Dairying and Hog Rearing Feed Winter Dairy Needs
In the dairy note, experts urge keeping cows in full milk through winter for butter profits, proper feeding by season, and careful salt use. Hog breeding aims for registered stock, mating patterns, and a two‑season cycle to maximize pork. Plant breeding and hybridization are showcased as a path to improved fruits, vegetables, and flowers on a country farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
Arly
RE. P. Powell
New York
Fay
Swindling by shippers in oat car load adulteration
A reader from the Flour Journal voices grievance over oat shipments adulterated with seeds, dirt, and other filler. He cites specific car loads of 1500 bushels containing far less seed than paid for and asks for redress, suggesting wholesale rejection of flawed cars and stricter enforcement to stop the practice. A note mentions Chester White hogs for bacon with strong market demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onta
Aise
Apples and Milk Education Bulletin Highlights Nutrients
Agricultural college stations urge apples and milk as wholesome balanced foods rich in water sugars and minerals. Skim milk reduces fat percentage, skin on apples adds ash. both support brain bone and muscle. Potato quality linked to soil temperature 65 to 75 degrees with ideal depth 3 to 6 inches for proper ripening flavor.
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Agricultural College
New York Experiment Station
No Occasion for Worry Retold Family Legend
An Australian undertaker mislaid a wealthy aunt’s remains and sent back a major general’s body. The nephew learns the aunt wished to be buried with full military honors, prompting a quip about keeping a general. The tale reappears as a relic of Paul Jones mythmaking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Jones
Australia
Tanner Heads G A R Commander-in-chief Election Details
Corporal James Tanner of New York elected commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic at the national encampment in Denver. Brown of Ohio and Burton of Missouri were key contenders with Tanner winning 447 votes. other officers include Brown, Burton, Stone, and Cook. Abbe A. Adams presides Women’s Relief Corps. Jus Tanner, born 1844 in Richmondville, NY, is noted for Civil War service and later pension work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Soldiers Organization
James Tanner Wos
Grand Army of the Republic
Denver
Minneapolis
James Tanner
New York
Robert By, Brown
Ohio
C. G. Burton
Missouri
C. M. Burrows
New Jersey
Wan Ox
Robert B. Brown
Charles G. Burton
George Stone
George W. Cook
Silas H. Towler
Minnesota
Mander
Hugo Philler
Waukesha
Wis
J. I. Leary
Chapman
Kan
Abbe A. Adams
Superior
Neb
Woman's Relief Corps
Jus Tanner
Richmondville
Schoharie County
Eighty
New York Volunteers
Bull Run
New York Assembly
War Department
New York Custom House
Gen. Arthur
New York G. A. R
Brooklyn
United States
Magnates advise young men on opportunity and moderation
James J. Hill told New York audiences that opportunities outnumber young men as the country grows and life becomes more complex. John D. Rockefeller urged moderation in Cleveland church Bible classes, warning against conviviality and crowd culture and stressing restraint for present and future generations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hilton
Rockefeller
James J. Hill
New York
J. Wilt
J. J. Hill
Tobn B. Rockefelter
Sheveland
Mr. Rockefeller
Euclid Avenue Baptist Church
Good Fellowship
Powder Mill Explodes Near Uniontown Killing Many
A blast at Rand Powder Works in Fair Chance Pa near Uniontown kills many workers and tears through the powder magazine. A second, larger explosion followed, causing widespread destruction, knocking out telegraph lines and halting communication. Rescue efforts rush to the ruins as trains near the plant derail and panic spreads across the region.
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Rand
Uniontown
Fair Chance
Baltimore and Ohio
Morgantown
Connellsville
Raids and Seizures Linked to Prominent Figures
Reports allege Thieves raided the home of Togs Aymar a Nave York lawyer taking assets valued at 100000. Meanwhile Dewey's wife turns over 4 Hug captured by her first husband at Orchard Knob to Alabama. Kansas Governor Hoch may seek Missouri governor's help to arrest Quantrefl'a guer ria band members after brutal remarks about the 1808 Lawrence massacre at a band reunion.
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Bparlin
Phieves
Togs Aymar
Williongire
Nave York
Admiral Dewey
Orchard Knob
Alabama
Gov. Hoch
Kansas
Gov.otk
Missouri
Lawrence
Sux Vivora
Apples Cheap Drive Many to Orchards in Town
Report notes widespread availability of apples as farmers divert produce to market. Town residents are invited to pick fruit, while some growers discard excess. A deadly incident in Kellerton follows marital strife with Frank McGuire shooting his wife and himself. wife wounded but to recover, neighbors describe jealousy as a likely motive.
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You County
Michlan
New York
Barmera
Jonlouay
Kellerton
Frank McGuire
Aml
MuGuira
Wloyd Bowler
Inter
McGuve
McGuire
Aid for Old Ministers Under Inva Conference
The Inva conference of the Methodist church drives support for its superannuated ministers and other claimants through a dormant fund. The financial agent reports $7,890.70 in cash subscriptions over the last year, raising the fund total to about $12,000. Active ministers show increased willingness to contribute, with forty-five conference members already pledging 1 percent of their salaries for five years.
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Inva Conference
The
Methodist Church
Tragic Gas Fatality Bogs Davenport Home
A 14 year old boy, Herbert Penner, son of Bernard Penner of Chicago, died after lighting a gas heater in an unfinished Davenport bathroom. The heater lacked a proper exhaust, and the ensuing fumes overpowered him. He was found dead about two hours later at his grand uncle EL H Anderson’s residence.
