Alberta and Saskatchewan rise on forward movement in agriculture
The article notes that after 1905 Alberta and Saskatchewan formed from the Northwest Territories. It details acreage sown to wheat oats and barley from 1898 to 1904 and shows record yields, a bumper crop year after 1930, and a strong expansion of grain farming. It warns that Alberta winter wheat can be grown and highlights railway expansion driving settlement and prosperity in the Canadian West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western
Canada
Ottawa
cChicago
Indianapolis
Ind
Callahan Block
Milwoonkee
Wik
Js. Crawford
Kansas City
Detroit
Mich
Northwest Territories
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Lushers
West
Waiter Kept Waiting An Hour At The Inn
A quarrel over service unfolds as a guest complains about a long delay while a waiter responds with light banter in a bustling inn setting. The snippet captures social friction in a moment of dining room activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Witter Tydensandyi
Les Annales
Advertising blurb for Allen's Foot Ease trial offer
An old advertisement promotes Allen's Foot- Ease as a cure for swollen sweaty feet with a trial package offered free. It urges readers to contact A. S. Olmsted of Le Roy New York and mentions a five cent to ten cent price range and a subtle warning about time returning to haunt the reader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
A. S. Olmsted
le Roy
N.Y
Pink Pills Restore Strength and Sleep, Detroit Woman Testifies
Mrs. Clara L. Wilde of Detroit credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with transforming her health after six months of feebleness. She describes lasting strength, restored appetite, weight gain, and renewed color after taking six boxes, noting the pills contain no stimulant and can be bought at any drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Williams
Eternal quotes about courage and character
A collage of aphorisms from Pliny to Marcus Aurelius on virtue, education, life, and restraint. It contrasts benevolence, open courage, habit, and the power of self-directed learning with reflections on speech and the human condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Napoleon
Richter
George D. Tripp
Gibbon
Marcus Aurelius
Ceorgs Lliow
Hidden declinations in the New York Sun star chart
A fragment references reading stars and finding declinations in the New York Sun. The dialogue suggests a cryptic reveal about celestial notes and hidden details.
Motor Car Growth In Britain Surges Last Year
Thirteen thousand motor cars were built in Great Britain last year. The report notes a sharp increase over the preceding year reflecting expanding industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Coffee Hazard Warns Reader to Quit for Health
A Western woman describes lifelong coffee use leading to nervousness and heart trouble. After adopting Postum Food Coffee on her husband’s advice, she reports relief as after the coffee poison cleared from her system and nutrition rebuilt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ibezan
Ape Oy
Record Cold Sweeps Minneapolis and Superior Markets
The region endures a harsh winter with Minneapolis reporting 17 below zero at 7 a m the coldest so far this season. Duluth and the Soo reached 22 below while Minnedosa Man tops the map. Superior Wisconsin records show 25 to 28 below in coldest spell of the year with Milwaukee at 1.4 degrees below zero and Green Bay Lacrosse and Madison around eight to ten below.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weather Bureau
United States
Minneapolis
Soo
Duluth
Devils Lake
Minnedosa
Man
Canadian Northwest
Superior
Wis
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Green Bay
Ard la Crosse
Maciscon
Countess Boni de Castellane Seeks Divorce in Paris
Paris reports Countess Boni de Castellane formerly Anna Gould filed a divorce plea Monday. Judge Henry Ditte attempted reconciliation under French law but failed, and the suit will proceed. Custody for children remains with the mother for now, with court delays likely before a decree in three to six months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Boni de Castellane
Anna Gould
Henry Ditte
Court of First Instances
Ditte
Count de Castellane
Request for Kiely Resignation from City Police Board
The board of police commissioners asked Chief Kiely to resign but he refused and demanded a trial. Pending the trial the board suspended Kiely and appointed Night Chief Gallapsy as acting chief and Lieut Wilson as acting night chief. Kiely has served 59 years in the department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Kiely
Board of Police Commissioners
Police Board
Gallapsy
Lieut
Wilson
Hiely
Police Department
Sorensons Run Down by Train Near Oregon Wis Crossing
Anne Sorenson aged 40 and her brother Christ Sorenson aged 28 were struck and killed by a Chicago and North Western passenger train at a crossing near Oregon Wisconsin on February 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon
Wis
Anne
Christ Sorenson
Chicago & Northwestern
Sugar Mill Fire Ravages Onomea Plantation
Honoluku reports Onomea sugar plantation mill in Hawaii damaged by fire. Fifteen thousand bags of sugar lost and total damage estimated around 100000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mach
Honoluki
Onomea
Island of
Hawaii
Explosion kills three in Sosnovice house blast
In Sosnovice, Russia Poland on February 6 a bomb exploded in a house killing three men and leaving two others dangerously wounded. The blast occurred as Sigmund was loading the device.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sosnovice
Russian
Poland
Imed
Sigmund
Salzer’s Bargain Seed Book Offer From Salter Seed Co
A notice advertises Salzer’s Bargain Seed Book offering bargain seeds for sale and a free seed package. It promises enough seed to grow 5 tons of grass on a farm lot this summer and includes a Cosmo flower package. John A Salter Seed Co Lock Drawer IX La Crosse Wis is listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Salter Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
Windy City boasts in New York ends with cautionary tale
A Chicago man boasting about his city’s winds is knocked speechless by a blast of lightning near the Flatiron, then swept around City Hall and Battery Park before being slammed into an aquarium. The tale, from the Suns, ends with the quip that Chicago’s windiness is a vacuum by comparison.
