Exhaustion of Soil Believed Nation's Peril
The agricultural department warns soil exhaustion threatens U S fertility especially on western prairies and in older areas. Long leases and better renting improve soil management, crop rotation, and animal stocking. Expanding yields per acre is urged as virgin land dwindles. Exports of breadstuffs fall while farm product values rise, prompting a shift toward more intensive farming to meet demand.
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Washington, D. C
Agricultural Department
United States
West
W. J. Spillman
Agriculturist
Office of
Farm Management
Spillman
America
Dolliver Targeted as Opponents Rally in Senate Race
Washington reports show Iowa Senator Jonathan P. Dolliver facing a strong insurgent challenge from Representative Walter I. Smith of the Council Bluffs district. Smith’s district victory signals a tough re election fight as supporters discuss Smith as a potential House Speaker and possible Senate challenger. Dolliver's Behaté speech defending reform and attacking tariff policy drew wide attention and praise.
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Washington
Jonathan P. Dolliver
Iowa
Senate
Dolliver
Walter I. Smith
Council Butts
Case Dismissed Over Property Description Error
A petition to open two new roads in West Vermont Street was dismissed before the county commissioners due to an error in the property description. Petitioners argued their case but opponents prevailed. they plan to refile.
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Vermont
Belgian Kings Watch French Review
Belgians observe branches of the army as cuirassiers dragoons hussars infantry zouaves and colonial troops in a parade that inspires confidence in French victory should another foreign conflict arise.
Union strikers plan move to beach town near Los Angeles
About 1,500 metal workers meeting at the Labor temple resolved to abandon Los Angeles and relocate with families to a nearby beach city. Led by Stuart Reid, the plan aims to establish a tent city then a settlement, with a boycott of nonunion goods in the area. injunctions against pickets were granted by Judge Bordwell in the Llewellyn Iron Works and Western Pipe and Steel case.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Metal Workers of
Labor Temple
Stuart Reid
American Federation of Labor
Reid
Llewellyn Iron Works
Western Pipe and Steel Works
NO MORE $10 HOGS SAYS GREAT PACKER
Chicago July 9. Packer J Ogden Armour returns from Europe and says $10 hogs are unlikely again. If crops are good grain prices drop and hogs may fall below nine dollars. Meat exports to Europe decline as South America supplies demand. Argentina expands cattle output, offering cheaper meat, shaping future prices.
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Chicago
J. Ogden Amour
Europe
West
United States
England
Armour
South America
Argentina
Moonshine business boomed amid prohibition demand
Washington July 9 illicit whisky trade surged in the year to June 30 as prohibitory laws in the South and higher corn whisky prices to 2.50 a gallon spurred activity. Reuters notes over 2000 illicit stills were seized, up from 1743 prior year, with one officer killed and five wounded. Kentucky is not part of the moonshine belt, though some distilling occurs there.
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Washington, D. C
Revenue Service
Cabell
Kentucky
Paradise
Urges prison for son in horse theft case
Rudolph Jandus, former Palos Park justice of the peace, asked Judge Barnes to sentence his son Robert, age 20, to the Pontiac state reformatory after he pleaded guilty to stealing a horse. Sentencing had been deferred previously due to the elder Jandus’ absence in court.
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Chicago
Rudolph of
Jandus
Palos Park
Barnes
Criminal
Robert
State Reformatory
Pontiac
Brookins Demonstrates Aerial Bombing At Montreal Flight
Walter Brookins of the Wright team used a Wright biplane to drop two bombs on an imitation masonry fort, demolishing it completely. He later set a Canadian altitude record and then raced a motor car, reaching 55 miles per hour in the air.
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Montreal
Wright
Walter Brookins
Brookins
Ater
The Fortune Hunter Young Business Man Faces a World
Nat Duncan counsels Tracey about love and marriage in a small town as emotional tensions rise over Josie Lockwood. Tracey wrestles with courting Angie, Nat hints at deeper rules and misunderstandings, and the pair discuss readiness for marriage amid life’s stubborn odds.
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Roland
Ronald
Tracey
Nat
Duncan
King
Mr. Duncan
Angie
Josie
A Bargain Is a Bargain in Radville Life
Duncan plans to move the Gra ham household to a larger Beech street house freeing space for a booming laboratory. Nat Graham and Phrony Whitmarsh reshape the home, while Josie Lockwood returns for Easter. Roland Barnette grows hostile, Josie sings with Nat, and a dramatic reunion with Henry Kellogg ends with Duncan declaring renewed vigor.
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Duncan
Graham
Beech Street
Sam Graham
Nat
Betty
Misa Ann Sonhbronsiha Whitmarsh
Miss Carpenter
Josie Lockwood
New York
Lockwoods
Josie
Metropolis
Roland Barnette
Roland
Cook's Record Claim From Mt McKinley Expedition
P J Carrigan, an able seaman, reports finding Dr Frederick Cook's records on Mount McKinley after a 1907 ascent. He discovered a foot long tin tube on the summit containing a flag fragment and unreadable notes with sextant data, claiming Cook hid them and is willing to reascend for retrieval if backed.
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Colorado Springs
P. J. Carrigan
Galveston
Frederick Cook
John R. Bradley
Cook
Carrigan
Dr. Cook
Mt. McKinley
Shushima
Chulita
Medical Ad Offers Discovery Substitute Elsewhere
The dealer offers a substitute for the Discovery to gain extra profit from cheaper preparations. Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser is shipped free to cover mailing costs. Send 21 one cent stamps for the paper book or 31 stamps for the cloth bound edition. Address World's Dispensary Medical Association Buffalo NY.
No Cure No Pay Sanitarium Promise for Drug and Alcohol Cure
An advertisement for a sanitarium pledges a guaranteed cure for whisky morphine opium cocaine and all drug habits within ten days to three weeks. It offers to cover all treatment costs upfront and promises no charge unless the patient is cured, with a lady nurse and statewide reputation, inviting inquiries and correspondence.
Immigrant totals rise to 1 035 545 for fiscal year
Washington reports 1 035 545 immigrants admitted across the United States in the past fiscal year, up 283 759 from last year, with 145 421 nonimmigrants. Debarments reached 24 200, while total arrivals at all ports stood at 1 180 966, up 244 421. June figures show New York leading with 1 000 admitted and 1 606 debarred. Boston 8 261 admitted, 72 debarred. Philadelphia 4 623 admitted, 12 debarred. Baltimore 2 652 admitted, 5 debarred.
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Washington
United States
Keefe
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Baltimore
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