Apple Vinegar Making From Fresh Juice 1909 Guide
Read before the Summer Institute of the Missouri State Board of Horticulture, Dr. L J Van Slyke outlines steps for selecting ripe apples, cleaning, and processing juice, plus temperatures and timings for alcoholic and acetic fermentations. He explains storage, equipment prep, yeast usage, and how to judge vinegar readiness by acid content before selling.
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Summer Institute
Missouri State Board of Horticulture
University City
L. JL. van Slyke
Experiment Station
Geneva
N.Y
Fleischmann
Grand Army Standard Missing After Parade
Salt Lake reports the Grand Army of the Republic standard, carried for twenty years by the commander in chief and the banner of every encampment since 1889, has disappeared since the August 11 veterans parade. It was last seen over the reviewing stand as color bearers did not lower it. The flag is yellow silk, eight by twelve feet.
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Salt Lake
Aug
Grand Army of the Republic
Grand Army
Dr Cook Faces Board Over Enrollment Padding at Maryville
In Maryville Missouri August the Board of Regents hears charges against Northwest State Normal School president Homer M Cook. Allegations include inflating the 1908 enrollment from 330 to 416 and twelve other claims. Claims involve absences, extravagant expenses, poor faculty cooperation and meetings, ignored faculty input, improper records, premature certificates, and personal conduct bringing discredit to the school.
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Maryville
Northwest State Normal School
Homer M. Cook
Board of Regents
Normal Bulletin
Cook
Cholera Scare Grips Johnson County Missouri
Two farmers near Kinksville Washington Weeks and Henry Weeks died within a week under cholera like symptoms. Dr J A B Adcock found filthy conditions and a dirty water source on the Weeks farm. He classified the deaths as sporadic or aggravated cholera morbus rather than Asiatic cholera.
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Warrensburg
Washington
Henry
Kinksville
J. A. B. Adcock
State Board of Health
Adcock
Henry Weeks
Weeks
Johnson County
Illinois
Chicago Board of Trade
Progressive Democrats and Reform in Washington
The Chicago News praises progressive Republicans yet unfairly discounts the progressive Democrats. It argues Democrats provided most reform stimulus and votes on reform measures, with tariffs as a rare exception when some Democrats favored low rates on raw materials. The writer asserts Democrats generally stood for reform.
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Chicago News
Washington
Charrty
Aeronaut Falls 200 Feet in Lincoln Parade Balloon
Frederick Scott, an amateur aeronaut from Lincoln, Nebraska, fell 200 feet after the balloon collapsed from an ascent of 500 feet. He cut loose but his parachute failed to open, breaking a shoulder and a leg and sustaining internal injuries.
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Lincoln, Neb
Frederick Scott
Lincoln
Scott
Serum Test Costs 450 Dollars for Hog Cholera Try
Paris Mo Aug 23 James B Baker living north of Paris says it cost him 450 to test the State Agricultural College serum as a cholera preventive. Fifty eight hogs were treated at state expense but most died. He calls it an unfair test due to prior exposure. He suspects buzzards spreading germs after feeding on a dead horse carcass. Sam Rowe reports 140 hogs lost nearby.
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Paris
James B. Baker
State Agricultural College
Sam Rowe
Eldridge matriarch dies in Tulare California
Mrs E A Eldridge mother of Frank M Eldridge died at his Tulare California home on August 1 1909 after a life in Butler where her husband ran a building and contracting business She was born in Buffalo New York about 72 years ago and moved to California settling in Tulare five years ago Her death was sudden She leaves four children F M Eldridge Tulare C F Eldridge Hanford Edna Eldridge and Mrs T R Jones Tulare
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E. A. Eldridge
Frank M. Eldridge
Tulare
Cal
Buffalo
New York
California
F. M. Eldridge
C. FE. Eldridge
Hanford
Edna Eldridge
T. R. Jones
Lee Putman
Brundige
Opal Hogan
Frank Robinson
Frank Baie
Baie
Ed. Wolfe
James F. Ferrell
C. L. Rexroad
Belle
Charley Buckles
George Huff
Shawnee Township
Butler Co
Ohio
Missouri
Bates County
Eliza Wright
Methodist Church
It Pays as Dolliver and Cummins Return Home
When Senator Dolliver returned to Fort Dodge Iowa after an unsuccessful tariff reform bid fifteen thousand constituents greeted him with cheers. Senator Cummins received a similar reception at Des Moines. The piece argues public service over special interests and notes broad appreciation across parties.
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Dolliver
Fort Dodge
Iowa
Cummins
Des Moines
Republican Party
Wild Ducks Prove Pest in Dakota Farmlands
Sioux City reports a farmer near Hazel called State Game Warden W F Bancroft of Watertown by long distance to seek protection from a huge flock of wild ducks invading grain fields. Many farmers suffer losses as wild fowl devastate crops including a cabbage field. The legal shooting season opens September 10.
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Sioux City
Dakotas
W. F. Bancroft
Watertown
South Dakota
Hazel
No Lynching Indictments in Platte City Case
St. Joseph Mo August A special grand jury convened by Judge A D Barnes at Platte City to probe the August 2 lynching of George Johnson, who killed John. The inquiry aims to determine charges or action against those involved.
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St. Joseph, Mo
A. D. Barnes
Platte City
George Johnson
John
Became violently insane in heat touched Cotton family
Well known young farmer Tink Cotton of Rich Hill district became violently insane this morning and tried to shoot his brother and threatened neighbors. Constable Stangle removed him to Butler for county court action and possible state hospital transfer at Nevada. Similar recent derangement afflicts Peter Flexenour’s son nearby, blamed on extreme heat. both men are expected to recover.
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Tink” Cotton
Stangle
Cotton
Rich Hill
Butler
State
Nevada
Peter Flexenour
Corn Crop Shortage Hits Adrian County Hard
Adrian Journal notes a heat and drought impacts corn yields, marking a statewide crop loss for the season. The report recalls last year’s poorer harvest and warns of continuing agricultural strain across the county.
Wichita Wide Open Again
Wichita Kansas records a beer boom as the city liquor lid drops after the commission rejects a ban on imitation beer. A closed joint reopened and sold 200 cases in six hours while several other venues sold real beer. The Women's Christian Temperance Union held an indignation session amid talk of recalling three of the four city commissioners.
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Wichita
Kas
Commission
Ty Women's Christian Temperance Union Convention
Coal Heaver Heir to $450,000 Estate Tale at Muskogee
A fragmentary notice indicates an heir to a substantial estate linked to the Missouri Kansas Texas railroad at Muskogee. The four year period and the coal chute reference suggest a succession or property claim connected to a coal heaver role. Further readable details are limited in the fragment.
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Missouri, Kansen & Texas Railroad
Muskogee
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