Maize Origins and World Spread Across Continents
The article traces maize birth in southern Central Mexico, its spread to Maya and Aztec regions, and its journey to Europe, Africa, Asia, and beyond. It notes diverse names for corn, methods of cultivation, climatic needs, and the crop’s transformation from indigenous staple to global staple status. It highlights explorers, early routes, and the modern improvement of corn through soil, climate, and breeding.
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Europe
American
New England
the James
St Johns
Migsixey
Mexico
Vera Cruz
Pizaro
Neas
Peru
Calumbus
America
Isabella
Columbus
Cape Cod
Carassius
Feninsula
Bahamas
Cuba
Haith
Murye Te Garena
South America
Oriente
Western Hemisphere
Asia
Far East
Germany
Rio Grande
Mississippi
Great Lakes
Maine
Guatemalan
Central America
Panama
Chile
Andes
Amazon
River Platte
Spain
Junto
Africa
India
Burmah
Java
China
Australasia
Argentina
United States
Indiana
Illinois City Sees Mayor Clamp Down On Gambling
Mayor A Hendricks ordered suppression of gambling and closing order of disorderly houses in Sterling. He required saloonkeepers to remove window screens and to ban lights at night to aid police surveillance after hours.
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Mayor Screws Ltd
Sterling
A Hendricks
Farmers Institute Electa McLeansboro Elects Officers
Hamilton County Teachers and Farmers Institute closes after electing President T W Bigger Vice President J E Rawls Secretary J L Webb and Treasurer I C Hall Also reports Lee Palmer shot by Italian hunters near La Salle and wounded badly in chest shoulders and face Robbers captured after battle at Chebanse involved in bank robbery attempt near Kankakee Nashville school board enjoined banning exclusion of Hudelson home orphans from Irvington district No. 11 public school by Circuit Judge Louis Barnreuter
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Nashville
Lewis Bernreuter
Irvington Public Schools
Hudelson Orphan Home
Alfred Kelly
Baptist Orphange
Farmers’ Institute Electa
McLeansboro
Hamilton County Teachers’ and Farmers’ Institute
T W Biggerstaff
J E. Rawls
J L Webb
I C. Hall
la Salle
Lee Palmer
Palmer
Kankakee
Chicago
Everley & Hennessey
Chebanse
Louis Barnreuter
Robert A. Baldridge
A. J. Johnson
Julius Zimmermand
Edgar Barnes
Irvington
Hudelson Home
Two Atterberry Stores Burn in Local Fire
Fire destroyed the general stores of YTB Clary and Charles Lemar in Atterberry. Losses run about 5000 dollars for the Clary building and stock and about 2000 dollars for the Lemar stock and building.
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Atterberry
YTB
Clary
Charles Lemar
Lemar
Oil rumor fans Centralia excitement near Brown farm
A report that oil was found on the Brown farm less than two miles east of Centralia stirs crowds in Centralia and Marion county. Capt. John Hodges of Cairo, a pioneer and longtime sheriff, dies at Dawson Springs. he founded Hodges Park.
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Ingraham
Louisville
James R Staker
Here
Manuel Pierson
Centralia
Marion County
Hlinels Town
Cairo
John Hodges
Dawson Springs
Alexander County
Hodges Park
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Autchiell
South Dakota
Snorth
Iamerica Feurorey
A. Sourri
Arnica Oceania
The
West Indies
Canada
News OF Illinois
Hillsboro
Frank Stanley
Elgin
Fividom M Purdon
Deneen
Springfield
Stra3shelm
Abner Smith
State Supreme Court
Hawes
Taft
Gov. Deneen
Missouri
Kentucky
Illinois
Harry B. Hawes
St. Louis
St. Louisan
Mount Vernon
Henry Johnson
Johnson
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