Indiana Wheat Crop Bulletin Urges United Fight Against Hessian Fly
Purdue University Agricultural Experiment Station reports widespread wheat crop failure across Indiana due to Hessian fly. It urges farmers to unite and adopt measures: prepare ground early, destroy volunteer wheat, plant decoy strips, bury larvae, sow fields promptly with fertilizer, and switch to rye if not willing to join.
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Purdue University Agricultural
Hessian Iy
W. C. Larra
Pawnee Bills Show Draws Liberty Mills Editor
The Liberty Mills Enterprise editor visited North Manchester last week and attended Pawnee Bill’s Wild West Show. He describes the performance as the same old circus with familiar elements but notes a brand-new zest in the crowd and presentation.
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Liberty Mills Enterprise
North
Manchester
King Row
Railroads Plan Cuts in Brakemen Force With New Safety Gear
Automatic couplers and air brakes threaten to displace thousands of brakemen as major railroad systems propose reducing crews on freight trains from three to two. Officials indicate widespread adoption of the safety devices drives the cut.
Give Us the News and Labor Distinctions in Britain
The piece contrasts American worker oppression with British class privilege. It quotes Clem Holderman on Europe and England, detailing aristocracy, labor treatment, class seating, and education contrasts, attacking trusts and money power. It urges readers to share local happenings and trust the editor.
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Clem Holderman
North Manchester
Europe
North Manchester Journal
Holderman
Haeland
Great Britain
Dr. Tielderman
England
Key
John Bulls
Mark Twain
Damphules
Farmers Advertising Proves Time Saving And Profitable
A Wisconsin farmer credits local newspaper ads with saving time and yielding high returns. He notes that small ads announcing sales or desired purchases attract immediate buyers by mail or in person, eliminating the need to travel and enabling low advertising costs.
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Wisconsin
Only a printer no disgrace to be a printer
A quotation extols printers across history noting rulers writers and scientists who were printers and asserts brains are necessary and being a printer is not a disgrace. It cites Stanhope Edward VII Napoleon III the czar Batenburg and China’s emperor as examples and lists Caxton Greeley Dickens Twain and Franklin among printers.
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Fie
Earl of Stanhope
Prince Edward William
Prince Napoleon
Russia
Duke of Batenburg
China
William Caxton
G. P
Willis
James Gale
James Parker
Lorace Greeley
Charles Dickens
James Buchanan
Simon Cameron
Schuyler Colfax
Bayard Taylor
Mark Twain
Amos Cummings
Bret Harte
Opie Reid
Artemus Ward
Petroleum V. Nasby
Lut Lovingwood
Plumb
James S. Hogg
Texas
Benjamin Franklin
Will History Repeat Topeka Record
A Topeka Record column notes a curious pattern in U S presidential races. When the same candidates faced each other in consecutive elections the loser the first time often wins the rematch. Examples include Jefferson vs Adams, Jackson vs Adams, Harrison vs Van Buren, and Cleveland vs Harrison.
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Topeka
Jefferson
John Adams
Adams
Jackson
John Quincy Adams
William Henry Clarrison
van Buren
Oklahoma desires statehood with vast resources and schools
Oklahoma seeks statehood citing 38 715 square miles of territory, 700 miles of railroad, 450 miles under construction, and major agricultural output including over 25 million bushels of wheat and 150 000 bales of cotton. It reports 101 474 school children in 1936 districts, large land endowments for schools, a university, two normal schools, and an agricultural college with free education for every child.
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Oklahoma
Vermont
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
New Jersey
Delaware
Topeka
Great Britain Faces Difficult Position Amid Global Strains
The Chicago Record assesses Britain's precarious stand as Russia could threaten China and India without naval risk while France as an ally might push into the Soudan. With most British land forces tied up in South Africa, the navy remains essential yet insufficient to prevent broader danger.
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Chicago
Great Britain
Russia
China
India
France
Soudan
South Africa
England
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Indiana
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Ife
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Silver Lake
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Reed Garis
Hiand
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