Education links rural schools to farming vitality
Leaders including James W. Robertson and R. J. Crosby urge closer ties between rural and agricultural schools to keep boys and girls on the farm. Speakers from Iowa and North Dakota push practical training beyond reading, writing, and arithmetic, while Norman and normal school debates recur. Edwin G. Dexter outlines Porto Rico’s unified school system built from elementary grades upward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ane
Beatie
Chord Henty
Williams
Deanso Ain
Athenee
Sala
Therath
James W. Robertson
de MacDonald College
Ste. Anne de Bellevue
Quebec
Mr Robertson
Ashley van Storm
Towa Agricultural School
M. J. Abbey
North Dakota Agricultural School
University
Normal School
Normal Department
Samuel FH. Harwood
Illinois Normal School
Carbondale
Ill
C. B. Robertson
New York Normal School
Cortland
N. Y
Edwin G. Dexter
Porto Rico
BORN WITHOUT HANDS ACADEMIC STAR IN LOUISVILLE
Miss Allend Shea, born without hands, graduates as valedictorian at Commercial High School Louisville. She is top penman and fastest typewriter operator, maintaining a 98.97 average, serving as class president and Cynosure editor, with three academic medals and expert bookkeeping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Keller
Allend Shea
Commercial High School
Louisville
Miss Shea
Cynosure
Tariff Bill Passes Senate Raises Rates on Goods and Spirits
The senate approved a tariff bill adjusting duties across a wide range of items. Alkaloids and oils see price shifts. finished lumber and paper products face higher or lower rates. staples like chicory, salt, and cotton cloth gain or lose duties. Spirits, wines, and dairy derivatives also see notable increases, with automotives and metals carrying steeper ad valorem duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shane Houze
Senate
War like mood grips Sleepy Hollow as feud widens
Reports say Clyde Hatfield was killed amid the Night Riders feud centered in Sleepy Hollow Missouri. Residents arm themselves, and Henry Berry’s home near the feud’s origin houses a growing arsenal as indictments flow against alleged Night Riders. Meanwhile Sacramento valley engineers lead a vast reclamation scheme to irrigate over 600000 acres and harness water power along the Sacramento River watershed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broad
Clyde Hatfield
Night Riders
Sleepy Hollow
Henry Berry
Berry
Hatfield
Sacramento Valley
California
Fragmentary OCR note on a struggle and pace in a race
A garbled OCR fragment describes a race scene with a sudden start and a slow build, referencing a mile distance and a shake or shift in pace. The readable parts hint at competition and timing but lack clear names or places.
Bottle message sparks inland romance and wedding plan
A bottle tossed into the Wabash River near Terre Haute led Miss Minnie Calise of Jacksonville and Homer Bradford of Cairo to exchange letters and photographs. Their long courtship culminated in an engagement announced after Bradford visited Jasonville, tying a unique cross river romance to nuptials.
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Saltor
Wabash
Terra Haute
Ind
Minnie Calise
Jasonville
Homer Bradford
Cairo
Ca- Use
Terre Haute
Bradford
Ohio River
Jasonvile
Miss Calise
Farm Hands Command Highest Wages This Season
Illinois farmers paid three dollars a day plus board to farm hands to save the corn crop from weeds. The situation is unprecedented with record labor costs as every available man was hired and dictated terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Great headway in grange movement in Michigan region
The upper peninsula reports thirty three local granges with a total 1200 members formed this year. A Minnesota farmer claims a quack grass solution may be found and tested by scientists. If valid, the spraying costs five dollars per acre and could revive abandoned land for cultivation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upper Peninsula
Michigan
Hennepin County
Minn
Cheyenne River
Pakota
Spee Seas
Unprecedented Rains Trigger Missouri River Floods and Train Wreck
Floodwaters swelled the Des Moines and Missouri valleys as a westbound Santa Fe train derailed near Pomona Kansas, with 18 feet of water submerging coaches. A four year old girl drowned. two passengers injured. Rescue boats evacuated passengers as Pattonsburg and Des Moines cope with widespread inundation and rail disruption.
