Longtime public figure Colonel Lewis eyed U S Senate bid
Survey notes Colonel Lewis of Chicago rose to national notice for elegance and wit and held influence in public life. It recalls his past runs for vice president and Illinois governorship, plus a famous rival impersonator in hotel lobbies. Also covered are New York suffrage parades, Confederate veterans’ reunion plans, and European and Southern academic efforts.
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Jones Hamilton Lewis
Chicago
Lewis
United
Senate
Congress
Nas
Etete
Washington
Cuba
F. D. Grant
Pacific Coast
Macon
U Wnder
Levine Walker
Sone
Memphis
State party conventions span early May nationwide
The lily white wing of South Carolina Republicans meet in Columbia on May 4, as do Delaware Republicans in Dover to pick national convention delegates. Nevada Republicans convene in Fallon, Washington Democrats in Walla Walla on May 6, and Pennsylvania Democrats in Harrisburg on May 7.
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Republican Party
South Carolina
Columbia
Delaware
Dover
Nevada
Falion
Washington
Walla Walla
Harrisburg
Judson Clements Longtime Commissioner Appointed by Presidents
Appointed from Georgia by President Harrison to 1800 Judson Clements recently began his twenty year tenure on the Interstate Commerce Commission. Reappointed by Cleveland McKinley and Roosevelt, he became ranking member and chair on May 14, 1911, succeeding Martin A. Knapp who moved to the Supreme Court. The commission emphasizes seniority and nonpartisan leadership.
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Georgia
Harrison
Judson
Clements
Uternate Commerce Commission
Cleve
Mail Order Money Sparks Town Growth
A station master persuades residents to buy locally, challenging mall order habits. He cites a hardware dealer and a dry goods merchant who sell similar goods at higher prices, noting the benefit to town prosperity when customers support home businesses. A bicycle purchase illustrates the point, leading to a shift in shopping habits and rapid town improvements.
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Middle West
Jones
Brown
Brown and Jones
Browne
Catalpa Trees as a Kansas Investment in Five Acre Lots
A Kansas Farmer reader asks about catalpa trees as fast growing timber and a source of income. Some Kansas farmers plant catalpa groves for timber, using pods and seed as revenue. The related Franklin county image shows catalpa ornamentation and living fence posts. Also notes a cow restraint remedy from Howard’s Dairyman.
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Kansas
Catalpa
Franklin County
Catalpa Wood Proves Profitable for Posts and Ties
The catalpa tree yields durable fence posts, railroad ties, and even furniture. Catalpa speciosa grows from pure seed, with limited native supply, yet boards, crossties, and railway car seats showcase its longevity. The article urges interest in glass farming opportunities near northern cities.
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Indiana
St. Louis
Sunday School Lesson On Riches And Poverty
The lesson contrasts two life ideals from Luke 12 and Luke 6, urging the poor to seek the kingdom of God and warning against wealth-driven complacency. It cites psalms and epistles, notes trials like persecution, and uses the Dives and Lazarus parable to stress seizing present opportunities and fulfilling social responsibilities.
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Luke
Jesus
Peter
Helre
Mineey
Luke al
Nicodemus
Arimathes
Dives
Lazarus
Palestine
Abraham
Hell
Hades
Leon
Hoses
Various Farm Recipes Potasio Scab Prevention and Remedies
A Rural New Yorker excerpt lists farm treatment methods. It details formalin soaking for potato scab and oat smut, bean weevil fumigation with Wenlphide of carbon, and a standard Hordeaux Mixture using copper sulphate and lime for tree dormant-season spray and foliage dilution guidance.
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New Yorker
Wheat rust linked to sunspot cycles says Indian scientist
Dr G Sahasrabudhe of Poona, cited by G N Sahasrabudhe in Poona and noted by G Stuart Gager of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, finds wheat rust severity correlates with sunspot activity. The rust is weakest when sunspot areas shrink and recurs in roughly eleven year cycles during solar maximums, thriving in damp weather.
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G. Stuart Gager
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
G. N. Sahasrabudhe
College of Agriculture
Poona
India
Case of Brazen Identity Theft and a Narrow Not Guilty Verdict
Henry Day, Clayton postmaster, faced trial for attempted assault and robbery after widow Martin claimed he threatened her for $2,000. Witnesses identified Day, then questioned his identity with new testimony challenging the voice and appearance clue. The jury returned a not guilty verdict amid conflicting accusations and misidentifications.
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Clayton
Henry Day
Martin
Frank
Mr. Day
Day
Justice of the Peace
James Bailey
James Bulley
Pareute
United States
Flo
Aly
Digeelf
Also Mentioned on This Page
Survey of the World
New York
Woman's Political Union
College Equal Suffrage League
Trades Union League
Wage Earners’ League
Socialists’ Suffrage Group
Albany
Fifth Avenue
Hilprecht
Biephee Langdon
Jesus College of Oxford
Constantinople
Hilprechi
University of Pennsylvania
Langdon
Bates
Yorktown
Joseph EB. Johnston
Richmond
George Mt. McClellan
Germany
Royal Agricultural College
Leipzig
Southern Congress
Nashville
Tenn
Hooper
Kansas City
The
Aero Club of America
Samuel Reber
Halen
Coleonel
James Hamilton Lewis
United States Senate
Commerce Board Pioneer
Clinedinat
Dudeen C. Clements
New
Catalpans
Hloard
United States Forest Service
Charles B. Lewis
Wes
Bailey
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