Wisconsin Crop Report Highlights Strong Yields Across State
The August 1913 Wisconsin crop report by Secretary J. Mackenzie shows corn at 88 percent normal with premier corn belts above state average. Potatoes are projected bumper yields with 95 percent normal overall and 100 percent in Portage Waushara and Waushara counties. Tobacco suffers from rain at about 84 percent normal, while sugar beets show strong prospects at 84 percent normal. Buckwheat, peas, and beans hover around the 90s. pastures stay in fine condition at 97 percent. Winter grains forecast yields: winter wheat 22 bu/acre, rye 18, barley 33, oats 40. Alfalfa second cut about 1.5 tons per acre. Milwaukee set to host a proposed Humane Society Home for Animals at the state fairgrounds with a Cawker Memorial Home for Animals to be named.
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MaWson
Wisconsin
J. ©. Mackenzie
State Agricultural Board
Portage
Waupara
Waushara
Dane
Rock
Vernon
Columbia
Kenosha
Chippewa
Pond du Lac
Milwaukee
Sheboygan
City Can't Limit Auto Speed Below State Law Says Attorney General
An opinion from Attorney General Bancroft to the Secretary of State states that a city cannot enact ordinances conflicting with state speed laws. The general rule requires uniform operation across the state and prohibits local provisions that set eight miles per hour or other speeds below state standards. The Janesville case explores imposing an eight mph limit, which the AG says is invalid.
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Vsage
Bancrofy
Proes
Janesville
Wisconsin cranberry crop seen very large this year
A. A. Chaney of New York, selling agent for cranberry growers, told a meeting that Wisconsin's crop would be unusually large. He cited last year's output of 30,000 barrels and predicted this year would reach 40,000 barrels.
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A. A. Chaney
New York
Cranberry Growers
Cranbery Growers
Wisconsin
Names Separate Ballot In Popular Vote For Woman Suffrage
Secretary of State James A. Frear Transmits opinion by Attorney General Bancroft holding the constitutional amendment granting women suffrage must be submitted to a separate ballot. All other amendments proposed for November must appear on the general ballot below candidate names, under laws 1911 chapters 639 and 685.
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Secreetary of State
James A. Frear
Generat Bancroft
Wisconsin Fair Livestock Judges Named by Prof Humphrey
Prof George C Humphrey of the Wisconsin College of Agriculture lists judges for fall fairs. Named are O J Derwide Madison for horses and beef cattle J G Fulley Madison for sheep and swine Frank Kleinheinz Madigon for all classes and others in dairy cattle swine and cattle across numerous Wisconsin towns. Bull Moosers Plan Wisconsin State Convention in Milwau kee next month with about twenty five attendees from Milwaukee. Norman L Baker chairs the state committee and the exact date may be September 13 during the state fair week.
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George C. Humphrey
Wisconsin College of Agriculture
Wisconsin
O. J. Derwide
Madison
J. G. Fulley
Frank Kleinheinz
Madigon
W. E. Markey
A. ©. Gosterhuls
L. Torney
A. G. Austin
Janesville
J. H. Accola
Sauk City
Robert
Mil Whukea
Milwaukee
Norman L Baker
Baker
Appoint Game Wardens for Fall Hunting Season
The state department appointed twenty two deputy wardens for the fall hunting season. The list includes B J Shaver Superior B A Dunseth Ram Peter Smonjeaky Green Bay Willams Towne Shawane J L Faber Spring Valley A F P Peterson Stockholm C M Clark Stoughton S J Williams Merrill Edward Handley Hackley L Noyce da Crosse J B Buseh Madison Johnsan Cleveland George A Willard Bagley G A Miller Boscobal George DeKonyer Barahoo Alfred G Becker Allentown Willem H Darin Pardee 8 M Sayner Seyner L B Schrelter Darlington C A Follett Oshkoah J V Kelsey Stevens Polat J M Lowe Bancroft.
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Zane
State Department
B. J. Shaver
Superior
B. A. Dunseth
Hackley
L. Noyce
da Crosse
J. B. Buseh
Madison
Johnsan
Cleveland
George A. Willard
Bagley
G. A. Miller
Boscobal
George DeKonyer
Barahoo
Alfred G. Becker
Allentown
Willem H. Darin
Pardee
M. Sayner
Seyner
L. &. Schrelter
Darlington
Wisconsin and Northwest Face Unparalleled Car Shortage
Trafic managers of western railroads allied with the Association of Western Railways warn shippers of a rolling stock shortage within 30 days. The Wisconsin Railroad Commission urges manufacturers to place orders as early as possible and to maximize car unloading to prevent delays.
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Wisconsin
Western Railroads
Association of Western Railways
Wisconsin Railroad Commission
Jordanc
Motorcycle Race Feature Sparks Statewide Interest
Public fascination with upcoming motorcycle races at the state fair grows beyond expectations as inquiries pour in from riders across the county. Officials anticipate the program becoming a regular fall speed event, not a specialty, with the board of agriculture noting clear signs of transformation.
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Board of Agriculture
Court Upheld Aid to Widows and Enlisted Men in Panama Bill
Washington reports two house votes on the legislative budget. A measure to abolish the commerce court was vetoed then restored with funding, 153 to 4. The Spanish War pension bill would aid about 800 widows and orphans, adding over 100000 dollars yearly. Curley named Democratic whip. A clash with beet barons drew sharp attacks. The Panama canal bill is expected to be signed, with some features disputed. House approved the naval appropriation, including one battleship and several support ships, by 151 to 60 after a terse vote.
