Science 15 Great nd in Producing American Crops
Government bureaus improve crops by introducing hardy cereals and fighting insects. Durum wheat, Swedish oats, and other crops boost value. corn leads, cotton hay rise, boll weevil parasites cut pest damage. Strong entities include the Department of Agriculture, Entomology Bureau, Plant Industry Bureau, and mentions of durum wheat, Swedish oats, Hessian fly, green bug.
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United States
Department of Agriculture
Reclamation Service
Agricultural Department
America
Bureau of Entomology
Mississippi River
Bureau of Plant Industry
Dakotas
Plant Industry Bureau
Entomology Bureau
Hamilton historian Stephen Decatur Cone dead at 68
Stephen Decatur Cone longtime Hamilton historian died in Mercy Hospital aged 68 after illness and a fall. A Civil War veteran and former storekeeper, he ran newspapers in Hamilton and Oxford since 1876 and led efforts to admit Black students to Oxford public schools. He authored a two volume Hamilton history and engaged with the Ohio Historical Society. Five children survive.
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton, O
Stephen Decatur Cone
Hamilton
Mercy Hospital
Cone
Butler County
Crosby
Hamilton County
Hamilton Intelligencer
Life. Halford
Harrison
Eighty-fourth Ohio Regiment
Ohio
Ohio Historical and Archaeological Society
Baldwin Drives Dirigible on Official Course Trials
Washington Aug 11 Captain Baldwin’s dirigible speed trial was postponed again but a preliminary run was made with Curtis and Baldwin aboard. The flight covered nearly five miles in twenty two minutes at about eighteen point seven miles per hour amid a headwind as Secretary Wright and others watched.
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Washington
Captain Baldwin
Mr. Curtis
Falls Church
Luke E. Wright
James Allen
Wright
Orville Wright
Dayton
Signal Corps
Baldwin
Hammondsport
Thomas
General Allen
Ft. Myer
Ft. Meyer
Allen
Count Okuma says fleet aims at Japan in Roosevelt era debate
Count Okuma argues in a Hochi article that American naval expansion seeks Pacific control and targets Japan. He warns hostility would be dreadful if nations collide, while noting Japanese resolve and the fragile pacific balance. A New York luncheon marks cordial Japan America ties with Ambassador OBrien in attendance.
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Commercial Tribune
Tokyo
Count Okuma
The
Hochi
Japan
Roosevelt
America
Pacific
East
United States
New
Hotel Astor
Thomas J. O'Brien
Japan Society of New York
Coghlan
Burrows
Baron Takahira
Washington
Taft Campaign Moves Focus To Virginia Mountains
Ohio Taft manager Vorys and Gus J. Karger arrive in Hot Springs with Frank Hitchcock as National Chairman. Vorys predicts a large Ohio plurality for the Republican ticket and analyzes the Congressional map, while discussions cover advisory committee picks and campaign planning. West Virginia decisions and Ohio needs frame talks as Taft receives invitations and attention from regional leaders.
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Hot Springs
Arthur I. Vorys
Ohio Taft
Mr. Taft
Gus J. Karger
Frank H. Hitchcock
Virginia
Vorys
Ohio
Buckeye
Hitchcock
West Virginia
Oubtic
Thew National Committee
Scherr
Taft
Southern Hardware
Memphis
Tenn
Henry L. Lupton
Oliver Iron and Steel Company
Pittsburg
Lupton
Robert McAfee
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
George Tener
Boggs
John Oliver
J. H. Fall
Nashville, Tenn
Taft Campaign Talks Advance Money Raising Plan
Frank Hitchcock left New York for Hot Springs Va to confer with Taft on Republican fund raising. Cornelius Bliss likely joins a nine member Ways and Means Advisory Committee. Bliss and Hitchcock discussed at Bliss’s office as they plan Western headquarter moves to Chicago by August 15 and a Taft speech at Ft Green Brooklyn on November 14.
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New York
Frank H. Hitchcock
Hot Springs
Taft
Cornelius N. Bliss
Brooklyn
Bliss
Hitchcock
Chicago
William H. Taft
Ft. Green Hill
Southern plantation horse sold to Taft's agent in Lexington
A Southern plantation horse sixteen hands high weighing 1200 pounds and capable of sixty miles a day was sold today by Shelby T. Harbison to Judge W H Taft's agent in Lexington. The horse won the Blue Grass Fair first prize and will be shipped this week to Judge Taft.
