Seed Potatoes and Farming Tips From Prof Taft
Prof Taft of Michigan experiment station reports seed potato tests showing seed end quality surpassing other parts for planting and optimal harvest when cut into halves for thirteen to fifteen bushels per acre. Smaller seed needs eyes fifteen inches apart, yielding best results with two to three eyes per piece. Cheap seed reduces seed use. high seed prices justify using larger tubers for one year, and affordable fertilizer can boost profits.
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Taft
Michigan Experiment Station
Ilis
English Wheat Imports and Key Trading Partners
Over the last three crop years total Finnish wheat imports hovered near 152 million bushels. The United States supplied about 40 percent, Russia declined to 30 million last year, India offered 20 million and may shrink further. England remains Finland’s top customer, while Canada provides under 5 percent of the imports.
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United States
Russia
India
England
Canada
Edlucators Praise Dr Miles and His Works
A letter extols Dr Franklin Miles as an entertaining and educating author whose Nervous and Heart Diseases book is distributed free by Crowder and Reed druggists. Miles’ Nergine bottle ads and testimonials are shown as remedies for nervous prostration headaches memory loss and epilepsy. A powder explosion at a Green Castle quarry injures Charles Williams Fred Goddard and John Williams.
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Franklin Miles
Crowder & Reed
Miles
Eletric Bitters Promoted As Superior Medicine
Since its first introduction Elec tric Bitters has gained favor and leads among pure medicinal tonics with none of the beverage or intoxicant properties. It is claimed to cure stomach liver and kidney ailments including headache indigestion and malaria symptoms. Satisfaction guaranteed with each bottle or money refunded. Price 50 cents per bottle. Sold by Joe K Sinuck.
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Joe K. Sinuck
Buckten
Joe K. Smock
Lyr
Farmers Bypass Newspapers Buy Retail Groceries
Rural buyers skip periodicals and purchase groceries from traveling retailers leading to regret and trouble later.
Nerve and Liver Pills claimed cure for biliousness demand
An 19th century ad notes Dr Miles nerve and liver pills speedily cure biliousness, with 50 doses costing 25 cents and samples at Crowder Reed. Also mentions Chamberlains Cough Remedy praised by Dr St John of Howland Missouri and Simmons Liver Regulator touted to prevent liver or kidney disease. Reports two drownings in Sugar Creek last Saturday with bodies not recovered.
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Miles
Crowder & Reed’s
Dr. R. L. St. John
Howland, Mo
Joe K. Smock
Eex
Mercier
Quebec
Menest Pacand
Chauvenn
Engish
Biowest
Neptune
Heidi
Moesses Yarrow
Stearns
Kohler, McGie
Frank
Nampa
Ida
Lewis T. Green
Whisky Trust
Cin- Cinnnati
Trust
Boston
Prince Bismarck
Eax-Chancellor
Poughkeepsie
Kingston
Areads
N.Y
Delaware, Lackawannah& Western Railway
Scranton
Justice Lamar
White Mountains
Davey
London
Victor Hugo
Gurnsey
Francois Victor Hugo
J. A. van Worn
Tucson
A. T
Martin Weir
Ole O. Moen
Otto H. Witte
Augusta
Eau Claire County
Wis
August Stephen
S. S. St. John
Distinct
Commercial and Savings Bank
Kearney
Neb
Blackburn
Pacific Coast
Mississippi River
Moline
Congress
Can We Fight Frost With Smoke Theory
An article discusses the prank claim that field smoke can prevent frost. A Maryland berry grower tested in the field and found smoke had no measurable effect on thermometer readings, with temperatures near 30 to 32 degrees still causing frost damage.
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Maryland
Dr Miles New Heart Cure Testimonials Prompt Cures
Testimonies praise Dr Miles New Heart Cure for heart disease. Nathan Allison of Glen Rock Pa says one bottle and one box cured years of shortness of breath and pain. Peter Jaquet of Salem N J cites twenty years of heart illness cured enough to sleep. Crowder Reed sell the Cure and free books. William Findley of Greenwood died after a nail wound led to lockjaw.
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Miles
Nathan Allison
Glen Rock
Peter Jaquet
Salem
N. J
Crowder & Reed
Mystic Cure for Rheumatism Promises Quick Relief
Announcer touts "Mystic Cure" for rheumatism and neuralgia claiming relief in 1 to 3 days. Initial dose benefits. priced 75 cents, sold by Joe K. Smock in Sullivan Indiana. Also notes Marion Oil Co plans Grant county oil development with $200000 capital and advertises Chamberlain's Pain Balm for corns, bunions, sprains, and rheumatism sold by Joe K. Smock.
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Joe K. Smock
Sullivan Indiana
Michigan City Plans $400 Fourth of July Celebration
Michigan City allocates 400 dollars for a Fourth of July celebration with more events expected to follow. The call for community support signals growing interest in local festivities.
