Car Ride to Frontier Days in Cheyenne
A group including Don Bassett and Mabel Dinsdale motored westward on Thursday. They picked up John Dinsdale Ann Roche and Joyce Sullivan at Kimball and continued to Cheyenne Frontier Days. Miss Joyce Sullivan of Colorado Springs, a guest of the Dassett family for ten days, left Saturday for her home in Kitnledl Nebraska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Bassett
Mabel Dinsdale
John Dinsdale
Ann Roche
Joyce Sullivan
Kimball
Cheyenne
Colorado Springs
Dassett
Kitnledl
Nebraska
Drainage Improves Field Moisture Management
Specialists from the United States Department of Agriculture note that drainage reduces excess moisture, revealing wet areas and preventing saturation in soils. The discussion highlights how low-lying field sections show moisture effects more clearly.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Effects of drainage on spring planting and crop yields
The text explains that poor drainage delays plowing and planting, especially on wet ground. It compares drained and undrained land, noting 6 to 10 degree temperature differences, 7 to 10 day planting delays, and slower growth leading to lower, uneven yields. It discusses farm drains as open ditches or tile and notes blind ditches have been abandoned due to nonpermanence.
Drainage by Tile and Ditches Requires Careful Survey
The article weighs pros and cons of tile drains versus open ditches for field drainage. It emphasizes large capacity needs, cultivation interference, soil loss from wash, and the need for careful surveys to size drains, determine spacing, depth, and outlet placement, with expert supervision advised.
Air Circulation For Board Floors And Foundation Vents
Air keeps board floors from drafts weakening their life yet must circulate under the floor. Openings in foundation walls aid air flow but should be closed in winter. A sand layer with scratching material forms a goml floor which can be refreshed by removing litter and sand. Woolen floors near ground require rat-proof foundation walls to prevent access beneath.
Telegraph Advertising Pressure Warning
A concise warning urged businesses to advertise in The Telegraph to avoid financial losses for both parties. The note emphasizes the mutual benefit of advertising for sustained revenue and market visibility.
Secret league bets surface in Black Sox trial
A Chicago trial reveals that a National League secretary and the president of an American League club bet on the 1919 World Series. Secretary John Seys testifies he and Clark Griffith backed Abe Attell in a $1,100 wager against J. T. Hendricks of Washington, tying team officials to the alleged conspiracy.
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Chicago
Eddie Cicutte
Lefty” Williams
Joe Jackson
Germiui
Tyrrell
Friend
Jackson
Louis Levi
Des Moines
Carl Zork
Candler
St. Louis
John Seys
Cubs
Clark Griffith
Washington
J. T. Hendricks
Abe Attell
Skeleton found along Platte near Woodcliff elevator
A man fishing near Fremont found what appeared to be a bleached skull fragment and a cache of bones in a ten by ten foot area. Dentists say the teeth suggest a male, but size hints at a woman. speculation points to an ancient Native American remains over a century old, possibly pre white settlement.
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Platte
Boch
Andersen
Fremont
Woodcliff
Condit
Wintersteen
Emily Greenleaf
Nebraska
Good Practice for Farmers Co operatives Urges Accounting Systems
Specialists from the Bureau of Markets of the USDA warn that poor financial systems have caused co operative association failures and call for strong business practices. The bureau offers accounts systems for grain companies cotton warehouses creameries shipping associations and other farming co operatives and provides short courses and installation guidance through colleges field points and correspondence.
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Bureau of Markets
United States Department of Agriculture
Better Business Coming Shows Hope for Industry
Chicago July 25 report notes no major change yet but hints at brighter business ahead. Lower discount rates here and abroad ease credit and liquidation trends push toward healthier fundamentals. Iron and steel demand rose moderately as prices eased. Dry goods rallies and spring line openings boost optimism with strong wholesale attendance and brisk clearance sales. Packer hides rebound and stock renewals follow. Weekly commercial failures 871 versus 324 prior week and 290 year earlier. A published list of 11 quotations shows seven advances, signaling a stronger overall market outlook.
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Chicago
Northcliffe Arrives Aboard Aquitania for Study
English publisher Lord Northcliffe arrived in New York aboard the Aquitania. He said he would study industrial and economic conditions here and in other countries.
Noon Day Blaze Destroys Landmark Metropolitan Hotel
The Metropolit an hotel once built in the 1870s by John Griffen burned after a gas mangling machine overheated and ignited a sheet causing an explosion. Landlady Mrs Dunkin guided inmates to safety as flames spread, with inadequate fire apparatus and modest insurance on Hardy and Dunkin’s building.
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Metropolitan
Hardy and Dunkin
The
John Griffen
Cheyenne
Summer Sickness Warns Citizens Amid Heat
A summer illness causes fever chills and digestive upset for several residents. Medical notes say symptoms are short lived with no lasting effects. The piece ends with a quip about not knowing which step to watch.
Aurora residents move to ban street carnivals
A five member committee led by W. S. Farley and J. A. Doremus drafted an ordinance to prohibit street carnivals in Aurora. They urged the council to pass it immediately at a mass meeting held Friday in the courthouse attended by many residents and country visitors who said Aurora must stop carnivals to keep regional patronage.
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Aurora
Committee of Five
W. S. Farley
J. A. Doremus
Vig Swanson
H. H W. Heberly
Frank Edgerton
Court House
District Court Room
Metz Millinery Notice of Afternoon Hours
Absence during vacation for market means store will open afternoons only except Saturdays all day Mrs Tanner in charge Note advance fall styles in windows Metz Millinery
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Tanner
Metz
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E. W. Wilson
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Hanscom
O. A. Harshman
Frick
J. A. Poppen
Dalton
McCormick
John J. Treinen
Rumley
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C. M. Wright
Frank Brady
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International Combine
O. G. Maley
E. 5Th Street
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Office of the Telegraph
Cheyenne Wells
Colorado
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M. J. Kinney
Sidney Truck & Tractor Co
Bentley Land CO
Sidney, Nebr
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Beilharz
Tth Street
Julesburg
F. M. Philson
J. W. Johnson
West Lincoln Highway
H. T. Doran
Second Avenue West
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W. E. Swatzlander
West Third Street
Estray
Georgi Hare
Peetz
Sidney Motor CO
Scripps Booth
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J. W. Harper
E. E. Osborn
F. O. B. Prosser
Verona Grain & Lumber CO
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