Government Facts on Dry Farming Methods in Plains
The U S Department of Agriculture has issued bulletins on dry land farming in the great plains. They cover summer tillage continuous cropping and crop rotation with emphasis on rainfall evaporation and runoff. Tables show normal rainfall by station and state maps summarize regional distribution for settlers.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Great Plains
West
United States Weather Bureau
Imost
Thhese
Indiana Official Denies Turkey Storage Fears
Indiana food and drug commissioner H. A. Barnard says there is nothing to fear about storage turkeys. He notes last year’s prices were higher, storage birds would be sold at a loss, and Indiana’s central location limits long hauls to distant ports. Barnard claims Indianapolis birds would stay fresh locally, addressing citizen concern with a light tone.
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H. A. Barnard
New York
Indianapolis
Barnard
Hamlet
Memphis Recount Refused After Ward ReEnumeration
Census Director Durand announced refusal to recount Memphis Tennessee city wards noting only a slight rise from the 1900 figures. He cited padding in the earlier tally and stated the 71000 census showed 102,320 with the present total 131,105.
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Washington
Direetor Durand
Memphis
Tenn
Clark says no extra congressional session expected
Washington dispatch reports Champ Clark stating there will be no special session of Congress if he has his way. He dismisses the idea as unlikely, saying there is little chance of such a session and that nobody wants one.
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Washington
Congress
Champ £ Clark
Crippen Put to Death in 8:54 Drop at Prison
Dramatic report of Dr. Crippen's execution at the prison in Britain. The hangman, with rope ready, bound the condemned doctor as Rev. Father Carville offered prayers. Crippen declined to speak after a brief exchange, then was lowered and declared dead at 8:59. The Times and others discuss the crime, motive, and alleged confession.
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Crippen
Father Carville
Ellis
Rochdale
Dr. Crippen
Walter Lyons Sentenced After Guilty Plea in Theft Case
Walter Lyons pleaded guilty to the theft of clothes from Archie Young and William T. Stratford. He was found guilty in a trial and sentenced to one to eight years. experts say if he had remained silent, a lighter sentence might have been expected.
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Walter Lyons
Archie Young
Wiliam T. Stradford
Lyons
Mass Meeting Set on Indianapolis Affiliation
A mass meeting will be held in the YMCA auditorium Tuesday evening December 6 to discuss affiliating Indianapolis with nine six other elites to better religious caa trons of men and boys. Five minute talks by ministers and business men are planned.
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Indianapolis
Railroad earns seventy thousand four hundred thirty one dollars
According to J P Goodrich receiver of the C C L railroad the report filed in federal court shows total net earnings for September and October amounting to 70431 11 The broader figures list total earnings 152203 13 and disbursements 81462 02 with the September October period.
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J. P. Goodrich
C. C. & L. Railroad
Senator Butler Called to Testify in McMurray Contracts Probe
Washington November 23 Former United States Senator Butler of North Carolina is summoned to testify before the congressional committee probing McMurray contracts with the Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians of Oklahoma, cited in Senator Gore’s bribery charges. Members present included Burke Campbell Stephens, with McMurry’s counsel Flynn Cecil Smith.
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United States
Butler
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Oklahoma
Gore
Senate
Burke
South Dakota
Campbell
Kansas
Stephens
Texas
Bia
Flynn
Cecil Smith
J. M. Vaile
Charles A. Merrill
Thurston
Secretary of the Interior
Supreme Court
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No Iron Safe Forces Insurance Loss To Reopen
The Northern Assurance Company vs Enos W Carpenter shows an appellate reversal for lack of a fireproof iron safe in Hash estate. The Green County circuit ruling of 1400 dollars on the policy was overturned due to missing safe and no inventory, as required by the policy terms.
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Northern Assurance Company
Enos W. Carpenter
Sherman Hash
Hash
Men Fight On Ship As Leader Swims Ashore
At Havemeyer sugar docks in Williamsburg a clash aboard the British steamer Manx Isle left one dead and twelve seriously stabbed. The fight began before dawn in the forecastle after taunts about a woman by James Rose, who fled by swimming to shore as police arrived. Andrew Bruin was dying. George Callan and Otto Zuttle were arrested.
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Havemeyer
Williamsburg
James Rose
Andrew Bruin
George Callan
Otto Zuttle
FIGHTS FOR LIBERTY IN SCHENCK POISONING CASE
In Wheeling West Virginia on November 23 attorneys for Mrs Laura Farnsworth Schenck charged with poisoning her millionaire husband filed seven special pleas seeking to quash the indictment. The move marks a new phase in her bid for liberty.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Laura Farnsworth Schenck
Indiana One of Fifteen States Neglecting Aid for Highways
Indiana ranks among fifteen states that do not fund public highway construction within its borders. The Indiana good roads association promotes a state highway department to direct road policy, finance, and maintenance. Indiana day on December 9 will feature discussions at the American good roads congress in Indianapolis, with a focus on this situation.
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Conductor Scares Boy Suit Yields $5
A four and a half hour jury verdict in superior court No. 5 awarded Francis McClintock, a minor, $5 against the Indianapolis traction and terminal company. The child left a car after a conductor frightened him and demanded fare. the suit, filed by his mother, sought $1,000. The incident occurred in June 1910.
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Francis McClintock
Indianapolis Traction and Terminal Company
McClintock
Francis
Woman Falls Down Cellar Steps at Home
Mrs Malinda Taylor aged 49 of 1220 Olney street fell in her cellar Tuesday night striking the back of her head. She remained conscious long enough to call her husband who found her unconscious on his return. She was taken to Methodist hospital and did not recover.
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the Times
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Bruce Miller
Chicago
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Music Hall Woman's Guild
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White to Stay in AG Office as Legislature Meets
Thomas M. Honan the attorney general elect will retain Edward M. White as assistant under Attorney General James Bingham until the legislature convenes and possibly beyond. W. H. O'Brien the auditor-elect appoints G. C. Terrill of Versailles as securities clerk replacing Wirley Rudd.
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Edward M. White
James Bingham
W. H. O’brien
G. C. Terrill
Versailles
Wirley Rudd
Plague Ravages Manchuria Border in Quarantine
Reports from St. Petersburg confirm a quarantine along the western Manchuria border as bubonic plague devastates the area. Men, women, and children are dying by the score, with heavy medical supplies rushed to the region and strict containment measures in place. No cholera traces detected.
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ST. Petersburg
Manchuria
Vose Regular and Taft Get Turkey at White House
Clarence Vose of Rhode Island, supplier of Thanksgiving turkeys for the president, sent a 30 pound bird to the White House. The arrival dispelled fears he had turned insurgent as the huge turkey arrived by express wagon on November 23.
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Washington
Clarence Vose
Rhode Island
White House
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