Market Hogs Weight Demands and Indiana Poultry Prosperity
The text explains hog price sensitivity to weight with heavy hogs commanding a premium in September and peak demand in December to February. It notes lighter hogs gain value after April, discusses a widespread farm practice of selling eight month old pigs at 260 pounds, and highlights Indiana poultry revenue, with Waterloo firms handling most county poultry and over $200,000 yearly to farmers. It also covers sawdust bedding for cows, efficient manure use, and horse care guidance emphasizing firmness, kindness, and patience in horse management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farcmiers
Auch
Indiana
Inndiana
Waterloo
de Kalb
Wisconsin
Jackson County
de Kalb County
Black River Falls Journal
The Richest Milk Varies With Milking Interval
Prof. W. W. Cooke notes that milk richness depends on milking timing and season, with evening milk richer after a ten hour gap in winter and morning milk richer when hours are reversed in summer. He observes a persistent, unexplained daily and weekly variation in richness even with careful management, citing a one percent week-to-week fluctuation in a single cow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prof
W. W. Cooke
Kicking Cows Described For Milking By Epitomist Author
A historical excerpt explains a crude milking method using a snap ring and cord looped around a cow’s nose to control movement. The technique, attributed to E L Bates in the Epitomist, involves tying the cord at the horse gambrel joints and having a person clip near the shoulder to maintain tension during milking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. L. Bates
To Satisfy His Wife
A nervous husband confronts a burglar after his wife insists a thief is in the house. The burglar, amused, holds him at gunpoint but agrees to wait as the wife arrives to finally meet the man she has pursued for twelve years. The scene ends with a strange, humorous request to stay until the wife can see him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Inet
Demand Power To Make Rates In Interstate Commerce Clash
Delegates at the Interstate Commerce Convention in Chicago split into two platforms. The regular group backed Roosevelt’s rate regulation plan and urged Congress to empower the Interstate Commerce Commission to set just and reasonable rates. The rump faction, led by Parry, demanded enforcement of existing laws and opposed giving new authority to the ICC. A new national body formed to rival the ICC League, with funds and a plan to visit President Roosevelt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Roose- Yelt
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
David M. Parry
Indianapolis
Interstate Commerce Comission
Interstate Commerce Law Convention
Roosevelt
Noyes Kendall
Colorado
Denver
Globe-Trotters
Netcom
J. D. Doherty
Senate
J. E. McCall
Los Angeles
Resolution Committee
Vansant
Minnesota
McGall
McCain
I. P. Bacon
Milwaukee
Interstate Commerce Law League
House of Representatives
Interstate Ecommerce Commission
N. W. Mcleod
St. Louis
E. P. Bacon
Secretary Taft Declines 1908 Presidential Candidacy
The statement from Secretary Taft announces he will not seek the presidency in 1908. A white fugitive, Ben Bennett, once linked to a large reward, has been arrested in Macon Georgia. The South Dakota Supreme Court rules Walworth County governance at Bangor, while Shelby residents tore down the county building and moved records to Shelby, prompting a court action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Ben Bennett
Macon
South Dakota Supreme Court
Walworth County
Bangor
Shelby
Night Operator Robbery and Jealous Lover Assault in Iowa
A night operator bound and robbed by two masked men near Cavterville. Bloodhounds traced to a shack with Italians. no arrests. About $26 taken. safe funds untouched. Roy Summers shot by William Clark at Dubuque depot. Summers likely to die. Clark handed to police as crowd intervened. Insurance ruling confirms death by own action clause and Des Moines delivery. Myrtle Williams, driven by jealousy, stabbed her lover Harold Stepp at AlbIn. Nes critically injured with 40 stitches. suspect arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steve Bueherry
