Sugar Beet Gospel: Dr Wiley Urges Beet Cultivation for Prosperity
Dr Harvey W Wiley argues American farming is fifty years behind Europe and calls sugar beet culture the core to revitalize agriculture. He says beet farming boosts soil productivity, creates work and markets, and aligns with dairying, stock raising, and tariff considerations to aid farmer prosperity.
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Dr. Wiley
America
Europe
Harvey W. Wiley
Department of Agriculture
Indiana Farmers Report Profit from Sugar Beets and Other Crops
Indiana growers report sugar beets as profitable with yields ranging from eleven to nineteen tons per acre and profits from $25 to $62 per acre. Farmers from Monroe Bluffton and Preble cite improved soil, rotation benefits, and higher earnings alongside gains in corn and oats.
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Indiana
HW. Haggard
Monroe
John Ayerly
Bluffton
Fred Isch
E. W. Bushy
Bushy
William Caesar
Preble
Michigan
Tie
L. A. Thomas
Sugar Beet Industry Shows European Labor Gaps
A U.S. Senate document compares global beet sugar production earning gaps. It notes European field labor averages six to eight cents daily, mostly done by women and children, while U.S. field workers earn about 2.60 dollars daily. Factory wages differ similarly with Americans earning about 2.09 dollars versus under one dollar in Europe. European farmers get four to four fifty dollars per ton, with higher rents, explaining cheaper European sugar and a favorable American standing overall. England remains the sole major European buyer cheaper than U.S. prices.
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United States
America
Europe
United States Senate
Russia
Denmark
France
Germany
England
Germany's root crops rotely rise on a sandy plain
The article notes that much of Germany is a sandy plain and its large crop yields come from a rotation where three acres of cereals are followed by one acre of root crops. Sugar beets are grown widely and Germany is the leading producer. In regions lacking sugar factories, beets and other roots are fed to livestock.
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Germany
Dichotomy as term borrowed by medical press for fee split
The article explains that the word dichotomy, a botanical term, is used in the U S medical press to denote illicit practice dividing a surgeon s or specialist s fee with the referring practitioner who recommends the patient.
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United States
Landou Hospital
Bible translated into Ibanag and other languages grows
The American Bible Society reports new translations including the Ibanag New Testament in the Philippines. Old Testament in Panayan, Pentateuch in Pam pangan and Cebuano go to press. Kurdish, Tagalog, Portuguese, Wenli, Mandarin, Siamese and Zulu revisions noted. In 1911 nearly 3.7 million volumes issued, over 490 thousand full Bibles, society totals at ninety four million volumes.
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American Bible Society
Philippines
Panayan
Pampangan
Cebuan
China
the Society
Kangaroo Island Capitalizes On Wildlife Reserve
Kangaroo Island off Ade laide SA, valued for preserving endemic fauna and flora, currently 175 square miles set aside as a reserve. The South Australian Commissioner of Crown Lands has asked for a bill to be prepared for parliament to protect wild animals including the opossum and allow state government protection of other native species.
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Kangaroo Island
Adelaide
South Australia
Crown Lands
Work Done by a Watch Over Ten Years
A historical note explains the remarkable activity of a watch in ten years. It details the hour hand making 7,304 revolutions and the minute hand 87,648 revolutions, with the second hand turning 5,258,880 times and the escape wheel 52,588,800 revolutions. It also cites distances traveled by the hands and wheel parts, including the balance rim point totaling about 50,000 miles, roughly twice Earth’s circumference.
Cattle Jump From Steamer At Santa Rosa Island
Dozens of steers on a Santa Rosa Island bound steamer panicked as a heavy swell hit the deck. They rushed to the open rail and leaped into the ocean but the crew controlled the remainder. After an hour boats retrieved the leapers and locked them in the cattle pen ashore.
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Santa Rosa Island
California
Why He Stole Bathtub
Buddy Johnson was fined twenty dollars in a United States police court for stealing a bathtub. The judge pressed him about the tub’s use and Johnson admitted he sold it to buy gin, not to bathe.
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Buddy Johnson
United States
Johnson
Gasoline Question Echoes Across Quiet Roadside
Silthers asks an old man for gasoline while stopping his car by the roadside. The old man, leaning on a hoe, suggests there is fuel available in the atmosphere around cars ahead, implying lingering exhaust or fumes.
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Silthers
Fels
Furs in Combination Season Costs Upmarket Wardrobe
Fashion notes predict a costly fur season with widespread use of mixed furs. Ermine, moleskin, caracul and sable appear in coats, muffs, collars and trims, with two furs often combined. Prices rise as fur pieces grow larger and elaborate, though some coats with contrasting collars need no major alterations.
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Milady
Fifth Avenue
Ostrich Farming Proves Profitable in Transvaal
Successful ostrich farming in the Transvaal yields high quality birds from Cape stock. T. J. Kleinenberg on the Olifants river farm raises birds from Hissik stock with lucerne feed. Three year old birds produce prime feathers worth about $100 a pound and won first prize at the Petersburg agricultural show.
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Transvaal
Johann Rissik
Waterberg
Cape
Mir. Hissik
T. J. Kleinenberg
Petersburg
Olifants River
Pretoria
Kleinenerg
Oudtshoorn
Ring found after 38 years restores Pendleton couple tale
A gold engagement ring with initials W. M. B. reappears after being buried on the Blakely family farm in Brownsville. Purchased in 1863 for Margaret Baird, the ring was worn by Mrs. Blakely for a decade before she lost it. A nephew found it while plowing and returned it to the now great grandmother.
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William Blakely
Pendleton
Oregon
Blakely
Margaret Baird
Illiteracy Comparisons Across Nations Revealed
A US Bureau of Education release compares illiteracy in Germany Britain and the United States. Germany shows three of ten thousand cannot read or write Britain 150 per ten thousand while US rates average over ten percent depending on measuring methods. The British and German figures cover adults while US data include all persons over ten years old including people of color.
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Germany
Great Britain
United States
United States Bureau of Education
Sharks on Cornish Coast Stir Hunters
Fishermen along the Cornwall coast report unusually large sharks appearing near Mounts Bay and the Lizard. Lord St Leven, using his yacht St Michael, led a multi day pursuit with gun and harpoon despite bad weather. Several sharks were killed but the largest escaped.
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England
Lord St. Leven
St. Michael
Mount's Bay
Land's End
Apples and Pink Cheeks Advertisement Proposal
A Baltimore man proposed by the International Apple Shippers association that women eat red-skinned apples to get pink cheeks. He cited successful advertising in boosting sales and urged reminding consumers of the benefits of apple eating to keep up with production.
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U. S. Grant Border of
Baltimore
International Apple Shippers’ Association
Britain reports record coal output and employment
A blue book shows 1,067,213 people employed in Great Britain’s coal mines and a record output of 271,891,899 tons, up 7,458,871 tons from the prior year. The average underground output was 331 tons per worker. There were 1,265 mining deaths, 510 fewer than the year before, including the Whitehaven and Hulton disasters, with 78 victims under sixteen.
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Great Britain
Whitehaven
Hulton
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Joseph Hartcueer
Selma, N. C
R.F.D
Sloan
Earl S
Boston
J. T. Redman
W.M.D. Covington
Ind
Schma’s Livery
W. R. Massey & Son
Covington, Ind
Inc. of
P. Building
Colorado
Burke Potter
Peyton
Rock Island Lines
H. M. Cottrell
Reaven
PSR
LM. Allen
Teatta Ok
Joba Sebastian
Britain
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