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Washington
House
Commerce Court
Senate
Conference
Fitzgerald
Appropriations Committee
Spanisb- American War Veterans’ Organization
Curley
Clark
Massachusetts
Klakead
New Jersey
White House
Congress
United States
Taft telegram confirms Sherman accepting GOP vice nomination
In Utica New York on August 22 1908 a formal notification ceremony drew thousands at Roscoe Conkling Park as United States Senator George Sutherland led the event. President Taft sent a telegram regretting he could not attend and congratulated Sherman on the renomination for vice president by the Republican Party.
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Tica
N.Y
Beth
Roscoe Conkling Park
United States
George Sutherland
Utah
Washington
Taft
Sherman
Utica
National Republican Party
William H. Taft
Vote sellers sent to jail in Virginia case
Fifty vote sellers pleaded guilty in Jonceville Virginia this week tied to the trial of those indicted for selling votes. They faced a 100 dollar fine or 30 days in jail with over half choosing jail. Forty five cases await trial at the next term as Commonwealth's Attorney Skeges praised the proceedings.
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Bristol
Jonceville
Commonwealth
Skeges
Ateet
Teres of Seurt
Taft Names Consuls for Honduras and Norway
President Taft sent to the Senate consular nominations for David J. D. Myers of Georgia to Puerto Cortez Honduras and Walter A. Leonard of Illinois to Stavanger Norway in the latest roster of diplomatic appointments announced from Washington.
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Taft
Washington
President Test
Senate
Ins
David J. D. Myers
Georgia
Puerto Cortez
Honduras
Waltera. Leonard
Winois
Stavanger
Norway
Badger Briefs: Italian detainees and local incidents
Sheriff Meek and deputies arrest 13 Italians from Merrillan over a stabbing of Omaha road brakeman James A. McNair sending him to Eau Claire hospital in critical condition. Other items report a mice trap for ale crops, wage talks with a Green Bay concrete crew, a fatal shooting of Fred C. Griffin, and multiple local notices from Green Bay to Janesville.
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Black River Fally
Bsheriff Meek
Merrillan
James A. McNair
Omaha
Eau Claire
C. W. Chafey
Plcy
Marvels Of A Train Rail Under Pressure And Strain
An explainer describes the immense stress on steel rails under an express train. With two engines and 100 ton weight, the rail endures rapid compression and tension, 30 to 60 mph speeds, and repeated blows per wheel turn. It details how rails distribute load through elasticity and the constant reversing forces as wheels grip and pull.
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Metropolitan
Hopis Eight Koni Villages Across Three Mesas
The article describes eight Koni villages on three Hopi mesas. On First Mesa three villages near each other form a near single community. Second Mesa holds three villages, most isolated, while Third Mesa has two villages, Oraibi and Horevelte. Horevelte or Hostile Village formed after a two day clash between Snake and Eagle clans over sending Oraibi children to government schools, ending with fort troops and prisoners of war. Eagle Clan then formed an independent settlement.
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Eagle
Oraibi
Washington
Reams Canyon
Not Old at Sixty
The eastern railroad reports that 4,717 inactive workers are between sixty and seventy, with 172 pensioners having forty years of service. Active staff aged forty years or more total 2,046, under a pension system allowing retirement at seventy.
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Eastern Railroad
Road
Argonaut
Canada’s Railways to Expand After Wheat Boom
Canada holds the world’s highest rail mileage relative to population with rare exceptions and Railway Age Gazette predicts a major expansion era. A planned railway would open routes for vast wheat crops to Hudson Bay and thence by steamer to Europe.
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Canada
Railway Age Gazette
Hudson Bay
Europe
Rules of the railroads govern schedules and train precedence
The article outlines fundamental railroad rules for regular trains, timetables, and the handling of extra freights. It explains three train classes, priority for eastbound and westbound routes, a five minute clearance rule, and dispatcher duties including locomotive condition, track grades, roadbed, and crew.
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Peasenger
Supyess
Agurlag Wather
Eouth
Crater
Old Ames
Temen Fa
All Sorts of Queer Ideas on Railway Inventions
A railway magazine piece ridicules amateur inventors who propose odd fixes for trains and accidents. It lists ideas like duplicating wheels on coaches, sewing machines on axles, automatic lunch counters for traffic, traveling cots for babies, and camera cots for viewing from trains, noting the endless flow of eccentric schemes.
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Saya
Pasenger
Bummer Novel Scene of Tension in Parlor
A tense parlor confrontation unfolds as a woman’s calm authority and a man’s rash actions collide. She eyes him with a sharp glance, he retorts, she cries, and the room descends into a scene of embarrassment and brokenness before the maid enters to tidy the debris.
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Timsgelf
Toad
Waited Long for Promotion in Old Railroads
A New York Sun excerpt recalls slow trainmen promotions in the past. Firemen endured four to nine years before advancing, with wages modest compared to later, as telegraph operators earned 35 dollars a month and engineers 85 to 90. The note cites Bitty Lantear as the oldest fireman when the elevated railway opened in New York City, with several others from the R W and C rising to engineers.
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Bitty Lantear
New York City
New York Sun
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