Central Iowa Picnic plans amid crowded schools debate
The Central Iowa Picnic is planned for July in Ames with Webster City Eldora and Marshalltown among participating communities. The piece also notes rising school interest as a factor in addressing crowding and cites political moves including nominations for state superintendent and tariff policy debates within the Iowa Republican party.
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Central Iowa
Ames
Webster City
Eldora
Marshalltown
Fitchpatrick Named Seventh District Central Committee Chair
W. P. Fitchpatrick of Nevada was chosen as the seventh district member of the state central committee. He was named chairman of the finance committee during the convention and plays a key role in the committee's organization.
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W. P. Fitchpatrick
Nevada
State Central Committee
Ringling Brothers Circus Sets Des Moines Stop July 14
Special excursion rates on all travel fines have been arranged by Ringling Brothers' World’s Greatest Shows. Those wishing to visit Des Moines for the Saturday July 14 exhibition can go at very little expense. This will be the only local stop this season.
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Ringling Brothers
Des Moines
Ringling Brothers Circus Presents Grand New Show
Ringling Brothers unveils a vastly expanded production featuring 875 artists across acrobatics gymnastics and acting, 650 horses, a living giraffe pair and first bred baby elephant, plus Jerusalem and the Crusades pantomime and a grand street parade.
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Ringling Brothers’ Circus
America
Potato Rot Fungus Spreads Through Leaves and Tubers
An report describes a potato rot outbreak caused by Phytophthora infestans across potato crops. The fungus bungles leaves and tubers, with yellow then brown foliage and a white spore mass on the leaf undersides. Immediate vine treatment urged. farmers urged to submit diseased leaves for study.
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Lowa
Bordeaux mixture spray method for potato disease control
L H Pammel of the Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station explains a Bordeaux mixture recipe using 50 gallons of water with 4 pounds copper sulfate and 4 pounds lime. Dissolve copper sulfate in 4–5 gallons water, mix lime in another vessel, combine in a 20 gallon barrel with water to make 50 gallons, spray with a knapsack, repeat in 10–14 days. Urges immediate digging and sale of potatoes and avoiding diseased seed stock.
Crop Bulletin Notes Warm Week and Bumper Hay Harvest
Warm weather and uneven rainfall aided crop growth across the state. Corn and late planted fields show promising progress, with oats barley and wheat faring well. Potatoes and hay yields look very strong as county reports for July 1 list high condition percentages and a nationwide area for corn down 13 percent from 1902.
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Nhe Cash Grocer
Chase & Sanborn’s
Boston
Deas
Washburn Crosbys
B. A. Knupson
A. J. Graves
G. W. Bissell
M. A. Manning, Cash
H. T. Hall
Asst
Ames Savings Bank
Iowa
Acer
Persia
la France Rose
Sowa
Sudisch Bros
the Union Savings Bank
Union Savings Bank
Union National Bank
Alfred H. Munn
Geo. Judisch
H. Westerman
John F. Riggs
Sigourney
Henry County
Salem
Story County
Stanton
Cummins
Chas. M. Soper
State Association of County Clerks
N. E. Hansen
Board of Trustees
Prite
Hansen
Brookings
Horticultural Department
Badd
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A. T. Erwin
Arkansas University
Missouri Botanical Gardens
Iowa State College
Omaha
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Rathbone
Western Division
Minnesota
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Nebraska
Willlso
Colorado
Montana
Wyoming
Utah
Washington
Loughran & Bauer
Boswonitrs
KODAK
Ringling Bros
Summer H Miller
L. H. Pammel
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station
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