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Chicago
New York
Suns
City Hall Park
Battery Park
Aquarium
Bay
Windy City
Baby cured by Cuticura Soap and Ointment after sores
In a Woodville Connecticut letter dated April 22 1905 Mrs. Robert Sheldon reports her year and a half old son suffered severe sores all over his body despite two physicians care. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment for about two months the sores fully healed and the child became strong again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eobert Sheldon
Woodville, Conn
Cure cold in one day claims and anxious brisk sales
An old anecdote notes remedies such as Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets with Druggists refund promises and signatures on boxes. It cites Uncle Eben and a Washington Star quip about hurry and time. Also Woolford's Sanitary Lotion claims 20 minute itch cure and Druggists sell with Crawfordsville orders.
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E.W. Guove
Woolford
Detchon
Crawfordsville
Ind
Guaranteed Cure for Piles Claim in 6 Holidays Advise
An advertisement touts Pazo OINTMENT as a cure for piles with a refund guarantee if it fails within six holidays. The note cites testimonials and warns of Cruerists, while a stray remark from N. W. Samuel of Ocean Grove New Jersey dated February 17, 1900, ends with a quip about taking a day off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. W. Samuel
Ocean Grove
N. J
Nervous Prostration Solved by Lydia E Pinkham's Compound
A pamphlet-like ad extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for nervous prostration among women. It cites testimonials from Mrs M E Shotwell of Brooklyn describing relief from back ache headaches sleeplessness and fatigue after using the remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
M. E. Shotwell
Flatbush Avenue
Brooklyn
Nickel Plate Road Passenger Service Highlights
The Nickel Plate Road offers popular eastbound passenger service with attentive staff, uniformed colored porters, clean cars, Pullman sleepers, and dining options including club meals. Trains depart from La Salle Street Station Chicago. for tickets and reservations contact General Agent J. Calahan at 111 Adams St Chicago Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nickel Plate Road
la Salle St
Chicago
Calahan
Adams St
T'ae World Rhetoric From a Youthful Perspective
A reflective remark contrasts current world weariness with earlier days, suggesting adulthood reveals no greater hardship than youth faced, only a shift in perspective and responsibility shaping one's view of life.
Very Low Rates South Feb 6th and 20th
On those dates round trip Home-seekers tickets will go on sale at very low rates via the Nashville Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway to many points in Tennessee, North Alabama and Georgia with liberal stop-overs. Chicago departures priced 25 percent below the one way rate. Contact your home agent or Briard F. Hill for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis
Tennessee
Alabama
Georgia
South
Chicago
Briard F. Hill
N.C
St. L. Ry
Marquette Bldg
Outrage: coughing robs services of relief from cough cure
An ad railing at coughing during services denounces disruption while promoting Anti-Gripine as a guaranteed cure. It advertises sales at various places and lists F W Diemer MD as the Springfield Missouri manufacturer with price 25 ets. The text mentions plugs of all sorts including horses hats and men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diemer
M.D
Springfeld
F. W. Diemer
M. D
Springfield
Lost 72 Pounds After Kidney Trouble Experiment
Dr Melvin M Page of Page Optical Co recalls a 1895 kidney illness with severe congestion pain and weight loss from 194 to 122 pounds. After using Deans Kidney Pills the condition improved quickly and he has weighed 188 pounds since 1896. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin M. Page
Page Optical Co
Eric, Pa
New York
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
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Thass
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AITH
Chicago, LL
Kolwelus Tan
Dr.Colwell Co
Cortland St
Jackson, Mich
Kemp
Carters
Uttle VE
UTES
Pliny, Jr
Thackeray
Johnson
Becker
N. Y. Sun
Gregory's Seeds
J.J
Gerwerg & Fea
Marbiehens
Mass
Chesebrough Mfg. CO
State Street
New York City
Price
Countess
Bill
de Castellane
Colorado
Washington
Patterson
Santo Domingo
Iit
Salzer
Washington Star
Cutiura
Annyone
Sinners’ Club
Vtchison Globe
Uncle Eben
Mrs ME Shotwell
Gray
Rother Gay
Ace Dba
Sean Nurse
Chile
Eubriets
Sedren
GS. Olmsted
Oklahoma Canning Company
LARS
Arkansas Lads
Little Rock
Ark
Erald & CO
Pilease
Ron Ae Pout Attare Nsumptidon
The
California Fig Syrup Co
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