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Newspaper
Chariton Patriot
Location
Chariton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1908
Page
8
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson reflects on twelve years at the helm. The review touts farm value growth, with total farm wealth around 70 billion dollars and 1908 eggs and poultry exceeding 600 million. It notes meat, dairy, and pure food laws expanding the department and its global scientific talents.
Lucas Schools student Emma Ekstrom spent the weekend in Ottumwa visiting friends and attending Billy Sunday meetings. The high school prepares a December 18 Christmas program with simple, useful exercises. The school board updates stoves and discusses telegraph line projects between seniors homes for practice noted by Arlie Sanders and John Kays. Members of the senior class helped with repairs and clerking duties. The high school literary society elected officers led by Walter Liddicoat with Arlie Sanders as vice president and Joseph Peterson as sergeant at arms. Ida Beattie returns to classes after illness.
The November rainfall was near normal at 1.25 inches with an inch of snow on the 14th melting by the next day. Temperatures ranged from 14 degrees above zero on the 15th to 77 above on the 18th. Field work went well and the corn is largely in the crib. Fall plowing neared average though soil remained dry. There were 18 clear days, nine cloudy and eight partly cloudy with no severe storms reported. Burr, Observer.
A historic Pecan tree in Louisiana was recently felled. Examination of its trunk reveals hundreds of annual rings, underscoring its great age and the long history of the area.
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