Iowa shifts to allow service on foreign benefit societies
Iowa lawmakers empower service on foreign beneficiary life insurers by authorizing the state auditor to accept service for such groups. The new law requires these societies to file a power of attorney with the insurance department, enabling formal notices to be served.
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Dea Moines
Lfe
Insurance Department
Swf
Commerce Counsel
Iowa
State Commerce Counsel Department
State Railroad Commission
J. H. Henderson
Iowa Railroad Commission
Commerce
Cosson
Supreme Court of
Marriage rights on drinking age and voting debated
Des Moines reports a Special Counsel ruling that a man under 21 who marries gains no voting rights but may drink in saloons as if over 21. Other items note the animal health commission pay rules, a civil suit for alienation of affection, auto tax remittance under the new license law, and various state official activities and comments on license plates.
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Robbins
Commission
WII
Stele
Animal Health Commission
Veterinary Medical Examining Board
Loza
Frederick H. Lambert
Josiah
Rebecca Kempthorne
Lambert
Dr. Lambert
Morrow
Hayward
Many Essential Points In Successful Potato Growing
WM Hurd outlines key potato growing methods including soil prep, drainage, seed selection, disease control, and the value of crop rotation with clover. He emphasizes formalin treatment for planting tubers, careful fertilizer use, and spraying with Bordeaux mixture to combat blight and pests, noting significant yield gains from proper practices.
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WM. D. Hurd
Wisconsin
Aroostook
Brame
Horses Still in Big Demand Across Global Markets
The article notes high demand for American mules and horses with buyers from France, England, Canada, and Mexico. It cites exports rising from 21,616 horses in 1909 to 28,000 in 1910, and mentions Europe and other regions importing extensively, including 1,400 mules sent to Fiji and a contract for 200 mules.
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France
England
America
Fiji Islands
Europe
Belgium
Denmark
Germany
Italy
Norway
Russia
Great Britain
South America
Central America
Asia
Pacific
West Indies
Australia
Canada
Mexico
From Farmer to Consumer Turnip Loss Hits Retail Prices
An Ohio farmer who shipped four carloads of turnips to a large city could not recoup freight costs from commission men and donated the vegetables. Meanwhile grocery stores were selling turnips at sixty cents per bushel, illustrating the gap between producer receipts and retailer prices.
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Ohio
Five-Horse Hitch for Plow Demonstrates Team Balance
The article explains securing a direct draught with five horses hitched to a gang plow. Two horses lead, four balance with the fifth. An illustrated pulley device at the final evener maintains balance between front and rear teams, with figures showing its construction.
Raising Pole Date, farmer breeds colony for fur profits
A farmer keeps a colony of 20 animals to raise for fur pelts. The herd yields nine high prices, illustrating steady income from fur trade.
Sorghum as emergency hay forage for drought times
Town farm experts urge immediate sowing of sorghum on oat or wheat stubble to yield 2 to 3 feet high forage by August, with 14% to 20% tons per acre. Sorghum drought tolerant, easier to store than millet, and valuable as palatable cattle fodder. harvest before frost.
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Norghum
H. K. Hughes
Farm Crops Department
Town Agricultural College Experiment Station
Towa
Marshalltown approves twelve blocks for concrete paving
Marshalltown city council orders concrete paving for twelve blocks to be laid this season with bids to be sought. The Spirit Lake convention elected Thomas Weltch of Des Moines president and C E Griffith of Sioux City treasurer. L Voss of the Bank of Char was named president of Farmers State Bank of Char. Voss has long been a bank stockholder.
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Marshalltown
Spirit
Lake
Thomas Weltch
Nes Moines
C. E. Griffith
Sioux City
Vera
L. Voss
Enadler
Bank of Nigan
Farmers’ State Bank of
Char
Si Mpth Voss
Ceai
Cache
Western Canada harvest labor demand and rail rates
The notice forecasts 162000 farm hands needed to harvest grain in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta with 112000 local recruits and 50000 imported help. It advertises low railway rates via government agents to attract workers, outlines expected yields 15 to 36 bushels per acre, profits up to 8000 to 10000 dollars for some farmers, and predicts land value increases in three provinces. Harvest starts July 26 and runs five to six weeks, followed by threshing and ongoing work until November.
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Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Western
Canada
M. ¥. McInnes
Jefferson Avenue
Detrot
Michigan
A. Laurier
Maroquette
Crawford
Syracuse
N. Y
Thos. Hetherington
Tramont Street
Boleton
Mass
H. M. Williams
Gardner Bidg
Toledo
Ohio
Geo, Aird
Traction-Terminal
Indianapolis
Indiana
C. J. Broughton
Merchants’ Loan & Trust
Chicago
Ill
Geo. A. Hall
2Nd Moor
Second Street
Milwaukee
Wis
T. Holmes
Jackson Street
St Paul
W. V. Bannatt
Bee Bidgy
Omaha
Neb
W. H. Rogers
West Fth Street
Kansas City
Bain, Davies
Dunn
Great Falla
Montana
J. B. Carbonneau, Jr
Main Street
Biddeford
J. N. Grieve
Auditorium
Spokane
Wash
Rude Awakening for Eliza Mistakes Visitor for William
In a London Tit-Bita parody, Eliza Dilza waits in a dark room for a visitor she longs to reunite with. A confused, gas-fueled blunder reveals she has mistaken a gas man for her supposed partner William. The comic scene ends with a humorous misrecognition.
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Dilza
Eliza
William
Wize
Willian
London
Harold and the Signa the dear little boy tale
Harold, five, resists chores with wit in a domestic vignette from Lippincott's Magazine. Ethel tries flattery to enlist help, but Harold replies he won’t go upstairs, revealing a humorous slice of family life.
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Harold
Signa
Slater
Ethel
Lippincott's Magazine
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