Clover the World’s Oldest Horse Dies in Pennsylvania
Clover aged about 52 to 53, once a famed racer, died after a two week illness at Dr. Uriah Myers' estate in Catawissa Pennsylvania. Owned for over thirty years, Clover had notable public support including large contributions for an old age fund and an exhibition at Madison Square Garden. The body was to be moved to the American Museum of Natural History in New York.
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Clover
Catawissa
Pennsylvania
Dr. Myers
Warren G. Harding
Madison Square Garden
American Museum of Natural History
New York
Standardizing Cream Yields Consistent Quality for Dairymen
Iowa State College expert explains a method to standardize cream sold by the quart. Weigh milk, test with Babcock, sample representatively, skim to a richer cream, then add skim milk to reach the desired butterfat percentage and weight. Consistent product pleases customers.
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C. A. Iverson
Iowa State College
Iverson
Babcock
Everson
Garden pests and sprays for cucumbers melons and fruit
Iowa State College horticulture professor C V Holsinger warns that planting windows from now to May 25 risk failure due to plant lice beetles and early pests. He recommends arsenate of lead sprays for leaves and nicotine sulphate dusts for lice, with careful coverage. Dr Fenton notes plum curculio damages on stone fruits and apples and suggests timely lead arsenate sprays post bloom and again weeks later.
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C. V. Holsinger
Iowa State College
Tt. Holsinger
F. A. Fenton
Fenton
Thompson Receives Largest Butterfat Check at Jesup Creamery
Will Thompson of Jesup Iowa earned 463 38 for February the highest butterfat payout at the Jesup creamery Prof A Iverson of Iowa State College dairy department says Thompson has long been a leading Jersey breeder whose testing and selection improved herd value and production under ordinary farm conditions.
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Will Thompson
Jesup
Iowa
A. Iverson
Iowa State College
Mr. Thompson
Prof. Iyerson
Mrr. Thompson
Jersey
Thompson
Exact Length of a Year in Ancient Astronomy
The text states the earth’s complete revolution around the sun is a sideswent year. It gives a length of 865 days 0 hours 9 minutes and 9.6 seconds. Astronomers have determined this invariable measure.
Fun for the Funny and Social Quips in Pop Culture
A collage of humorous quotes from newspapers like the Pittsburgh Sun and Life. Snippets include political jabs about Col Bryan, domestic gags on marriage and money, and comic exchanges about technology and everyday life. The items showcase light satire and regional humor.
Sweet clover pastures praised for cattle feeding and soil building
Iowa farm notes promote sweet clover as economical forage. William McArthur of Mason City reports 45 steers and 45 hogs on 14 acres with strong gains, while a neighbor used 27 acres for 80 head and more. Experts urge proper stocking, crop rotation, soil testing, and inoculation for best results.
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William McArthur
Mason City
S. Dyas
Iowa State College
McArthur
Drunken drivers and advancing highway safety measures urged
Harrisburg Patriot discusses the growing danger of drunken driving and the call for collective action to curb it. It notes police courts and the public must act, promoting sentiment against drunken steering and urging personal responsibility. It also recounts a Nebraska rail journey where radio broadcasts and church services were audible on a moving train.
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Harrisburg
Nebraska
Omaha
Mississippi River
Waste Disposal Methods for Poultry Carcasses
William H. Lupp of Iowa State College recommends burning dead poultry to prevent disease spread. He warns carcasses attract worms and maggots, and that animals may spread germs after feeding on scattered remains. Burning in a furnace or brush pile avoids odors and potential contamination.
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William H. Lupp
Iowa State College
Reformatory Count Rises and Local Bids Detailed
The report notes the reformatory population reaching 1010 with arrivals from Union and Pottawattamie counties. County mortgage records show 25 of 74 new automobile purchases. Anamosa council awards paving to Ford Paving Co for Wurrenite bithulithic at bids around 2.44 to 2.60 per sq yd, claiming a cheaper two inch wearing surface.
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Reformatory
Union County
Pottawattamie County
County Recorder
Corn Belt
The
State Highway Commission
Senate Committee
Anamosa
Ford Paving Co
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Porter girl wins Charles City music memory contest
Margaret Porter daughter of Rev. and Mrs R V Porter of Charles City won a music memory contest there with sixty pupils entered. Grandparents Mr and Mrs William Porter of Hopkinton celebrated the family pride.
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Margaret ‘Porter
R. V. Porter
Charles City
William Porter
Hopkinton
Lenox College
Allen
Sand Spring
Washington
Hopkin
Wire sag and weather govern copper line reliability in Iowa
Telephone engineers explain summer wire sag prevents winter breaks as copper per mile lengthens about 4% and iron about 318 feet. Most failures come from sleet storms. only 22 percent of Northwest Bell wires in town face sleet damage. Underground cables costly and limited to dense networks.
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Iowa
Bell Telephone Company
Bell
Home Made Lime Spreader Plans Sealed For Shipping
H W Warner soils expert says Iowa State College extension service will mail blueprints and plans for a Michigan home made lime spreader on receipt of 20 cents. The device hooks to the wagon end gate and shovels lime from the wagon into the hopper. Cost estimated at 10 to 316 dollars.
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Michigan
Iowa State College
H. W. Warner
Warner
Overreached Himself Johnson Hiram and presidential bid
The Kansas City Star views Senator Hiram Johnson as wrecked by overreaching ambition in his pursuit of the presidential nomination. The piece frames his career as damaged by personal ambition and a failed bid for the nomination.
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Kansas City Star
Hiram Johnson
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Pittsburgh Sun
James J. Montague
Col. Bryan
White House
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Tud Differdang
Turley
Jim Waller
Tobe
Jim
Kansas City
Star
Anamosa Eureka News
Hopkinton Leader News
California
I. V. Dautremount
N. W. Ackerman
Center Junction
Thomas Stimpson
Anamosa, Iowa
Edison
Frank A. Locher
J. E. Bateman
Monticello, Iowa
Charles Greenberg
Chas. Greenberg
Second
Dubuque, Iowa
Johnson
Ohnso
Svorye
Sacha Cna
Aor
Couron
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Trucs
Ford Flotor Ge
Detroit
Aha
Newhall
Rigby
Cedar cc
Cai
Vicksburge Military National Park
Charles ‘L. Rigby
Cedar-Jones
Charles L. Rigby
Will Apear
Tate Senate
J. K. Hale
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