Gospel of the sugar beet and farming reform
Dr. Harvey Wiley argues American agriculture lags Europe by about fifty years. He touts the sugar beet as a model for intensive cultivation, soil feeding, and crop rotation, claiming beet culture boosts soil productivity, creates factory jobs, raises farm prosperity, and fits dairying and stock farming for a holistic farm economy.
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Dr. Wiley
America
Europe
Harvey W. Wiley
Department of Agriculture
Sugar Beets Boost Indiana Farm Profits Across Crops
Indiana farmers report sugar beets as a money maker with profits per acre ranging from 25 to 62 dollars and yields from 11 to 19 tons per acre. Monroes DF Haggard says 20 acres yielded 15 tons per acre and 800 dollars total profit. Bluffton’s John Hyerly logged 19 tons per acre on 13 acres with 62 dollars per acre net. Other growers note higher oats returns after beet rotation and improved soil fertility boosting future yields.
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Indiana
Ecrop
DF Haggard
Monroe
John Hyerly
Bluffton
Fred Isch
E. W. Bushy
William Caesar of
Preble
Michigan
L. A. Thomas
Sugar Beet Industry Compared United States Europe
A United States senate document summarizes 117 European reports on beet sugar. It shows US field workers earning an average $2.60 daily, far above Europe where field labor averages 65 cents, with women and children earning 10 to 36 cents. Factory workers in France and Germany average 84 cents, while Americans in beet sugar factories average $2.99. European farmers receive $4 to $4.50 per ton, with higher rents. England is the only major European country where sugar is cheaper than in the US. The article concludes American beet growers and workers have a preferable position relative to European competitors.
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United States
Europe
United States Senate
Russia
Denmark
France
Germany
England
Germany Field System Yields Root Crops Every Fourth Year
A reading notes that much of Germany is sandy and relies on root crops for rotation. Three acres of cereals yield one acre of root crops, leading to a beet and sugar beet emphasis. Farmers grow sugar beets where factories exist, becoming top producers, and crop beets are fed to stock in less industrial regions.
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Germany
Power of the Sea Demonstrates Ocean’s Fury
The Chicago Tribune notes a British coast storm of extreme force. A Hastings harbor photo shows waves crashing the sea wall and tearing up parade structures at Caroline place. Basements flooded, deck houses wrecked, lifeboats stove in as lawmakers consider wave power and its vast energy potential.
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Hastings
Parade
Caroline Place
Chicago Tribune
Paris Lady A's Robbery Leads to Guillotine Prediction
In October 1883 Paris, Lady A. reported 3500 francs stolen. Police questioned servants including a tall le Petit valet de chambre. A fortune teller predicted the thief would be guillotined within two years. Weeks later le Petit quit, and two years hence Marehandon, the esteemed servant, was executed as the assassin.
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Rue du Bel-Respire
Paris
Berryer
le Petit
Demoiselle E
M. L. d'Ervieur
Lady A
Marehandon
London
The remarkable East African crested rat first its long back hair
The crested rat of East Africa is notable for the long black and white hairs along its back and the short brownish gray side hair. Its skull resembles a turtle shell, with a granulated texture like certain fishes. It appears arboreal and likely partly insectivorous based on teeth structure.
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East Africa
Teacher Receives Amusing Parents Letter From Pupils
A Boston Transcript anecdote shows a parent letter to a teacher requesting Willie’s absence. The misspellings claim he fell downstairs, feared internal injuries, but doctors say only superficial breathing of the epidermic outside hide and hip hurt, narrowly escaping fatal death.
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Willie
Boston Transcript
Bee the mad dog and the innocent bystander
In Kansas City Star style a tense scene unfolds as a mad dog roams while an innocent bystander trembles and a policeman fires. The revolver misses, leaving questions about escape and danger in the moment.
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Bee
Kansas City Star
Heredity Howell and Powell Quote Exchange
A brief quip exchange discusses belief in heredity and marriage into a judge's family. Powell jokes he married a judge's daughter who constantly lectures him. The snippet ends with a Franklin quote about personal improvement and neighborly peace.
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Howell
Powell
Public Library Traveling Service Seeks School Club Use
The Public Library Commission announces a traveling library program from Room 104 State House Indianapolis Indiana. It offers adult and juvenile books with no cost beyond round trip transportation. Associations of five or more in areas without a free library may borrow per school club year or three month general reading loans with one renewal.
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The
Public Library Commission
State House
Indianapolis
Ind
Coughs and Consumption Urged to Use Remedies
An advertisement extols Dr King's New Discovery for coughs and colds with a testimonial from O H Brown of Muscadine Ala. A death notice follows for Rachel Ann Fields born January 23 1862 died March 17 1913 at Foster age 51 with five children and a Methodist church history.
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Dr. King
O. H. Brown
Muscadine
Ala
Ler. King
Irvin & Willard
Ady
Rachel Ann Fields
Foster
David
Ruth Henderson
John L. Fields
Jennie
Ida
Archie
Gertrude Mallett
West Lebanon
Ethel Rouse
Rileysburg
Cyrus Henderson
Ann Hughes
Hettie Stewart
Madrid
Iowa
Methodist Church
Benson Chapel
Agents Wanted For Accident and Health Policies
Classified appeal from NATIONAL ACCIDENT SOCIETY seeking agents to sell SPEC TAL policies to men and women with $3000 death benefit and $15 weekly payments, price $5 yearly. Covers all occupations, exclusive territory, large commissions with renewals, permanent income, no experience required. 320 Broadway, New York. Kat. 27 years.
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National Accident Society
Broadway
New York
Kat
Dichotomy term borrowed by medical press noted
The term dichotomy is described as a botanical word borrowed by the U S medical press to denote illicit business. It refers to the division of a surgeon or specialist fee with the practitioner who refers the patient.
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United States
Lendon Hoxspital
Oregon Journal launches Western information bureau
The Oregon Journal announces a Western information bureau offering a six month Semi-Weekly Journal subscription for 50 cents and a 144 page illustrated booklet detailing Oregon resources and opportunities. Address is Portland Oregon.
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Western Information Bureau
Oregon Journal
Bureau of Western Information
Oregon
Portland
The Eagle and the Arrow Aesop Fable
A moral tale unfolds with an eagle perched high observing a hare. An unseen archer wounds the eagle mortally, and the bird realizes the arrow came from its own wings. The self-inflicted cause leads to double grief as the eagle recognizes its fatal mistake.
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Aesop
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CP Lee
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Etiay
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Travelers Railway
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Parker
Meyer
Power OF the Sea
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Cates
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Swanson Rheumatic Cure Co
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