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Pomona
Kan
Carrie Rose
Chicago
Emporia
Ottawa
Pattonsburg
George Palmer
Harrison Walker
D. Bower
B. C. Nelson
Scott
St. Joseph
Des Moines
Noted Bigamist Madson Marries Widows Across States
John Madson, alleged to have duped twenty four women in a wide sweep across the United States, is in custody in San Francisco. Police say he married ten women and was engaged or married to fourteen others, with victims from St. Louis to San Francisco and beyond losing sums from 200 to 2000 dollars each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Madson
Dupod
Wensen
Ivanteador
United States
San Francisco
Madson
Minnie Allen
Madison ‘Street
St. Louis
Alice Richardson
Madsen
Katherine Baughman
Maggie
BE. Bloom
Hannibal
A. Farran
Rocheport
Oakland
Cal
Memphis
Honeymoon Couple Die After River Tragedy at South Bend
Herman Lindemann and his bride Eleanor Zister of Chicago died in a river incident at the dam near South Bend Indiana after marrying Saturday at St. Joseph Michigan. Onlookers said their boat capsized in the rapids and Lindemann appeared to smile before vanishing as the craft sank. Identifications surfaced at the Crescent Hotel where the couple had registered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bend
Ind
Herman Lindemann
Eleanor Zister
Chicago
Joseph, Mich
Gank
Distovery
Crescent Hotel
Lindemann
Monilay
Joyner Elected NEA President Amid Textbook Price Fight
James Yadkin Joyner of North Carolina won the NEA presidency in Denver, seen as a victory for opposing schoolbook price controls. Ben Blewett and Dr J H Phillips also ran. The association denounced high school fraternities, and opened a study on simplified spelling. Irwin Shepherd reelected secretary, A H Chamberlain treasurer, Lorenzo Harvey named first vice president. San Francisco chosen as next meeting site. Milwaukee and Boston contended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Yadkin Joyner
Public Instruction
North Carolina
National Educational Association
Denver
Joyner
Ben Blewett
St. Louisa
J. H. Phillips
Birmingham
Ala
Tr. Irwin Shepherd
Winona
Gun Cotton Explosion Damages Detroit Plant in Labor Fallout
Police believe labor troubles led to a bomb like blast at Whitehead and Kales on Becker avenue Detroit. A suitcase of gun cotton under steel girders exploded wrecking windows a half mile away and damaging Seitz Auto and Transmission Company nearby. Girders were for an extension to the post office. Whitehead and Kales has pursued an open shop policy amid labor strife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Whitehead & Kales
Becker Avenue
Seitz Auto and Transmission Company
Counterfeiting Plant Found in Milwaukee Raid
Milwaukee police raided a cottage at 525 Reeds Street uncovering a complete counterfeiting operation. Mrs Hajdukovitch her three children and sister Anna Helenovich were arrested with Anna charged for attempting to pass bogus coins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Reeds Street
Hajdukovitch
Anna Helenovich
Arrest of Portuguese Duke in Madrid on Death Plot Charge
The Portuguese Duke of Albuquerque was arrested in Madrid on Thursday at Portuguese authorities request and transported to Lisbon. Madrid papers say the arrest centers on alleged complicity in the assassinations of King Carlos and Crown Prince Luiz of Portugal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
of Albuquerque
Madrid
Lisbon
Carlos
Luiz
Portugal
Writer Li McWhinney Dies After Illness
Noted author and minister Li McWhinney, known for speaking on Christian faith, passed away after a period of illness. The obituary notes his influence in religious and literary circles and his leadership in community projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Li McWhinney
Chaincettor
Sob Lyndhie Udkadwm Neg in Boe shed
Fragmentary OCR note places Lyndhie Udkadwm Neg in a Boe shed with unclear context and garbled details. No clear date or event is readable. Further readable elements are insufficient to determine a definite action or outcome.
Trade activity signals steady expansion across industries
Sustained heavy shipments through banks and rising demand for factory outputs indicate a strong trade position. Iron, steel, mine and forest products lead the lift, with high costs narrowing breadstuff output. Prominent firms announce capacity expansions at Gary and Indiana Harbor, plus large outlays for terminals, bridges and track uplift. Bank clearings exceed prior years. Chicago district failures total twenty with three over 5,000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Gary
Indiana Harbor
Dun’s Weekly Review of Trade
Trade and tariff outlook in New York markets this week
New York reports good future trade with strong market arrivals and encouraging cereal crop reports despite rains in winter wheat and corn regions. Industrial demand for harvest labor rises while tariff talks near resolution, but retail trade stumbles in rain and floods. Wholesale activity feels mid summer effects and raw material prices squeeze profits. Bradstreet notes weekly US failures at 182 and Canada 37.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Canada
Market tone shows varied farm product prices across cities
The report lists cattle hogs sheep and grain values from multiple markets including Indianapolis St Louis Toledo Cincinnati and New York. Prices span wide ranges for cattle 3.00 to 7.50 and hogs 3.50 to 8.20 per hundredweight with grains like wheat No 2 around 1.14 to 1.46 and corn No 2 white around .54 to .75 per bushel.
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Indianapolis
St. Louis
Toledo
Cincinnati Dattte
New York
Priesesits Western
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Baya
Kentucky
Samuel Scott
Central City
Hongin
Echemp
Het Gauss
Fae Ayer
Yarne Ad Valorem
Kansas
Missouri Valley
Ledigte
Espanol
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