Alliance Nebraska pioneers scientific dry farming program
A new alliance led by Prof. Hunt and backed by C A Newberry promotes scientific dry farming in Alliance Nebraska. The program trains dozens of local farmers, uses extensive farm plots instead of small tests, and focuses on soil testing, crop management, and disease control for potatoes and general crops.
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C. A. Newberry
Alliance, Neb
Prof
Hunt
Alliance
Neb
United States
Box Butte County Farmers’ Institute Association
E. W. Hoot
Syracuse
State Farmers’ Institute
Nebraska
Commercial Club
Moses
Newberry
Thin Man
Hupt
Prof. Hunt
Alliance Pow
Agricultural College and Experiment Station
Sand Hills
FE. Mead Wilcox
Nebraska Experiment Station
Potato Disease
New York
Rochester, N. Y
University of Nebraska
Farmers’ Instituté
ER. W. Hunt
Parisian Saily Over English Channel in Thirty Minutes
Dover July 26 details a French aviator Louis Bleriot crossing the English Channel from Calais to Dover in just under half an hour. He flew at 45 to 60 miles per hour, stayed about 250 feet above sea, and was witnessed by only a few locals as a torpedo boat destroyer trailed nearby.
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English
Dover
Louis Bleriot
Bleriot
Les Baraques
Calais
King Visits Whitela w Reid at Silsoe England
British King and Queen visit the Rest Park home of American Ambassador Silsoe and attend a service at Silsoe church. The crowd cheers as a guard of boy scouts salutes the royal party outside the church. Thousands line fences and trees to witness the royal visit.
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Silsoe
England
Ambassador Reid
Rest Park
Reid
Silsoe Church
Sioux Go to Nicaragua Will Move Hundred Families
Sioux chief Little Bison reports a Dakota colony will relocate to an unsettled Nicaraguan tract, after meeting in New Orleans to arrange land concessions with President elaya. He says about 100 Indian families will move, with hundreds more to follow from North America.
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Little Bison
New Orleans
Dakotas
General Strike Called in Sweden Headed for Aug. 4
Stockholm reports a general strike called for August 4 after forty thousand workers in woolen, cotton, and allied industries walked out on July 27. The strike is set to spread to iron works on August 2, following a circular to trades unions nationwide.
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Sweden
Stockholm
Battleship Michigan Reaches Record Speed
July 26 reports say the U S battleship Michigan after its trial trip broke speed records for its class, achieving a fraction over 14 knots per hour. The vessel’s performance was observed as it returned from its trial voyage.
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Michigan
Philadelphia
United States
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Whitelaw Reid
Nicaragua
Brennan
Conrad Koch
Brennan’s Drug Store
Alliance, Nebr
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Lincoln
Fiyiat
Antenna
Loral
Cem
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Leon
Edgemont
West
Jimiath
Denver
Bridgeport
Guernsey
National Monthly
Norman E. Mack
Buffalo, N. Y
Thomas Jefferson
The
Buffalo
N. Y
Fred J. Kern
Belleville, Ill
Atlantic
Wisconsin
Lakes
Colorado
Yellowstone Park
Seattle
California
Cody
America
F. L. Skalinder
L. W. Wakeley
Omaha
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