Grain Show At Chicago to Feature International Hay Displays
The International Hay and Grain Show opens in Chicago tomorrow with hundreds of farmers from the United States and Canada. The event, held with the International Livestock Exposition, will showcase samples of hay and grain for prizes and include extensive exhibits by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, state colleges, farm bureaus, and international agricultural groups. The Chicago Board of Trade offers 10000 in cash prizes for best hay and grain samples. Exhibits will exceed 3000, with major participation from Michigan, Missouri, Kentucky, Wisconsin, the Dakotas, Nebraska, Minnesota, Montana, and Louisiana.
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Chicago
Internanat Hay
United States
Canada
United States Department of “Agriculture
State Agricultural Collegeh
Atate Farm Bureaus. Com
Ce Peter
Chicago Board ‘of Trade
G. J. ‘Christie
Purdue University
United States Department of Agriculture
Michigan
Missouri
Kentucky
Wisconsin
Tawa
Dakotas
Nebraska
Minnesota
Montana
Louisiana
Gas Utility Ultimatum Hits Manhattan Budget Talks
In Manhattan Kansas a petition from the artificial gas company seeks a rate increase. City officials say the proposal threatens higher bills if not granted or an order allowing termination of service. The firm claims years of losses and outlines a stepped rate scale tied to monthly consumption.
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Manhattan
Kans
Funn Cor
Largest potato crop on record reported in Chicago
One of the biggest potato crops in history is reported by W H Hall Chicago representative of the federal bureau of markets on produce. This official statement underscores record yields for the season in Chicago and surrounding markets.
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Chicago
W.H. Hall
Federal Bureau of Markets
Cabbage and apples amid shifting supply demand quotes
An imperfect transcription notes speculative views on supply and demand laws, predicting crop outcomes. A department of agriculture official is cited noting no interference with a crop, while conditions and beet yields are discussed in vague terms.
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Flall Saat
Department of Agriculture
October Fire Loss in Topeka Reports High Costs
October fires in Topeka Kansas caused 45 fires traced to combustion and kerosene incidents. Total fire loss reached about 35,990 with lightning contributing 383,625 in damages. State fire marshal L T Hussey notes undetermined origin fires numbered 62, driving most losses. electricity and exposure also attributed portions of the damages.
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Topeka
Kan
L. T. Hussey
Ethtann Dinesgid
Tilis
Ustal
Farm Machinery and Furnishings Sale Noted
A listing shows items including stoves and furnishings, farm machinery, and several lot numbers with amounts like 9,520 and 17,605 and 24,550. The appears to reference a catalog or sale notice with multiple categories and prices.
National Council of English Teachers Opens Meeting
The tenth annual meet ing of the National Council of the Teachers of English opened a two time sessions here today. Key topics include methods for teaching composition and literature and the chic in interpretation. Lecturers include educators from Chicago Normal College Carleton College University of Michigan and Columbia University among others.
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Americanica
National Council of the Teachers of English
Mia fHesie
Chicago Normal College
Rotle Walter Brown
Carleton College
Northfield
Minn
Fred N. Scott
University of Michigan
C. H. Watt
Taft ‘School
Watertown
Lyman Universe
al Leonard
University of Const
Clarence Stratton
St. Louis Mo
Katherine Jewell Everts
New Haven
Conn
Allin Scott
Columbia University
Anna M. Locke
Tadigrianus
Alma S. Allison
Milwaukee
Thomas
Harvard
Losses From Plant Diseases Hit U.S. Crops, Survey Finds
Washington reports that plant disease surveys show millions of bushels of rain fruit and vegetables and large cotton losses last year due to slow or no action on known protective measures. Estimated losses include 112 million bushels wheat 50 million oats 80 million corn 50 million potatoes 185 thousand tons tomatoes 50 thousand bales cotton 6 million bushels peaches and 16.09 million bushels apples.
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Washington
Court Caffifies Law With Life Terms For Murder
Judge Jesse D Walt of Sedgwick County sentences two men for murder One receives life imprisonment while the other gets forty years The judge voices belief that state law should allow capital punishment in first degree murders.
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Jesse D. Walt
Sedgwick County
Vail
Harry Baird
Hilling
William H. Ballard
William Geany
Will C.eed
Rick Island Railroad
Orphan Russian Girl Cannot Leave Ellis Island
New York dispatch from November 25 reports 12 year old Gorelkina, an orphan seeking entry to the United States, denied by officials as a potential public charge. She traveled from Vladivostok via the Yomei Maru with hundreds of refugee children, but reunification proved impossible at a Fhutish port under Red Cross care. Red Cross appeals from Washington seek reconsideration as a board of inquiry rules against admission.
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New York
United
Tomsk
Evojekble
Red Cross
United States
Board of Inquiry
Washington
Egg shell color and fraud in colonial tea trade
A fragment argues brown shelled eggs are nutritionally richer than white ones noting more water and less fat in white shells. It claims some cheaters mix eggs with coffee or cold tea. The text also states millions of dollars of merchandise melatired in London deck warehouses annually.
