Stock foods prove no value in hog feeding tests
Iowa Experiment Station tests with Standard Iowa and International stock foods show no digestion benefits or greater gains from these additives. Feeding stock foods with corn increased feed use per pound of gain and yielded no higher pork output. Bulletin 113 with full results is available free by writing to the station director in Ames.
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Farmers of
Iowa
Ok Foods
Standard
Iowa and
International
Ames
Hard on the Poor Drayman At Forest City Summit
Judge Arnold prosecutes a deliveryman who admitted delivering beer to unspecified parties. He pled guilty and paid 100 dollars plus costs, a harsh outcome amid harsh transport restrictions. The article questions state and city delivery limits versus rail shipments.
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Forest City Summit
Tast
Arnold
Mad dog scare ends in canine death after park chase
In a Monday town scare men hunted a distressed dog that had been dosed by local youths with unknown substances from a drugstore. The animal died after a wild chase through the park, misperceived by some as madness.
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Brat Place
Vindicator & Republican
Town Hogs Die as County Farmers Report Losses
August reports from Buckingham County farmers describe hogs dying amid rising losses. Officials note disease concerns and seek veterinary input while residents monitor herd health and submit carcass counts for county records.
Prizes For Good Meals From The Record Herald Menu Contest
The Chicago Record-Herald offers a weekly prize menu feature “Meals for a Day” with recipes to help housewives plan varied meals on a moderate budget. Four cash prizes are awarded each week, with winners and terms shown in Monday editions, alongside Martha’s Management tips and Marion Harland’s Sunday recipes for a lasting idea scrapbook.
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TheChicago Record-Herald
Record- Herald
Martha
Marion Harland
Record-Herald
Wreck on Arnolds Park Road Injures Nine
A severe Saturday accident on Arnolds Park road left W Turney and nine passengers injured as a six cylinder car overturned. Turney’s young son suffered a broken arm and serious injuries, remaining unconscious for about twenty hours but improving, while Mrs Turney had a head cut and a daughter a forearm fracture.
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Arnolds Park Road
Thief Breaks Into Fin gerson Store via Window
Terris Tribuna reports a night entry at M. J. Fingerson’s store. The back door was cut but narrow opening blocked further access. thief used a ladder from Superior Lumber Yard to reach a long narrow back window and unhook it. He rifled suits, shoes, shirts, and ties, avoiding the cash register. Sheriff Jones was present Tuesday.
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Sheriff Jones
Close Call for Conductor Yoakam at Burt Depot
Conductor G Yoakam narrowly escaped serious injury Wednesday morning near Burt. While boarding the smoker as the train pulled out he slipped and fell, hitting his back on the rail while avoiding the wheels. He was bruised and his back hurt slightly but otherwise did well after the tumble.
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G. Yoakam
Burt
Feeding Work Horses Findings From I S Station
The Iowa Experiment Station reports cheaper horse feed by substituting all meal cotton seed meal or gluten feed for oats. Corn mixed with these feeds kept horses healthy and strong during a hard summer, with no flesh loss. Oil meal may be worth up to 60 dollars a ton for horse feeding and cotton seed meal slightly more. Bulletin No 109 detailing results is available free by writing to Director O I Curtiss at the Iowa Experiment Station Ames Iowa.
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Iowa Experiment Station
O. I. Curtiss
Towa Experiment Station
Ames
Towa
Night Convention Chaos In Small Town Hotel Fire Alarm
In a small town a convention overflowed into a church rented by the hotel proprietor. Two drummers, drinking heavily, slept there. At about 2 a.m. the church bell rang as the fire department arrived. The hotel owner demanded the culprit, and one drummer called for two Scotch highballs and a pitcher of ice water for pew 17.
Boys Arrested For Stealing At M & St L Depot Cornell
Three barrels and a case of bottled beer were stolen from the M and St L depot at Cornell. The beer was dumped in a corn field between Cornell and Sioux Rapids. One suspect was caught and watched, then five Sioux Rapids youths were later arrested by officers in wait. They were bound over to the district court and released on bail.
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Cornell
Sioux Rapids
Boyle Makes a Suggestion Column
On a Whittemore evening Ferdinand Shultz was struck by a speeding driver who toppled his buggy after a wheel came off. The column proposes farmers carry shotguns to stop reckless drivers, urging harsh action against the incident’s motorist.
