House Favors Good Highways in Bankhead Bill
The Senate approved the Bankhead good roads bill to spend eighty five million dollars on road building with state matching funds and included ten million for American roads in national forests. A separate river and harbor plan of twenty million was urged as a substitute for the forty eight million dollar bill. House votes blocked higher armed forces and proposed a large army with training, while discussions questioned nitrate plant amendments and overseas indemnity concerns.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Kenyon
Park
Washington, D
D. C
Wenyon
Sherman
House
Washington
DD. C
Wilson
Kann
California
United States
Mexico
Milwaukee Road shines with electric rail milestones
Six years after a record transcontinental steel highway, the Milwaukee road marks 440 miles of electrified main line across the Continental Divide. The Olympian and Columbian will run electrically from Harlowton Montana to Avery Idaho, a 440 mile district. Local Baptist ladies aid society hostesses include Mrs S B Spink, Mrs Sam Rowley, Mrs Miller and Mrs Job Miller tomorrow afternoon.
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Continental Divide
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Missouri River
Puget Sound
Rocky Bitter Root
Cascade Mountains
Milwaukee
Pacific North Coast
Harlowton
Mont
Avery
Idaho
S. B. Spink
Sam Rowley
Miller
Job Miller
Baptist Ladies’ Aid Society
Keep Your Skin Clear With Dr Kings New Life Pills
Advertisement touts Dr Kings New Life Pills as the sole path to a clear healthy complexion by keeping bowels active stimulating the liver cleansing the system and purifying the blood. Promotes spring use with a 25 cent price at the druggist.
Flandreau Plans Erection of Fine Catholic Church
Flandreau South Dakota secures contract to build a costly Catholic church described as one of the finest in the city. The project proceeds in the wake of securing funding and architectural approval, with construction expected to elevate local religious and civic life.
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Vlandreau, S. D
Eastern South Dakota Catholic building contract awarded
Carl Cropp of St. Cloud Minnesota secured the contract to erect the main building in eastern South Dakota for 24 844 dollars, the most costly structure cited in the report.
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Cauzen
South Dakota
Carl Cropp
St. Cloud, Minn
Sally the nurse with a secret at the fair
A narrator recalls Sally the hired nurse who wowed a household with gifts for their baby then vanished as the showman Torrori lured her with a lions cage act. The father confronts the fakir and seizes their baby as Sally escapes, leaving the family to rethink their trust.
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Jenkins
Leo
Torreili
Sally
Hard and Soft Wheat Verdict From University Agronomist
Prof L I Call at Oregon State Agricultural College advises most of Kansas prefer hard wheat except eastern quarter where soft wheat may yield better. He cites rainy weather and lodging risk, warns western three-fourths should not plant soft wheat to avoid price penalties from mixing at elevators, notes soft wheat winter kill and Hessian fly vulnerability. The page also includes notes on hay wagon brakes and potato seed practices.
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Kansas
L. I. Call
Orsis State Agricultural College
Professor Call
College Miri
Brief Decisions by Antiquity Wisdom
A compact reflection on enduring insights from ancient sages, contrasting timeless life lessons with modern claims of novelty. The piece hints at universal truths about caution, balance, and thoughtful living across eras.
Apple Cankers Threat to Trees and Cleanup Advice
A farmer’s guide warns that apple cankers persist year after year and can kill large limbs or entire trees if not treated. The recommended control is to remove diseased bark and cut affected limbs, then cover wounds with a dressing to protect heartwood during healing.
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New York State College of Agriculture
Live Stock Notes on Corn Use and Hogs
Corn remains a limited feed for hogs in roasting car stage with little profit from cooking grinding or soaking. Bacon fetches top prices when thick and lean with minimal fat. Barnyard manure is valuable yet perishable with storage losses possible. Calves born fat require winter quarters to avoid stunted growth in spring.
Wilmington woman trainer and jockey Miss Vesta Stibbs gains fame in horse racing
Lebanon Ohio boastful profile of one of two American women who train and race horses. Miss Vesta Stibbs has trained several horses in five years and raced Orphan Boy to 2 22 1 4 in big fields, earning prize money. She also driven many winners in the show ring and has loved horses since childhood, preferring the saddle to housekeeping.
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Lebanon
Ohio
United States
Vesta Stibbs
Miss Stibbs
Chicago News notes on Bryar at St Louis convention
The Chicago News speculates Mr. Bryar may attend the St Louis convention as a reporter, potentially freeing him to swat everybody. It also questions Judge Tuthill’s possible ruling on whether spring has arrived.
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Chicago News
Bryar
St. Louis
Villa
Judge Tuthill
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Climo
Walt Mason
Judge
Ron
American Agriculturist
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Mise Vestine Stibbs
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Trotter
Boston Harbor
Uncle Sar
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Wire OF Preduent
Woodrow Wilson
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Columbus
N. Mt
Gen. Pershing
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