Alfalfa culture and pests in humid regions
Prof Hitchcock warns weeds are the main enemy of alfalfa east of the Missouri river. Spring sowing risks and fall sowing benefits are discussed, with mower clipping as a remedy for weed competition. Rust and root rot threaten stands, dodder and seed-borne issues may require plowing up land, and falling yield questions are weighed against hay and dairy use. An inventor Olaf Johnson gains a cement block patent and a machine design for making blocks and ornaments.
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Missouri River
Hitchcock
Department of Agriculture
P. G. Holden
Iowa
Holden
Olaf Johnson
Esbherville
Tile boom spreads across Swea landowners this spring
Swea City Herald notes many landowners tiling this spring. C J Lenander, W H Campbell, and Wm Ferguson undertake tile work, G A Stoke and GC Chubb clear water on farms, Sam Johanson wires for drainage, Old Carson funds ground work for an outlet, with several others showing interest amid questions on the patched ditch law and road improvements. The Armstong Journal reports six King road graders built for Benecasaynaee township and calls for similar schemes in Emmet county. Corwith Hustler mentions I G Holbridge and H Babb of Gridley Illinois seeking a site for a factory.
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Swea City
C. J. Lenander
Swea
W. H. Campbell
Wm. Ferguson
G. A. Stoke
Chubb
Grant
Sam Johanson
Old Carson
Supreme Court
Armstrong Journal
Benecasaynaee
Kossuth
Emmet
Tile plant seeks two clay sites with $1000 bonus
Reports indicate two possible locations for a tile factory within the town limits near the M. and St. L. and north of the Iowa Central track. They request a $1000 bonus, land needs are ten acres, valued at about $1000 per acre. Plant to start with 8 to 12 workers, expanding later. The city offers support and will provide goodwill and patronage to help establish the business.
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Iowa Central
Newsy Fragments Spark Early 1900s Ad Linings
A collage of quirky notices and ads shows a motherlode of period hoarding. Items include advice on telling parents about a marriage, farm loan pitches at five percent, help Wanted for general housework, paint sales, and a pitch for Taylor’s Ice Cream and Argona ice cream. Also featured are shoe fashions and oxford trends. The clippings reveal a rural Iowa town marketplace style with names like Kossuth County State Bank and Galbraith’s Shoe Store.
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Kossuth County
Jas. Taylor
Frenzied Finance expose in Everybody's Magazine
Boston readers are urged to note a promised two–part disclosure in Everybody's Magazine May issue. The author accuses the National City Bank of New York of robbing the American people of 86000000 through allied banking interests. A separate classroom anecdote ends with a punchline about a geography lesson and a boy’s quip on behind you.
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Boston
Everybody’s Magazine
Amalgamated
America
National City
Standard Oil
Bank of New York
Philadelpha
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Pat
Gley
Oxfords
John Goeders
Algona
Wm. C. Steele
S, Norton, ‘ Lumber and Coal
Ron Pater
FANCY
Algona Milling & Grain GO
United States
Cory Je
Corwith Hustler
I. G. Holbridge
H. Babb
Gridley, Illinois
Fenton
H. F. Diver
Wegener Bros
Dreyer
West Bend
Whittemore
Bancroft Register
Estherville
Emmetsburg
Emmets+burg
Britt Tribune
Stitz
Lafe Young
Taylor
Coat, Nort
Lumger Co
Dr. Ripke
A. D. Clarke & Co
Patent
Galbraith
Lawson
Hurniture Store
J. R. Laird
Court House
State Street
Woodford
Wheeler & Tompkins
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