New Rye Offered to Minnesota Farmers for Seed
Minnesota farmers growing winter rye may obtain No 2 seed rye from the St Anthony Park experiment station. After eight years of trials the grain yielded 40.4 bushels per acre at the station compared with 14.2 for common varieties. Small lot seed tests averaged 72.2 bushels versus 17.7, with Swedish rye used in development. The New Ulai Cereal Mill Co has secured seed and will explain its works to interested farmers.
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Minnesota
St. Anthony Park
Comipares
Ulai Cereal Mill Co
Republican Party in Crisis Reverberates in Wisconsin and Beyond
The piece condemns Speaker Cannon and his methods, arguing the party must repudiate him. It notes Wisconsin figures Jenkins Cooper and Nelson opposing Cannon, with others in Kansas and Minnesota facing defeat. It cites insurance adjusters for recent fires and reports on mining and a fatal Denver hotel fire incident.
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Sim Republica Julehy
Can Peige
Urey
Canmowisul
Congress
Joby J. Jenkins
Wisconsin
Apothalayn
Speluchip Cannon
Cannon
Republic
Yall
Sherolb
Republican Party
Jenkins
Cooper
Nelson
Cannoniam
Kansas
Victor Murdoch
Coventry
Minnesota
Canvass Success Boosts Graff for County Auditor Nomination
A. P. Graff tours the county to meet every voter in support of his Republican bid for county auditor. He reports strong encouragement and pledges of support ahead of the September 11 primary. Graff, a native of the county, is praised for character and trusted leadership. Republican voters are urged to honor him on September 11.
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A. P. Graff
Sleepy Eye Herald-Dispatch
Fortune from a Promissory Note Brings Millions to Lawyer Bixby
A tale recalls John M. Bixby, who arrived in New York in 1835 as a penniless lawyer and, after a brave trust, rose to a fortune. A note given for a farm—worth $200 at the time—grew with city growth and Erie Canal progress to a value of millions. His estate later soared beyond $13 million.
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New York
John M. Bixby
Bixby
National Magazine
France’s Food Law Boosts Exports Says US Consul in Bordeaux
US Consul Dominick Murphy reports that the US pure food law boosted French food exports to America in 1907. Alimentary paste and macaroni rose by nearly 47 000 dollars, jams jellies 19 921, olive oil 63 753, preserved fruits 34 708, preserved vegetables 551, still wines 46 780, and sparkling wines 5 909. Some items fell due to sardine fisheries and restricted coloring agents in liquors.
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United States
Dominic I. Murphy
Bordeaux
France
Pensions
Murphy
Sage Estate Worth 66 Million As Transfers Are Heard
The Russell Sage estate, valued at 66,753,801 gross and 64,153,300 net, pays a transfer tax of 667,538. Mrs. Sage inherits 63,778,800 with 29 legatees totaling about 650,000. Twenty five nephews and nieces receive 25,000 each, four receive 6,250, executors named are Mrs. Sage Charles Osborne and Dr. John Mann.
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Charles P. Dillon
Beckett
Ig Tg
Rockefeller Jokes About Passing Humorists' Work
A Rockefeller letter read at a Denver convention of American press humorists praises their wit and jokes about how he passes them off as his own. The gathering elected J. Edmund Vance Cooke secretary treasurer and re elected Frank J Seabright president.
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John D. Rockefeller
American Press
Denver
Forest Hill
Cleveland
Convention of
American Press Humorists
J. Edmund Vance Cooke
Frank J. Seabright
Los Angeles
Wax From Sugar Cane Process Patented
The West India Committee Circular notes a patent application for a wax extraction process from sugar cane rind. Wax recovered from filter refuse is similar to beeswax and Carnauba wax and can be used for the same purposes. Factories in Java plan to adopt the method this year.
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West India Committee
Java
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