Farmers Tf Railroads Right Of Way
A practical conservation effort by the Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad has farmers along the right of way tilling adjoining land. Over 600 residents joined last year paying 5 dollars for indefinite access. They plant alfalfa yielding up to eight tons per acre, averaging about three acres each. The plan cuts weed problems, reduces prairie fire risk, and saves the railroad mowing costs.
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Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Cairo's Books Across Deserts and Markets
An evocative meditation on printed books traveling from Cairo to distant cultures. The passage imagines readers by campfires in the Sahara, traders in Timbuktu, and worship spaces near the Kaaba, with keepsakes in mosques and distant regions like Java and western China.
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Cairo
Sahara
Timbuktu
Java
China
Detroit Bishop Orders Display of Stars and Stripes
Detroit special report states Bishop T. S Henderson of the Methodist Episcopal Detroit district has issued an order requiring all preachers to display the Stars and Stripes at every service during the war.
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Detroit
T. S Henderson
General Review of Crop Conditions in the State
Statewide crop condition review shows April 1 estimates at 35 percent of normal for Nebraska heat, with prices for Wheat and Corn rising versus last year. Field notes warn heavy abandonment of winter wheat, widespread frost damage, and favorable livestock feed, while March's weather ranged from cool to above 80 degrees with notable temperature swings.
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Nebraska
Aaron E. Anderson
G. A. Loveland
Snowy early-month precipitation across the state
The period near or just after the 4th saw near to below zero temperatures with precipitation mainly as snow and some rain. Totals exceeded one inch in most areas and over two inches in a few localities, while southwestern counties saw less than an inch. No severe storms or unseasonable temperatures occurred.
Prevent Potato Scab By Treating Seed Potatoes
Professor EK L KHpatrick advises seed potato treatment to cut scab risk in Orange Judd Farmer. Formalin soak uses formaldehyde and water at one pint per thirty gallons. corrosive sublimate mix uses two ounces per fifteen gallons. Soak time two hours. tubers then dry before cutting and planting. handle formalin carefully due to evaporation.
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EK. L. Khpatrick
Orange Judd
Wreck Tale of Rothesay Castle Hero Pair
Miss Martineau recounts a touching episode from History of the Thirty Years' Peace about the Rothesay Castle wreck. Two strangers clung to a single plank that could carry only one, both urged the other to hold on, and they released simultaneously. Both survived, meeting ashore unaware, then sharing a deeply moving reunion.
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Miss Martineau
Rothesay Castle
A Full Hand at the Hotel Breakfast Table
Mrs Norton asks John if he called a waiter at the hotel breakfast. John replies that he did call and the waiter had a tray full. The note adds that wooden shoes are common in Holland as Gowerpots.
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John
Mrs. Norton
Norton
Holland
Incendiary Fires Threaten Mill City Elevator District
Minneapolis police and firemen battled multiple fires in the Southeast Mill City elevator district risking a $5,000,000 facility. Guardsmen on patrol spotted the first blaze in the Quinn-Shepherdson elevator, with two or more explosions heard beforehand. Additional fires at Stewart Grain and Van Dusen Harrington elevators were quickly contained. Firefighters and guardsmen conducted patrols for arson signs as they inspected other structures, including Marfield Grain, where a new blaze broke out beneath crew on upper floors without injuries.
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Minneapolis
National
Quinn-Shepherdson
Stewart Grain Company
van Dusen-Harrington
Marfield Grain Company
Suffrage Dead Issue In Minnesota Legislature
In St Paul a special report notes the Minnesota Legislature killed the woman suffrage bill. Senator D P ONeill of Thief River Falls fought to place the measure on general orders, but the motion failed 14 to 49. The committee had recommended postponing the constitutional amendment submission to a 1918 popular vote.
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St. Paul
Minnesota
Senate
D. P O’neill
Thief River Falls
Committee On Elections
House
O'Neill
Supreme Court upholds Oregon women wage and broader hours law
Washington special report notes the Supreme Court upholded Oregon's compulsory minimum wage for women as constitutional in a tied decision. The ruling also sustains similar laws in Washington Colorado Wisconsin California Utah Minnesota and Ohio. The court likewise upholds a ten hour workday limit for men in mills factories and manufacturing with overtime pay. This marks the first general hours law challenged before the court.
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Washington
Oregon
Supreme Court
Colorado
Wisconsin
California
Utah
Minnesota
Ohio
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