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Whittemore
Ferdinand Shultz
Alabama
Hades
Schultz
Boyle
Plowing Tool Purchase Aids Large Fall Work
W E G Saunders bought a 45 horse engine and an 8 gang plow through Beekman and Schroader Hart to aid fall plowing. The engine, akin to a threshing engine, can run six miles per hour on roads. Saunders owns 800 acres and plans substantial plowing for others.
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W. E.G. Saunders
Beekman and Sshroader, & Hart, Parr
Girl Burned to Death at St Benedict Sunday
A thirteen year old girl, daughter of John Husk, tried to start a fire in the kitchen using corn cobs and kerosene. The attempted lighting caused an explosion, resulting in a fatal burn incident at St Benedict.
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St. Benedict
John Husk
Word To Farmers Circular From Railroad Superintendent
A circular letter from railroad superintendent J. Wilson of Isberville urges farmers and elevator agents to protect corn crops from frost by building smudges using straw or hay on cold nights. He cites fruit grower practices and notes low ground areas are especially vulnerable, urging early action for a potentially magnificent corn harvest.
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J. Wilson
Isberville
Baseball to Eden and Biblical Baseball Tales
A humorous, loosely sourced quip links baseball to biblical figures. It recounts playful lines about the devil as catcher and Eve, Adam, Isaac, Rebecca, Samson, Moses, Cain, Abraham, the prodigal son, David, and others in imagined baseball roles with runs, hits, and shutouts across biblical scenes.
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Adam
Eve
Garden of Eden
Devil
Isaac
Rebecca
Sampson
Moses
Cain
Abraham
David
Red Sea
Terguson Scene Shifts in Local Tile Work
Fragmentary report notes John Terguson moving about with Griettinger on Saturday. Local tiles in progress indicate continued activity in the vicinity.
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John Terguson
Griettinger
Still Ahead Straw Stack Near Emmetsburg Wows Locals
A massive straw stack on Capt. B. B. Superthorn’s farm east of Emmetsburg contains 210 acres of straw and took two days to thresh. Reportedly over five thousand bushels of grain were threshed from snow as observers note the impressive stack.
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Emmetsburg
B. B. Superthorn
Mayne
Qle Bergeson
Cone Crusade In Town States Dairy Probe
Dairy Commissioner Barney filed suit against numerous live cream cone jobbers and large dealers in Dos Motos. Fights include Logomareino Fruit Co of Burlington John G Woodward Co Motugar Co of Council Bluffs. Prosecution of vatullers in cones to be vigorous. Cones found to contain boric acid saccharine and tainted others blamed for health danger. Similar cones blamed for deaths in other states.
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Barney
Dos Motos
Logomareino Fruit Company
Burlington
John G. Woodward Company
Motugar & Co
Council Bluffs
Hoe
Automobile Crash Near Livermore Injures Driver
An automobile frightened a team near Livermore the other day tipping a heavily loaded wagon onto the driver. He broke his leg and was badly injured as the auto fled the scene. The incident occurred at La Verna and the injured man was brought back.
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Livermore
LaVerna
World's Largest Tomb Cheops Pyramid in Egypt
A fragment notes the Great Pyramid of Giza as the world's largest tomb with immense height and mass. It mentions its vast ground cover and enduring prominence among ancient monuments.
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Cheops
Beypt
Milwaukee Train Delayed as Sheriff Seizes Coach over Cow Loss
A Milwaukee line on the Sioux City division was delayed over an hour at Dell Rapids after a deputy sheriff levied on a rear coach to satisfy a $28 claim for a cow killed by the cars weeks earlier. Railroad officials refused to appear in circuit court until compelled, and the conductor and brakeman faced attachment. The railroad settled the death claim at $1038 and may be fined for delaying the U S mails.
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Akron Register
Tribune
Milwaukee
Sioux City
Mgan
Dell Rapids
Simmons
United States
Bearded Alaska Wheat Yields 60 to 70 Bushels per Acre
Spirit Lake Herald reports Art McKinney shows an Alaska wheat sample described as 200 bushel bearded variety. The head branches with several beads on the straw, yielding heavy potential for feed and possible commercial value depending on use for mill stuff or livestock fodder.
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Art McKinney
Alaska
Spirit Lake Herald
Duluth Doctor Warns on Fashion and Disease
A Duluth physician warns that high collars and low neck dresses may cause throat cancer and pneumonia. He links tight shoes and certain millinery to health issues, urging caution in dress choices as ages pass.
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Duluth
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