britain
Red Cross
Sam
United States
Bunker Hill
Boston
Liberty
Bell
Lexington
Valley Forge
Yorktown
Little Cowlets Impress Anita On Farm Visit
Anita recalls her first country trip and the farm scene. She describes seeing many cows and the cutest little cowlets, sharing the experience with a city playmate. The tale captures a child’s rural fascination.
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Anita
Girl Kills Father While He Slept in Bardwell
Bardwell Kentucky James Wilmouth a farmer was shot and killed in his bed by his sixteen year old daughter Lillian The girl claims her father had beaten her until she could not walk authorities report the alleged family tragedy with no formal charges stated yet
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Bardwell
James Wilmouth
Frear
Lillian
Cuticura Heals Sore Hands Quick and Easy
Soak hands in Cuticura Soap then rub Cuticura Ointment into the hands for a time. Dry and remove excess with tissue. Free sample by mail with Book from Cuticura Dept L Boston. Sold everywhere. Adx.
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Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Dinner Soup Mystery From Leftover Batter Cake
A humorous exchange reveals a cook’s thrift as batter cake scraps stirred into soup. The man questions the strange puff balls floating on the surface, and the woman bluntly explains the leftover cake was repurposed into the meal.
Berlin Classified Exchange Reflects Labor Mobility Limits
A Berlin Tages Zeitung ad offers to exchange 50 Polish laborers for an equal number of other workers, highlighting that Polish workers cannot freely switch masters in Germany without government authorization. The note compares such exchanges to trading horses or bartering household goods.
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Berlin
Germany
Berlin Tages Zeitung
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Offered as Deafness Cure
An ills of catarrhal deafness is traced to inflamed mucous surfaces and Eustachian tube blockage. The text claims Hall's Catarrh Medicine cures by affecting the blood and mucous surfaces, offering up to one hundred dollars for cases cured, with free circulars from F. J. Cheney & Co. in Toledo, Ohio.
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Hall
Toledo, Ohio
Not Making a Cent Moral Tale of a Father and son
A local manufacturer struggles with business as his son Willie asks arithmetic questions. Willie inquires how many cents make 18 dimes and how many mills make a cent. The father jokes that no mills exist until the coal situation improves.
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Willie
Father
Fragmentary line prompts trial in knowledge clash
A jagged quote fragment hints at a dispute over knowledge and men. The text suggests obstacles arise when attempts to understand or proceed are blocked by reliance on perceived wisdom.
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