Dual purpose cow debated by farmers and dairy experts
The article discusses the concept of a dual purpose cow yielding both milk and beef. It cites test results from St. Louis Exposition class C with Holsteins Brown Swiss Shorthorns and Jerseys, comparing net profits per cow and the Jersey leading in profitability. It also covers hog breeding shifts, dairy husbandry lessons, and a note on bees and water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis Exposition
Jersey
Cawa
R. M. Row
Farmers Home Journal
Barley and Peas For Late Forage Use In Massachusetts
Barley and peas offer a valuable late forage crop for fall feeding, enduring frosts better than oats and peas. Barley remains vigorous into November, suitable for late soiling or pasturing, sown at 1½ bushels each per acre and as late as early August. If peas perform poorly in summer, oats or barley alone can yield good crops at 2½ or 3 bushels per acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phelps
Massachusetts
Plougiman
Flowers From Girl's Hat Story Explains 30 Year Mystery
A Frankfort Indiana man Samuel Sommerfeld once sold a hat to a girl in Aurora. She wore it, tore it, and seeds from artificial flowers planted by the mother sprouted into real blooms resembling pansies. The plants flourished for decades, revealing that French flower makers preserved native blooms to save costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Sommerfleld
Frankfort
Ind
Aurora
Sommerfield
France
Merits of the Thistle and Culpeper’s Cure
London Chronicle notes Lord Brownlow praises bracken and nettle as valuable foods and presents Culpeper’s claim that thistle helps prevent plague and cleanses the blood. It also cites a claim that thistle decoctions banish melancholy and improve spirits, while a jab at longevity and mortality closes the discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Brownlow
Culpeper
London Chronicle
Mexico Expands Railways and Improves Transport Facilities
Railway expansion continues in Mexico with extended lines and upgraded transport facilities. The efforts aim to enhance capacity, connectivity, and service reliability across major routes and regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Slain Man Found On Allen Township Farm Near Avon
Edward Grosser aged 40 was murdered at his Allen Township home west of Avon. A bullet wound to the temple and a pulled apart scene led to suspicions of foul play. A farmer, Charlex Graves, found the body and reported a lonely sixty acre farm with a hidden fortune rumored. Forged notes to a Rockford bank tied the Griswold murder theory to the case, while a stomach analysis found no poison in Frank Callahan. A skull and other crime leads surfaced, with numerous local updates on banks, churches, and erecting projects across Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Grosser
Iis
Allen Township
Avon
Charlex Graves
Gresser
Fionsa
Greaser
Beck
Gaur
Is Muusumed
Grinwold
Rockford State Bank of
Rockford
George R. Griswold
Griswold
Des Moines
Rockford Bank
Charles N. Kinney
Frank Callahan
Des Moinca
Levy
Miller
Des Moines Brntes
W. W. Tutezehe
Burlington
FH. W. Moss
Bentley
A. Cg, Groom
Dox Moines
Ithamer J. Baldwin
Oclwelh
D. GB. Howard
Keokuk
L. R. Boos
West Liberty
Dmil Bacher
Dubuque
Hailway
Iowa State Normint School
Chemient Laboratory
Port Doge
Teareil Iuul
New Mexico
Friveds
Wart Dodge
State Board of Control
Robert
Institution For the Deaf and Dumb
Council Bluffs
Mia
Anun Parkhill
Connell Bluffs
Alberta Parkhill
Linnie Maynewood
State Executive Council
Leas
Lowa
Mount Pleasant
Qarinda
Independence
Glenwood
George Foulk
Mamie Foulk
Davenport
Caudy
Jonathan Foulk
Marion
Bour
McCurdy Defends Mutual of New York View on Insurance
President Richard A. McCurdy of Mutual of New York argued before a legislative investigating committee that life insurance aims to aid mankind rather than profit policyholders. He claimed agents receive high commissions to attract business and defended his salary history as justified by cumulative service and trustee decisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willamette Valley
Mea
L. Aon
Indiana
Parmer
Richard A. McCurdy
The
Mutual of New York
Legislative
Aimin
McCurdy
Widows’ and Orphins’ Life Insurance Company
Charles C. Raymond
C. H. Raymond & Co
Mutual
Ife Insurance Company
New York City
Raymond & Co
