Iowa News Roundup Sparks Diverse Civic Movements
Iowa reports detail about town votes on the Liberty Memorial, new church construction, and a shift in liquor policy. The piece notes livestock and dairy club growth, extensive banker conventions, and a historic reunion of the Hoodoo Chargers in Marshalltown. It also covers camping plans, farm associations, and a Holstein bull with a fatal nail injury.
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Motor’ Tasven
Atreet Car Local-Traction
Maxwell
June Bird
Liberty Memorial
Iowa
Iowa City
Flobert Handérgon
Atate
Jude
Europe
Benger
Milwaukee Shug Biota
State Board of Conservagio
Wasterns Inno
Castle’ Grove
Sielby
Des Moines
G. A. Brioneon
Jowa
Association
Mason City
Nicholas Murray Butler
United States Department of Agriculture
North Central States
Minnesota
Winnois
Wisconsin
United States
Marshalltown
Treating Cabbage Seed for Blackleg Control
The States Department of Agriculture recommends Mercuric chloride seed treatment as simple and inexpensive, with minimal seed ill effects. If seed is infested with blackleg, hot water treatment at 122 F for 80 minutes is required to fully control the fungus, then seeds are dried and prepared for planting.
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States Department
of Agriculture
Bridge grafting saves fruit trees damaged by winter
Bridge grafting recovers injured fruit trees such as apple and pear by linking bark sections with live twigs. Performed in early spring while scions remain dormant, the method relies on careful handling and storage of scions to ensure successful connections and top growth.
Bouquet of Flowers Boosts Orchard Yields Trailblazing Demonstration
A new demonstration in Grane county Washington reports a dramatic yield increase after placing a fresh bouquet of cherry blossoms atop trees each morning. Beginning two years ago with Black Tartarian cherry blossoms in three orchards, bee pollination and insects aided by the flowers produced record fruit set across cherry, plum, peach, pear and apple varieties, potentially revolutionizing Northwest fruit production.
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Grane County
Washington
Northwest
Chicago Daily News
Costs in Wheat Production Vary Widely Across Regions
United States Department of Agriculture survey of the 1990 winter wheat crop across Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas and Oklahoma shows total costs differ greatly by farm. Labor and horsepower dominate expenses, with owners averaging 190 per bushel and tenants 490 per bushel, driven by yields per acre and varying input costs.
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Tifa Pbnirea
Ste Staten
Tabor
United States
Missouri
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
Laing
United
Dewberries Ripen Early and Have Sweet Flavor
Dewberries mature early with a distinct sweet flavor and larger fruits than blackberries. They grow on slender canes, prefer rich clay soil, and benefit from cross pollination or multiple dewberry varieties. To avoid fruit contact with the ground, train canes on a flat poultry-wire trellis about 18 inches above soil.
Note on farm crops and garden practices from a historic guide
The text discusses sowing wrinkled peas early, tracing seed origin with cloverseed, fencing to protect stock and profits, farm home improvements with paint and shrubbery, and the value of acid phosphate. It covers garden crops such as leaf lettuce, radishes, garden peas, vetches, seed potatoes, rhizoctonia and scab prevention, and string beans as staple vegetables.
Franks Slayers Held for Trial in Chicago
Indictments charging murder and kidnapping were voted by the grand jury against Nathan Leopold Jr. and Richard Loeb, University of Chicago postgraduates, for the slaying of Robert Franks after a kidnapping and demand for $10,000. The two true bills total 26 counts. Leopold’s confession, obtained May 11, is described as the more explicit of the two, and was presented to the grand jury.
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Chicago
Naathan I. Leopold, Jr
Richard Loeb
University of Chicago Post
Robert Franks
Crowe
Leopold
Site
Joseph Savage
Hughes
Loeb
Cramton Bill Creates Prohibition Bureau In Treasury
Washington dry forces push the measure by 276 to 90 under suspension to establish a prohibition bureau within the Treasury, separate from the internal revenue bureau. The two thirds vote was required, and the bill is championed by dry leaders as key to enforcement, though unlikely to pass the Senate this session.
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Washington
House
Cramton Bil
Treasury Department
Internal Revenue Bureau
Cramton Hill
Senate
Senate approves naval build up under Hine bill
Washington reports the Senate swiftly passed the Hine bill to restore naval strength to the level agreed at the disarmament conference. It allocates 18,360,000 for front line ship alterations, eight cruisers up to 11,100,000 each, and six gun boats up to 700,000 each. The U S would total 157,000 tons of cruiser tonnage versus Britain and Japan.
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Washington
Dew
Senate
Ammersea
United States
Great Britain
Utah Delegates Vote for McAdoo at State Convention
Ogden, Utah delegates were instructed to support James M. McAdoo at the Democratic National Convention after a bitter fight over delegate instructions. The Utah delegation was chosen by acclamation at the state convention, amid tense proceedings and party leadership drama.
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Utah
McAdoo
Ogden
James T. Waters
Chatmainu
Veterans' Charges to Be Investigated at Rehabilitation School
Washington reports that after a 160 student strike at the United States Veterans' rehabilitation school in Troyville, a sanitation and food condition protest prompted General Frank Hines, director of the Veterans Bureau, to dispatch Assistant Director Gr. Armen to Perryville to inspect and improve conditions.
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Washington
United Shites Veterans' Rehabilitation School
Troyville
Gen. Prank
Hines
Veterans’ Bureau
Gr. Armen
Cherie
Conetral Seryler
Peryvile
Invasth
Mellon Believer Defends Bonus Law in Treasury Dispute
Unclear notes indicate Mellon supports a bonus law while opposing a prison measure. A suit names Mellon as a defendant amid a Treasury dispute with related legal questions and secretive discussions referenced.
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Mellon
Washington
Trevaury
Prisage
Colpensinn
Hin
Daugherty's Case Moves Toward Supreme Court
Washington reports the Senate continues its inquiry into Daugherty with a special counsel appointed to carry the investigation powers of the upper house. The case heads toward the Supreme Court as proceedings proceed.
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Daugherty
Supreme Court
Washington
Senate
Varey M. Dauugherty
Congress
Indian Affairs Committee Clears Oklahoma Revenue Resolution
The Indian affairs committee approved a resolution directing the administration to review Indian affairs in Oklahoma. An official statement notes an expenditure of 5400 to support the inquiry and related government action.
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Washington
Oklahoma
House
Donut Pyramid Incident Sparks Wrist Sprain Report
A restaurant proprietor was overheard directing staff about a pyramid of doughnuts. He warned not to upset the arrangement after a donut fell and sprained a man’s wrist. The remark appears in a Louisville Courier-Journal transcription about a humorous exchange.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Fragmented Quizzed Speech Echoes A Long Sentencing Tone
A garbled dialogue fragment recalls a question about a defendant firing multiple shots. The text wanders through dialect and fragmented phrases, suggesting a courtroom or policing context. It mentions marriage, honor, and a rural gentleman with old world sensibilities.
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Hawkeye
Ae State News
Orkaeumt
Prohibition Bureau
Rumania
Bucharest
Rurannia
Monarch
Monarch Costa
EM House
OCOA
Monarch Coffee
Car Mp
Boston
Muriel
Ferdie
Madge
Ech
Iosten
Heghood
Hhaying Gakerdy
Northwestern Yeast Co
Ashland Ave
Dred
Sharples Separator Company
Sharples Allsteel
Agricultural College
Sharples Separator CO
West Chester
America
Rita Es
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