Contracts Awarded in Big Corn Borer Fight
The Department of Agriculture awarded contracts totaling 580 978 for tractors and special equipment in the 10 million dollar campaign against the corn borer. The plan targets 42 5,000,000 acre corn areas in New York Ohio Indiana Pennsylvania and Michigan across 800 000 to 400 000 farms. The extra labor allowance for cleaning up sweet corn areas rises from 1 to 2 dollars per acre with sworn statements required.
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Department of Agriculture
New York
Ohio
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Jardine
Signes Woman's Work Bill Albany N Y Mastick law
Governor Smith signs the Mastick bill establishing a forty nine hour work week for women in industry in Albany New York. The measure aims to regulate female labor and set weekly limits.
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Albany
N. Y
Smith
Educators to Meet in Boston for NAEs 1903 Convention
The National Education Association department of superintendence will hold its next annual convention in Boston from February 25 to March 1. Superintendent delegates and education officials are slated to attend.
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Washington
National Education Association
Department of Superintendence
Boston
Pilot Nungesser Aims Paris to New York Flight May
Capt. Charles Nungesser announces a planned non stop Paris to New York flight in early May. He will be accompanied by Capt. Francis Coli, an experienced aviator, to attempt the historic crossing.
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Paris-N. Y
Paris
Charles Nungesser
Francis Coli
All Over Photographer Pleads for Pleasant Expression
A photographer directs a subject to smile and hold a pose with a brief, thankful exchange. The session ends as the subject is told to resume a natural look after a short instruction.
Slayers of Yank Executed in Guadalajara
Seven members of a band accused of holding and murdering Edgar M. Wilkins an American engineer were executed at Guadalajara after a summary court martial. Names given include Mariano Calzada Isidoro Perez Vicente Perolsado. four others unnamed. The war department reported via General Ferreira the commandant.
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Mexico City
Edgar M. Wilkins
Guadalajara
War Department
General Ferreira
Mariano Calzada
Isidoro Perez
ViIcente Perolsado
Crowder to Undergo Second Hernia Operation
United States Ambassador Enoch H. Crowder will have a second hernia operation in about three months.
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Havana
United States
Enoch H. Crowder
Bandit Returns to Steal 1200 From Cortland Bank
A lone robber held up Cortland Savings Bank in Cortland Ohio using two revolvers and escaped with 1200 cash less than a month after a prior incident at the same bank.
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Cortland
Ohio
Cortland Savings Bank
Government to Produce Peat in Alfred Ontario
The Canadian government will commercially produce and distribute peat at the peat bogs in Alfred Ontario. The plan was announced by official spokespeople and marks a state backed initiative.
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Ottawa
Ont
Alfred
Ontario
Magellan Enters Straits That Bear His Name
On October 21, 1850 the navigator Magellan entered the straits named for him. He is noted as the first explorer to circumnavigate the globe, amid beliefs of dangers lurking in the oceans at that era.
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Magellan
Purdue plan to exterminate wild garlic by plowing and crops
The Purdue plan for eradicating wild garlic involves fall plowing to bury tops, then spring plowing. A cultivated crop such as corn potatoes soybeans or cowpeas follows, with land kept rough over winter. The program extends for three years.
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Purdue
Carrie v
Iowa May Bar Darrow From National Social Work Session
Des Moines reports President Mc Kinley of the Iowa State Conference of Social Work urged barring Clarence Darrow of Chicago from the national social work session May 11 to 18 over his Vanity Fair Iowa article.
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Des Moines
Iowa
McKinley
Iowa State Conference of Social Work
Clarence Darrow
Chicago
Darrow
Vanity Fair
Radio Commission Chief Urges Reducing Stations to Avert Air Chaos
Chairman O H Caldwell of the federal radio commission says cutting the number of broadcasting stations is the only way to prevent air chaos. He notes opposition to channel revisions and power increases and cites a 733-station baseline needing tighter frequency separation or power reductions. The American Engineering Council backs reducing stations to improve service.
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Washington
O. H. Caldwell
Federal Radio Commission
American Engineering Council
Judge Lindsay seeks Supreme Court review of Denver case
Judge Ben Lindsay, ousted from the Denver Juvenile court, has filed a motion for review in the United States Supreme Court. Hearings on Chicago lake levels and sewage dispute before Charles Evans Hughes have closed. arguments set for May 31. Congress man Ladislas Lazaro of Louisiana dies at fifty four after fourteen years in office.
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Ben Lindsay
Denver Juvenile Court
United States Supreme Court
Chicago
Charles Evans Hughes
Ladislas Lazaro
Louisiana
Congress
African Industrialist Dies Capetown Pioneer Isaac Lewis
Isaac Lewis a key developer of the Kimberly diamond mines and leading South African industrialist dies in Capetown at age seventy eight. His death ends a long career shaping mining and industry in the country.
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Capetown
South Africa
Isaac Lewis
Kimberly Diamond Mines
Britain Posts Large Yearly Treasury Deficit
The British treasury shows a deficit of 36.6 million pounds for the financial year ending in London. The shortfall surprised financial circles as figures indicate about 188.5 million dollars in deficit.
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Britain
London
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