Public Buildings Plan Emphasizes Simple Durable Capital Structures
Washington letter notes a 7 million dollar bill to acquire three blocks north of the Library of Congress for a new court of justice building and congressional offices. It highlights Indiana influence, naval academy expansion, and the strong 1902 farm economy amid public works talks.
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Washington
Fairbanks
Committee On
Court of Justice
Supreme Court of the United States
Department of Justice
National Law Library
International Tribunals
Library of Congress
Department of Agricultural
Wilson
House
Public Service of
Hoosiers
Smithsonian Institution
Robert Dale Owen
David Dale Owen
United States
New Harmony
Indiana
Senator Voorhees
Smithmeyer
Indianapolis
Morton
National Capital
Post Office
Penny in the churn and cod liver oil emulsion advert
An old time advertisement praises Scott's Emulsion as a natural remedy for weak pale children. It compares its effectiveness to a penny in the churn and notes the product is made from cod liver oil with hypophosphites. Available for 1.00.
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Scott
Landmark Locust Tree Cut Near Merom Road
The famed locust tree on the Joe Shepherd farm one mile west of town along Merom road was cut down Tuesday. It stood five feet in diameter and was over 200 years old, a landmark long noted for leaning toward the road and obstructing telegraph and tele phone lines for travelers.
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Merom Road
Joe Shepherd
Carlisle
Neve
New Queen Potatoes Double Harvest On One Field
Kennebec county farmer George C. Jacobs raised two crops on the same plot using phosphate. He planted seed potatoes in late winter and again in July, producing 300 bushels per acre from the first crop and 100 from the second, with market sales around a dollar per bushel.
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Kennebec County
George C. Jacobs
Mr. Jacobs
Prudent Buying for Livestock Sires Advised
The Stockman and Farmer argues against chasing high prices for flashy pedigreed stock. Good breeding stock can be bought at fair values related to market animals, and breeders of grades should avoid extreme prices or extreme bargains. Judicious purchases of sires are advised to avoid waste or loss.
Enlist Birds as Insect Killers to Fight Pests
Farmers must change laws and public opinion to protect birds as natural insecticides. The piece urges education to curb the destruction of birds by farmers, enabling effective laws to defend crops from boll weevils and other pests.
Government urged for gypsy moth control cooperation
Massachusetts residents fear a rapid rise of gypsy moths after three years since extermination efforts ended. The American Cultivator calls for joint state and federal action with a liberal appropriation, arguing both levels of government must cooperate to tackle the pest without overburdening taxpayers.
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Massachusetts
Congress
Beekeeping Warning From Garden Letter on Tobacco Dust Use
A cor respondent reports using tobacco dust on melon and cucumber vines to combat striped beetles. While it reduced pests, it also repelled pollinating insects from the flowers. Weather was poor, and the crop suffered as bees nearby worked other plants but ignored the melons and cucumbers.
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New Yorker
Man Moves Barn to Improve Manure Management
A farmer moved his barn to better dispose of manure as crops suffered and sought fertilizer. He balanced farming duties with trips to town and fishing to support the country, highlighting the strain on rural labor and resource use.
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Agricultural Department
United States
Aaron Jones
South Bend
Patrons of Husbandry
The
Grange
Washington
Farmers’ Alliance
Treating a Horse That Gorges on Grain
If a horse breaks into grain and gorges himself give him a good dose of oil Castorgs sweet oil cottonseed oil and linseed oil are suitable. Water on a grain gorge stomach risks aggravated founder.
Excursion and Tourist Rates From E T H R R
Pensacola and surrounding areas offer Mardi Gras excursion rates with one fare round trip from February 18 to 24 1908. tickets sold February 17 to 22 with return by February 28 and extensions possible with a 50 cent deposit to Joseph Richardson special agent. Also other winter tourist and colonist tickets to the south west and west with various sale dates through early 1903 and home-seekers tickets good 21 days from sale. agent W W Casto of Sullivan Indiana handling inquiries.
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Pensacola
Fla
Jos. Richardson
HE. & T.hr.r
Sunday Excursion Fare To All E T H Stations
The E and T H rail line offers Sunday excursion tickets at a single round trip fare to all stops where trains run. Tickets are valid on the date of sale and on trains 5 and 6 returning from these stations. For details contact W W Casto D H Hillman A G P A Sullivan Evansville Indiana.
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W. W. Casto
D. H. Hillman
A. G. P. A. Sullivan
Ind
Evansville
Nebraska man visits relatives then leaves Evsy for New Rich
Mervin Herbert of Nebraska, visiting his father Daniel Herbert and other relatives, left Evsy to go to New Rich with a sister.
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Mervin Herbert
Nebraska
Daniel Herbert
Evsy
New Rich
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Sullivan
David Crawley
Liston & Hazelrigg, Agis
Davis Block
L. A. Stewart
ART Dentistry
West Washington Street
John T. Hays
Will H. Hays
Attorneys-at-law
Sullivan State Bank
Silver Chaney
Southside
Dale
George W. Bufe
W. P. Stratton
Buff & Stratton
Coffman’s Drug Store
Northeast Corner Public Square
Isaac H. Kally
John
Bays
Sullivan, Indiana
Josh Beasley
James R. Brown
Beasley & Brown
Sullivan County
Coffmar ‘Block
East Side Public Aquare
WM. R. Nesbit
A. G. McNabb
Crowder Building
East Side Public Square
D. Hunt
W.F. Wood
Goodman’s Clothing Store
Walter N. Thompson
R.H. Crowder
J.R. Crowder
R. H. Crowper & Son
Physicians and Surgeons
Crowder’s Block
Uure, Sullivan, Ind
W.S. and
Kirxham
Briggs Bldg
South P. O
C. H. Edwards
E. M. Corbin, M. D
State and
Jackson Streets
Arei
Beveridge
Washington Post
Las Cruces
Statehood
Neck of the Woods
Old Mexico
Amazon
United States Naval Academy
Annapolis
Naval Academy
Japan
Spain
Amercan
J. W. Hunt & CO
McCammon
Sullivan Ind
Griffith Mfg. Co
Sullivan, Ind
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