The Wealth of American Farm Industry Report Inside
Hon James Wilson secretary of agriculture presents the ninth annual report. It details unprecedented prosperity for American farmers in 1905, with record crop values, rising farm wealth to $8.415 billion, and a surge in bank deposits and farm investments. It notes corn, hay, wheat, and rice leading value, dairy and poultry growth, rising livestock totals, and widespread establishment of small banks fueled by farmer savings.
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James Wilson
Secretary OF Agriculture
Vale
Iowa
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
North Dakota
Massachusetts
Kanawaa
South Central States
Mississippi
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
South
Shely Ferme
United States
South Central Group
Rocky Mountain
Pacific States
South Atlantic
North Central States
North Atlantic States
Rocky Mountains
North Central
North Atlantic
South Attinde
South Central
Numaber
Mississippi River
Indian Territory
Okahoma
Boston
New York
Vonauon
State Bank Commissioner
Simple Cotillon Favors Change Fashion in Ball Attire
Boston Globe notes cotillon favors shift toward simplicity and lasting wear. Fashionable accessories such as crepe and tissue piping, paper hats, screens, and chic disguises appear, with gifts intended to be inexpensive yet showy. Favors are worn at balls then discarded less often, promoting practical elegance.
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Gouillon
Boston Globe
Test
Cotlton
Cotillon
Farmers Start Lumber Yard Then Face Pressure From Suppliers
A South Dakota town saw farmers form a lumber company to cut prices for mutual benefit. Lumber dealers and wholesalers resisted, delaying deliveries and freezing orders. The story notes how the initial profit and community savings gave way to pooling with nearby firms, raising concerns about reduced competition and possible legal remedies.
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South Dakota
Farmers’ Company
Fue Company
Conyniny
South Dakota Company
Effect of corn silage on the flavor of milk in dairy herd
The Maryland Abreu university dairy herd split into two groups feeding 40 pounds of corn silage per cow daily versus clover hay and grain. Of 872 tasters, 40 percent preferred silage milk, 29 percent non silage, 31 percent indifferent. Flavor differed more when silage fed at milking. Five samples to experts showed mixed preference. no complaints from hotels after one month. Norfolk shipped 1,260,000 feet of North Carolina pine lumber to New York firms.
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Norfolk, Va
North Carolina
New York
Immigrant Hebrews Shaped Early American History
The piece portrays Hebrew settlers as foundational to American life from Jamestown onward. It notes 5000 Hebrews in Recife, 23 in New Amsterdam in 1654, and 17000 in the Civil War era, detailing contributions in finance, law, medicine, arts, and politics, with leaders like Haym Solomon and Osborn Straus highlighted. The article emphasizes their role in revolution, industry, education, and national service across centuries.
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Kansas City
Columbus
Aragon
Jule Santangel
Santangel
Seville
Palos
Emilio Castelar
Spain
Mayserling
Professors of
Judaem
Merlan Peninsula
American
New World
Brisil
Itty
Recife
Brazil
Atlantic
New Amsterdam
Dutch West India Company
Peter Stuyvessant
United States
New England
Portugal
Eivil
New York
Elveles
Ossorr &. Straus
Turkey
Heespritsen
Carpenters Hall
Philadelphia
Samuel Levy
Ben-jamin Levy
Joseph Jacobs
Hymen Levy, Jr
David 'Ranks
Mathias Bush
Michal Grats
Barnard Graiz
Moses Mordecai
Stock Exchange
Lea
Annapolis
West Point
New York City
New Jersey
Dakotas
Woman's Unique Experiment Divided Between Husband and Lover
Mrs. Marion Hubbell of Cincinnati tells jealous wives to give time to heal infatuation as her husband, electrical engineer, fancies Miss Vesta Hall, 17, of Wilmington. A week with Miss Hall as guest ends with Hubbell returning to work while vows of marital patience remain.
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Washington Star
Marion Hubbell
Cincinnati
Vesta Hall
Wilmington
Hubbell
Miss Hall
Hubbert
Ang Mai
Ufe
Obeyed Orders In Office Confusion Over Names
Sih Thoot reprimands his staff with blunt humor as he learns the office uses first names for everyone. The janitor Mr Riley and window cleaner Mr Lantz are identified by role, not title, in a tense exchange that ends with a new, slangy warning from Elihu.
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Mr. Riley
Atr. Root
Mr. Toot
Jhumie
Mister
Wate Towef
Elihu
Boasting Man Buys Food After Claim America Feeds World
A Newark News item recounts a Proud American who proclaims that America can feed the world yet spends his money at the market. He pays forty five cents for beef steak and thirty five cents for a peck of potatoes before walking home with no funds left, illustrating the folly of boasting.
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Newark News
America
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Tis
W. J. Frazer
Ufinaia
Myers
Atic
Herre
Farmer
Brewlin
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