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Herbert Penner
Bernard Penner
Chicago
EL. H. Anderson
Davenport
Anderson
Penner
Wedding Tragedy Halts Kansas City Judge’s Nupitals
Mrs. Ed. McVey died in Des Moines while preparing for her sister Misa Kate McVey and Judge John G. Park’s wedding. The wedding party, awaiting at the First Methodist church, was kept unaware of the tragedy to avoid interruption.
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Dlea
Woda
Misa Kate McVey
John G. Park
Kansas City
Ed. McVey
Des Moines
First Methodist Church
War
Farmer Dies Under Milwaukee Train Near Singourney
Farmer Jones dies after being dragged by a Milwaukee train near Singourney as his wife boards a transport to Portland. The accident occurs when he falls attempting to wave goodbye as the train begins to move.
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Reese
Jones
Sigourney
Portland
Hedvick
Des Moines Public Library Cost and Local Projects
Miner State Matters reports Des Moines public library cost listed as 00,250 and mentions a sewage disposal plant planned in University Place Des Moines. Other items include Muscatine farmers with good sweet potato crops, Mrs John Miller injured in Baxter runaway, a man killed by a train near Hinton, Davenport police fines totaling nearly 2300 in August, Oakaloosa postmaster to gain an extra letter carrier from October 1, and a priest organ installation at Mast Dee Mosier First Presbyterian Church.
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Miner State
Des Moines
University Place
Muscatine
John Miller
Baxter
Hinton
Davenport
Oakaloosa
Mast Dee Mosier
Cherokee County
Golden Rule
Keokuk
Ded
Maines
C. C. Waud
Ankeny
The
Humane Society
Fred Seydel
Towa City
Iowa
Mary Lessers
Burlington
Louise Steingrakes
Rock Leland Railroad
Sylvia
John Lundy
Northwestern
Reading
Clinton
DeKalb
Hoy
William A. Shanklin
Fla
Upper Iowa University
Shanklin
Hamilton College
Garrett Biblical Institute
Spokana
Seattle
Dubuque
Vast Iowa incident log: thefts fires and court cases
The report details a string of events across Iowa including a home invasion and recovered money, a church or orphan home blaze in Mason City, burglaries at a Whitefield area office, multiple fires in Lenox and Chariton, and auto related fatalities. It notes Supreme Court docket counts, water works debates, a De Witt wagon shop fire, and a push for a state fair appropriation. Also mentions a Bible with historic value, a railroad incident in Croxton, and graft critiques over monuments for Lincoln, Garfield and McKinley. Local population shifts and crop conditions are summarized, with warnings of a fraud scheme targeting farmers and a Ded Malues court case involving an attempted coercion by a photographer.
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Tolnddr
Toyes Nmi
SHU
Gogell
G. Q. Wath
Vleo I
G. de Hureltresi
Pitak
Wapello Coat Company
Thitemian
Lenox
Story County
Amos
Batavia
Jack Franklin
Burlington
Marion Howard
Albin
Core
Connell
Anamosa
Frank Hickert
Lisbon
D. J. Cranston & Son
Jn de Witt
Gus Pritehia
Croxton
Plac
Keokuk Electric Light and Power Company
Louis Yuker
Ostar Yager
Oare
William Bryent
Marion
Cedar Rapids
Bryant
Lincoln
Garfield
McKinley
I. Wagle
Ocheydan
Suds
Angle
Belle Waterman
Odd Fellows
Tome
Mason City
Tve
Corn Gutting Under Way In Weather Bureau Bulletin
The weekly Weather Bureau bulletin reports cool wet conditions in the Lower Mississippi central Mississippi and Ohio valleys with farm work interrupted yet corn advances toward maturity and much of the crop now safe from frost by month end. Spring wheat harvests wrap up in North Dakota and Minnesota with some lowland flooding losses. Oregon Washington harvests improving. cotton and tobacco conditions vary across South Carolina Alabama Louisiana Texas and the Carolinas. overall picking is active and plowing seeding progress strong in central valleys and the lake region.
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The
Weather Bureau
Jower
Missonel
Missisippi
Ohio
Por Tiona
Atlantic Coast
Gulf
Pacific Coast
North Dakota
Minnesota
South Dakota
Oregon
Wrshington
South Carolina
Alabama
Louisiana
Texas
Florida
Georgia
Tennessee
Mingouri
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Indiana
Boll Weovils
Middle Atlantic
New England
Obla Valley
Kentucky
Maryland
Virginia
Ouesseu
North Carolina
New Vingland
Missouri Valley
Middle Atlantic Coast
Fragments of World News and Notable Figures
A miscellany of anecdotes and curiosities notes Sarath Kumar Ghosh’s lecture tour plans, Ottoman and European royal tidbits, and various international personalities. Highlights include the Shah of Persia’s Parisian entourage, Abyssinian honors to the German Emperor, and Suwa Moroshof’s death after leading a vast silk industry. Also covered are Lord Darnley’s lineage, Belgium’s king’s building mania, and Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria’s long foreign sojourns.
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Sarath Kumar Ghosh
Paris
Persia
Abyssinia
Ethiopia
Thaa
Rio Janaira
Rie William Gursten
Upper Nile
Soudon
Edward
London
Margaret of
Japan
Manchuria
Lord Darnley
James I
England
Mathew Stuart
Earl of Lennox
Margaret
Margaret Tudor
James IV
Scotland
Archibald Douglas
Earl of Angus
Belgium
Ludwig II
Bavaria
Minasela
Clement N. Markham
Hay
British Royal Geographical Society
Marquis of Bute
Ife
Nova Scotia
Hothesay Castle
Ferdinand
Bulgaria
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Chester
Braiher
Tanner
G. As
Magnates
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