Idaho News Roundup From 1917 Idaho Farms and War Efforts
Idaho reports mobilization plans by May and draft policy shifts as Twin Falls and surrounding areas mobilize volunteers. Arbor Day observances in Bannock County coincide with snowbound eastern Idaho farming delays. Founders Day festivities at the College of Idaho are canceled while local farmers anticipate seed shortages and a larger potato crop later season. A public letter supports conscription. Y M C A outreach expands to camps. a May track meet is planned in Pocatello.
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Vayette le
Mull
Twin Falla
Army
Idaho
Taha
Whe
Bannock County
St Hng
Marquette
Preston Wile
College of Idaho
George Tew
Axe
St. John
Malad
Bolse Branch
Navy
B. K. Bennett
Geldborticultiedist
Pocatello
United States
James Brady
Educational Department
Statehouse
State Faver Markets Bureau
Willis Durfee
Oren Durfee
Peavey
Twin Falls
Jarbidge
Nev
Meridian
Presidio
San Francisco
H. A. Grant
Utah
Grant
Pocatello High
Burley
Glenns Ferry
Blackfoot
Montpelier
Rupert
Heyburn
Idaho Falls
St. Anthony
Shelley
Shoshone
American Walls
Minidoka
Charles H. van Nest
Custer Efunty
Mackay
Bannock
Bingham
Bonnevile
Power
Oneida
Franklin
Bear Lake
Butte
Cyster
William EB. Borah
Indiana farmer doubles corn yield on worn soil tale
A farmer in Indiana, William C. Smith, claims to transform a worn out field into a corn producer yielding 12 bushels per acre at $3.50 cost, using sandy vetch cover and low fertilizer. His experiment, backed by agricultural bulletins, highlights soil fertility restoration over costly inputs.
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Tome
International Institute of Agriculture
United States
Chicago Board of Trade
William C. Smith
Indiana
Ferm
Agricultural Colleges
United States Department of Agriculture
Smith
Mr. Smith
Ywne
Department of Agriculture
Straightway
Anguat
Vetch Enriches Sand Farm Yields 72 Bushels Corn Per Acre
Mr Smith on a two acre sand plot demonstrates vetch rotation. After sowing 25 acres to vetch on poor land, he plants corn, overcomes plowing failures with a double disk, and achieves 72 bushels per acre worth $35. The next year better ground yields over 90 bushels on ten acres. Vetch grows on all soils, resisting drought, frost, and held soil fertility through months of winter.
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Mr. Smith
Nottle
Smith
Big Elephant Butte Dam Curbing Rio Grande Floods
The United States reclamation service completed Elephant Butte dam creating a reservoir holding about 864,200,000 gallons of water. It stretches 45 miles long and 216 miles around, enough to flood 4,255 square miles at two feet deep. It will irrigate 185,000 acres in four valleys below the basin in New Mexico and Texas, and is the largest project of its kind in the United States.
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Uoited States Reclamation Service
Elephant Butte
Delaware
New Mexico
Texas
Dar
United States
Assuan
Newe Mexico
Eagle
Rio Grande
Lydia Pinkham Remedy Endorsed by Local Woman
In Bridgeton New Jersey Mrs Cummins of 322 Harmony Street Penns Grove testifies to relief from irregularities and pains using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The letter extols cure of inflammation and weakness and urges other women to use the Pinkham remedies for similar benefits.
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Bridgeton
N.J
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Mr.Corp T. Cum-Mings
Harmony St
Penn's Grove
Kilmer’s Swamp Root Kidney Medicine Endorsed
Public letter from Griffin Deus of Fullerton Nebraska praising Kilmer’s Swamp Root kidney remedy. He states years of satisfactory use and recommends following directions for best results. Letter dated September 1916, reflecting favorable patient experience and consumer trust in the product.
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Noel
Madsen
Kilmer
Tan
Sampliah
Griffin Deus
Fullerton
Alms at the city gates and a claim of never working
Roy K. Moulton tells the Topeka State Journal that a begett who sat at the gates crying for alms observes a contrast as merchants pass by with silks and spices, yet give little heed. The speaker laments a life hindered by politics and inability to return to work.
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Fat
Tim
Roy K. Moulton
Topeka State Journal
A Hazy Impression of True Poetry Dialogue
A brief newspaper item frames a humorous exchange where Mr. Cumrex confesses no idea of true poetry. He quips that poetry must be useful and written by someone whose name he cannot pronounce, reflecting a playful mood from a literary page column.
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Mr. Cumrex
Che
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Idaho State News
Vivet A. B. Bean
Tao
Malang
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