Governors Barn Bed Story and Political Rise
Snapshot notes Tennessee Governor John I. Cox born 1855 near Bristol. He slept in a barn while campaigning and rose from farm labor to law and politics. Indiana Democrat John W. Kern, born 1844, became Indiana Supreme Court reporter, state senator, and candidate for governor and U.S. senator. William H. Ryan, Buffalo businessman and politician, serves his fifth term in Congress after early board of supervisors service.
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John I. Cox
Tennessee
John W. Kern
Indiana
OHN
Tennescoe
Bristol
Tenn
Virginia
Cox
Cumberland Mountains
John W. Wern
Hoosier State
Barlog Beed
Puyahiap
Toward County
Kern
State Normal School
Coward County
University of Michigan
State Senate
Indianapolis
United States
Wiliam Ho Rgan
Cannon
Acciised Paper Trust
Borotion
Buffalo
Massachusetts
Misa Elen
Ryan
Che William H. Ryan
Erie County
Williamo Hk. Borah
Idaho
Senate
Haywood
Washington
Brownsville
Bill Borah Linser
Boise
Nani
Theta
Nan
Willeass
Brorath
Nang
Borah
Luise
Contrasting names and a Churchill novel review
A collage of anecdotes notes comic name pairs in politics and business from Borah to Robb and Steele. It highlights Winston Churchill's new novel Mr Crewe's Career with mixed critique. Also included are practical farming tips on salt for cows, peanuts in Nigeria, pest control, transplanting, and fertilizer law effects in Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capitol
National Theater
Sam Needle
Daly & Knightly
New York Avenue
Makover
Garden
East Washington
Booze
Buffalo
Sauerwein
Drinkwine
Mumm
Steele
Indiana
Fred Landis J. Am
Robb
Robb & Steele
Winston Churchill
New Harmpshire
Mr. Churchill
Mr. Crewe
Granite State
Vane
Winston
Nigeria
Wisconsin
ISO
Society notes on farming myths and policy in the early republic
An eclectic column discusses productive capacity of humans and needs, dairy cow efficiency, and corn fed pork quality. It cites 1906 07 tax data for distilled alcohol, notes dairy margins, tile and pipe choices, cow TB testing, and price factors influenced by hog cholera absence and pure food laws in North Dakota revealing paint adulteration and mislabeling.
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Dave
Bng
North Dakota
Wisconsin Cranmoor Cranberry Study Cooperative Plan
The University of Wisconsin agricultural experiment station has formed a cooperative agreement with the US Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of Entomology to study eradication of insect and fungous diseases harming cranberries. An experiment station at Cranmoor will collect data and publish pamphlets for cranberry growers in Wisconsin and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Station
Bureau of Entomnology
United States Department of Agriculture
Cranmoor
Wisconsin
Benefits of Irrigation in the Truckee Carson Project
The irrigation program under the Carey Act, led by the federal irrigation reclamation service, demonstrates far reaching benefits. The Truckee Carson project brings water from the Truckee River to the Carson valley, turning arid land into productive farmland since 1906. Water rights are perpetual with land titles, and repayment funds finance other projects, limiting speculation and boosting home-seeker settlement.
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Irrigation Reclamation Service
Department of Agriculture
Truckee-Carson
Truckee
Wadsworth
Nev
Carson River
Mountain
Pacific Slope
One Young Farmer Reflects on Land Use and Labor
A level headed youth explains why he farms less land this year. He cites the father’s example of constant work and the hired help problem. With a quarter section, he prefers day labor but fears higher costs renting more land. Fewer crops mean less thrash and less worry, yet lower expenses and effort.
Valuable Wood Lot Gifted to U S Forest Service
The United States government has 205 acres of virgin redwood timber in Redwood canyon near San Francisco. A local resident with no heirs deeded the land to the government to keep it intact under forest service supervision, preventing it from passing to developers.
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United States
Redwood Canyon
San Francisco
Forest Service
Department
Horse Standards Raise in Middle West Draft Stock
The article notes a fifteen year trend of improved draft horses in the middle west due to thoroughbred sires. Heavier types show better conformation and sale in small towns, with well matched teams of high grade Shires or Pecherons now fetching four to five hundred dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middle West
How to Kill Nettles in Pasture and Fields
Nettles multiply by root and seed, making them aggressive along field margins and gardens. Effective eradication requires smothering or digging out every root, then removing roots and burning or disposing by drying.
Gleaned Religious Thoughts From Denominations
A collection of brief religious quotes from diverse denominations, highlighting labor as a divine right, God’s majesty, timely eulogies, love's benevolence, temper improvement, charity, hope, and humanity’s universal need of a new heart. Notable speakers include Rev. L W Hunt, Rev. Dr J L Scudder, Rev. Henry Hepburn, Rev. Thomas Uzzel, Rev. Dr J Q A Henry, Rev. Edward Young, Rev. Willard B Thorpe, Rev. Len G Broughton, Rev. Newell Dwight Hillis.
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John L. Scudder
Jersey City
N. J
Henry Hepburn
Presbyterian
Aurora
Ill
Sr. Newell Dwight Hillis
Brooklyn
Edward Young
Pittaburg
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John W. Kekn
William E. Borah
Catrion Bhick
Faum
Chicago
Ita
Fetrigg
Register S
Rockford, IA
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Ananys
Boards of Health
Coef Adh
Jems
L. W. Hunt
Uniterian
Boston
Thomas Uzzel
Independent
Denver
J. Q. A. Henry
Baptist
Los Angeles
Cal
Revy
Dr. S
Pittsburg
Bureau of Charities
Willard B. Thorpe
Congregationalist
Len G. Broughton
Aanta, Ga
Emerson
David McConnell Steele
Episcopalian
Philadelphia
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