Census Bul letin details 1900 U S farm stats and values
The census bureau bulletin on 1900 agriculture reports 5,789,607 farms valued at 16.07 billion dollars with buildings 3.50 billion and lands and improvements 18.11 billion. Farm implements worth 761 million and livestock 3.08 billion. Total farm property 20.51 billion. farm products 4.739 billion in 1899. Missouri, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York lead. Texas has most farms and large average acres but lower land improvement. Illinois tops land value. Oklahoma is later noted for irrigation coverage.
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Census Bureau
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Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Pennsylvania
New York
Texas
Towa
The
Bulletin
Souvenir Gold Dollar Design to Be Decided
Treasury Department to choose a design for a Louisana Purchase Exposition gold dollar. Jefferson and McKinley busts likely. Roosevelt ruled out. Reverse to feature Louisiana Purchase Exposition with dates 1901 1904. Minted in Philadelphia. public sale expected next January at about 2 dollars with premium potential.
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Ss. Louis
Treasury Department
Francia
Robert B. Armtrong
Shaw
J. Z. Morgan
Philadelphia
Jefferson
McKinley
Roosevelt
Isaus
Attending Secular Schools Catholic University Lags
Rome reports a large flow of Catholic students into secular U S colleges with about 1,085 attending, 500 at the University of Pennsylvania, while Catholic University of Washington shows far fewer. Church authorities blame Washington's broad education drift and lack of resources to compete with major American colleges. Bishops urged Sprerning bodies to permit free lectures on Christian history and science to attract Catholic scholars to their own institutions.
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Catholic University
Rome
Church
United States
Univerity of
Pennsylvania
Catholic University At
Washington
Addiion
Murder on railroad train near Middleburg shocks Raleigh
On a south bound Seaboard Air Line train near Middleburg a fight with unruly negroes led to Roadmaster Fred Stovers of Stevens, VA being shot and killed, and porter Jim Mitchell badly wounded. A passenger confrontation with Joe Cole triggered the violence as three suspects fled into woods and bloodhounds were dispatched. Military aid requests and possible lynching rumors cloud the incident.
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Raleigh
Fred Stovers
Stevens
Jim Mitchell
Middleburg
Clements
Joe Cole
Stever
Stevers
Mitchell
Cole
Pap
Five Die in Essex Street Tenement Fire
A furniture store explosion on the ground floor of a double tenement at 36 Essex Street sparked a blaze that killed two women and three children. A man and a woman were injured and taken to Gouverneur Hospital while several others suffered burns. a child was reported missing. Names like Mrs Hannah Balothin and Mrs Joseph Knott were among the victims. Nathan Liebowicz said his four children Moses Julius Louis and Sallie aged 3 to 8 were missing amid a loss of about $9,000.
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New York
Essex Street
Gouverneur Hospital
Hannah Balothin
Joseph Knott
Nathan Liebowicz
Moses
Julius
Louis
Sallie
DROWNED HIS FOUR CHILDREN Despondent Farmer Placed Them In a Cistern
Salina Kansas story of Joseph Anster son a farmer east of Salling who in despondency drowned his four children three girls and a boy in a cistern then shot himself The oldest was six and the youngest four months old Anderson survived but likely to die The note blamed financial matters and the crime occurred while the mother was away.
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Salina
Kan
Joseph Ansterson
Salling
Anderson
A Brighter Future for the Man Who Reads Thinks and Acts
An ad promoting Victor Liver Syrup as a blood purifier and remedy for liver induced ailments. It claims the tonic improves digestion headaches biliousness and constipation and pitches the product as a century famous strengthening potion sold by all druggists and merchants.
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Victor
Century Fame
Turf as substitute fuel for coal in New Jersey town
Poor residents of West New York New Jersey seek turf, a centuries-old meadow fuel, as coal prices soar. Turf burns well but poses fire risks near homes. cut and dried turf is readied for winter use. An unrelated ad notes Chamberlain's remedies and a whiskey product.
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New Jersey
Weat
New York
Ireland
Wonderful baby medicine saves maternal sleepless nights
Teething babies demand constant mother care and fretful nights when the Victor Infant Relity is missing. Thousands swear no gift equals this 25 cent digestive tonic for health, used with Victor Liver Syrup to ease Colic Diarrhea Dysentery and Cholera Infantum, bringing relief and happiness to mother and child.
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Farm Statistics
Treasury Menartment
Mr. Meeker
Meeker
Chicago News
Curtis Baker
Bookwalter
Asia
A L, Pearrs
Lyon
Williams
Chamberlain
Ita
A. L Pearre
J. W
Hauer
Frederick
Central Hardware Company
South Market Street
Frederick, Ma
Isabella Gas Works
atGdante
Abella CS
Markey's
North Marert Street
Oxford
George A. Gilbert
North Market St. Frederick
Buffalo
Chas. N. Hauer
WM. S. Miller & CO
Carty
Carty’s Furniture Store
E. Patrick St
Fred’k, Md
JAS. E. Walker & CO
Walker’s
Graham
Madras
James E. Walker & Co
Dorsch Tan
Oxfords
Baltimore
North Market Siest
Adams Express Office
S. M. Dizon
W. H. B. Etchison
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