Harvest Boom Reaches Minnesota Fields And Cities
Special to The Suz reports a western wheat harvest surge as thousands migrate to fields. Leslie Shaw cites over 6.5 million dollars in annual farm output with improving prospects. Railroads offer low harvest rates to lure workers while experimental school graduates learn threshing engine operation and head to work for up to seven dollars daily with board.
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Leslie M. Shaw
Minneapolis
Iowa
South Dakota
The
Soo
Minnesota Experimental Association
Nervy Carnegie Boys Save Two Trains for Five Dollars
In Pittsburg on August 23, 14 year old Tom my Shay and companion Charley Allen saved two trains from wrecking when a runaway wagon with horses toppled on a 600 foot trestle near Carnegie station. They signaled the danger from a switch pole and halted the approaching excursion and the freight, earning five dollars each from the railroad for their bravery, but they say they want medals, not more pay.
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Pittsburg
Tom
Shay
Carnegie
Wabash Railway Company
Charley Allen
Carnegie Station
Tommy Shay
Charlie
Cuticura Heals Woman After Severe Scabies Case
In missionary work I treated a young woman with scabies and related ailments, wasting and sores from scratching. After weeks with poor results, a Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Resolvent regimen led to rapid improvement, allowing her to work again and gain a respectable position within weeks. Laura Jane Bates, 85th Ave., New York, Mar 11, 1907.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mally
Laura Jane Bates
For the Children Hat Choice and Story Time Guidance
A paternal essay urges allowing children to choose their own fall school hats to foster independence and responsibility, noting mothers may guide but should let kids bear the consequences of poor choices. It also suggests a bedtime story of the fox and the grapes with Sunday activities illustrating the tale.
Peddler Charged With Kidnapping Youth In Indiana
Special to The Sun James Anning, a peddler, is jailed in South Bend on a kidnapping charge involving William Keiner, 15, son of Mrs. Margaret Kelner. The alleged abduction occurred about nine months ago. police only located Anning last week. He says he was with the boy after meeting him in Texas but has not seen him in over six months. The mother claims Anning hides the boy hoping for a favorable ruling. a hearing is set for Wednesday.
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Xbouth Bend
Ind
James Anning
William Keiner
Margaret Kelner
Manning
Texas
Prosperity for Hoosier Melon Growers Reaches Peak
Poseyville News reports melon and cantaloupe prices at historic highs in the region due to top quality home grown fruit, limited southern supply, and nationwide fruit scarcity. Growers note improved quality despite smaller acreage and some earned over 100 dollars per acre.
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Poseyville News
Practical Mathematician Notes Jackson Wheat Yield
The article reports James B. Jackson harvested 145 acres producing 3,680 bushels, an average of 25 bushels per acre. It credits Jackson as a scientific farmer employing barnyard fertilizer and bone dust, with a prolific harvest earning praise from the Greensburg Review.
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James B. Jackson
Jackson
Greensburg Review
Freak stalk of corn displayed at Courier office
Township Trustee J. F. Luellen found a remarkable freak corn stalk in the southern part of the county on Wednesday. Each thread of cornsilk developed into a diminutive ear of corn, a sight the New Castle Courier notes beggars description and urges readers to see the unusual marvel at the Courier office.
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J. F. Luellen
Courier Office
New Castle Courier
Oats Crop Yields Reported Around Goodland
The Goodland Herald notes oats yields vary with the poorest fields at 18 bushels per acre and a few averaging about 22 bushels. Yields range from 27 to 20 bushels in other fields.
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Goodland
Goodland Herald
Oats yield reports show light crop in area
The thrasher corroborates oats yield reports averaging 20 to 25 bushels per acre, about half a crop. Weight ranges 20 to 22 pounds per bushel, yielding grade four and often no grade. Oxford Tribune reports the assessment.
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Oxford Tribune
New York Ant Hill Opens Subways Beneath Rivers
Report by Jacob Walddeck describes New York expanding underground via six tunnel projects and two under river tunnels, linking Manhattan to New Jersey and Brooklyn. It notes 24 hour subway traffic, 500,000 daily riders, and a vast underground economy with stations, shops, and offices, all aimed at cutting travel time.
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New York
Manhattan
Jersey
Brooklyn
Manhattan Island
South Ferry
230Th St
Broadway
Hudson & Manhattan Railroad Company
Hudson
Fulton, Church, Dey
Cortlandsts
Ben
Jersey City
Hoboken
Sixth-ave
Pennsylvania
Hudson River
New Jersey
Long Island
East Rivers
Brooklin
Corn crop prospects after last overflow described
The report notes corn in river bottoms shows excellent promise and is being planted after the previous flood. Growth appears more vigorous than earlier plantings, with timely frost a concern. In Liberty township thrashing of wheat and oats is delayed, leaving a large proportion yet to be thrashed.
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Liberty Township
Rockville
Tar and Feathers for Drunkards in Bayard
Bayard Ta Aug Bayard townspeople buzz as a gang of veiled women tarred and feathered six drunken men picked up on the streets. The act followed a Prohibition clash with a law and order league claiming many wives and daughters support the drive. The punished men were sent home with a warning against further intoxication.
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Bayard
Caps
Thrashing Returns Sparse Across County Fields
The Fowler Review notes widespread thrashing this week with poor results due to wet grain. Yields range from 15 to 25 bushes per acre, and many bulls have no kernel, testing around 20 pounds per bushel when wet.
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Fowler
The Howard Watermelon
Mike Grimes notes watermelons behind schedule with a promising crop forming in the Howard sand hills. He says the market won t arrive before September and praises the flavor and vigor of Howard melons. Growers expect $50 to $100 per acre from careful hoeing and cultivation. The corn crop between Howard and Rockville also looks promising.
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Mike Grimes
Howard
Grimes
Rockville
Urges Suburban Home for Toiler by John Burns
John Burns MP urges London suburbanization of the poor with open air life and cheap transit. He praises county council tramways and calls for larger humane homes, warning slums persist without estatal and civic action, and noting urbanization risks if relief fails.
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John Burns
London
United States
Sun
County Council
Eva Booth welcomed at Winona Lake arrival event
Commander Eva Booth of the Salvation Army was greeted by nearly a thousand adults and children at the Pennsylvania Station in Winona Lake. She wore a ragged costume and told of a broken heart while singing a love song to an audience of about 3,000 people.
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Eva Booth
Salvation Army
Pennsylvania Station
Miss Booth
Raids Nabs Three Saloons in Terre Haute Arrests
Plainclothes officers arrested three saloon keepers on sodomy selling charges in Terre Haute Indiana during raids. A door was broken down at one location and five customers, plus a bartender, were taken into custody.
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Terre Haute. Ind
Marry in Kentucky in Covington ceremony seals young spouses
In Covington on a Saturday night Homer Swain three years old from Cincinnati and Ida Jaque two from Indianapolis wed, while unrelated ad blurbs mention distillation and product slogans amid a cluttered page of notices and odd lines.
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Covington
Homer Swain
Cincinnati
Ida Jaque
Indianapolis
Ind
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