Missouri Farm Conditions Compared With Neighboring States
Missouri leads in farm numbers with 284,886 farms averaging 120 acres each and 75 acres of improved land per farm. The state’s livestock economy shows 130 million dollars in annual income and 55 percent of farmers rely on livestock. Tenancy is high for renters but seven of ten own their farms. Returns per acre lag behind Ohio and Illinois, with potential gains from improved crops, grazing, and Ozark fruit and dairy development.
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Missouri
Union
Commerce and Labor Bureau
Middle West
Ohio
Linola
Lews
Kansas
United States
F. B. Mumford
College of Agriculture
University of Missouri
Professor Mumford
Polly
Illi- Dols Farme
Lowe
Michigan
Prof. Mumford
David Rankin
Thiala
Iowa
Ozark Mountains
Women Who Are Envied By Their Health and Beauty
An early 20th century ad touts Electric Bitters as a cure for nervous irritability from kidney toxins and skin blemishes. It claims the remedy purifies blood, aids stomach liver and kidneys, and improves eyes breath and complexion. Sold for 5 cents at F. T. Clay's.
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F. T. Clay
Republican Warning From St Albans Messenger
The St Albans Vermont republican paper warns that voters will judge the party by tariff policy and the leadership of Aldrich and associates. It emphasizes not demagoguery but accountability, citing past years as proof that stubborn interests obstruct prudent governance and threaten future electoral outcomes.
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St. Albans
Vermont
Congress
Republican Party
Aldrich
Outwitting a Widow by a Clever Little Scheme
Mrs Montgomery Miller flippantly advises the widow Mrs Shaw while maneuvering her husband Mantle. A plotting pair of fortunes and favors unfolds as Miller recruits rich Walter Haven to rescue her marriage, with a child and a doggedly sly plan shaping the affair.
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Mrs. Shaw
Mantle
Mr. Haven
Met
Tarling
Darling
Mrs. Miller
Montie
Olive
Metropolitan Club
Walter Haven
Angrter
Potatoes honor statues bloom in European towns
A traveler recalls how towns like Offenberg erect potato monuments. The Drake statue pedestal and garlands celebrate the tuber, noting Drake introduced the potato to Europe. The gift is from Andrew Frederick of Strasburg, with erectors listed, and similar statues exist in Mura and other small towns.
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Germany
Offenberg
Francis Drake
Europe
Sir Francis Drake
Andrew Frederick
Strasburg
Mura
Emall
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Jaques Mig
the Blues
Arene Sas
C. W. Hess
Daily Story Pub. Co
Rosh
Mre
Shaw
State Bank
Butler, MO
Total
T. C. Boulware
R. B. Campbell
John Deerwester
H. Dutcher
Wm, E. Walton, Pres
J. B. Walton, Cashier
W. M. Hardinger
A. B. Owen
Wm. E
Tyler
Frank M. Voris
J. B. Walton
Wm. E. Walton
Jesse E. Smith
Ass't
THE
Walton Trust Company
Bates
Vernon
Barton
Cedar
Dade
Polk
Oklahoma
Bates County
Wm. E. Walton, Pres
Frank Allen
C. A. Allen
Peoples Bank
Butler, Missouri
Butler
J. W7
Barnhart
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