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London
Kansas Farm and Home Week at Kansas State College
Manhattan Kan Nov 26 Farm and Home Week will be held at the Kansas State Agricultural college February 7 12 1921 Features include the annual meetings of six Kansas associations Crop Improvement State Dairy Dunge r sey Breeders Horse Breeders and Sheep Breeders Special short courses will be given in horticulture potato growing entomology rural organization home economics rural engineering team station operating and bee keeping Experts will discuss these subjects Speakers include Herbert Hoover Bristow Adams of Cornell J B Davidson head of agricultural engineering Ames University and others A twenty five dollar prize offered by the division of college extension for the best Farm and Home Week front page make up Judges from outside the state will decide A banquet will be held Thursday Newspaper Day Efforts are being made to secure special railroad fare rates for the meeting.
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Manhattan
Kan
Kansas State Agricultura] College
Kansas
Herbert Hoover
Bristow Adams
Cornell University
J. B. Davidson
Department of Agriculture Engineering
Ames University
Iowa
Division of College Extension
Gas price drop seen ending in near future
Independence Kansas reports officials warn Elk County gas fields are thinning. Local supply must be forced into mains by compression stations. Industrial users advised to switch to coal or alternate fuels as the era of low priced gas nears its end. Domestic supply remains stable for now, but a 30 cent gas price era is predicted to end soon.
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Independence
Kan
Leil Gas Company
Elk County
Roads
Enteral Sas
Labor HElps Church in Emporia Kansas Go-to-Church Contest
Labor supporters in Emporia Kansas endorse the go-to-church contest between Emporia and Ottawa. A Trades Council smoker heard Ministerial Association members vote to have union members attend church twice weekly during the contest. Union men meet at Labor Hall Sundays at 11 00 a m and 6 30 p m to draw church attendance names. Local chambers also back the effort.
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Emporia
Kans
Exporis
Ottawa
Trades Council
Ministerial Association
Labor Hall
Chambers Co l
Mexican general appointed in Mexican Army near Tampico
Wichita Kansas November 25 word from Colonel Menkemier formerly of this city and ex major of the Kansas National Guards states he is now a general in the Mexican Army. He commands an army corps stationed in eastern Mexico near Tampico. He served in the Second Infantry Kansas National Guard and later became a colonel in the 35th division.
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Wichita
Kan
Menkemier
Kansas National Guards
Mexico
Tampico
Second Infantry
Czar rouble circulates amid Russian changes
Despite Russia’s government shifts the old Czar rouble remains in circulation and is preferred by peasants to new currencies. Fraulein Anna Boschek, an Austrian National Assembly member, authored a bill on regulating hours and conditions of labor for many classes of women workers, passed nearly unanimously.
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Russia
Fraulein Anna Boschek
National Assembly
Canadian Wheat Growers to Pay Final Dividend
Winnipeg Manitoba Nov 24 A final dividend of 18 cents per 2 bushel will be paid to farmers by the Canadian Wheat Board after an audit. Payment to be made in participation certificates under government return-from-profit methods on wheat above the guarantee price. This brings the E 919 price based on Northern wheat in storage at Fort William to 2.63 a bushel with an annual average of 2.50 at shipment points in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta. The board has already distributed 88 million intern dividends and the remainder of 28 million is expected to be completed before year’s end. More than 6.4 million represents farmers’ share in Prime Pro, the rest to Saskatchewan and British Columbia.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Crawlian Wheat Board
Fort Willum
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Canada
British Columbia
Stolen Vandyke Portrait From Art Museum
A Vandyke portrait titled A Woman's Head was stolen from the Art Museum on November 23. It was cut from its frame. The note mentions a blindworm and a riddle about a lizard, implying a playful misdirection in the report.
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Vandyke
Art Museum
Keep Looking Young With Dr Edwards Olive Tablets
An old advertorial text touts Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a gentle substitute for calomel to tone the liver and bowels. It claims inactivity of these organs causes a sallow complexion dark circles pimples and dull eyes and credits a Ohio physician with developing the olive oil based formula. Prices are listed as 15c and 25c.
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Dr. Edwards
Oliver
Edwards
Ohio
New York living wage for a family of five
New York City researchers estimate a living wage for a family of five now stands at 2682.48 dollars monthly, reflecting actual canvass data from printers and 400 common items. Expenditures include food 871.30, clothing 529.99, rent 437.35, shoes 136. and household equipment 6428. Grace Wolf, Topeka stenographer, splits duties between a plathedist minister and a law office handling divorces and alimony matters. Mrs D M Stahl, owner and manager of a prosperous paint store, stands out as a rare woman mastering color mixing and paint composition.
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New York
New York City
John JP. Mines
Printiniress
Wnieut
Grace Wolf
Topeka
Acidity and Gas Remedies Promised in Advertised Box
Fragmented text describes tablets claimed to relieve stomach issues like bloating indigestion and gas. References a box with a “4 guarantees” and notes fleeting relief but readability is limited by poor OCR. Names, dates, and concrete product details are unreadable.
Black-Draught praised by Singerton resident
Thedford's Black-Draught is extolled by W F Rister of Singerton Illinois after fifteen years of use. He cites relief for indigestion sour stomach and a torpid liver causing dizziness. He endorses it for constipation and urges others to try the product today.
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Mr. W. F. Rister
Mr. Rister
Thedford
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