Roots of the U S Agricultural Experiment Station Movement
A historical overview traces early efforts toward formal agricultural inquiry in America. It notes the 1785 South Carolina and later Maryland Harvard Bussey institutions, the Smithsonian association, and the 1862 department of agriculture, leading to the 1887 Hatch Act establishing national experiment stations with Congressional support.
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Smithsonian
Department of Ag
Maryland
Ibelsimore
Washington
Agri‘uloupadl Colleges
Washington, D. C
Tional
House of Representatives
C. C. Carpenter
Iowa
Congress
Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations
Department of Agriculture
Washington City
Normin J. Colman
Experiment Station Enterprise
William H. Hatch
Missouri
Committee On Agriculture
Grand Army of the Republic Week in Chicago
Arrangements for President McKinley’s Chicago visit and the G A R encampment include temporary viaducts to aid crossing the march route and a holiday proclamation. Notable attendees include Traverse City’s 100-year-old Dan Whipple, Civil War veteran and scout, while trains levy special fares for eastern and western routes.
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Dan Whipple
Traverse City
Randolph Street
Wabash Avenue
Fifth Avenue
Adams Street
Jackson Boulevard
Grand Army of the Republic Executive Committee
Walker
Iron Brigade Association
National Association of Army Nurses
Woman’s Temple
Chicago
Dan” Whipple
Mich
Dan
Tams switchman credits Foley's Kidney Cure
A. J. Jennessee of 9201 Butler St Chicago says a cold settled into his kidneys and worsened. After trying several medicines with no relief he took Foley's Kidney Cure and reports that two thirds of a bottle cured him. House worth Bros.
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Tams Switchman
A. J. Jennessee
Butler St
Chicago
Foley
Houseworth Bros
Texas Murderer Captured in Kansas After Pervasive Family Tragedy
Texas Sheriff reports William Hendricks captured in Wichita Kansas. Hendricks killed his stepbrother in Fort Worth three years ago and the brother killed their stepfather about two months ago and is jailed for the crime. The stepmother died following the family homicide.
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Texas
Kansas
Fort Worth
Tex
Clark
Simons
Wichita
Kan
Willian Hendricks
Hendricks
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure Promotes Election Finance
The message compares political campaigning to eating and claims Kodol Dyspepsia Cure digests food to help stomach trouble. It asserts the product allows eating and promises radical relief from dyspepsia. The House is referenced as context.
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Millous
Houseworth Bros
Train derails near drawbridge end. 800 aboard uninjured
A passenger train from Atlantic City to Philadelphia struck a broken switch at a drawbridge two miles from Atlantic City and derailed several coaches. The eleven coach train with two parlor cars and a baggage car carried about 800 passengers. No injuries were reported.
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Philadelphia
Atlantic City
Pennsylvania Road
Crowned Heads in Fear Archists
London measures tighten to shield European royalty from anarchist threat after the Humbert tragedy. Detectors double guards around nobles and royal travel routes are patrolled by detectives, with fourteen detectives in Hamburg ahead of the Prince of Wales and six Scotland Yard officers accompanying him. Queen Victoria's guard is heightened, and penalties target guards of Emperor William for any harm to him.
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London
Hamburg
Prince of Wales
Scotland Yard
Queen Victoria
William of
Germany
One Minute Cough Cure Endorsed by All Ages
A brief notice promotes One Minute Cough Cure as a remedy welcomed by mothers, children, and the elderly. It claims quick relief for throat and lung troubles and presents the product with a homey, trusted tone.
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Es Je Kay Medical CO
Omaha
Neb
Houseworth Bros
Yonkers Alderman Rescues Woman in Canada Flag Incident
Alderman John H. Southwick of Yonkers and Miss Harriet Little of Monroe confronted Canadians at Fort Carling when British flags were flaunted near Muskoka Lake. Little waved an American flag on a cane and was attacked. Southwick defended her and drove the aggressors away.
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Yonkers
America
Muskoka Lake
Canada
John H. Southwick
Harriet Litetle
Monroe
Detroit
Mich
Fort Carling
Miss Little
Alderman Southwick
Charles Stephens
Cincinnati
A Great Discovery for Cancer in Windsor Letter
A Windsor Ontario reader reports using the Seven Cures cancer remedy with excellent results. The sender, Jas Cummings, praises the blood purifier and cancer treatment claiming rapid, manifest effects and strong satisfaction. Dr C D Warner is mentioned in the correspondence dated January 24 1960.
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Windsor, Ont
C.D. Warner
Jas, Cummings
Foley's Kidney Cure Promoted Despite Fatalities
An advertisement claims Foley's Kidney Cure cures Bright's Disease and diabetes if used early, urging readers to act promptly amid rising death rates. The note credits Houseworth Bros. as sellers and warns against ignoring early symptoms.
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Foley
Bright
Houseworth Bros
Return of Missionary's Family From Tientsin
Keoukomo Indiana Aug 20 first Mrs Pyke and four children reached home from Tientsin China her husband a Methodist missionary remaining All the women and children were sent away July 5 in a score of small boats and were forced to exchange boats nine times to escape Mrs Pyke said the Americans took refuge in Gordon hall which was riddled with shells She saw dead bodies piled up in the streets and bullets were picked up by the hatful No Americans were killed.
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Keoukomo
Ind
Lirsty
Tientsin
China
Remaiing
Probable Peril of Prelate at Palermo Palace
A man hiding near Archbishop Celesia's court in Palermo was arrested on charges of intent to kill the archbishop. The suspect named Antonio Politi and was found with a dagger identical to the weapon used by Luccheni in the Empress of Austria's murder.
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Palermo
Celesia
Antonio Politi
Luccheni
Austria
Cures for Consumption Promoted by Foley’s Honey and Tar
An advertisement touts Foley’s Honey and Tar as a timely remedy for coughs and incipient consumption. It claims the product heals and strengthens the lungs and always cures early consumption. Houseworth Bros.
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Foley
Houseworth Bros
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