New York
Mr. McCurdy
Hughes
Fife
Committee On
Mr. McCuniy
Mr. Hughes
McGurdy Saille
Wisconsin Life Insurance Commissioner Charges Old Line Firms
Wisconsin Insurance Commissioner denounces old line life insurers for alleged misconduct, claiming $14,000,000 was confiscated from policyholders in 1904. He cites reserve releases on surrendered policies and inflated expense lending, urging restitution and stricter exhibits to reveal surplus and expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Old-Line Life
Ife Insurance
Iron Polley Nulders
Legend of Zachary Taylor’s 80 000 Treasure Hidden Near Waukon
An aged tale places four bags of gold worth about 80000 buried near a frontier post led by Colonel Zachary Taylor during the Black Hawk War. In 1880 at Prairie du Chien the treasure was consigned to pay soldiers, four volunteers buried it at night, fighting raged, and the crew perished. A search failed to recover the cache, now presumed hidden in a bluff near the Mississippi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zachary Taylorto
Holdlora
Waukon
Iles
Prairie du Chie
Hioyk
Zachary Aylor Waa
Wort McKay
Indiana
Black Hawk
Taylor
Mercierle
Ollora
Ceretain
Monroe County Has Largest Negro Population in Iowa
Census figures show Monroe County 11.8 percent Black residents, the highest in the state. Lee, Polkham, Wapello and others follow with much smaller shares, while thirty-nine counties report no colored population.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe County
Rome
Iowa
Census Bureau
Lee County
Polkham
Wapello
Mahaska
Appanoose
Daspor
Scott
Fama
Tain Reservation
Adams
Audubon
Blackhawk
Buena Vista
Buteler
Calhoun
Cast
Chickasaw
Clay
Clayton
Delaware
Wrautlin
Greege
Grundy
Guthrie
Tumboldt
Ida
Towa
Tackxon
Foner
Keokuk
Kossuth
Lyon
Madiaun
Mitchell
Monona
O'Brien
Oscoolt
Palo Alto
Pocahontas
Ringgald
Sac
Shelby
Sioux
Story
Wayne
Winnebango
Winneshiek
Worth
Weight
Buchanan County
Wayne County
Owl
Davis
Decatur
Clarke
Ringgold
Madison
Warren
Cities Own Waterworks and Gas Plants in State
Census data show 262 cities own water works, 25 private. 20 gas plants municipal, 67 private. 37 electric plants municipal, 127 private. Atlantic has the highest gas rate at 2.50 per thousand feet, lowest 1.00 in Burlington and others. Most plants are private. oldest water systems trace to 1874 in Independence and Clayton. Marshalltown 1876. Monticello 1878. Brute Center 1890.
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Atlantic
Burlington
Clinton
Dubuque
Graettinger
Jesup
Sibley, Marcus, Preston
Dallas Quonter
Marena
Independence
Clayton
Marshalltown
Puten
Monticello
Brute Cetter
Davenport Commercial Club Eyes $40000 Club Building
The Davenport Commercial Club may erect a club building valued at forty thousand dollars. Complete cureme delivery will likely be established in Lyog County. A number of diphtheria cases are reported at the soldiers orphans home in Davenport. Otis Carmichael, longtime master painter at the Council Bluffs Motor Company's barn, was struck by a northbound passenger train and killed instantly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yuma
Des Moines
Washington
Madrid
Chubbie
Berwick
State Weir Association
Ames
Rockford
Waterloo Congregationalists
Denmark
James Burns
Fort Dodge
Laurel ‘Knighta
Pythias
Cones
Stoan
Hardin County
C. J. Anderson
Winnebago County
Dubuque
John Tupeltz
Earling
Ed Johnson
Audubon
London
Misa Jennie Bicknell
Peterson
Horaon
Miles
Warren County
Ben Pulley
Oxford Junction
Tafoot
John D. Rockefeller
Daniel Yrande
East Dex Moines
Bhort State Loma
Davenport
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Ganpe
Poland
Ching
A. H. Harris
Howe — Noten
George R. Grinwald
Callahan
M. Levich
Toledo College
Daniel McIntyre
Gindbrook
Western College At
Toledo
Leander Clark
Andrew Carnegie
James P. ‘Okin
Blessing
Raymond MacCutloch
Hock Island
Coon Rapids
Mason City
Mery
Mas
John Moubling
Tripali
Felin 4
Joy
Adel
Dulin County
Tadies
Iter
A. B. Keeler
Lripol
Geo. AL Wells
Iowa Grain Dealers’ Association
Don Erup
du Wayne
Union County
Mgh
Whs
Every
Clear Lake-Magon
Ben
Aliee Miynn
Riverside
Nowell
Dean Main
Town College
Grinnell Amith
Board of
Fnd
Bradley
Walter Richardyon Ve
H. Sand Dane Benefet
Smith McPherson
Corneil Bluffs
Wm. Connor
Emmetsburg
Calle Trust
Charity
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