Alaska Wheat Miracle Claim Spreads From One Patch
An Idaho farmer Abraham Adams discovers a single head of Alaska wheat that yields 222 bushels per acre and grows as hard wheat. Tests in Moscow and Alabama suggest top quality and potential world impact, with forecasts of widespread adoption and economic benefits for farmers.
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Oscar F. Gee
Saturday Evening Post
United States
Alaska
Abraham Adams
Kentucky
Great West
Idaho
Juliaetta
Adams
Moscow
Alabama
All America
Missouri
England's Mosquito Harvester Devastates Kent This Summer
An account compares the English mosquito to a far more insidious harvester insect. The harvester hides in grass and on tennis courts, delivers silent attacks, and causes long lasting swellings that resist ordinary remedies.
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England
Kent
British Isles
New
Lightning Strokes
Fire insurance figures show 49 percent of barn fires from lightning, 10 to 15 percent from carelessness, 8 to 12 percent from overheated flues, with the rest from other causes including incendiarism. The Weather Bureau reports 1899 lightning damage totaled 455 527 dollars, 6256 buildings injured, 3 016 520 dollars property lost, 563 deaths, 820 injured, and 4 251 livestock killed. Tall chimneys and moisture in hay barns and porous tree barks attract strikes.
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Weather Bureau
the Department of Agriculture
What an Inch of Rain Means
A Philadelphia Bulletin weather note explains rainfall volume. It converts an inch of water over an acre into cubic inches and gallons, detailing that 1 inch equals about 22,000 gallons or 160 tons per acre. The tone satirizes public understanding of rainfall measurements.
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The
Philadelphia Bulletin
Will of father cited as key to success
A man reflects that his prosperity stemmed from a will left by his father, emphasizing how that document shaped his life and credit to success.
Jingles from Japan by Helen Hyde
Poem excerpt contrasts Japan’s patient pace with Western haste. Lines describe a land where time drifts and actions are unhurried, clocks align with daily ease, and certainty delays. The verse ends with a playful invitation to the Land of Approximate Time.
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Helen Hyde
Japan
Bottomless pits described by geologist as facts
Professor FE A Martel states bottomless pits are factual cleft caves formed by erosion. He cites Platary hole on Vercors ridge above Clelles with a 5100 feet elevation, a deep basin erosion, and a 26 foot arch. Other examples include Belgium’s Grand Duke’s hole and chalk cliffs at Etretat.
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FE. A. Martel
Platary
Vercors
Clelles
Chicago Tribune
Troves
Percy
Grendle
Veynes
Belgium
Etretat
Oxford Hood Controversy Sparks Episcopal Wit
A Gar den City man notes an Oxford hood worn by an American clergyman at a service. Another bishop points out the wearer lacks an Oxford degree, calling it a lie on his back. The exchange ends with light humor about the falsehood of the hood.
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Burgess
Garden City
University of Oxford
Oxford
Bishop Burgess
Horses of Iceland Shod With Sheep Horns
A curious note reports Icelandic horses fitted with sheep horns as horseshoes. The practice appears anecdotal with no documented purpose or broader adoption.
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Iceland
One of Peace's Victories at Port Arthur Monument
The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports a joint Port Arthur monument dedication born from Russo Japanese goodwill. Russians and Japanese troops attended, Greek prelates officiated, and General Nogi represented Japan. The event portrayed as a lasting emblem of peace between nations.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Russia
Japan
Port Arthur
Nogi
Roads in Japan Too Narrow for Motors
The New York Times notes the run through Japan faced unique hurdles as native roads and steep ascents proved too narrow for standard motor tread. Coolies hauled cars over these sections, yet the Thomas car persisted, completing the crossing in three days to Tsuruga and beating French and Italian rivals.
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Japan
New York Times
Tsuruga
The Kid Asks If He Will Hold David's Slingshot
Four year old Joe, inspired by bible tales, wakes his mother at midnight asking where David is and if he will let him hold David's slingshot in heaven. The child wonders about life after death and heavenly visits.
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Joe
David
Mamma
Dialog exchange on war combat and pursuit
A staged wartime exchange features a woman asking about fighting, forcing a man to admit he did his share, made the enemy retreat, and was pursued. The dialogue emphasizes personal wartime involvement and accountability.
Office over Gamble's Drug Store
An office is located over Gamble's Drug Store with Iowa phone listings for office 121-M and residence 123-J a mutual phone line for office 199 is noted.
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Gamble’s Drug Store
Iowa
Mutual
Keating
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Club
Ard
BE. Hunt
Ames
G. J. Snyder
T. L. Rice
B. F. Nickerson
General Cement Contractor
Iowa Association of Cement Users
A. B. Maxwell, M. D
Kooser
Ames, Iowa
J. F. Tilden
Odd Fellows Temple
Jowa
C. G. Tilden, M. D
Oo. F. Temple
C. L. Waltmire
Bell
Co. H. Pasley
M. J. Adams
Daniel McCarthy
J. Y. Luke
McCarthy & Luke
Attorneys-At-Law
Story County Bank
A. W
Crary
Crary Bros. Hardware
Seventh and
Story Street
Boone, Iowa
Union National Bank
W. M. Greeley
K. W. Stanton
Henry Wilson
C. L. Siverly
Ass't. Cashier
Nelson & Nible
Bower & McCartney
Parney Sheldon
B. J. Sheldon
A. Keenan
Knauth
Nachod & Kahne
New York
National Bank of Commerce
First National Bank
Chicago
Des Moines Savings Bank
Des Moines
Marshalltown
Judisch Bros
Green’s Furnaces
Colonial Furnace
A. L. White
Frank E. Morris
Hack Lane
Funer
College
Onondaga
Chamberlain
Kk. F. Posegate
Kennedy
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