Practical Farm Notes and Hints From the Indianapolis News
A crop of rural tips covers hog pens with slanted floors and leaf mold troughs, weed control for witch grass, a forking method to eradicate roots, quick sawhorse construction from New England Homestead, mowing and pasture improvements, how to maximize county fair exhibits, an alternative Bordeaux mixture substitute, a new eggplant variety Early Black Beauty, and general farm practices on milking, plowing, and nutrition for dairy and fattening stock.
Iowa coal output climbs with Polk and Marion leads
The state produced 7,300,000 tons of coal for the year ending July 1, up from 6,862,086 the year before. Value of production reached $18,048,080, with Polk, Marion, and Monroe counties driving most of the increase. Iowa rose to eighth in state rankings for tonnage, while the value and per cent increase trailed only Illinois, Pennsylvania, and Ohio in certain measures.
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Des Moines Man Arrested in Boy Murder-at-Picnic
Ed Brown arrested in Des Moines charged with the murder of 6-year-old William Goff during a picnic incident with Nathan Goff. The men had been drinking. Brown threw a brick at William’s father, but hit the child instead, the boy dying within an hour.
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Drought Blues Across Central Valleys Hit Corn Crops
The weekly crop report notes widespread drought stress across the Atlantic seaboard and central valleys with corn suffering in Missouri and Ohio valleys while Missouri, Indiana, and Dakotas show varied yields. Wheat harvest advances in the north, rust damage reported in Minnesota and Dakota regions, and haying progressing with favorable conditions in many areas. Tobacco and cotton belts face stress from heat and drought, with some regional recovery in tobacco and promising apple crops in the mid-Atlantic and New England.
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Trade outlook and railway updates span Atlantic and Midwest
Reports from Ye SUI ROAD note improving general trade prospects while Philadelphia faces an estimated 8 to 10 million dollar freight tunnel cost. Panama Railroad directors appoint Admiral J G Walker as Isthmian Canal Commission chair. Lake Michigan freight rates Chicago to St Joseph fall to 60 cents each way due to competition. Southern Pacific installs block signals on Texas Mines line between Houston and New Orleans. Lake Bhorn earnings rise about 100 thousand dollars year ended June 30. Central Passenger Association roads plan September coach excursions to St Louis. Chicago and Alton directors seek authorization for 5.85 million of 2 percent 1800 bonds. AA Chicago and Alton agree to raise locomotive firemen wages 3 percent monthly after months of talks. About 400 men affected by the Theresse, effective AL cuca.
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Four killed as Chicago Great Western wreck crushes crowd
A Chicago Great Western collision left four dead and over twenty injured as a crowd on a street and a passing passenger train collided. Motorman Michel Ryan tried to avert disaster while several bystanders were trapped under wreckage. Authorities arrested crew members and a street car attendant after the crash, with witnesses noting the scene near Shawnee races and Consolidated Company Forty eighth avenue.
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