What They Are Doing At Ames In Practical Training
Des Moines special reports from Ames Iowa that the Iowa State College farm and Experiment Station demonstrate through extensive dairy and livestock trials that graduates gain superior practical mastery. The dairy herd test and range breeding projects compare costs and profits, while feeding trials using skim milk and grain show high returns. graduates are in strong demand across farms and colleges with salaries rising to $100 per month and higher.
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Ames
Towa
United States
Iowa Agricultural College
John Downie
State Board of Control
Iowa Experiment Station and College
C. F. Curtiss
Government Experiment Station
College
Bayes
America
Iowa Experiment Station
West
Iowa
Canada
California
Curtiss
Omaha
John Gosling
Town Agricultural College
Agricultural
East
Old
Massachusetts
Iowa Dairy School
New York
Bar of Justice
Supreme Bench
IOWA GRAIN RATES UPHELD AND CUTS APPROVED BY ICC
The Interstate Commerce Commission in Washington led by Commissioner Prouty ruled on the Grain Shippers Association of Northwest Iowa case against Illinois Central and others. It ordered a 19 cent rate on corn from Sioux City reduced and extended a 17 cent western Iowa rate to Sioux City, with reductions to southeastern South Dakota and a 4 cent gap limit between wheat and corn rates from the Sioux City area.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
Prouty
Grain Shippers’ Association of
Northwest Iowa
Illinois Central
Kansas City
Sioux City
Ixangas City
Chicago
Iowa
Missouri River
Sioux City & St. Paul
Omaha
South Dakota
Western Brokerage Company Formed by Western Wholesale Grocers
The western wholesale grocers trust elected directors in Des Moines and prepared articles of incorporation. The Western Brokerage Company plans to deliver goods directly to firms, with capital stock listed at 100000 though not representing actual capital. Incorporators include I C Letts Marshalltown H L Spencer Oskaloosa J G Berryhill J W Howell and FE C Finkbine of Des Moines. Directors come from Des Moines Quincy Illinois St Joseph Missouri Mason City Marshalltown Cedar Rapids and Oskaloosa.
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Western Wholesale Grocers’ Trust
Des Moines
Western Brokerage’ Company
West
I. C. Letts
Marshalltown
H. L. Spencer
Oskaloosa
J. G. Berryhill
J. W. Howell
FE. C. Finkbine
Quincy
Ill
St. Joseph
Mason City
Marshalston
Cedar Rapids
New Iowa Rail Lines And War Reunion Highlight Iowa News
The Chicago Northwestern plans a direct Minneapolis to southern Iowa coal fields line with extensions from Blue Earth to Mason City and Belle Plaine to Ottumwa, boosting 1899 Iowa mileage to 1000 miles. Iowa brigade regiments from the Civil War to reunion in Iowa City September 19 and 20. Frances Stone sues Warren McBride in Topeka for 10000 breach of promise. Keokuk stove works reopens with 50 workers under Chancey H. Castle after a 9,000 city subsidy. Western Iowa crops look strong as harvest labor short. An Ames livestock judge is invited to London show. Miss Blanche Packard returns to Marshalltown after Cuba nurse service.
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Chicago & Northwestern
Minneapolis and
St. Paul
Iowa
Chicago, St. Paul
Minneapolis & Omaha
Blue Earth
Minn
Mason City
Northwestern
Belle Plaine
Muchakinock
Mahaska County
Ottumwa
Wapello County
Army of the Potomac
Iowa City
Winchester
Frances Stone
Red Oak
Topeka
Kan
Warren McBride
McBride
Miss Stone
Kansas
Chicago
Keokuk Stove Works
Chancey H. Castle
Quincy
C. F. Curtiss
Ames
London
Handy Hay Stackers Aids In Harvest Lifting
Describes two farm hay stacking devices the pole stocker and the derrick or crane. Details include pole height up to 40 feet, pulley systems, ropes, chains, and the use of a horse to elevate loads. The devices are mounted in fields near barns to reduce heavy lifting during harvest.
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Orange Judd Farmer
Understanding Cholera Symptoms in Poultry
Cholera in fowls shows yellow feces, diarrhoea, fever, and thirst. Isolate affected birds, disinfect grounds with half percent carbolic acid, burn dead birds, and prevent contamination of water and feed. Treatment is ineffective. disease runs 1 2 or 3 days, often mistaken for indigestion.
How to Kill Tree Stumps and Whitewash Preparation
A Country Gentleman correspondent shares methods to destroy stump growth using salt applied to cut stumps, with quantities for various sizes and best timing in late summer. It also outlines a whitewash recipe using lime, salt, rice paste, whiting, glue, and hot water for surface coating.