Rock Blind
Cavterville
Burkneey
William Clark
Roy Summers
Summers
Clark
Imols Central Depot
Dubuque
Harold Stepp
Myrtle Williams
Albin
Ruxor
Alice
Stepp
Nes
Man hanged himself with cow aid in farm tragedy
Arthur Boyd of Mingo assisted a cow in a fatal act by untethering a rope from the manger and throwing it over the animal. He stood on the manger, looped the rope around his neck, and jumped, dying before his wife could intervene as the cow’s bellow drew her to the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Boyd
Mingo
Boyd
Within Our Borders and Other Local Developments
Within Our Borders reports a range of local notes. Clarion inaugurates its water works system, while Atlantic eyes seven postmaster candidates. Drake enrolls two more Japanese students, and Polk county’s Negro Republican Club incorporates. Centerville’s Frank McCory dies after a rock fall. Mascatine county nears full rural mail coverage at 34. State Center awards a $2,135 steel water tower contract. DeWitt mourns L. Morrinney, noted horseman. A Sons of the American Revolution chapter forms in Waterloo, and Rev. E. I. Lilly becomes pastor at Lor Ted o. Bonaparte residents form an anti-chicken thief society. Treynarling lines up a brick yard at the stated price. Buchanan supervisors approve cement bridges only. Tierman Liddell of Cliton yards dies after an engine collision. Col. L. B. Raymond of Hampton, a G A R leader, contemplates a bid for Lieutenant Governor next year. Kee Never, head of a Santa Fe machinists’ district, receives a four‑month jail term for assaulting non‑union workers. Fort Madison grand jury indicts J. W. Albright for embezzlement of 11500. bond set at 50000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
V. M. Blake
Tamtton County
Fa Tend
Clarion
Atlantic
Drake
Negro Nepublican Club
Polk County
Prank McCory
Centerville
Rock
Mascatine County
State Center
Morrinney
Hverys
DeWitt
Sons of the American Revolution
Waterloo
E. I
Lilly
Lor Tedo
Bonaparte
F. H. Shultz
Treynarling
Buchanan County
Tierman Liddell
Cluton
Mc Vpherson
Keokuk
Fort Madison
Grand Jury
Suciermont
J. W. Albright
The
Loan and Building Association
Noted Des Moines Robberies and Iowa Curio Changes
A compilation of Iowa incidents reports robberies in Des Moines and other towns, deaths from heart disease, accidents and suicides, fires destroying homes and businesses, and a wave of civic and agricultural notes. It covers gas well tests at Muscatine, a jewelry firm move to Lawn City, a new two story Letts Masons building, and multiple local obituaries and public notices across various counties.
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John Barquist
Stratford
Montgomery
Wright County
Jadevel
D. O. Colling
Des Moines
Wilcox
Wes Moines
Dee
Letts
R. TW
Rogers
Northwood
Vhos
Morgan
Musentino
Chas, McVoy
Chariton
By & Q
Gadlowsa-McAllister Company
Chicago
Lawn City
Mra
Fuller
Dubuque
Oakland
Gus
Ale
Louis
Virden
P. Litts
Dinadine
Muscatine
Albert City
Albert Gladaon
Newton
Masons
Iowa
George Carroll
Thor
August Herring
Dennison
Herring
Blair's
Fort Dodge
Robert Phillips
Abert Petty
Mt. Rose
Keokuk
Tom Graham
Gustodian McCurdy
Herom Worden
I. J. Deitz
Victor Johnson
Burlington
Johnson
Marshalltown
Nel Mathews
Roland Diggs
Walter Travis
Diggs
McVey
John Rose
Dayenport
Gertrude Rucker
Des Moines Dee
West Des Moines High School
Steton
Maine
Muscatina
Davenport
Wright
Towa
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Hen As
Ganp En
Louis Campbell
Musband
Giel
Jennie MM. Tuttle
Supreme Court
Jenute Muttie
Missouri
Ingledun
Marshalstown
Holay
Centerville Block Coal Company
New York
Cuba
United States
Cubs
Visoa
Lresident
Tds
Massachusetts
Sam
China
Japan
Shanghai
Yokohama
Commercial Pacific Cable Company
San Francisco
Manila
Honolulu
Midway
Guam
Custer
Weatero Army Posta
Custer Fold
Montana
Department of Agriculture
Planta
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