Alfalfa Campaign Spreads Across the Corn Belt
A historic mobile alfalfa drive led by the Kent County Alfalfa Growers Association targets every farm in Kent County Michigan with the Grand Rapids Association of Commerce backing the effort. Federal expert J. H. Skinner and Iowa, Texas, Georgia, and Illinois figures join the campaign, predicting rapid growth from 73 acres in 1910 to thousands by 1915 as pro alfalfa outreach expands to Ohio and Connecticut, with school children rallying in support.
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J. H. Skinner
United States Department of Agriculture
Grange
France
Agricultural Schools and Colleges
Agricultural Extension Department
CC. M. Carroll
Crop Improvement Committee
W. R. Baugham
Texas
J. E. Waggover
Mississippi Agricultural College
R. W. Lamson
Iowa
J. E. Buck
Chicago
C. W.farr
Cook County
Illinois
G. H. Alford
Georgia
C. H. Allen
Ohio
Mississippi
Kent County
Alieson County
Moehivan Tie Taedo Comercial Club
Connecticut Agriculturists
Tadto Agricultural Extension Department
Famous Indian Chief at Fort Madison and Seattle link
The article recalls a renowned chief of the Squamish allied tribes who ruled much of the region from Puget Sound to Washington. He died at eighty after forming strong ties with white pioneers and was honored with a marble monument in Seattle bearing his likeness and inscription.
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Fort Madison
Hite
Seattle
Studs
Senith
Fle
Puget
Efe
Washington
Fatal Electric Shocks Highlight Dangers to Livestock
A New York Press report warns that any shock strong enough to stun or kill a sheep can prove fatal for humans as well. It explains how electrical exposure disrupts heart fibrillation and respiratory control, noting direct current at seventy volts can kill dogs and higher voltages can halt breathing in minutes.
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New York Press
Mistress and Maid and the Misinterpreted Bond
A lecturer's view at a Vienna wives meeting on servant welfare is relayed by a visiting listener. A nursery maid threw a child from a window and attempted suicide after wage disputes, while another servant tried to kill herself for confinement.
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Viena
Letter from Rev Evans on hand writing decay
Rev W M L Evans of Susby North Lincolnshire writes to the Times in response to debates on penmanship decay. He recalls Dean Stanley, a famed pretype telegraph craftsman, and recounts an anecdote about a missed letter read as “Deastly and devil,” illustrating the era’s humorous view on handwriting quality.
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W. M. L. Evans
Susby
North Lincolnshire
London Times
Evans
Dean Stanley
Heve Stanley
Fragmented Essay on American Colleges and Youth
The text critiques American colleges and youth, noting biases and religious opinions while discussing the need to recognize a broader world. It includes stray lines about Charles Dieh and various odd fragments, with quotations and a musing tone on education and personal behavior.
Manatee Facts From Harper's: Anatomy and Habitat
In semitropical American waters manatees inhabit coastal shallows from Florida to the West Indies. They are herbivorous, eight to twelve feet long, with a whalelike body and a horizontal tail fin. Fore flippers lack fingers yet bear three flat nails and flexible upper lips for grasping food. they are gentle browsers rather than fierce, and occasional arm-like motion is noted in observers.
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America
Florida
Mexico
Central America
West Indies
Harper's
Lord Dundonald and the Bribery Plot
In a tale from Pearson's Weekly a former Lord Dundonald is praised for rejecting bribes but later uses a bribe scheme to win a seat. He announces he will win without bribery, then pays voters £10 to those who voted for him before. After a large victory, he defends the loyalty payment as repayment for accepting his opponent's earlier £5 bribe.
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Lord Dundonald
Pearson’s Weekly
Thermometer and Gulf Stream Relation in Ocean Currents
Investigators note that a thermometer does not reliably indicate the Gulf Stream. Strongest current may not align with highest temperature, which only shows tropical origin. Warm water off Cape Patterns results from a gentle trade wind flow, while the Gulf Stream lies between this water and the 1000 fathom curve.
