Pomona Grange Sessions at Lynden with Coop Planning
Lynden hosts Pomona Grange with sixteen new members and a cooperative committee of five to plan a Seattle meeting on July 25 for a statewide cooperative movement. Evening programs feature papers on Manuel Training and Votes for Women, with strong emphasis on cooperation between teachers and granges.
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Seattle
Praternal Hall
Dunn
Pomona Grange
Peanel Committee
N. P. Sorensen
Laurel
CG. M. Robinson
Blaine
Marietta
Armory
Lynden
Timon
Northwood
Ijrenh Bay
Birch Bay
Chetauqua
Hessis Cline
Editor's son shoots Kingston saloon owner in religious mania case
Ew ing Watterson son of Colonel Henry Watterson of Louisville is held at Saugerties for shooting Michael Martin proprietor of a Kingston saloon three times and wounding him slightly. His father says the youth has suffered from a persistent religious mania unresponsive to treatment.
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Kingston
N. Y
Ewing Watterson
Henry Watterson
Louisville
Saugerties
Michael Martin
Indians to Build All Indian Towns Near Clinton
Oklahoma City reports chiefs at the willow dances near Clinton announce plans to construct several towns where only Indians may reside. The move follows a large sun ceremony at Big Jake's Crossing and signals a segregated settlement policy.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Big Jake’s Crossing
Clinton
Bank closure leads to insolvent status in Billings
The First National Bank of Billings Mont has been closed by the controller of the currency as insolvent after referral by the bank examiner. Western railroads consider removing special rates and set a 2 cent minimum for all travel. Senate investigators report Gore charged Oklahoma Indian land contracts lack funding. No relief on meat prices soon. A telegraph operator prisoner received fight news from county jail in Chicago.
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First National Bank of
Billings
Mont
Western Railroads
Senate
Gore
Oklahoma
Cos
J. Cgi@teon Armonut
Chicago
Heat Fatal in Chicago as Death Toll Surges
Sixteen people died in Chicago on Saturday during a severe heat wave raising total fatalities since the siege to over seventy. More than one hundred prostrations were reported with many likely to prove fatal. Five individuals were severely bitten by mad dogs roaming city streets.
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Chicago
Halley's Comet's Return and a Bust in Shoreditch Library
The article recalls Edmund Halley famed for predicting the 1758 return of Halley’s Comet. It notes a Denny Pegram bust in the Huggerston Branch library, Shoreditch, and ponders whether the current sighting will influence history or social causes such as tariff reform or suffrage, imagining the comet bearing a Votes For Women sign.
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Pegram
Huggerston
Shoreditch
Magland
Halley
Training a Pugilist in the Ring Borrows Bath Tale
The article recounts Corbett during early training demanding a proper bath after a road run. He proclaims himself a gentleman and requests a gentleman's tub as Jeffries' team preempts with a large bath tub prepared at his training quarters amid the boxing build up.
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Corbett
Jim
Jeffries
Brennan gyroscope monorail car improves system in London tests
Inventor Brennan unveils a new gyroscope monorail car with two wheels spinning at 3000 RPM in opposite directions to stabilize a single rail. The latest test reached 20 mph and handled 35 foot curves with ease, prompting scientists to say the design could revolutionize railway engineering.
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London
Care of Sheep in Summer
Early weaning of spring lambs in late June improves growth when separated from ewes. Provide ample pasture, water, and salt. avoid fattening ewes before breeding. Feed lambs oats with bran, rotate pasture, monitor for stomach worms, and keep flies at bay. Regular checks by the flockmaster boost profitability.
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Ailow
Fitting Harness to the Horses
An article emphasizes the need for properly fitting horse harness for safety and efficiency. It covers browbands, blinkers, reins, bits, collars, pads, breastplates, breeching, pole pieces, backhands, girths, throat latches, and rein length. Proper adjustments prevent accidents and maximize working power.
Docking the Sheep Methods at University Farm
The article describes tail docking procedures for lambs at St Paul University Farm. It advocates placing the lamb on its back, pushing skin toward the body to create a stump, and tying a ligature around the tail to control bleeding for one to two hours. It also notes placing the lamb in a clean, straw bedded pen to monitor infection and bleeding. Rams should be castrated at docking time when proper organ development is reached, about ten days after birth.
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University Farm
St. Taul
Keep the Horse’s Skin Clean for Better Sweat
The text urges keeping a horse’s skin clean so the animal sweats more freely, which is stated as necessary to maintain good condition.
Horse Neck as Gauge for Collar Fit in Spring Work
The horse neck condition serves as evidence of proper collar fit at the start of spring farm work and whether it has remained adjusted as shoulders settled into heavy labor.
The Dairyman Dark Stall Weakens Calves
The piece advises on calf welfare through proper stall space and churning practices. It also urges testing the herd for tuberculosis, emphasizes cleanliness in feeding and housing, and notes the importance of regular salt for cattle.
Goat Milk For Health Doctors Prescribe It
Goat milk is praised as easily digested and nutritious, ideal for dyspepsia and emaciation. It contains more butter fat than cow milk, tastes better, and commands strong demand at about 25 cents a quart. Physicians endorse its use for infants, the aged, and those with stomach or bowel troubles, worms, or tuberculosis.
Training a Young Sheep Dog for Herding Success
A practical guide to starting a sheep dog with no older example. Emphasizes early obedience and staying down on cue, using a hat or handkerchief to mark guarding behavior, then teaching stock driving and proper mouthing. Warns against biting during sheep work to prevent bad habits.
Carpenter Harvey Lambert shoots wife in Portland with child present
In a grove of fir trees, carpenter Harvey L Lambert fatally shoots his wife Grace as their three year old daughter is held by her. The incident occurred in Portland and is described in the report.
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Harvey L. Lambert
Grace
Portland
Canadian Northern Railway
Rainy River
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
San Francisco
Making Butter in Hot Weather
A dairy expert explains why hot weather harms butter quality and offers practical methods. Use ice cold cream, cool water baths, and early morning churning to preserve body and flavor. Maintain a clean cellar or cool dairy room, implement a cement floor, and run a small engine to power separator and churn.
Treating Horses Corns and a Pennsylvania Railroad Strike
Treating horses corn with protection and softening of the hoof. Philadelphia reports a threatened strike by 15,500 Pennsylvan ia railroad freight trainmen over demands for 5 to 20 percent higher wages than eastern rivals. General Steedman’s dramatic Chickamauga moment is recalled.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Local Market Prices for Grains Butter Eggs and Hops
Wheat Bluestem 85c club 81c red Russian 79c. Barley 23 per ton. Oats 26 per ton. Hay Timothy Willamette Valley 25 per ton Eastern Oregon 22 25 alfalfa 16. Butter Washington Creamery 31c ranch 22c. Eggs Selected local 28c. Eyes Ranch candled 27c. Hops 1909 crop 10 12c olds nominal. Wool Eastern Oregon 14 17c lb. Mohair 32 38 3c.
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Willamette Valley
Oregon
Washington Creamery
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Sack
Clearbrook and
Edmund Halley
St. Paul's School
Queen's College
Oxford
Denny
Knights of the Mitt
Brennan
Iowa State College
Steedman
Chickamauga
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