Iowa Exhibit Highlights Soil Types and New Wares at Exposition
The Iowa display at the National Corn Exposition in Omaha from December 6 to 18 will illustrate five soil types with profitable management via fertilizers used in the 1909 crop. It will compare yields and grain quality, show new winter wheats promising Alberta red-winter rivals, and present cement and clay farm construction methods led by M. L. King with details on the Iowa Silo saving farmers money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Omaha
Iowa Experiment Station
Alberta
Department of Agricultural Engineering
M. L. King
Corn and oats crops spark Iowa notes and royal jubilee
Town notes show Iowa farmers produce about 12 percent of US corn and 146 percent of oats. Manchester reports a smallpox scare with fourteen quarantined homes. Dr. McManus from Waterloo aids local efforts. News touches crop trends, cheaper potatoes, Nebraska eight o'clock saloon law upheld, King Edward celebrates sixtieth birthday, and Mrs U S Grant dies in San Diego, daughter of ex Senator Chaffa.
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Manchester
McManus
Waterloo
Iowa State Board of Health
Board of Health
Northwest
Nebraska Supreme Court
King Edward
U. S. Grant
Grant
Supreme Court of Oklahoma limits divorce grounds
The Oklahoma Supreme Court rules marriage may be dissolved only for grave and substantial cause. An action based on extreme cruelty requires actual or imminent physical violence, and incompatibility alone is not enough for a valid divorce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Prize list for Pella contestants in vote contest
A detailed prize table offers rewards for top six vote getters in Pella and outside contestants. First prize a $450 Lombard piano. second a diamond ring. third a $100 set. fourth a $5 trimmed hat. fifth shoes. sixth flour. Outside Pella lists include piano, kitchen cabinet or rug, washing machine or harness, dress pattern, photos, oil heater.
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A. Vanderzee
L. Popma
Popma’s
Mrs. DeReus
Stegeman & Gosselink
C. N. Cole
Pillsbury
Pella
Awtry & Lankelma
A. T. Brom
Harvey Supply Co
Harvey
Iowa
J. H. Reuvers
van Genderen & Lubberden
Sully
Piano and Popular Voting Contest Rules and Bylaws
The rules describe a two district voting contest in Pella with two Lombard pianos as top prizes. Voting credits scale by rank, years of subscriptions yield votes, and an Awarding Committee of three local businesspeople will tally results. The contest runs 90 days or more with locked ballot boxes and final counting by the committee.
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Pella
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Minera
FarSinile Signature of
New York
Bears
Castoria
Mr. Feeder
Dr. Hess
Mark
F. D. Stubenrauch
Witt: & Co
Chicago
oDeWitt
P.M. Bill Byries
Town
United States
Rules
St Ma’s
Choiceetta
Sonulder
J. H. Merrill Company
Ottumwa
Lowa
Creston
Red Oak
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