President’s address on farm life links town and country needs
The President’s Micliiun State Agricultural College speech argues the farmer as backbone of the nation, blending farm labor with industry and society. He urges education, cooperation, and shared tools to close the gap between urban and rural life, noting city workers learn from peers and technology unites communities.
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Micliiun State Agricultural College
Washington
Jeverson
Lincoln
Chicago
Tu Hin
Ose
Growth Expectation for a Well-Bred Draft Animal
The text asserts that a well bred animal from good stock can reach 240 pounds within nine months of life. It emphasizes rapid growth expectations tied to breeding quality and stock heritage.
Bathing Pigs With a Dipping Tank Innovation
A Missouri stockman develops a dipping tank to wash pigs before slaughter. The apparatus uses a water tank, an inclined inlet and outlet, and small stairs to guide the pig into the water. Pigs are guided or prodded down the incline to ensure a thorough wash.
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Tig Reliers
Missouri
Testing Dairy Cows in Illinois Herds Record Report
The Illinois station reports on one year of data from eighteen dairy herds totaling 221 cows. Average production: 5,619.99 pounds milk and 226.63 pounds butterfat per year. best herd 350.17 pounds butterfat, poorest 142.05. Best ten cows averaged 388.75 pounds butterfat and 109.42 pounds. One third of ordinary herd cows appear unprofitable. grading improved results. removing five cows from a ten herd can boost profit by 7.62 per head.
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Illinois
Methods to Fight Squash Vine Borer Attacks Found Effective
A historical note describes early spring control of the grayish black squash bug on vines. It reviews nonpoison approaches such as bearding, corn cobs dipped in coal tar, and kerosene emulsion, with repeated applications after rain through September. Corncobs are praised as cheapest. tar odor may deter egg laying.
Massachusetts Invents Weed Cutter That Gathers Weeds
An Massachusetts inventor showcases a combined weed cutter and gatherer shown in a drawing. The device bills itself as adjustable and operable from the handle with a lever pull to cut. It gathers weeds with a rear rake as the implement moves to the next spot.
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Massachusetts
Highway of the future proposed as eight-lane 120 foot wide roadway
An inventor reviewed in Engineering News envisions a future American highway 120 feet wide with eight longitudinally curbed lanes four per direction. Two 16 foot lanes would serve animal traction, four foot sidewalks on each side for pedestrians, and the remainder for autos. Cost estimated at 100000 to 200000 dollars per mile.
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Engineering News
Vermont Maple Sugar Crop Reaches Million-Dollar Value
Reports say this has been the best maple season in years with 5,000,000 trees tapped and production near five thousand tons of sugar worth $1,000,000. The Vermont crop is noted for its impact on the Green Mountain State amid national pure food law concerns about truthful labeling.
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Vermont
Green Mountain
Buckwheat as a Profitable Summer Crop and Soil Shadower
Buckwheat thrives on sandy soil and works as a summer grain. Seed can be broadcast in June with harvest before frost. It serves as green manuring or grain, provides plentiful bee forage, and crowds weeds by rapid growth and soil shading.
Hedge care note urges wood ashes for fall feed
When hedge plants die out the cause may be the loss of plant food. Much wood is removed from hedges each year during trimming, and the regrowth cannot sustain without assistance. Apply wood ashes freely every fall.
Odd Human Mixture at Haywood Trial in Boise
Boise columnist sketches the Ada County courtroom scene in the Tarry Orchard case. A cross section of society appears from ex governors to miners, detectives, and lawyers, highlighting class contrasts amid the high profile murder trial in Idaho.
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Haywood
Boise
Ada County
Idaho
Tarry Orchard
Cone
Fremont Wood
Richardson
Durrow
Hawley
Aid Borah
Orchard
Eanhors
Rough Rider
Deeper significance seen in Pacific fleet move
Washington officials, while denying Japan menacing aims, acknowledge the Pacific battleship arrival signals a plan for a permanent fleet. Analysts argue eighteen ships in the Pacific marks a shift in U S policy and naval posture that could redefine balance across the continent.
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Beine
Navy Department
Japan
Aoki
Washington
Pacific
Pinkerton squad policing in postwar era streets
The passage notes Pinkerton agents mixing with the public in urban spaces after the war. It describes their disguises high crowned miner hats and street presence. It highlights their prior experience in Homestead riots and foreign service as they track criminals, adding color to a case already rich in human interest.
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Pinkerton Squad
Homestead
South America
Europe
Government Printing Office workers to get Saturday half day
An executive order extends the Saturday half holiday to Government Printing Office employees in Washington for July August and September aligning with other departments. John Getterman of the Interstate Commerce Commission is in Hamburg researching freight rates and cotton seed oil trusts. Dick Barnes aged 96 is jailed in Tulsa after a shooting of Richard Williams. Janie Frizzell 5 dies from rattlesnake bite near Colorado Springs.
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Government Printing Office
Washington
John Getterman
Interstate Commerce Commission
Oklahoma
Hamburg
Germany
Dick Barnes
Richard Williams
Tulsa
I. T
United States
Barnes
Janie Frizzell
John Frizzell
Woodbury Ranch
Colorado Springs
Colo
Fleet heads for Pacific voyage echoing Oregon trip
The United States plans to shift its battle fleet toward the Pacific before a new Japan treaty settles. Rear Admiral Evans moves to arrange the voyage while coal shipments and a Brooklyn yard transfer are set, aiming to mirror the Oregon trip of 1898 amid looming labor tensions and an exclusion law debate.
