Editor's view on Western Canada farming prospects
The Nebraska Farmer editor extols Western Canada as a vast, available agrarian zone with favorable climate, long daylight, and ample rainfall. He notes wheat and livestock potential, strong cattle and sheep grazing, and government incentives for settlers to obtain low-rate certificates enabling inspection of grain lands across Alberta and Manitoba.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somse
Canada
United States
H. E. Heath
Nebraska Farmer
America
Heath
Alberta
Pacific Ocean
Colorado
Rocky Mountain
States
Canadian Prairies
Territories
Manitoba
Nebraska
Assiniboia
Dominion of Canada
Lions Go Deer Hunting By Mountain Lions In California
The Los Angeles Times notes mountain lions kill more deer yearly in California than hunters with rifles. The animal, second only to the jaguar in size, hunts relentlessly near Los Angeles, stalking from ledges and using patience to ambush deer for meals.
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Big California
California
Los Angeles Times
Americas
Los Angeles
Africa
India
Among Japanese Hills and a Mountain World Compared
Ernest Foxwell writes in Cornhill about Japan’s expansive mountainous landscape seen on a splendid summer day. He contrasts it with Switzerland noting vast, continuous romance from Innsbruck to Geneva and a sunlit atmosphere that uniquely brightens the view.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Ernest Foxwell
Cornhill
East
Switzerland
Innsbruck
Geneva
Europe
Widow Seeks Senator in Leap Year Proposal Note
A Kansas widow, 56, writes a frank proposal to a western senator listed among eligible senate widowers. She seeks marriage if he is not engaged, asserting loneliness and asking for a reply. The senator’s secretary replies coldly, slamming the door on her hope.
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Senate
Kansas
Washington
Cuticura Soap Offers Skin Cure and Emollient
Soak hands in hot creamy lather of Cuticura Soap then dry and anoint with Cuticura. Wear loose kid gloves at night with finger ends cut off for air. Full treatment for skin issues using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills sold for $1 by chemists. Bragg and Newitt exchange sharp retort in Philadelphia Press.
Spectacular 1904 Seed Yields Promoted by Salzer Catalog
An advertisement touts record per acre yields for 1903 Indiana Ohio Tennessee Michigan including 157 to 220 bushels and claims higher results in 1904. It markets seeds from Salzer Seed Co including oats barley spelt wheat and fodder crops and asks readers to request the catalog by sending 10 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salzer
Ind
Ohio
Tenn
Mich
Victoria
Farmer
John A. Salzer Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
K. L
N. Dakota
St Louis to California Tickets Highlight The Iron Mountain Route
Tickets priced at 30 dollars for St Louis to California via The Iron Mountain Route go on sale daily in March and April. Pullman Tourist Sleeping Cars will operate daily between St Louis Los Angeles and San Francisco. Details available from company agents. H C Townsend G P T Agent St Louis. Courtship and novels are more interesting than marriage and history. Chicago Daily News.
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St. Louis
California
Iron Mountain
Pullman
Los Angeles
San Francisco
H. C. Townsend
St Louis
Chicago Daily News
H. C. Townshend
It Cures While You Walk Allen's Foot-Ease Advertisement
It Cures While You Walk. Allen's Foot-Ease relieves hot sweaty feet with calluses and swelling. Sold by all druggists for 25 cents. Trial package free. Address Allen S. Olmsted Le Roy New York. Niblick "Do you understand golf" quip. Boston Transcript.
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Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy, N. Y
Niblick
Boston Transcript
Quotations and Attributions From an Agent of the Company
Snippet offers a brief note on company agents and lists a quotation from Lavater about finding faults and imperfections. The line mentions H. C. Townshend and G. P. & T. in a formal attribution style.
To Cure a Cold in One Day Ad copy notice
An old ad style notice promotes Cure products claiming fast cold relief with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets and a money back guarantee. It references testimonials and general quotations about virtue and public figures.
Army generals endorse Peruna catarrh remedy nationwide
Twenty eight Army Generals send letters praising Peruna as an effective tonic and cure for catarrh. Officials including J Floyd King, Robert Smalls, Ira Abbott, W G Yarnell, J D McBride, James Long, Chas Noske, John Erwin, F M Schell, M C Butler and others declare personal use and recommend Peruna for coughs colds dyspepsia and general debility. General Hartman invites readers to seek gratis advice if results are not prompt.
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Ira C. Abbott
N. W
Washington, D. C
Chas. F. Noske
B. St
Sebring
W. H. Sebring
W. 4Th St
Jacksonville
Fla
General Lomax
L. L. Lomax
19Th St
Washington, D.C
James R. O’beirne
Broadway
Peruna
Emmeteh
12Th St
Washington
Phe
Cook
D. C
Sypher
Middleton
Hancock Regiment
D.C
Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
No Exertion at All in Royal Bowing
A London writer notes that royal progress to open parliament features the queen bowing to crowds with little effort because carriage seats on springs cause involuntary bowing. He recalls driving a royal carriage and finding it hard to stay upright, as the seat does the bowing for the rider.
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London
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Mother Gray
Children's Home
New York City
Gray
Ress
A. S. Olmsted
le Roy
H Y
Fitzgerald & CO
Rox Ki
Giorce Papins Bend
J. Mulhall
Sioux City
Iowa
Wjhen
Bragg—“Ii
Newitt
Bragg
Philadelphia Press
Corn
Mr. Rockefeller
Lavater
Philadelphia Record
J. W. O’brien
Third Ave
Minneapolis, Minn
Sir P. Sidney
Putnam
Puck
King
Confederate Army
J. Floyd King
Smalls
Beaufort, S. C
Robert Smalls
Abbott
Yarnell
W. G. Yarnell
Lincoln Street
N. E
General McBride
J. D. McBride
Pennsylvania Ave. N. W
General Longstreet
James Longstreet
Gainesville
General Noske
Erwin
John B. Erwin
Schell Benefited
F. M. Schell
Duffield
Union Army
Cairo
General Butler
South Carolina
M. C. Butler
Kirby
D. T. Kirby
Gen. Powell
Hecker Post
W. H. Powell
Belleville
Payne
Eugene B. Payne
4Th St
Talley
Vol
Wm. Cooper Neues
C St
General Bigelow
J. G. Bigelow
O’beirne
Chase
Ass’t Adj
G. A
B. F. Chase
Harrison St
Anacostia
S. S. Yoder
O'Connor
U. S
Dennis O’connor
32Nd St
Gen. Wright
Marcus Wright
Corcoran St
Hawley
A. F. Hawley
Gen. Urell
Argo
Smithers
Cincinnati Timestar
Pope Manufacturing Co
Chicago, Il
Hartford, Conn
Salzer’s
la Crosse, Wis
St. Jacobs Oil
Western
Chicago
C. Duncan
Big Four
Jedisarpelis
Inde
M. F. Brown
Franklin St
Brooklyn
N. Yo
Andy Cathartic
Arge
Sterling Remedy Co
N.Y
Anakesis
Anakes Is
New York
Ee Teas
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