Trend of the Middle West sheep industry details
The 1910 census shows Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, and Missouri with 184,819 farms reporting 6,920,734 sheep. Feeding western sheep and lambs is now widespread, making sheep a vital regional factor despite small farm involvement. Merinos gave way to mutton breeds as wool prices fell and land rose.
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Indiana
Illinois
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Missouri
Middle West
Characteristics of Soil Types and Their Boundaries
The soil unit is the soil type with distinct or gradual boundaries as types grade into each other. Factors defining types include origin, topography, vegetation, structure, texture, color, drainage, agricultural value, and chemical composition. Organic and inorganic constituents and general soil groups are outlined alongside factors affecting productive capacity and fertility.
Twelve Boys Drown as Bridge Collapses at Public Bathhouse
In Lawrence Massachusetts on Monday, a wooden bridge to the municipal bathhouse over the Merrimac river collapsed as young boys aged nine to fifteen waited for admission. About 40 were present. twelve drowned, with several others rescued or revived. Efforts continued through the night to recover more bodies. In Indiana four Schwyn sisters aged sixteen to seven drowned in the St Joseph river after a rescue attempt failed.
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Hikhart
Ind
Alice Schwyn
Clara
Ida
Grace
John Schwyn
St. Joseph River
Heat Kills 32 in Chicago Amid Severe Heat Wave
Chicago reports 32 deaths and 160 prostrations as a brutal heat wave peaks at 98.6 degrees. Crowded tenements suffer most with many babies gasping for air and hundreds treated in hospitals. Forecaster Cox warns no end in sight as interior states reach near 100 degrees.
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Chicago
Cox
Indiana
Tennessee
Missouri
Pittsburg
Bulgars Clash With Serbs in Balkan Fronts
Belgrade dispatches report heavy fighting in Macedonia as Servians clash with Bulgarians near Istip and Greeks near Drama. Bulgarian accounts say Greek forces tried to sever rail links from Serres to Drama but were repelled. Large forces engaged in bloody combat.
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Belgrade
Macedonia
Istip
Drama
Salonika
Serres
Union Pacific Southern Pacific dissolution plan approved
The federal court in St. Pauli Minnesota approved the dissolution plan for the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific merger. The decision comes on July 2 and sets the framework for the two railroads’ separation and future operations.
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St. Pauli, Minn
Federal Court
Union Pacific- Southern Pacific
Auto Crash Kills Man in Grand Rapids
A taxicab left the road at a curve near North Park three miles from Grand Rapids. Cecil Powell, thirty five, of Grand Rapids, was killed after turning two complete somersaults. His passenger sustained serious injuries.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
North Park
Cecil Powell
Sig
Left the Tramp Reflecting At Doorstep
A tramp sits on a doorstep eating breakfast while a curious hired girl observes. The tramp jokes about being a long lost cousin and asks about her remark. She says she once knew a man who died accidentally while bathing, not a millionaire.
Cuticura Hair Treatment Promises Scalp Relief
An advertisement promotes Cuticura Ointment and Soap as the best treatment for itching scalps dandruff and thinning hair. It describes nightly scalp rubbing partial partings followed by hot water shampoo and notes free samples with a skin book from Cuticura Boston.
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Cuticura
Dept. L. Boston
Mrs Winslows Soothing Syrup Teething and Domestic Advice
An advertisement touts Mrs Winslows Soothing Syrup for children easing teething gums reducing inflammation and pain with a 25 cent bottle. A married woman’s portrait of her ideal man is said to make a poor portrait of her husband and hints at improving domestic harmony through respectful remarks to one's wife.
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W. C. Coffey
University of Illinois
Hopkins, Mosier, Pettit and Reachimer
Ilinois Agricultural Experiment Station
Lawrence
Mass
THE
Coca-Cola Company
Atlanta, GA
Canada
of Wan
Alberta
Shacre
S.broughton
Melnnes
Jefferson Ave
Detroit
Ottawa
Carter
Daisy Fly Killer
Express
Harold Somers
DeKalb Avs
Brooklyn
Hale Co
Timothy and
Clover Lands
Miles
Lowa
Redéte
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