Miracle Wheat Prolific Described In Scout Report
The Battle Mountain Scout summarizes a New York sourced description of a new grain named Miracle wheat. Reports claim E P Stoner of Fincastle Virginia discovered a stalk bearing 142 heads from one seed, with initial yields of 2000 grains and later 80 bushels in 1907. Prices and contact details for more information are provided.
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Battle Mountain
New York
E. P. Stoner
Fincastle
Virginia
Edward McCleery
Los Angeles
Geo. M. Huntsinger
Independence
Kansas
Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Salt Lake Club Protests Miss Hood Remarks
The Salt Lake commercial club wired its Utah convention at Galesburg to denounce Miss Helen Hood of Chicago who called Mormonism a disgrace to American womanhood. The W C T U leaders adopted a counter resolution in support of Hood and condemned Reed Smoot’s seating in the Senate while pledging to oppose Mormon books and missionaries.
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Helen Hood
Chicago
Commercial Club
Salt Lake
E. D. Woodruff
Galesburg
Illinois
Utah
Miss Hood
Reed Smoot
United States Senate
Beef Cattle for Indians Aims to Ease Beef Shortage
Washington reports the government backs Indian cattle raising to ease beef scarcity. Commissioner Sells stocks large reservations with cattle and plans to develop all Indian livestock. He authorized purchases from Indian funds of beef herds and called for bids on 9000 head for the Crow reservation in Montana while expanding sheep stocks in Arizona and New Mexico.
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Washington
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Sells
Commissioner Sells
Crow Indian
Montana
Arizona
New Mexico
Ball Player Johnson declines $1500 weekly vaudeville offer
Pitcher Johnson, while with the Senators against New York, rejected a Washington booking firm's $15,000 ten week vaudeville deal. He would have spoken 115 words, but refused to seek the limelight, preferring baseball duties. Others like Frank Baker and Hans Wagner faced similar offers but did not accept.
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Senators
New York
Johnson
Washington, D. C
Frank Baker
Hans Wagner
Griffith
Handling Gasoline Safely and Busch Fortune Joke
An old warning explains gasoline fumes ignite only when mixed with air in a specific ratio and warns to keep containers corked. It ends with a joking note about Adolphus Busch leaving a fortune of 75 million and a arithmetic prompt about schooners.
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Adolphus Busch
Nevada state news and mining plans dominate Ely Record brief
Former U S Marshal Harry Humphries shifts to a Smith Valley land reclamation issue while William Lawrene suffers severe injuries in a Tuscarora mill accident. C W Poole to survey Seven Troughs holdings. Wagner Azurite Copper builds a 1000 ton leaching plant at Luning. California buyers import about 100 cars of Nevada potatoes amid strong yields and high pay rates. Indian attendees at a powwow block sending children to Carson City Government Indian School, preferring Ely white schools instead.
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William Lawrene
Tuscarora
C. W. Poole
Consolidated Metcur Gold Mines Co
Seven Troughs Mining Co
Nevada
Poole
Luning
Wagner-Azurite Copper Company
California Commission
Carson City
Ely
Ely Record
Heirs Claim Estate of Hi ram Chase in Nevada Action
Eleven heirs presented documentary proof claiming the 1905 Elko death estate of Hi ram Chase. The estate having reverted to the State, a suit was filed in Carson District Court to recover the $25,000 now in the State Treasury.
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Hiram Chase
Elko
Carson District Court
Preliminary survey for Austin summit road in Toyabe
J. C. Brown of the Forest service will visit Austin to conduct a preliminary survey for an improved road over the Austin summit. The route, in Toyabe National Forest, will form a key link in the Lincoln Highway in Nevada and aid travel from Elko Eureka and Smoky Valley into Austin.
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J. C. Brown
Forest Service
Austin
Austin Summit
Toyabe National Forest
Nevada
Elko
Eureka
Smoky Valley
Austin Reveille
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