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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1909
Page
5
Potash Declares Vast Strassfurt Deposit Key to Fertilizers
Potassium essential for plant growth and a major crop nutrient, with soils only naturally containing about two percent. The Strassfurt bed in Germany represents the world’s largest deposit, extending 50 to 130 feet deep over a broad area, mined since 1851 by the II syndicate with $200 million capital, 28,000 miners, and $25 million annual sales. The ore’s origin links to ancient seas and later geological uplift, leaving salt potassium, gypsum, and salt beneath vegetation and soil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strassfurt
Germany
II Syndicate
Cement quality and kitchen drainage reforms proposed
An expert outlines two cement faults causing failures: weak material and improper mix. Tests for sand quality and sufficient cement are advised. Also urged are two kitchen improvements: a proper drainage system and a powered, pumped water supply linked to an elevated tank for constant water access.
Blessings in Disguise for Kansas Wheat Pests
Observes green fog and Hessian fly pests attack winter wheat in south central Kansas. Farmers shift to corn and alfalfa for higher returns and soil improvement, boosting livestock feeding and land fertility. Proposes Hessian fly and green bug as unlikely benefactors for future years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Nan
Agricultural notes mix livestock, orchards and forest care
A long summary of farm topics covers a Pennsylvania fall trotting race with a four year old Durham bull, a Jersey cow Pedro's Estella killed after injury, black walnut harms to apple trees, poultry shipment losses and quarantine ideas, North Yakima apple packing school, cover crops for orchards, wild sweet clover on poor soils, forest versus agriculture in national wealth, and watershed forest preservation across regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Missouri Agricultural College
Pedro
Estella
Adana Massacres Report Condemns Local Apathy
Constantinople July 21 The court martial's report on the Adana massacres denounces the vali and local authorities for inaction. It lists punishments already meted and proposes death penalties and hard labor while urging a future general amnesty as a national celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
Adana
Vali
State Surveyors Meet Resistance Over Bruce Lake Work
Rochester Ind July fishery of Bruce lake survey sparked a gun threat on Ben Etruce’s farm as land boundaries and water drainage push state survey crews. Locals claim strips of land will be taken, with farmland in hay corn and oats at risk and disputes spreading among nearby landowners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
Ind
Billheimer
Bruce Lake
Here
Formaer County
Benjamin Etruce
Pruce
Bruce
Aleander Tae
Link Overmoser
Nis
Ford
Don Carlos Dead to Succeed Spanish Throne
Rome July 1 Don Carlos of Bourbon the pretender to the Spanish throne died after a long illness. Latest reports say apoplexy with paralysis. Paris July 21 Don Jaime indicated he would pursue his father Don Carlos policies and push a modern aggressive Carlist movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Juby
Carias of Bourbon
Varese
Paris
Don Jaime
Don Carlos
Baby Intervenes in Lodge of Masons $100,000 Loss
In Jeffersonville Indiana Clark lodge Free and Accepted Masons loses $100000 after a birth changes the will by Mrs J F Deshon. The funds come from a Kentucky farm left by James A Holt to fund an orphans home after ten years. Governor Marshall probes poolroom operations near Jeffersonville. A Walnut Street trolley car was dynamited with no injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeffersonville
Ind
Clark Lodge
J. F. Deshon
Franklin County
Kentucky
James A . Holt
Soldier given five years hard labor and dishonorable discharge
Honolulu July 21 Five years hard labor with dishonorable discharge from the army was the sentence by court martial at Schofield barracks for Private R C Cunningham of Troop K Fifth cavalry who allegedly annoyed two Hawaiian girls while on sentry duty Berlin July 21 Prince von Buelow resigns as chancellor and is succeeded by Dr Von Bethmann Hollweg Prices continue advancing in the cotton goods and cotton yarn markets
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
Schofield Barracks
R. C. Cunningham
Troop K
Fifth Cavalry
Berlin
Prince von Buelow
Empire
von Bethmann-Hollweg
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Marshall
Louisville
Geeral
Burt New
New
Evansville
Walnut Street
Walnut
Ninth Streets
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