Resignation of University of Michigan secretary amid checks
James H. Wade resigns as secretary to the University of Michigan board of regents due to infirmities. Acting secretary Martin L. D Oage named to sign diplomas, with George Wilcox handling routine duties until a successor is chosen in June. Two checks accompany the resignation, 720 for coal and 300.20 for Y M C A misaccounting. Regents Hill Knappen and Beal to audit alleged irregularities. community shaken by the move.
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University OF@cial
James H. Wade
Board of Regents
Ann Arbor
University of Michigan
Wade
Martin L. D’oage
George Wilcox
Regents
Regents Hill
Knappen
Beal
Divorce Granted to Clara Pack From Philippine Governor
Mrs. Clara Pack, wife of William A. Pack who served as governor of a Philippine province, obtained a decree of divorce from Judge John W. Adams in Kalamazoo after testimony on April 18. She cited cruelty and alleges she was forced to entertain American women allied with officers for political reasons. Pack, known as Tall Pine for his height, had military and legislative service. the couple once lived in Centerville.
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John W. Adams
Kalamazoo
Clara Pack
William A. Pack
Philippine
Pack
Philippines
Centerville
America
Girl Said to Be Forger Charged in Muskegon Court
A 16 year old girl from Bliss named Alta Murray faced Muskegon police court on forgery charges. She allegedly forged a $50 check drawn on Mrs. Kittie M. Lee, used funds to buy a hat and clothing, and received $15 in change. She reportedly admitted the theft after being traced to her home and tried to mislead officers by writing a letter to herself as if from her father saying her brother was dying, yet she provided the correct baggage clue.
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Muskegon
Alta Murray
Bliss
Kittie M. Lee
Boyd Putnam Actor Dies After Illness
Boyd Putnam, leading man for the Lillian Russell company, died at his brother in law Lyman Craw's home in Irvington New York from Bright's disease. He fell ill in Rochester in March and retired from the stage. He was a son of Judge Putnam of Grand Rapids and a descendant of Gen. Israel Putnam.
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Boyd Putnam
Lillian Russell Company
Lyman Craw
Irvington
N. Y
Bright
Putnam
Rochester
Judge Putnam
Grand Rapids
Gen
Israel Putnam
Runaway Car Kills Elk Rapids Worker at Cement Plant
Jo Beere, one of Elk Rapids oldest residents, died at the Elk Cement and Lime Company plant. He was at a conveyor at the trestle foot when a freshly unloaded car rolled down the incline, struck him, and passed over his body, killing him instantly.
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Jo Beere
Elk Rapids
Elk Cement and Lime Company
Beere
Prospects for Michigan fruit crop praised by expert
Prof. C P Mulligan of the Agricultural College in Lansing reports the backward season has not yet damaged fruit bearing trees or plants across the state. He notes frost can harm blossoms, but overall prospects for a good crop across fruit cultures are excellent this season.
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C. P. Mulligan
Horticultural Department
The
Agricultural College
Lansing
Traveling man dies after fall at Sault Ste. Marie locks
Thomas O'Brien aged 45 a traveling man for a Buffalo New York manufacturing company fell from the steps below the locks and struck his head. He was instantly killed.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Thomas O’brien
Buffalo
XN. Y
Inmate Daniel McCauley Found Dead in Pentwater River
The body of Daniel McCauley an inmate at Oceana poor farm who wandered away earlier has been recovered in the Pentwater River. Indications point to death by his own hand. He was 82 years old.
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Daniel McCauley
Oceana Poor Farm
Pentwailer River
Manominee Businessman Shoots Self After Wife's Death
Frank Cornelius a Menominee businessman bought a ticket for Germany and rode to the depot where he shot and killed himself in a cab. He was despondent over his wife's death.
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Frank Cornelius
Germany
Michigan Court to Decide if Son or Wife Killed Man
A mother seeks to save her son by confessing to murder of Chadwick Sr. on a road near Atlanta. Circumstantial clues pointed to Charles B Chadwick Jr. Footwear matched the son, but the mother’s long confession claimed she acted alone and the daughter stopped her from suicide. The case raises doubt over true killer and motive.
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Michigan
Atlanta
Charles B
Chadwick, Jr
Chadwick
Western Bandit Caught in Lansing, Lone Highwayman Named
Police in Lansing say a suspect calling himself George Smith is actually Sherman W. Morris known as The Lone Highwayman. He admitted robbing gambling houses in the West, flashing revolvers and taking cash, matching Pinkerton descriptions. He attempted to sell a valuable diamond for a small sum.