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Cape Patterns
Gulf Stream
Head of big trust denounces stock speculation at dinner
At a Moston dinner the leader of a large trust declared that PE has always opposed speculation. He warned that attempting wealth through stock fluctuations rather than honest work harms the common good and called speculation risky and uncertain. He praised prudent investments.
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Moston
Youngster Seen As Smartest By His Father Figure
Rheedms claims his child is the smartest in the world. Mr Groweher counters that every parent believes their child is exceptional, calling it a natural belief in a child’s potential.
His Tints
An old Baltimore American line recalls a vivid description of a man’s shifting emotions from envy to fear and rage. The remark highlights a colorful metaphor for temperament in a fragmentary quotation.
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Jabbs
Baltimore American
Another Optimist
Tommy asks what an optimist is and his father answers in a playful Philadelphia Record tone about a man who is naked and glad of it.
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Tommy
Philadelphia Record
Radishes a Money Crop for Early Market Gardeners
The piece stresses radishes as a first spring money crop for nearby markets. It advises multiple sowings a week or two apart, quick germination, and simple care. Early harvests fetch five cents per twelve, rising to ten, then two cents. seeds cost 10 to 15 cents per ounce with minimal other expenses.
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W. F
Purdue
Sure Cure for Broodiness in Hens
A swing coop cures broodiness in hens with a box end frame, lath base and canvas roof. A pole runs through the center and through forked posts, making rocking and tipping inevitable. After two nights of perching, a hen is considered cured and several hens can use the coop without crowding.
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W. BR. Gilbert
Meat Ration for the Hens Findings at WV Experiment Station
The West Virginia experiment station tested two hen rations. One group received mainly corn and starchy grains while the other got meat and fresh bone. Meat-fed hens laid 7555 eggs vs 3431 for grain-fed, with larger, firmer ores and more vigorous chickens. White comb disease traced to decayed food, impure water, and overcrowding. remedy includes clean quarters wholesome food castor oil and vaseline.
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M. K. Billings
West Virginia Experiment Station
Decreases Egg Production Causes Hens to Run Freely
Hens fail to lay eggs when allowed to roam the farm in wet and cold weather, reducing production.
Congregation Devotional and Sunday School Highlights
A historical notice outlines a church program with Rev JOT Higginbotham and Mrs J A Shaw, detailing Sunday School classes, songs, recitations, and discussions. Expressions of gratitude follow for neighbors' kindness during illness and death of a husband and father, signed by Mrs Ervin Groves and family.
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Towers
Ervin Groves
The Impresario of To Day
An impresario is a manager agent or corrctor of a troupe of operatic or concert singers also rarely a teacher or trainer of such singers.
Obituary of David Cates Man of Community Service
David Cates born August 20 1845 in Orange County Indiana died May 11 1915 aged 67 years 8 months and 21 days. Survived by wife Mary Ferguson and eight children seven living including Emma Cates Strobler Eva Cates Will Prior Lemuel William Milfard and Florence. A Democrat active in local offices and church work, he served as township trustee and on the Burnside church board and was on the County Board of Review. Funeral services held at home May 12 with many relatives and friends attending.
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David Cates
Prior
Nancy Cates
Orange County
Indiana
Sarah Runick
Cherryvale
Kansay
Mattie Fo Orahood
Turnbul
Neb
Joseph M. Cates
Cates
Ind
David
Fountain County
Mary
Prior Cates
West Liberty Church
Fulton Township
Lemuel Cates
Wichite
Kansas
William Cates
Sugar Creek Township
Parke County
Milfard Cates
Florence Cates Woodrow
Burnside Church
County Board of Review
Bey Judge Schoonover
Masonic
Look Pleasant and Laugh at Grim Facade
In New York Press a quotation warns against equating grim looks with virtue. It argues true piety is not a solemn pose or coffin shaped, and urges readers not to trust those who never laugh.
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New York
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