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Japan
Progressive Party of Japan
United States
Iorn
Evans
Torn
New York
Baltimore
General Board
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Pacific Coast
Pacific
Oregon
Notorious Bandit Seizes Army Commander in Tangler
Jaisuli captures the Sultan's commander and demands a large ransom and appointment as Tangler governor, threatening to hold the prisoner until his terms are met. The incident heightens tensions in the region as authorities seek to recover the captive.
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Jaisuli
Tangler
Mint Director Roberts Takes Presidency at Commercial National Bank
George E. Roberts, the Mint Director for Chicago, has accepted the presidency of the Commercial National Bank of Chicago. The move places a high-ranking federal official at the helm of a major financial institution in the city.
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Chicago
George E. Roberts
Commercial National Bank of Chicago
80-Cent Gas Law in Danger Faces Special Master
Special master reports in Consolidated Gas Company of New York suit to overturn the 80 cent gas tax finds the law unjust to the company and denying equal rights due to penalties. Earnings under the law would be 2.8 percent of total assets. circuit court decision expected in about thirty days.
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Consolidated Gas Company of New York
Circuit Court
Indiana Rail Rates Prompt Federal Control Debate
Attorney General Bingham spoke at a Anderson celebration and argued railroads persist in charging inter state high old rates. He urged federal control as a tool to provide direct relief, noting citizens’ distrust of federal power despite it being an instrument of government for state or county needs.
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Bingham
Anderson
Indiana
Ohio
Big Buildings Collapse in Indianapolis Wholesale District
Two three story brick structures in Indianapolis center collapsed early Sunday, causing heavy losses in Daniel Stewart Drug and Glass, Martha Stewart building, Brunswick Balke Collender billiard firm, and Plenty C. Bals estate. Fire followed debris, likely preventing greater loss if incident occurred on a weekday.
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Indianapolis
Daniel Stewart Drug and Glass Company
STOO
Martha Steward
Brunswick- Balke-Collender Billiard Company
Plenty C. Bals
SLU Ond
Samuel Wiles Ejected Intruder Over Bearded Law
Samuel Wiles alewed Thomas W Wilsowerth aged 20 to stay three days at Marton home without shaving his beard amid suspicions of theft. Amashdavit filed Ellsworth tried and acquitted. Judge Williams concluded with a charge that some felt entitled to eject intruders, prompting police involvement.
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Samuel Wiles
Thomas W Wilsowerth
Marton
Wiles
Ellsworth
Williams
Woman Kidnaps Two Young Children In Byansville
A woman identified as Keidenaps abducted three children from the Kaplan home in Byansville at noon. The kids aged six and four were seen entering a vehicle after a stranger asked them to come along. The third child remains unconfirmed in age. Authorities seek details on the incident.
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Acstrame
Som Hate Tan
Aomperchant
Byansvilles
Phe Wenstn
Kaplan
Warden on Indefinite Leave After Hangings Strain
Warden Reid of Chie Tidiana prison is reported seriously ill and floated to a New York resort with Trights disease. Physicians cite mental strain from recent hangings he oversaw as the cause. he has been granted indefinite leave by Roy Landy.
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Warden Reid
Chie Tidiana Prison
North
New York
Roy Landy
Millionaire Heir Challenged State of Sanity ruling
South Bend manufacturer Prank Funk wins a court action claiming the Birdsell heir, Millionaire Veo Birdsedh, was never legally insane. The St Joseph court sets aside a judgment against Birdsell, asserting the heir’s mental state as sane.
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Millionnice
J. Deer Bord
milHonaire South Bend
Funk
St. Joseph
Notable Local Incidents and Tragedies Reported
A series of alarming events fills the town news with injuries and deaths. Robert Newby of Claypool broke his arm during a Sunday game. A child's body was found in the St. Joseph river at South Bend as police investigate the death. In Jackson Michigan a report says John Allison the Richmond safe blower recently captured at Molin TV faces parole after escape. South Bend seeks updates as a 20 year old cartoonist Herbert Gustin drowned in an abandoned quarry near Anderson. Ter re Haute's William Reagin challenged Rollo Apple on the Wabash bridge. Apple refused, Reagin jumped, swam briefly, then disappeared. Reagin resided in Vandalia Illinois.
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St. Joseph
South Bend
Jackson
Mich
John Allison
Richmond
Moline. TV
Herbert Gustin
Anderson
William Reagin
Main Street
Terre Haute
Rollo Apple
Apple
Rengin
Reagin
Vandalia
Notable historical dates and events in a dated list
A sprawling list of historical moments and figures with multiple years notes from 1491 to 1905. Entries include births deaths battles treaties inventions political actions and notable firsts across Europe the Americas and Asia. The compilation presents a timeline style collection without narrative linking between items.
Peace Proposal At The Hague Conference
The American delegation headed by Gen. Thorace Porter proposes banning bombardment of unfortified towns and ransom nonpayment with damages allowed only for military or naval targets. Germans seek protection for hospital ships. British urge an international prize appeals court. France calls for a covert, nonbinding international commission on disputes with secret investigations and optional public reports.
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Thorace Porter
International Court of Appeals
France
International Commission of
Muauiry
Infant dies after being crushed under disc harrow near Mangum
The infant son of Walter Drice died near Mangum C T from injuries after being caught under a disc harrow. In Stillwater Oklahoma Territory a buggy runaway threw Mrs Knob and her 3 month old babe, infant head badly crushed, death followed. First bale of new cotton arrived in New York sold at auction in front of the Cotton Exchange price 40 cents per pound.
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Mangum
C. T
New York
Cotton Exchange
Knob
Stillwater
O. T
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