NEWSPAPERS HELP FARM SALES Advertising shifts to local newspapers for better reach
Farmers increasingly rely on newspaper ads rather than bill posters for farm sales. Iowa State College notes newspaper space offers greater efficiency, reaching 1500 farm homes per sale versus 200–300 readers for sale bills. Costs run about 8 to 12 dollars per ad, with broader reach and leisure reading boosting attendance and sales success.
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Agricultural Journalism Department
Iowa State College
Reclaim 27 000 Acres In Iowa Farmland Debate
The Iowa flood problem prompts drainage efforts as 27 000 acres in a northeastern county flood yearly. Iowa State College engineers assist landowners battling standing water while Brooklyn Chronicle editor predicts land rising to 800 to 1200 dollars per acre in coming years, past doubts echoed on higher prices.
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Iowa
Iowa State College
Iowaland
Brooklyn
Chronicle
Why imitations can't pass master diamonds
The article explains that real diamonds have irregular facets, while imitations are precision ground to hide flaws. A testing file scratches only the imitation but not a genuine diamond. Sapphire is the next hardest stone. if a stone can be stretched by sapphire, it is not a diamond.
Gas Well Forever Spouts Gas in Canada
In Pelican Rapids on the Athabaska River a western Canada gas well has roared for 80 years. It has sent out gas worth millions of dollars and spouted about 2,000 cubic feet every 24 hours for decades. Authorities fear for its life as nations consider energy waste and safety implications.
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Pelican Rapids
Athabasca River
Canada
Rochester
Holland and the Hollanders compared to France
Corp David Rancseur notes in the Indianapolis Star that Holland presents an orderly, neat social landscape with uniform apartment blocks and pristine streets. He contrasts Rotterdam and The Hague with France, observing gendered commerce, lavish men’s shops, and a cautious social code that discourages casual flirtation and public missteps.
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Holland
France
David Rancseur
Wiiten
Indianapolis Star
Mike
Rotterdam
Hague
Amercan
Fifth Avenue
New York
Mademoiselle
The Return of the Sword in Modern Peace Time
The British army reintroduces ceremonial swords for field marshals generals and colonels when dismounted, a move mocked by humorists. Once redundant in battle the blade returns as a symbol amid modern war engines, with its clank echoing prestige though engines of war have outpaced its practical use.
Atlantis' 1878 Atlantic Balloon Attempt Heads to Europa
The Atlantis floated from Brooklyn on October 6 1878 with Prof Washington H Donaldson and two companions Alfred Ford and George A Lunt in a lifeboat beneath a balloon. It carried homing pigeons as wireless aids but landed near New Canaan Connecticut the same afternoon after no progress toward Europe.
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Atlantis
Atlantic
Walter Wellman
America
Ocean
Brooklyn
Washington H. Donaldson
Alfred Ford
George A. Lunt
New Canaan
Recommendations are Too Light for Real Value Says Mayor Snyder
Mayor Snyder laments that recommendations are too lightly given to be useful. He recalls a local anecdote about a cook whose written recommendation failed to reflect her true abilities, noting the maid’s limited schooling and the missus’ busyness as contributing factors. The tale echoes concerns over informal endorsements in public life.
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Snyder
Cook
Los Angeles
Peggy Placed Up Front For Dessert Flavor
A polite young girl Peggy accompanied her parents to a dinner party at a friend's house. Jelly dessert made with gelatine and fruit juice was served. Peggy was overlooked in portions yet asked the neighbor what flavor the jelly was. She received a generous serving and learned the flavor.
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Peggy
Long Prairie to Shortville Romance Ends in Rescue
In a rural misadventure, Adam Truston travels to Shortville to ease his daughter Adella’s woes but is robbed by two roughs along a rainsoaked road, only to be saved at the last moment by Roy Denby who turns up in time. The incident reveals Denby’s timely aid and hints at deeper family tensions over the couple’s prospects.
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Martin
Denby
Adam Truston
Shortville
Selina
Adella
Long Prairie
Truston
Mr. Truston
Roy Denby
Fortune Turns For Victim Of Highway Crime
A Chicago Tribune report recalls a late night incident on a lonely Indiana road where two large machines blocked the grade and two men examined a car. The robbers cleared the road after noting the old vehicle and did not search pockets containing several hundred dollars.
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Chicago
Indiana
Chicago Tribune
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Claim of Cure with Reward
A 100 dollar reward offer accompanies an advertisement extolling Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a cure for catarrh in all stages. It claims internal action through the blood to heal mucous surfaces and strengthen the constitution, with testimonials available on request from F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio. Sold by druggists for 75 cents.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Yall
A. J. Howe
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