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Lansing
Morris
West
George Smith
Behrendt
Sherman W. Morris
Pinkerton Agency
Dead Son Comes Home After Year of Absence
Arthur Burg of Bay City learns from a Detroit paper that Frank Burg, once living in Michigan, was believed murdered in a San Francisco boarding house. Months later Frank returns quietly to his Bay City family, shocking parents before resuming his place at the dinner table after more than a year away.
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Bay City
Arthur Burg
Detroit
San Francisco
Burg
Mystery murder tied to boarding house owner Relitz
Detroit police investigate a murder tied to a boarding house near the American Car and Foundry Co. plant. The victim Katie Darie, a partner of Geo. Belitz, invested all her savings with Relitz around Jan. 10. She vanished Jan. 18, and Relitz sold the boarding house and disappeared Feb. 1. Suspected to have fled to Europe.
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Detroit
Katie Darie
Geo. Belitz
American Car and Foundry Co
Relitz
Europe
Among Our Neighbors In Brief Local News
A Lansing grocers’ group shifts to Thursday closing for summer. A Jenison farmer, Charles Laing, is in critical condition after a head injury from a horse. South Haven votes 54,000 city bound by wide margin. Wixom burglary steals silverware and firearms from Chambers Bros. Mrs. Sevouk of Kalamazoo dies at 27 after peritonitis. Newton Losse survives carbolic acid attempt. Detroit’s John Hewey, 16, loses leg after freight train ride. Detroit man Robert Donaldson drowns at Flint River. Port Huron court finds William L. Wilson guilty of embezzlement. John Haney’s barn burns with pigs saved by sons. Robert Dunigan of Lansing dies of tuberculosis. Ben Cook, 21, dies from a stab wound after a Penama fight. James Wagner near Marshall loses hearing after lightning effects. Michael Hogan, 42, dies after choking on a porterhouse steak in Ground Rapids.
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South Haven
Chambers Bros
F. G. Sevouk
Kalamazoo
Newton W. Losse
Whigville
Losse
John Hewey
Detroit
Robert Donaldson
Flint
William L. Wilson
Port Huron
United Home Protectors’ Fraternity
John Haney
Fruitport
Robert E. Dunigan
Lansing
Ben Cook
Penama
James Wagner
Marshall
Wagner
Michael Hogan
Ground Rapids
Hogan
Cabbage Worm Control Techniques From Early 20th Century Advice
Practical remedies for cabbage pests including Paris green flour dust, pyrethum powder, kerosene emulsion sprays, and tobacco decoction. Guidance notes proper timing, safety for humans, and multiple sprays four to five days apart. Includes a stray Field and Farm passage on gait changes in a horse.
Automatic dump wagon invention speeds unloading
A Connecticut inventor shows an automatic dump wagon. The wagon box pivots on the axle with most load behind the pivot. The forward end is held by a seat‑back lever. turning in the seat releases it and dumps the load, saving the driver from leaving the seat.
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Connecticut
Loco weed poisoning and treatments for stock
Loco weed causes repeated losses to plains stock east of the Rockies with Colorado losses estimated at a million dollars yearly. C D Marsh reports locoed cattle heal with strychnine and locoed horses with Fowler's solution. Treat animals with non loco feed and laxatives, magnesium sulfate helps correct constipation and may act as antidote. Immunity does not develop because poisoning is slow and cumulative.
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Plains
Rocky Mountains
Colorado
National Bureau of Plant Industry
C. D. Marsh
Southport Globe Onions Shape Market Favorite
Connecticut’s Southport Globe onions are praised as unsurpassed among American varieties. They enjoy high demand in premier onion districts of Ohio and New York and have steadily risen in status in markets from New York City to others. The white form is highly valued for its globe shape, thin skin, fine grain flesh, and crisp mild flavor, making it a top seller and a strong cropper.
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Connecticut
Ohio
New York
New York City
Southport
Disk plow advantages over larger and smaller sizes
The twenty four inch disk plow is superior to others. It cuts through dry hard ground and trash better, drafts lighter, and requires less sharpening. Do not cut furrows wider than eight to ten inches. Use two twenty four inch plows cutting eight inches each rather than one larger plow cutting sixteen inches.
Illinois road funds wasted on dirt roads claim
In Peoria H H L Gross secretary of the Parmers Good Road League and a National Department of Culture appointee argued that forty years of dirt road spending in Illinois could have built gravel or macadam highways across the state. He added that hard roads could be laid on black soil in the corn belt as in Massachusetts at a similar annual cost to landowners as current road taxes.
