Vast Network of Agricultural Correspondents Planned
The Agricultural Department aims to organize 50,000 news gatherers across the West and South to report crop conditions at no government cost beyond pamphlet distribution. The plan shifts from county-based reports to township proxies, with county clerks supplying names, seeking two candidates per township to form a nationwide crop data system.
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Washington
R. A. Robinson
Agricultural Department
United States
Secretary of Agriculture
Bulletina
Robinson
Dodge
Department of Agriculture
Department
County Clerk Circulates Seventy Names for Service
The statistician must address circular letters to about twenty men in the county once the clerk replies. After these respond, circulars go to alternates if the first group refuses to serve.
Crop troubles spread across region despite oats and barley holding
Agricultural Department reports show widespread declines in major crops with potatoes especially hit by drought and rot. sweet potatoes, apples, and tobacco also faltering while oats, rye and barley hold. Northwest prices depress growers. wheat outlook mixed as Northwestern farmers hold back.
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Agricultural Department
New England
New York
Great Lakes
Missouri
Kansas
Northwest
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Ohio
Maryland
Virginia
Central
West
United Kingdom
Great Britain
Duluth
Northwestern
Landing of Marines In Korea Sparks Royal Disappearance
Tokyo dispatches relay a sensational uprising in Korea with Queen missing after newly organized Korean troops, backed by a Tai Won Kun coalition, seized the palace. Russian, American, and likely British marines have landed in Seoul to preserve order while Japanese forces guard the legation and restore stability.
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Korea
United States
Kurino
Japan
Foreign Office
Tokyo
Hussian
Great Britain
Seoul
Yorktown
Maira
Far East
Notes of Current Events in Glenville Ohio Arrest News
Carl Tonquiets is under arrest in Glenville Ohio on suspicion of causing the death of his infant by starvation. Patrick Grant, Boston merchant and father of novelist Robert Grant, dies at 88. Rhode Island G A R plans a monument to Civil War Catholic soldiers. James A. Jordan indicted in Grand Rapids vanishes. New York Court of Appeals upholds Bat Shea murder conviction from 1804. Floods on Agua Fria and Gila threaten bridges on Santa Fe and Maricopa and Phoenix Railroads.
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Glenville
Ohio
Carl Tonquiets
Patrick Grant
Robert Grant
Boston
Mass
Rhode Island
Grand Army
James A. Jordan
Grand Rapids
New York Court of Appeals
Bat Shea
Robert Ross
Troy Spring
Agua Fria
Gila
Santa Fe
Summer diet guidance from Prof Sims at Washington Y M C A
Prof J W Sims discusses a diet plan for athletes emphasizing breakfast fruit and grains, midday meat sparingly, and summer beverages. He cautions against ice water and heavy desserts, promotes fresh fruit, milk, and moderate animal protein, and notes practical tips for digestion and cooling.
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J. W. Sims
Athletica
Washington Y. M. C. A
Star
Washington
England
The Sword Swallower Reveals Grim Training Steps
A veteran sword swallower details his brutal prep including swallowing a six inch silver wire to desensitize the throat, consulting a doctor weekly, and progressing to a ten inch steel or silver sword, noting he can swallow up to twenty inches in length. He warns against razors and explains the path from practice to performance.
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Texas
United States
A Horse Mind Reader
Prof Bartholomew extols horses as noble intelligent beings akin to humans and recounts cowboy days taming bucking broncos He trains horses in classes by observing each animal’s response and assigns tasks to match their natural talents He claims horses show courage and can be taught to perform complex jumps through patient class-based conditioning
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Bartholomew
Prairies
Buffalo captured by rope tricks on Kansas Pacific train
A Mexican vaquero employed to rope a buffalo as stockyard advertising rode a Kansas Pacific passenger train. The steed held the buffalo in a tug of war as the train paused, the rider collected a drink, and the creature was later hauled to Kansas City amid cheers from passengers.
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Kansas Pacific Railway
Kansas City
Buffalo
Horsamar
Jose
Shirley
Ingenious Preacher Attracts Congregation In Sheffield
A Methodist pastor in a working class Sheffield suburb built a sizable church by shifting weekday prayer meetings to 6 am and 5 am. After poor turnout, he offered spiritual nourishment alongside a free breakfast, intending to start a meeting at 6 with a breakfast to follow. The device aimed to boost attendance and combine worship with fellowship.
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Sheffield
England
Woman Cured by Dr Williams Pink Pills Says Heart Neuralgia Ended
Mrs Henry Osting of Sunman Ripley County Indiana suffered months of neuralgia of the heart and stomach with pain sleeplessness and collapse. After trying many doctors and medicines she used Dr Williams Pink Pills and rapidly improved. she was fully cured after six boxes and credits the treatment in a sworn affidavit. The article notes the pills as a remedy for various nervous and blood related ailments and claims broad efficacy for both sexes and multiple conditions.
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New Era
Greensburg
Ind
Messrs. Bigney & Co
Sunmen
Ripley County
Sbe
Willams
Mr. Bigney
Williama
ra,Osting
Tate
Indiana
Ripley
Henry Osting
W. Bigney
Williams
Paris Shoemaker Chapeau Ends Life Over China Dinner Plan
A Paris shoemaker named Chapeau died by carbon monoxide in his room. A letter explains he saved for ten years to buy a china table service costing L1 franca. He planned to inaugurate it with a dinner for friends, distributing the service among those named in the note.
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Paris
Chapeau
Bere
Homeseekers Excursions Offer via Nickel Plate Road
A fragmented notice advertises Homeseekers' excursions via the Nickel Plate Road on October 1 and 22 with inquiries through agents. The text includes garbled lines and unrelated phrases, but centrally promotes rail travel for home seeking and ticket sales information.
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Nickel Plate Road
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