Alaska Steamer Alaska Sinks After Fog Collision
Forty-eight people are lost when the Alaska sinks after hitting Blunt's reefs forty miles south of Eureka California. Captain Hobey is missing. Surviving 166 are brought to Eureka by Anyox and Ranger with twelve crewmen confirmed dead. Crew members suffered major injuries while some passengers were treated in local hospitals.
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Eureka
Cal
Alaska
San Francisco
Portland Steamship Co
Portland
Ore
Anyox
Coast Guard
Ranger
Hight
Harry Hobey
Angos
Hobey
Move to tax beer alternatives gains national drive
Washington reports a national push to shift taxes from people to non alcoholic beer by mandating a 275 percent alcohol beer and raising taxes from 1.0 to 1.265 billion. Prohibitionists are urged to accept a 10 per barrel tax on non intoxicating cereal beverages with up to 2 percent alcohol. Gov. Small halts his tour and returns to Springfield as warrants await. the indictment for embezzlement during his tenure lingers.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Small
Chicago
Len Small
Springfield
Missing Warren Spurgin Sought After $1,000,000 Bank Shortage
Warren C. Spurgin, former president of the de fent Michigan Avenue Trust, is the target of a search in Porto Rico as authorities trace his movement from Mexico. A police missive from San Juan, Porto Rico, requests a description of him amid a $1,000,000 shortage in the bank’s accounts.
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Spurgin
Porto Rico
Chicago
Warren C.spurgin
Defent
Michigan Avenue Trust Company
Mexico
San Juan
Vast Wheat Needed to Relieve Russian Famine Provinces
Estimates published by the Populaire, an extreme left socialist organ, claim ten Russian provinces need about 1.3 billion kilograms of wheat to ease famine. The figure equals roughly 2.8e8 pounds, reflecting a substantial food relief demand.
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Paris
Russia
The
Populaire
New Mailing Machine Introduced In New York
New York was introduced to the postage meter a machine that makes every man his own stamp printer and eliminates the need to affix stamps.
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New Mailing Machine
New York
Drop in Government Income Revealed by Mellon Report
A large three month shortfall of 330 million dollars in expected federal revenue for the current fiscal year was disclosed in a statement to the House Ways and Means Committee. Secretary Mellon presented the figures under the coal heap policy amid ongoing tax law discussions. In Nebraska, Roy Hewitt, foreman at the Nebraska Coal Company plant in Omaha, was killed by a locomotive incident involving coal handling.
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Waslington
Mellon
siMed
Omaha
Niky
Roy Hewitt
Nebraska Ewer Company
Yeluathe
Cval
Warmer winds bring melon crop and stampede of notices
A scrambled letter from Otto Metzger of Algona offers $300 to use 3200 acres until his return from Germany. Fre ment county expects a good melon crop despite weather. Jail escapes by James Hunt and Ira Duff are noted along with railroading and bond recovery rumors. Real estate deals near Sioux Center and Marquisville are reported, plus a fatal accident and Shattuck lightning losses. Local court actions include Christenson's fifty year sentence in Red Oak and Montgomery county records broken. Luncheon and public notices set for August 16 in Sioux City.
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Otto Metzger
Algona
Germany
Fremont County
James P. Hunt
Ira Duff
Creston
Hunt
Anamosa Reformatory
Duff
C. H. Glenn
Council Bluffs
Chicago
Chickasaw County Farm Bureau
Siorx County
Banner
Herman DeVries
Henry Zentenhorst
Noth
Sioux Center
Hull
Zentenhorst
Marquisville
Ena Fletcher
Old Marquisville
Frances Livermore
Frank Livermore
Garner
Audrey Zeiger
M. N. Zeiger
Frances
Audrey
Montgomery County
William Christenson
Red Oak
Fort Madison
Christenson
Peterson
Lone League of Municipalities
Sioux City
Short
Hall
Cedar Mapida
Frank Piarce
Marshalltown
BE. Baumgardner
McCallsburg
Des Moines
Baumgardner
Supreme Council in Paris and Pilgrims Day in Plymouth
News notes a Paris session of the supreme council with Premier Briand and British, French, Italian, and Japanese representatives to discuss the Upper Silesian question. President Harding attends the Pilgrim Tercentenary in Plymouth and backs an armaments conference while Sweet Bill for veterans relief is signed. The piece also reports on famine relief in Russia, cholera risk, and mixed reactions to aid efforts.
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Supreme Council
Paris
Harding
Congress
America
Mr. Hoover
American Red Cross
Walter L. Brown
Tiga
Russia
Briand of
Jance
Amterica
Great
Volga
Siberia
Ukraine
Poland
Berlin
Warsaw
Dunzig
Saultary
Great Britain
France
Italy
Japan
Harvey
Albertain
England
Belgium
Germany
Silesia
Washington
New England
Hiarding
Plymouth
Mags
United States
Winter wheat expansion and seed selection in the eastern United States
The article discusses the southward movement of winter wheat farming due to earlier maturity drought resistance and better harvest timing. It highlights varieties best suited to local climates, notes regional differences in soft and hard red wheats, and describes seed selection and magaselection as methods to improve yield. It also notes a Farmers Bulletin 1168 on adapted varieties and potential local demand in New England for poultry and stock feed.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Hall
United States
New York
Pennsylvania
United States Department of Agriculmre Lis
Ers
New England
Analysis of Manures Shows Nutrient Content Per Ton
An analysis of manures from cattle and horses indicates a ton of dry manure yields 88 pounds nitrogen, 7.6 pounds phosphorus, and 30.4 pounds potassium. Fresh farm manure, about three quarters water, contains 10 pounds nitrogen, 2 pounds phosphorus, and 8 pounds potassium.
How Disease Is Introduced In Flocks By Poor Feed and Conditions
Disease enters flocks through decayed or moldy food, and even good food spoils in dirty troughs or neglected feeding areas, especially in hot weather when feed or milk is left exposed.
Well bred poultry arousing interest in Nebraska drives
Nebraska live stock owners report strong interest in standard bred poultry under the Better Lives Better Block program. In Webster county 65 per cent joined the better sires drive, averaging 94 birds per flock. Plymouth Rocks and Leghorns lead, with White Leghorns and Wyandottes also prominent. Buff Orpingtons were the only Orpington variant reported.
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Nebraska
Plymouth Rocks
County
Farm Chimneys Need Study For Proper Farm Safety
Farm chimneys should rise from the ground and avoid brackets to reduce insurance costs. In moderate houses one or two chimneys with several flues meet all needs. provide a flue per stove for better drafts. Foundations must be brick or stone with thick exterior walls, and use solid linings or a single brick exterior if patent fire clay is used. A terra cotta thimble and ventilated thimble protect pipes passing through partitions.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Walla
PLAN TO WEAN CALVES EARLY
The cow owner who neglects to wean his calf makes ten times the trouble by letting it curse it a mother. It is surprising how soon a calf can be taught to drink from a bucket if determined. Freedom from a hungry young bull weeks later means less danger and trouble for the keeper.
Cover or blanket for cow milking setup instructions
Instructional note describes making a cow cover from a torn gunny sack with strings to fasten under forelegs and a cross-strap across the back to minimize tail swishing during milking, aiming to keep files and handlers undisturbed.
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Chicago White Sox
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Enrico Caruso
Naples
John W. Worthington
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Getter
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Webster
Plymauti
Iiwand
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