Rescue on swollen Iowa river saves travelers and editor
In Iowa a party driving toward Elberon got stranded as floodwaters rose. Driver Clark and editor Tuma clung to a submerged buggy while farmers saved them with rope and horses. Rudolph Keil and August Unteidt reached Tuma with a boat rope, dragging them to high ground. No lives were lost.
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Bohemié
Bogart
Jasper Traer
Clutter
Ball
Clark
Clair
Mr. Uich
Tuma
Elberon
Leo Wich
Lorses
Jansa
Fichter
Pinear
Beron
Rudolph Keil
August Unteidt
Keil
Unteidt
Cedar Rapids
Will Dagage Starts Poultry and Egg Business in City
Will Dagage of the Fourth Ward announces entry into poultry and egg business, purchasing the old mill aut house and setting up a 16 by 24 foot house for chickens. He plans a profitable year with a supply chain via railroad and highway routes, while discussions consider railway crossings and local tax authority.
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Will Dagage
Farr
Commandments of Agriculture From Dr Knapp
Ten practical rules for farmers to improve yields without a college degree. Emphasizes deep seed beds, selected seed, proper row spacing, intensive tillage, humus from legumes and manures, systematic crop rotation with winter cover, and higher daily work output with better implements.
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College of Agriculture
S. A. Knapp
U. S. Department of Agriculture
316 Pound Hogs in 3 Months From Self Feeder Study
At Ames Agricultural Experiment Station pigs fed via a self feeder weighed an average 316 pounds at eight months four days old, with one reaching 405 pounds. After weaning at about 45 pounds they received shelled corn maple wood charcoal meat meal limestone oats linseed oil meal salt and water in a 20 by 80 foot lot with no pasture. The study suggests pigs balance their own ration.
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Agricultural” Experiment Station
Ames
John M. “Evward
Eight Increase the farm stock and food self sufficiency
A fragmented editorial style piece discusses farm management aims to raise stock using all waste, produce sufficient food for people and animals, and maintain reserves to identify losses. It then digresses into an argument about rubber footwear, foot health, leather waterproofing, and breathing, followed by a short pitch for The Youth's Companion magazine.
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Wwe
Fragmented OCR Youth Ad Mentions Berkeley Street Boston
An unreadable OCR fragment mentions a Berkeley Street Boston subscription revival and a youth comping reference. The legible bits reference a mental and physical health theme and a day, with unclear context or dates.
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Berkeley St
Boston
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