Corn Crops Across States and Modern Farming Shifts
A historical survey details U S corn production by state with Illinois leading at about 329,070,000 bushels from 9,809,000 acres, Wyoming small at 2,000 acres. It notes six states produced over half the crop and contrasts old and new farming methods, including mechanized planting and elevator grain trade. It also explains uses of corn beyond feeding, from whiskey to starch and oil.
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Illinois
Towa
Missouri
Kanene
Nebraska
United States
Wyoming
Illnois
United States Department of Agriculture
Montana
Idaho
Arizona
Argentina
Austria-Hungary
Bulgaria
Canada
Russia
Uruguay
Indiana
Tlinots
Iown
Chicago
State Grain Inspection Department
Labil
Agricultural Department
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Louisiana
Texas
Arkenson
West Wires
Kentucky
Ohio
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Kansas
South Dakota
North Dakota
Bend
Colorado
New Mexico
Utah
Washington
Oregon
California
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Old Corn Raiser Adopts New Feeding Machine
For years the corn raiser used plows harrows and cultivators but recently he has found a machine that shreds the stallc and prepares fodder efficiently. It is now seen as the most valuable farm implement saving a large percentage of cattle feed. Husking corn remains largely a manual task done before crib storage in wagons or after.
John Jacob Astor and the modest office visit
A marine engineer is summoned to John Jacob Astor's office to discuss a new marine turbine he is developing. The austere, low key setting contrasts with Astor's wealth, and the engineer notes Astor’s keen grasp of marine mechanics, while his wife remarks on appearances.
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Astor Estate
John Jacob Astor
Alle
Broadway
Banks
Depoalta Yaulta
Statra
Boardway
Mr. Astor
Mr. So
Marina
John
H, H. Lewis
Trades and wages and war era cameras in a column of notes
The piece notes preacher Samuel Banks Nelson urging trade training for aspiring ministers to avoid reliance on unstable congregations. It cites John Mitchell on living wages, questions defraying drone workers, and lauds France for using cameras in war through balloons, pigeons, and aerial photography advances by officers and engineering corps.
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Samuel Banks Nelson
St. Peter's
France
Parla
Wea
Paris
Chicago News
Revenge by business rivals on a Southern road
Two drummers Benson and Moore met in Raleigh and planned to work seven towns. They shared three towns each and slept in the same hotel room. Benson awoke to find Moore gone with all merchants sold out. Benson waited years and used a fever quarantine to capture Moore, seizing the towns before Moore could leave.
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Mers
Benson
Moora
Raleigh
Savon
Tan
Moore
Gulf Canat
Alabama
Mississippi
New York Evening Post
The Cork Shortage Sparks Reform Across Bottling Trades
The global cork shortage drives price rises and a wave of inventions to replace cork stoppers. Second-hand corks, cork gathering, cleaning, and revamping flourish as hotels and bars value cork perquisites. Peddlers and recyclers profit from salvaged corks while cleaners and refiners extract usable material, with champagne corks fetching the best price and many makers reusing salvaged stoppers.
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New York Post
Too Old To Get Wives Says Army Officers Should Wait
The Cleveland Plain Dealer remarks that Major General Corbin misreads officer marriage norms by suggesting officers should not marry until reaching major rank. It notes a major may not wish to marry and, if he does, a spouse might be scarce.
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Corbin
Cleveland Plain
Strangers Photograph Mrs Twombly at Morristown Estate
At Twombly's Morristown New Jersey estate two strangers approached Mrs Twombly as she stepped from a carriage. One spoke her name. the other snapped a camera and the pair fled. Mr Twombly ordered that all strangers be excluded henceforth.
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Hamilton Mek
Twombly
Morristown
N. J
Poblc
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