Good House for Hens Shows Practical Henhouse Design
Manders New Jersey resident P. W. submits an illustrated henhouse plan 24 feet long and ten feet wide. The design uses three feature sheds and an open section on eight feet, raised on three foot posts with a scratching area beneath. One closed shed serves as a roosting zone while another is partitioned for layers and sitters, with nested nests retractable for sitting hens.
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Manders
N. J
Poultry Coops Hidden In Open Yard Space
Local farm notes describe a semi isolated hen coop setup with open space floored in litter and provisions to remove access at night. A wired door and weather curtain protect 20 to 40 hens, built in first class style at a cost of 75 dollars according to Farm and Home.
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W.hag
Among the Poultry Advice for Raising Flocks
Agricultural note from the St. Louis Republic outlines care for hens and ducks. It covers feeding for egg production, space and ventilation, dust baths, and management of fowl quality. It warns against overcrowding and excessive stimulating feed while advising free range for growing turkeys.
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St. Louis Republic
We Must Raise the Horses
An editorial argues the United States must become the world's leading horse market as costs rise in Europe while American methods lower raising costs. It asserts South America has the necessary physical features but lacks qualifications, implying the U.S. can outperform rivals though others may not know how.
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South America
Texas Stock and Ranch
Skim milk aids young chicks and summer range
Experiments show skim milk is highly valuable for young growing chicks, boosting intake of other foods and supporting rapid growth when included in their ration. Grass grazing in summer provides cheap feed for fowl with large range, reducing grain needs and encouraging regular farmyard visits.
Counterfeit Ring Exposed Along With Imitations
The Secret Service uncovers a new gang of counterfeiters and seizes a large batch of bogus bills. The piece notes many imitators of Hostetter's Stomach bitters and urges buying only from reputable druggists with a history of supplying genuine products.
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Secret Service
Hostetter
Unnamed boarding house quarrel over summer attire
A Washington Post snippet recalls an elderly boarding house resident arguing that girls should wear modest outfits in heat. Her two daughters are urged to dress in neglig gent costumes, provoking a sharp warning from a daughter as a fox terrier yelps in the basement vestibule.
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Washington Post
Allen's Foot-Ease powder ad claims easy shoe fit
One size smaller after using Allen's Foot-Hase powder for tight or new shoes. Cures swollen hot sweating aching feet ingrowing nails corns and bunions. Sold at all druggists and shoe stores Vic. By mail from Allen Fricke Olmsted Le Roy N Y.
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Vic
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Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
A Dash of Gayety During an Execution
The Detroit Journal reports a somber execution scene where the doomed man fears onlookers. An executioner quips about the crowd and injects a grim element of gayety into the proceedings.
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Gayety
Ccnffold
Detroit Journal
Lake resort getaways via Wisconsin Central Lines
The 799 summer booklet explains week long or two week stays at scenic lake resorts reachable by Wisconsin Central Lines. It invites readers to request the guide, with C Pond as general passenger agent in Milwaukee Wisconsin directing inquiries.
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Wisconsin Central Lines
Das
C. Pond
Gen
Pass
Milwaukee
Wis
Quotations on Education Folly by a Self-Deprecating Student
The Indianapolis Journal quotes a student who questions a teacher's harsh remark about his education. He recalls being told it was criminal folly to spend money on educating “a chump” like him, conveying a tone of self-deprecating wit.
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Aather
Indianapolis Journal
Atchison Globe
Nickel Plate Road offers low rates and dining car service
Detroit Free Press notes the Nickel Plate Road with its Peerless Trio of Mast express Trains Daily and Un excelled Dining Car Service, advertising rates lower than other lines for travel between Chicago Buffalo New York and Boston.
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Chicago
Buffalo
New York
Boston
Diggs Daughter Bride Ironic Exchange Noted by Paper
A terse exchange cited by the Chicago Evening News mentions Diggs and his daughter’s marriage. The remark questions how the new son in law strikes, joking about a VY or X type.
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Diggs
Chicago Evening News
No title available from the fragment
A fragment from the Philadelphia Bulletin notes skepticism about a woman by referencing an ancestor who was a chairwoman and implying at least one ancestor had a clean record.
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Philadelphia Bulletin
Daily Health and Quick Remedies Digest
An antique mix of health tips and quips from various papers notes daily bowel habits for health, gentle liver kidney effects, and cures. It lists laxatives, tonics, and tonics for headaches and consumption with prices and testimonials, including lines on marriage and consumer warnings.
Oklahoma Growth Draws Homeseekers With Frisco Line
Oklahoma offers splendid inducements to homeseekers. The Frisco Line reaches the most important localities in the territory and takes you through to Oklahoma City without change of cars. It is the shortest and most desirable route. Write for descriptive literature to Bryan Snyder, G. P. A., St. Louis, Mo.
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Oklahoma City
Bryan Snyder
St. Louis
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