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Peoria
H. H L. Gross
Parmers” Good Road League
National Department of Culture
Illinois
Massachusetts
Field drag use for breaking clods and smoothing surface
The field drag helps break clods and create a fine surface. It can be used with the spring tooth barrow or with the disk. The 6 by 8 inch pieces, 6 to 10 feet long, are laid edgewise and bound by cross pieces made of 1 by 6 inch stock.
Ruta-Bagas Profit In Markets And Planting Tips
Prof Rane of the New Hampshire experiment Station endorses the American purple-top ruta-baga as a market favorite. It often sells for double the price of early white turnips and keeps well with little sponginess. It should be planted by July 10 if used after early peas.
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Rane
New Hampshire Experiment Station
Animals pace due to sore forward motion in fore limbs
The text observes several animals pace as a result of fore feet and legs failing to aid propulsion. Their forelimbs merely bear and stabilize the sore, heavy body, while hindquarters do the work of movement.
Farm News Notes and Market Observations
New Zealand shows strong demand for Shorthorn bulls of the milking strain. Kangaroo rats threaten California vineyards near Santa Cruz by feeding on young buds and vines. In Morgan County West Virginia farm boy Frank Culp attacked by an animal. leg nearly chewed off. Secretary Wilson forecasts bumper crops nationwide with favorable conditions for record yields. Texas accounts for one fifth of U S cattle but not all finished there. Panhandle steers recently sold for 250000. A Connecticut farmer adopts incubator method to sprout seed potatoes before transplanting.
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Farm News
New Zealand
Santa Cruz
Cal
Morgan County
W. Va
Frank Culp
Wilson
Texas
United States
Panama Canal progress and future plans outlined
The article notes ongoing dirt removal at Panama with rising excavation volumes, predicting completion in about thirty two months or by January 1 1911 given current pace. It discusses cost shifts for labor and housing, the Miraflores lock site revision for better security, and potential employment for farmers as agriculture education expands in public schools with a $30000 per state appropriation for agricultural teacher preparation. It also mentions a protest to open plains cattle and sheep farming, Navy experiments with a secret ship location device, and obituaries and other brief items.
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Panama
Canal Sone
Goethals
Miraflores
la Boca
Economic activity shows slow recovery with brighter future outlook
The senal index of activity indicates gradual business revival with growing confidence in future gains. Weather improved distributive operations while construction, outdoor work and iron and steel show better tone. Factory production edges up with more labor in farm implements, foundry and woodworking. local demand for building materials and sanitary supplies remains solid. Bank clearings total 227,430,132, down 9.7 percent from the prior year. Chicago district failures number 28 with liabilities over 5,000, down from last week and a year ago.
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Chicago
Dun
Review of Trade
Mixed crop and trade tone in Bradstreet report
New York reports mixed conditions across crops trade and industry with overall business quiet, some improvement in wholesale lines led by dry goods and firmer cotton goods. Retail gains noted in the Southwest and Northwest while New York Chicago and St Louis host large auction sales. In the U S week ending May 21 business failures total 284, Canada 39.
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New York
Chicago
St. Louis
United States
Canada
Bradstreet
Chicago and Midwest Market Prices Across Commodities
Regional price list spanning Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo New York and Topeklo markets. Cattle hogs sheep wheat corn oats rye barley butter eggs and clover seed listed with quality grades and per unit ranges.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
B.S
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Ste
Detroit
Milwaukee
New York
Facts for Farmers and Agricultural News Across States
Several Western states plan a national corn exposition next December in Omaha. Illinois teachers will be required to study agriculture. Illinois businessmen bought a 62 acre Iowa ranch at 25 dollars per acre for stock farming. Washington State has 177 thousand acres in orchards with a full crop worth millions. Wisconsin’s W J Gillette owns Corantha IV Johanna a champion butter cow that recently completed a 30 day test producing 134 pounds of butter.
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Willie Green
Charlie Brown
Uncle Sam
Texas
Ilinois
Omaha
Neb
Illinois
Iowa
Southern Cotton Association
Farmers’ Union
Washington State
W. J. Gillette
Wisconsin
Johanna
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Roosevelt
American Humane Association
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Caroline Earle White
Philadelphia
Mary Howe Totten
Washington
Navy Department
Abna Clark
Clark
Boston
Charles Bottineau
Turtle Mountain
North Dakota
J. B. Bottineau
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