Wisconsin forest products lab to open June fourth
The forest products laboratory at Madison Wisconsin, a joint venture of the University of Wisconsin and the United States Department of Agriculture, receives state funding for construction and utilities while the USDA provides equipment and 35 to 40 experts. It will test wood strength, treat decay, study wood waste distillation, examine fibers for paper uses, and analyze microscopic wood structure.
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Forest Products Laboratory
Madison
Wis
Washington
Chicago News
University of Wisconsin
United States Department of Agriculture
University
Rockefeller's Tarrytown Carriage Rides Delight Townsfolk
John D. Rockefeller, famed as the world's richest man, frequents rides with friends and neighbors in Tarrytown New York. He wears a paper vest for protection against colds and leaves the vest as a souvenir in many homes after each outing, popularizing his generosity locally.
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John D. Rockefeller
Tarrytown
N. Y
Rockefeller
Doctor Hyde convicted of first degree murder in Kansas City
Dr B G Hyde was found guilty of murder in the first degree for poisoning Cal Swope, a Kansas City millionaire. A life imprisonment sentence was fixed. The verdict followed a 60 hour jury deliberation as Frank Walsh announced plans to seek a new trial and appeal.
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Dr. Hyde
Eighty five convicts perish in Alabama mine fire
In Bibb County near Centerville Alabama a stockade blaze at Red Feather Coal Company Lucile mines killed thirty six black inmates. The arsonist started the fire and perished among the victims while guards fatally shot one escaping convict. Losses run to thousands of dollars. Also details a Kansas City murder suicide case involving Henry Helton and his wife Lily.
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Red Feather Coal Company
Lucile Mines
Bibb County
Centerville
Ala
Ateckyde
Daren Arrext
Kits
Henry Helton
Lily
Kansas City
Plea for Junkin May Not Save Notorious Ottumwa Murderer
Judge Mitchell argues John Junkin is so deficient physically and mentally that he cannot be held fully responsible for the Clara Rosen murder in Ottumwa. The Iowa Supreme Court considers the appeal, but most listeners expect Junkin to face the gallows. Warden Sanders at Centerville says such a man should never have been freed, though indeterminate sentencing is urged.
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Singer
Mitchell
John Junkin
Clara Rosen
Ottumwa
Junkin
Supreme Court
Centerville
Sanders
Doctor Whipped Royal Boy in Youth on King's Visit
Dr Elmer F Clapp pioneer physician of Town City recalls a hand to hand fight fifty years ago in Dwight Illinois with the future King of England then a 15 year old Prince of Wales. He grabbed him, threw him to the ground, and sat on him after the boy splashed water on him during a hotel yard encounter.
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England
Elmer F. Clapp
Town City
America
Dwight
Ill
Clapp
Prince of Wales
King
Bleached Flour Ban Upheld by Federal Judge Ruling
Federal Judge Basex Town in Des Moines dismissed the Shawnee Milling Company of Kansas and Updike Milling Company of Omaha from challenging federal seizure of bleached flour. The ruling upheld Congress power to enact pure food laws for general welfare and interstate commerce regulation.
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Basex Town
McPherson
Des Moines
Shawnee Milling Company
Kansas
Updike Milling Company of
Omaha
Western Milling Company
United States District Attorney
Congress
United States
Mondamin Pioneer W J Arbaugh Dies by Self Inflicted Gunshot
A 71 year old Mondamin resident and pioneer, W J Arbaugh, died by his own action using a shotgun. He placed the gun to his breast and pulled the trigger, with the blast causing instant death. The incident was described as shocking by neighbors.
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Mondamin
W. J. Arbaugh
Webster to Drain Slough for 22 000 Acres
Webster County drainage plans propose Synum system costing 80 000 dollars to reclaim 6 000 acres of slough, a site favored by hunters and fishers. The project aims to improve roads and open up 22 000 acres, with work to begin soon after recommendations were presented.
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Synum
Webster County
Poultry fall care and capon processing notes
Fall provides best time to clean coop and warm housing for hens and to thin flock to standard quality. Emphasizes warm water, feed, and grit, and outlines capon slaughter by French method with hanging and blood catch box. Includes notes on Golden Wyandotte history and turkey breeding to avoid inbreeding and ensure fertile eggs.
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St. Louis Republic
Turkey
Wisconsin Agriculturiat
Whistler's Enemies and Friends in Harpers Footnotes
A mixed excerpt citing Ford Madox Hueffer on Whistler and the Pre Raphaelites, including Madox Brown's appeal to patrons to buy Whistler etchings during his poverty. Also snippets on breeding birds, keeping hens healthy for egg production, and farm feeding tips, ending with a note comparing the Trans-Siberian Railroad to a poor engineering effort.
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Whistler
Ford Madox Hueffer
Harpers Magazine
Madox Brown
Whistlers
Chelsea
Chicago Trade Review Shows Mixed Signals From Dun Report
R G Dun & Co weekly Chicago trade review notes mixed currents with solvent payments improving yet money tight and new lending demand modest. Grain and livestock demand down while iron, steel, transportation outputs rise. Weather boosts agriculture and outdoor retail, while wholesale dry goods and apparel inventories stay ample. Bank failures rise slightly. 36 district failures reported, with 16 above $5,000 liabilities.
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Chicago
R. G. Dun & Co
Trade conditions weaken as weather dampens demand
New York reports quiet trade with unfavorable weather and uncertain prices delaying distributive demand. Western notes show quiet to fair retail and fill-in jobbing, while eastern wholesale remains disappointing. Canada and U S weekly business failures rise compared with last year, Bradstreet's notes subdued spring trade effects.
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United States
Canada
Bradstreet’s
Chicago and regional grain and livestock price snapshot
The column lists cattle hogs and sheep prices across Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee New York Buffalo Toledo and other markets plus grain quotes for wheat corn oats rye barley and related items. It ends with a crime note: Harry Thorn confessed the murder of grocer George W Fassel during a hold up in Salt Lake City.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
New York
Toledo
Harry Thorn
George W. Fassel
Salt Lake City
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Walter S. Harmon
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Newton
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University of Missouri
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Blue Island
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Wilton
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Memorial University
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Eld River
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H. H. Wilson
Waterloo
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Amex
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Webster
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Indiana
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