How to build a cow barn for nineteen cows
A Wisconsin farmer shares detailed guidance on constructing a twenty stall cow barn 18 feet wide by 58 feet long with a fore and aft platform. He recommends wide varied platforms, sloping mangers, 3 foot stalls, 4 to 6 inch rear and 5 inch front heights, and strong emphasis on drainage sun exposure and ample windows to reduce tuberculosis risk and keep cows comfortable.
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Iowa
JH. O. Bennett
Wisconsin
Jong-a
Practical Potato Raising Techniques and Seed Prep
A veteran farmer shares methods to raise 260 to over 400 bushels per acre, detailing soil prep, fall plowing, early planting, thorough harrowing, row spacing, fertilizer use, and careful seed cutting. Emphasizes Bradley's complete potash, Green Mountain seed, and regular spraying to prevent blight and rot.
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Bradley
Green Mountain
Benefits of lime for poultry houses and disease control
A farmers’ journal excerpt extols lime as a cheap deodorizer and cleaner for poultry premises. It claims sprinkling air slaked lime weekly prevents roup in hens and keeps hooves clean, while noting doubt about lime killing germs but acknowledging its deodorizing effect.
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Farmer's Honn Journal
Cleveland pastor plans new skylit church tower
A Cleveland Ohio pastor proposes erecting a monumental church and envisions becoming the first to reach a sky pitch with a sky scraper, a declaration reported by the Baltimore Sun.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Baltimore, Sun
State Census Woes Highlight Population Shift Across Iowa
A sprawling report outlines fears over census accuracy as several Iowa counties show population gains or losses. Des Moines, Appanoose, Dickinson, Marmet, and Oxcooin lead gains while 23 rural counties mostly shrink. The piece cites county miscounts, migration trends, and legislative implications for state funding and governance.
Indicts Meat Men In Anti-Trust Probe In Chicago
Five packing house corporations and twenty-one officials and employees face indictments from a federal grand jury in Chicago after three months of probe into the packing industry. Charges include conspiracy to restrain trade and rebates from railroads. Penalties range up to $20,000 fines and up to one year in a county jail. Bonds set at $5,000 per defendant with bonds filed shortly after jury discharge.
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I. A. Stina
Pago County
Centenes
Melbourne
Mardin
Wilora
Arc
Websater
Mie
Toulsa
Knights of Pythias
Redéelil
Das Moines
Tnuis
Crooked Creek
Lehigh
Latts Creek
Alwon
Sigourney
Blue Grass
Mason City
A. A. Noyes
Connell Bluffs Daleymen
Alva Rhodes
Nishna
Shenandoah
Sidney
Aishnabotna
John Schroder
Durant
Helen Stevens
Clarkavisie
Hugh Easter
Evans
Cincinnati
Mugendine
Hardin County
Tokio Kato
State Natyaraity
Lawn City
Muramatsu
Japan
Wichita
Isaac Mann
Perry Moore
Jones
Bussey
W. BR. Smith
Muscatine
Wullty
Davenport
Federal Grand Jury
Chicago
A. C. Buell
Chicago Jury Lifts Lid on Labor Graft and Indictments
Chicago grand jury reports rampant graft linking employers and labor leaders over the past years. Sixty one indictments allege conspiracy to shield Montgomery Ward and Fuller Construction, with twenty one union workers charged with assault with intent to murder. Driscoll, Young, and Shea named as responsible for fostering graft growth. Driscoll not indicted.
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Chicago
Chicago Labor Grand Jury
Brick Troat
Montgomery Ward & Co
Fuller Construction Company
John G. Drincoll
Albert Young
P. Shea
Driscoll
Notable 1900s Crimes and Accidents Reported in Brief
Odde and Enda, Mrs James Kirwin die of apoplexy in a New York park pavilion ballroom. Ley Bevard charged with murder of mother in law Mrs Iran cen Werta before Newark grand jury. P Derby & Co. chair factory in New York City damaged by fire nearly $100000 for the second time in six weeks. Roosevelt appoints Laula J. McComas associate justice of the Court of Appeals DC. Herman V Hilprecht exonerated from dishonesty charges by Penn trustees committee.
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Maryland
Court of Appeals of
District of Columbia
Herman V. Hilprecht
John Peters
New York
Trustees of
the Universlty of
Pennsylvania
Crop Outlook Good Favorable Weather in Northern District
Weather bulletin reports mixed conditions across regions. Northern areas see too cold temperatures slowing corn, southern states warmer growth. central rains, Missouri drought relief but injurious in parts. Pacific coast favorable. northern plateau needs rain. Spring wheat promising. oats fair. harvests underway in Missouri and Mississippi valleys. apples and pears promising. potatoes average in north, short elsewhere.
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Philly Barnhart
Stuartc
Hly
Rock Island
Iowa City
Wireman Higgins
Tixienla
Audubon County
Kee
New Court House
J. A. Nutt
Northwestern
Ames
Ilis
Des Moines
Yarrington
Famil
Ian Walter
Wud Belng
Chia Surte
Cornion
Weather Bureaus Weekly
Gulf
Villeyay
Missouri
Nouthern
Ohio
Illinois
Sanaa
Roxana
Tennessee
Kentucky
Minnesota
Pacific Coast
Williamette Valley
Missisnniot
Epworth League Opens Seventh International Convention in Denver
The Epworth League opened its seventh international convention in Denver with three simultaneous meetings at Coliseum Hall Trinity Methodist Episcopal church and Central Presbyterian church. About 20 000 delegates and visitors attended despite an illness preventing Bishop Isaac W Joyce of Minneapolis from presiding. Chairmen included Bishop Joseph F Berry of Buffalo and Dr Stephen J Herben.
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Denver
Epworth League
Coliseum Hall
Trinity
Methodist Episcopal Church
Central Presbyterian Church
Isaac W. Joyce
Minneapolis
Joseph F. Berry
Buffalo
Stephen J. Herben
Prominent Clergy Post Welcome Addresses in Epworth Herald
Chicago editor of the Epworth Herald and Rev. Melvin Taylor of Quebec delivered welcoming remarks. Gov Jesse F McDonald, Mayor Robert W Speer, Congressman Robert Bonynge and others gave addresses. Responses were offered by Rev H D Atchezon from Dubuque Rev H M Dubose of Nashville Rev G Salton of Ottawa and Rev W Matthews of Berkeley and others.
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Chicago
Epworth
Texas cyclone devastates Montague county towns
A violent tornado struck Montague county Texas Wednesday afternoon wiping out Montague Nocons and Salt Creek and injuring many while causing immense property loss. Jacksboro Baptist church and Belcher churches damaged Dixie school house destroyed. The cyclone formed in the Texas panhandle and lasted about thirty minutes. Japan reports 1904 rice crop at 203,002,855 bushels, up 25,284,229 from 1903.
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Texno
Smitton
Montague County
Montague
Nocons
Salt Creek
Texas
Gainesville
Belcher
Dixie
Jacksboro
Texas Pane
Court House
Balt Creek Valley
Dallas
Japan
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Augustann Synod
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