Miss Anna Gray Explores Western Canada Prairies
Letter from Anna C. Gray describes life in Didsbury Alberta with its four churches the hospitable people and growing settlement. She notes spring weather mountains a sunny land of the prairies and a thriving town with a fine Evangelical church and local literary society written March 15 about her two months there after leaving Michigan December 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna C. Gray
Michigan
Western Canada
Brown City
Mich
Alberta
Sunshine
Miss Gray
Didsbury
Prairie
Prairies
Baptist
Presbyterian
Evangelical
Tired Backs Warn of Kidney Troubles
Mrs C B Pare of Columbia Ave Glasgow Kentucky says Deans Kidney Pills regulated kidney secretions eased back pain and inflammation. A free trial is available by mail to any U S address. Price 50 cents per box, Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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C. B. Pare
Columbia Ave
Glasgow
Kentucky
C. B Pare
Dean
Pare
United States
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Farm Water Supply Sketch Shows Winter-Proof Tank System
C Ottgen of Ohio Farmer describes a windmill powered water system with a 35 barrel supply tank near the yard, multiple underground pipes, and a stock tank fed by a float. He notes keeping tanks from freezing by covering the supply tank with fodder and heating stock tanks with a heater and coal.
Rural Free Delivery Expands Across Vast Farming Territory
The report notes rural free delivery now serves 300000 square miles of U S farming lands with 12000 carriers covering nearly 300000 miles daily for about 7 million residents. Growth since 1896 and the permanent office setup on July 1 1902 are highlighted with route counts and expenses rising from 1276 routes in 1900 to 8466 in 1902 and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Department of the Post Office
Variety in Horse Rations and Market Insight
Rural World notes horses benefit from varied diets and grass gives digestive benefits. In winter, provide warm mashes with chopped carrots twice weekly. Severe weather requires cooled water for stock. It also observes plenty of buyers for $200 horses but few for $50 plugs.
Water for the Bees Aid Early Spring Hydration
Be prepared for bees when they emerge by providing a nearby watering place. A large jar with wood perches kept full of water, occasionally salted, will deter wandering flights and reduce nuisance near wells and pumps. Salt helps deter mosquitoes and may improve bee drinking.
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The
Bee Journal
Sheltered Coop Protects Hens From Sun and Rain
Farm Journal prescribes a simple chicken shelter. Drive two boards into the ground and nail a cross strip on top to form a frame. Stretch tarred or resin-sized building paper over the top to shield hens and chicks from sudden showers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Journal
Washington Post Office Probe Expands Nationwide
Washington reports a planned broad extension of the post office investigation to include major city offices with combined annual receipts over half a million dollars. The inquiry seeks better methods while addressing suspected abuses as Postmaster General Payne reshuffles the free delivery leadership by removing August W. Machen and appointing Inspector M. C. Fosnes.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Payne
August W. Machen
United States
Post Office
M. C. Fosnes
Machen
Postal Service
Collision in fog sinks Saginaw and claims many lives
In dense coastal fog off Virginia, the Clyde steamship Saginaw was struck by the Hamilton after leaving New York for Philadelphia. The collision occurred about 13 to 14 miles off the shore, 180 to 200 miles south of New York, and up to 140 miles north of Norfolk, with 20 or more feared dead.
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Norfolk
Saginaw
Old Dominion Steamship Company
Hamilton
Winter Quarter
Fenwick Island
Virginia Coast
New York
Virginia Capes
Richmond
Philadelphia
Poultry Yard Pointers From Commercial Poultry
Practical tips from Commercial Poultry on raising chicks and keeping a healthy yard. Barrels on their side are poor coops for young chicks. Maintain cleanliness to prevent disease and ensure nitrogen in eggs. Keep doors shut during rain or snow and provide activity for hens to avoid feather pulling. Exclude dogs from the yard and treat frozen combs. If chicks suffer bowel trouble, replace drinking water with scalded milk.
Gloriana Wreck Death Toll Fifteen Drowned
The American schooner Gloriana ran ashore in a dense fog near Whale Cove Nova Scotia. Fifteen crewmen including Captain George Stoddard of Gloucester Massachusetts perished with three survivors rescued and cared for by the U S consul. The wreck site is one of the coast’s most dangerous.
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United States
Rock Slide Kills Six in Giles County Tunnel Work
In Roanoke Virginia on May 8 six laborers died and three were injured when a rock slide from a mountain side buried a tunneling crew during double tracking at Eggleston Springs in Norfolk and Western railroad work. The slide struck the workers at about 45 degrees after earth and stone were removed for the tracks.
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Roanoke
Eggleston Springs
Giles County
Norfolk & Western Railroad
Peruna praised by doctors and patients in extended letters
A physician in Columbia South Carolina Dr J F Ensor endorses Peruna after using it with family and others benefiting from it for catarrh and as a tonic. Letters from C W Butts R Robbins and others cite Peruna as effective for coughs weak stomachs appetite and general debility with catarrh highlighted as a common cause of weakness.
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J. F. Ensor
Columbia
S. C
State Insane Asylum
C. W. Butts
Congress
North Dakota
Washington, D. C
C. A Butts
R. Robbins
Muskogee
I. T
Hartman
Dr. Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Ohio
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St.Jacobs Oil
Price
Anna Gray
Farm Water Supply
Stock Farm Water Works
Niel
Virginia
Nova Scotia
Slide OF
Doctor Ensor
South Carolina State Institution
L. Douglas
Soo Union
W. L. Douglas
Mas
Douglas Baocking
Western
Canada
Ottawa
C.J. Broughton
Quincy Bldg
Chicago
Ill
M. V. McInnes
Avenue Theater
Detroit
James Grieve
Sault Ste. Marie
E. T. Holmes
Jackson Street
St. Paul
Phot Deh
AE ahah KEM _ BALSAM LP se
Psec Psn Ne
Arge
Sawyer
Excelsior
Mr. Sawyer & Son
Sololifra
Rast Cambridge
Hass
Oromulsion Food Co
Pine Street
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