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Michigan City
Local Drug Ads and Remedies Spark Reader Interest
Advertisements boast Dr Kings New Discovery for coughs and colds with trial bottles. Robe K Sinock pharmacy carries large sizes. Claims tout Ayer’s Sarsaparilla for blood, Hall’s Sicilian Hair Renew er for hair color, Simmons Liver Regulator for constipation, and hair vigor testimony from F. Cullen in Saratoga. Local notes mention Fred Harvey drowning, Mishawaka runaways, and a Fort Wayne matrimonial fever.
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Dr. Kings
Joe K. Sinock
Ayer
Columbian Bowlder Arrives at DePauw University
The Columbian bowlder arrived at DePauw University on Monday. It required forty horses to drag the heavy object into the campus grounds.
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DePaw University
Mental Wear and Tear on Sam the Clerk
A Black man named Sam asks Col Yerger to write a letter to a woman in Waco. The letter names Thompson Street New York and May fourteenth as the date. Sam complains of fatigue and a splitting head after the writing task.
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Yerger
Sam
Ile
Waco
Thompson St
New York
de Berry
Atlanta Constitution
Farmers Train Opens Direct Market For Fresh Vegetables
An advance step in supplying titles with fresh vegetables without many middlemen is described. The Long Island railroad operates a farmers train carrying wagons and horses to New York, with driveways at stations to load on flats. The round trip costs four dollars, enabling farmers nearby to compete with city growers. Proponents see this as a model for future logistics and direct selling to cities.
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Long Islands
New York
Ameast
Celery Farming Near Yecumseh Michigan Yields Profit
About 200 acres of celery are grown annually near Yecumseh Michigan with strong profits. Early plants are topgrown and bleached with boards. shipments begin in August. White plume is the main variety. Late crop is banked with dirt in furrows. Muck soil best, valued at 300 to 400 per acre. Returns reach 700 per acre amid growing demand.
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Yecumseh
Michigan
Flora A Jones Blush of Roses Oil Sold In Bulk
The ad touts Miss Flora A Jones Blush of Roses Massage Oil with steam directions sold at 81,000 per bottle. Also notes about local mischief and crime including a Kokomo thief and a jail delivery foiled in Anderson.
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Flora A. Jones
Trutchison & Co
Cured by Golden Specific claims in patent cure ad
An advertisement touts Dr Golden Specific as a guaranteed permanent cure for drunkenness. The powder is said to be mixed into beer coffee or tea without the patient knowing and allegedly makes liquor consumption impossible. It promises a 43 page book of particulars free from Proficol Co at 155 Race Street Cincinnati.
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Golden
Padiinagpedis Kar
Pexpemene
Fasce
New York
Philadelbia
Barnes
Jarne
Wilmot
Cleoratius
N. Bo
Aus
CON
Cikever
Oho & Mississippi Railway
Vincennes
Ind
Cog
Jones
Iad
Jxo
Bannano
Mauniguer
Wlobl Siarree
Cinedinati
Ohio
None Such Farmers Busy Planting Amid Improved Weather
Floods receded boosting farm planting across river bottoms as weather improves crop prospects. Trade volumes exceed last year with signs of inflation suppression, while iron and pig iron demand rises despite looming labor tensions.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Review of Trade
Cashier Charged With Robbing New York Dry Goods Firm
Guernsey Osborne longtime cashier for Id A. Morrison & Son at 803 Broadway was arrested on a charge of stealing more than $10,000 through false cash book entries. He admitted to taking at least $12,000.
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Wis
New York
Guernsey Osborne
Id A. Morrison & Son
Broadway
Osborne
Read ing Railroad Deal Under Scrutiny by House Panel
Washington June 13 The house committee on interstate and foreign commerce adopts a sub committee report urging an investigation into the alleged Read ing railroad deal based on information collected. Ex Senator Tabor Theater Destroyed in Denver loss around 150000. Pavilion N Y June 18 Fred Wethy beaten and expelled after a village mob flogged him and forced him to beg his wife’s pardon.
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Washington
House Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Reading
Senator Tabor
Dinver
People’s Theatre
Pavilion
N. Y
Fred Wethy
Oatka River
Iroquoi club member discusses Hill vote in New York
Thomas Athrop of the Iroquoi club in Chicago says Hill’s name may not be brought up in Chicago but New York delegates will back him. He suggests Hill could shift support to Palmer or another western man, and may influence the senator’s vote.
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New York
Thomas Althrop
Iroquoi Club
Chicago
Hoffman House
Hill
Palmer
Seven London Firemen Die or Hurt in Dance Hall Collapse
Firemen were buried under a burning Holloway building used as a dancing academy. Seven men died or were fatally injured when the structure collapsed. one was recovered dead and six others were badly hurt, with fears they may die. Pupils and teachers escaped the panic.
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London
Holloway
Springer Seeks Dark Horse Nominee In Chicago Race
Congressman William Springer of Illinois recuperates on Long Island and predicts neither Cleveland nor Hill will be nominated at Chicago. He favors a dark horse and nominates John M. Palmer of Illinois as a strong possibility for the prize.
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Springer
New York
Wiliam Springer
Illinois
Long Island
Cleveland
Hill
Chicago
John M. Palmer
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Oflive
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Wolf & Co's
Sullivan Ind
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Public Square
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Southside
Rober H. Crowder
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Canal
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