Valley shift makes North Dakota wheat heart westward
Col Morton warns against rosy North Dakota crop reports while Commissioner Turner, en route to the St Louis fair, asserts the Devils Lake district and western Ramsey county now top state yields. He cites 7 of 10 harvests at 22 to 27 bushels per acre and warns land buyers how market myths may mislead.
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R.J Turner
North Dakota
R. J. Turner
Agriculture and Labor of
Merchants Hotel
St.Louis Fair
Turner
Red River
Morton
Fargo
Morto
Red River Valley
Devils Lake
Ramsey County
Colonel Morton
Union
Europe
Bonanza Farming in Decline Replaced by Small Farms
The era of profitable bonanza grain farming in the northwest is ending as land values rise and small farms become more common. Professor Ladd notes the state wheat average is low, with examples showing 33 bushels per acre on a quarter-section versus 11 on bonanza fields, while 160 acre German and other farmers prove more productive in the south.
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Northwest
Prof
Ladd
The
Agricultural College
Bonanza
Westminster Presbyterian Church Services Announced
Rev. N. B. Reeves pastor churches schedule lists preaching at 11 a.m. Sunday school at noon Junior Endeavor at 8 p.m. Senior Endeavor at 7 p.m. evening preaching at 8 p.m. Midweek prayer meeting Wednesday at 7 30 p.m. You are invited to attend these services.
Threshing Rig for Sale Adjusted Price Adventure
Avery threshing rig with 80 horsepower engine, separator used about 15 days and engine 5 days. Cash price paid was 3,500 dollars. asking 2,400 dollars. Contact Charles and Berman Garske, a mile south of Garake, 18tt.
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Avery
Charles and Berman Garske
Garake
Senator Fairbanks Calls War Barbaric Except in Defense
Senator Fairbanks declares in the Senate that all war is barbarous and opposes war unless necessary to redeem people from oppression defend nations and sustain national honor in protecting American citizenship noting May 20 3897.
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Fairbanks
Senate
Nothing to Take Back Bryan Explains His Hostility
A 1904 style column questions William Jennings Bryan about his repeated opposition to Alton Parker. It cites Bryan's Commoner statements that Parker aided by crooked means, and asks how Bryan can campaign for Parker while denouncing the nomination. The piece urges Bryan to explain, or not.
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William Jennings Bryan
Democratic National Committee
New York
Indiana
Bryan
Parker
St. Louis
Judge Parker
Alton B. Parker
Wall Street
Mr. Bryan
Quote from Bryan on ceding candidacy to party influencers
A Bryan quotation argues that a candidate who yields his bid to Hill and Belmont before the convention lacks strength to resist their influence after election, should he win. The remark critiques political independence and warns of compromised leadership under party pressures.
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Hill
Belmont
William J. Bryan
Would 3t Be Wise It Is Conceded On Tariff Question
The passage notes that Democrats are not on record about tariffs and questions whether relying on the party against protection would lead to de facto free trade, industrial depression, and farm price declines. It mentions Esopus and Tom Watson’s query about Judge Parker’s stance on the negro question and the lack of a reply.
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Esopus
Tom Watson
Judge Parker
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Com. Turner
Devils Lake District
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Russell
Dakota Machinery CO
Russell Rigs
Devils Lake, N. Dak
Louisiana Purchase
Mai
Great Northern
Gt. Northern Railway
F. J. Whitney
St. Paul, Minn
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