Outlook on crops across Iowa towns and counties
Volume twenty one reports farmers in Ringsted and surrounding areas noting variable yields. Oats average forty five bushels per acre with good quality. corn prospects are fair to good depending on frost timing and season lateness. potato crops look light. drought damage limited in some regions while others show better forage and soil moisture from heavy spring rains.
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Grop
Ringsted
Armstrong Journal
Forrest City Summit
Iowa
Des Moines
Neighborhood gossip and local notices mix in Ringsted patch
J W Oake adds a large farm machine shed at Jack Creek township. a wind warning saved Rev Dr Ostergaard's family from a cellar sheltering incident. A Modern Wooldmen camp formed in Doughty Schoolhouse with 16 charter members. Various local items cover price cuts, malted milk misread telegrams, Bucklen's salve testimonials, new game protection deputies, and humorous regional anecdotes.
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Ringsted
J. W. Oake
Jack Creek
Ostergaard
Doughty School
Jack Creek Township
Lawson
Sparks From The Wires On Telephones And Snow
New York now hosts 60 000 telephone stations ranking it among the world’s largest city systems. Rontgen rays test death with bodies more opaque postmortem. The eight inch malaprecurus fish can produce a shock of £00 volts in a fraction of a second. Consul General Guenther reports Mount Blane tests show no poles needed for snow country lines as thick snow insulates wires for transmission. Similar results from Mount Etna.
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New York
Guenther
Frankfort
H. Janssen
Mount Blane
Mount
Actna
Military shifts and new equipment in European armies
In three months at least 88 German generals are pensioned and replaced by younger officers. The French war minister orders all troops on foreign service to wear khaki. The Board of Ordnance adopts a new magazine pistol delivering 116 shots per minute, aiming to surpass the Colt. price is 15 dollars per 1000 in bulk.
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Board of Ordnance
Colt
Municipal motor vehicles cited in early 20th century report
The governor of St. Petersburg orders ten autos for city use while English railways note tramway competition. Royal and imperial fleets include King Edward VII, Queen Alexandra, the czar, monarchs of Germany Belgium Italy and Persia. Paris mulls ambulance shifts to mechanical traction as New York operates self propelled vehicles. Nickel Plate Line advertises special fares. John Y. Calahan Chicago. 3ind.
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St. Petersburg
Edward VII
Queen Alexandra
Czar
Germany
Belgium
Italy
Persia
Paris
New York
Diphtheria Clamp in Forest City Area Reports Rise
Amid near epidemic reports in Forest City and nearby areas the Summit argues quarantine laws are not observed. The note mentions residents and officials, including a postmaster appointment in Wallingford and multiple Iowa towns, with references to crops, travel, and local notices.
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Forest City
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