Dowies Debts Prompt Federal Takeover of Zion City
Chicago December 2. Judge Kohlsaat ordered receivership for all Dowie controlled property in Zion City Illinois amid mounting debts. Fred M Blount and Alabert D Currier named receivers with bonds set at 100000 each after creditors petitioned for protection. Dowie alleged insolvent with notable transfers and costly ventures weighing on finances.
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Chicago
John Aleander Dowie
Elijah II
New York
Dowie
Zion City
Ills
Fred M. Blount
Chicago National Bank
Alabert D. Currier
Boutell
Kohlsaar
United States District Court
E. Streeter Lumber Company
Christian Catholic Church
Stevenson
Lake County
Ettelson
Koblsaat
Dr. Dowie
Zion
Kohleaat
Messrs. Blount and
Currier
Hill hints at Gulf outlet for Northern Securities lines
Reports from St Paul and Great Northern headquarters indicate plans for a Gulf outlet within a year, with possible trackage or new connections to link Northern Securities lines to the Gulf. Officials note benefits for coal and grain routes, and rival lines like Rock Island and Missouri Pacific are strengthening their positions as Hill pursues closer cotton shipments sources.
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St. Paul, de
James J. Hill
Securites
Gulf of Mexico
Hill
Great Northern
Weasll
Gulf Lines
Securities Lines
Rartailly
Chcago
Burlington Territory
Liverpool
Galveston
New Orleans
New York
Gulf
Rock Island
Missouri Pacific
Wall Street
North Pacific
Burlington
St. Louis
Death of the Duke of Richmond A tale of royal expense
The Duke of Richmond died in Scotland. Born 1818, he rose to high offices including President of the Board of Trade and Lord President of the Council. In 1892 he took a $2.5 million government cash settlement for a pension, highlighting a costly royal lineage and the era of Charles II's favorites.
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Duke of Richmond
Scotland
Charles II
Board of Trade
London
Duke of Wellington
Louise de Kerouaille
Charles
Frances Stewart
Portsmouth
House of Richmond
Poisoned cigars reveal a murder plot in India
A wealthy Indian merchant uncovers a plot when cigars in his teak cabinet bear hidden poison. After a thorough search and a staged test, he confronts Lal, whose rival had hidden the deadly cigars. Police arrest Lal as the case closes.
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India
Laj
Lal
Sahib
Home Made Husking Table for Efficient Corn Harvest
A practical guide describes constructing a simple husking table from cheap lumber. The top measures ten feet by three feet, with a one inch thick surface. End pieces serve as handles and legs are two feet three inches long, bolted to side pieces to swing flat for use.
Homemade Husking Table Described for Easy Handling
A home made husking table with drop down legs is easy to raise and move. Its low cost promises time and strength savings. Agricultural notes advise renewing berry fields every six to nine years and using fresh nursery plants to avoid disease and soil exhaustion. Scraper details explain cross ridges for irrigation and repair with a horse scraper by a blacksmith.
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Indianapolis News
Chicory Cultivation Gains Ground in Several States
The American Cultivator notes chicory farming is spreading in Michigan Illinois Wisconsin Maine and Nebraska with yields of six to ten tons per acre and potential up to fifteen. Profit may exceed that of corn or wheat though costs run 30 to 45 dollars per acre. Roots are roasted after washing and used as fertilizer and forage with mixed effects on dairy flavor.
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Michigan
Illinois
Wisconsin
Maine
Nebraska
Calf Lung Worms Linked to Wet Season
The Indianapolis News warns that wet conditions cause lung worms in calves. Eggs in pond water and wet pastures infect windpipes. no reliable cure exists. Best to keep calves in dry barns with pure well water and delay pasture until grass dries. Oil of turpentine injections are not highly satisfactory but sometimes help.
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Indianapolis News
Water Barrel Cart Plans and Rural Utensils
A late 19th or early 20th century note describes a water barrel cart built from a buggy axletree and planter wheels with a small platform. an alternative simple water trough by setting a barrel in a ditch is noted. It also covers sheep grub treatment advice and farm implement tips for enviralage carriers silos cabbages and winter fodder.
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C. I. Botsford
Iowa
Homestead
Care in Breeding Swine and Cheese Making on the Farm
Guidance on brood sow care including breeding age and nutrition for optimal litters. Also notes dairy progress in cheese making, contrasting 1860 cheese price and 1850 export volume with era improvements.
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Kohlsaat
Court At
Securities
Tennessee
Grube
Denver Field
University OF
Puget Sound
Tacoima, Washington
The
Methodist
Episcopal Church
State of
Washington
Edward M. Randall, A. M. D
Tacoma, Wash
Rainier Liquid
H Street
Aberdeen
Montesano, Aberdeen
Hoquiam Sash and Door Co
Norm & Hartung
Wishkah Street
A. I. McCall
J. H. McFadden
City Livery and Transfer Company
HERON
Broadway
Aberdeen, Wash
Hoquiam, Washington
Geo. L. Hilton
San Francisco
R. P. Porter
Choice Brands
Aberdeey
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