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Kentucky
Taft
Lexington
Shelby T. Harbison
W.H. Taft
Sultan Defeats Rebel Brother in Moroccan Clash
In Tangier on Aug 11 a four day old engagement at Dar El Agade saw followers of Mulai Hafid clash with Abdel Aziz the Sultan of record. Hafid’s faction suffered a disastrous defeat, amid tribal fighting supporting Hafid.
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Tangier
Dar el Agade
Mulai Hafid
Abdel Aziz
Hafid
Night Rider jury sits as judge stirs sensational session
Murray Kentucky August 11 The Jake Ellis trial rests with the jury out since 4 a.m. Tomorrow Will McClure and Henry Taylor face further action with no more trials today. Judge Cook shocked the court by excusing the petit jury and summoning the grand jury to reveal facts heard to prompt a thorough investigation into night rider allegations involving Commonwealth Attorney Smith and ex judge A J Wells.
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Commercial Tribune
Murray, Ky
Jake Ellis
Will McClure
Henry Taylor
Commonwealth
Smith
A. J. G. Wells
Night Rider
Bryan Confers With Leaders On Campaign Plan
At Fairview Lincoln Aug 11 John W Kern Norman Mack and other prominent Democrats met with William Jennings Bryan to map the campaign including financing and an active speaking tour with Kern to play a leading role. A dinner with the Lincoln Typographical Union followed.
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Bryan
Fairview
Lincoln
Neb
John W. Kern
Norman B. Mack
Democratic Committee
Mack
Kern
Josephus Daniels
The
National Committee
John B. Osborne
Wyoming
John E. Lamb
Indianapolis
Mr. Bryan
G. Humphrey O'Sullivan
Lowell
Mass
Lincoln Hotel
Lincoln Typographical Union
Middle West
Indiana
Ohio
Illinois
Nebraska
Burley Tobacco Society Lines Up Prices in Session
Winchester Ky August meeting of the Burley Tobacco Society discusses 1906 sales 40000 hogsheads mostly sold with 12000 unsold 18 cents up. 1907 crop yet stored about 85 percent in the pool. 1908 crop expected 8000 to 10000 hogsheads. Debate over setting price for 1907 continues. Action on 1909 crop postponed until October officer election.
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Commercial Tribune
Winchester
Burley Tobacco Society
Equity
Burley Society
Tragedy near Loveland: husband fatally wounds wife and daughter
Levi Fannan, 73, shoots wife Margaret 53 then hits daughter Effie 15 with an iron bar. He then shoots himself, dying under an apple tree near his stepson Thomas Fannan in Clermont County. Wife dying, daughter severely injured, motive linked to chronic family quarrels.
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Levi Fannan
Margaret Fannan
Dallasburg
Loveland and
Coraddale Pike
Loveland
Effie
Fannan
Thomas Fannan
Fannane
Rayne
Dr. Wakefield
Squire Bishop
Warren County
Clermont County
Tornado Damages Mandan Hotels and Injures Boy
A late yesterday tornado in Mandan North Dakota damaged three buildings with losses around 50000 dollars. A boy was lifted by the wind and carried three blocks, suffering serious bruises. The Interocean Hotel roof collapsed into the dining room and the Domars Hotel suffered tipped over structures and shattered windows with no fatalities.
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Mandan
N. D
Interocean
Domars
Zahm Tobacco Sale May Bring Pinkertons to Cincinnati Plant
The Zahm Tobacco Company of Toledo has sold part of its leaf stock to the Pinkerton Tobacco Company of Cincinnati and may sell the Toledo plant as well. John Pinkerton, his son Sherwood M Pinkerton, and other Pinkerton delegates are reviewing the Toledo property with a possible plan to establish a large plant in the city, creating four to six hundred jobs.
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Commercial Tribune
Toledo
Zahm Tobacco Company
Pinkerton Tobacco Company
Cincinnati
Zahm Company
Nkerton
Toledo Company
Pinkerton Company
John Pinkerton
Sherwood M. Pinkerton
Pinkertons
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