Idaho Potatoes Prove a Profitable Farm Venture
Idaho farmers show high profits from irrigated potato farming. Twin Falls county won the 500 prize with Dalmeny Challenge potatoes yielding 645 bushels on one acre, valued at 241.74 dollars. Canyon county earned 250 dollars with Peachblow potatoes. many growers report 600–700 bushels per acre.
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Idaho
D. E. Burley
Salt Lake City
Utah
Oregon Short Line
Pacific & Idaho Northern
Idaho Northern
Idaho Southern
Payette Valley
Oregon
Washington
Montana
Wyoming
L. A. Snyder
Twin Falls County
Canyon County
W. B. Gilmore
Snyder
Commercial Club of
Twin Falls
Mr. Snyder
Gilmore
United States
Burley
H. P. Frodsham
American Falls
William B. Kelley
Gooding
Samuel Lewis
Goothing
Then He Went Graciously to the Door
In a brisk exchange Mr Bore expresses disbelief at the late hour as Miss Caustique doubts the time. The dialogue hints at social tension and a restrained farewell as the evening nears its end.
Keep Clean and Live Well by Emphasizing Clean Habits
A moral exhortation urges readers to keep their homes and belongings clean. It emphasizes using sunlight as a healing force and enjoying free air from heaven. It quotes an ancient sage advising to eat to live, not live to eat, and links cleanliness to overall well being.
Resinol Ointment Cures Eczema Breakouts
A customer reports summer neck eruptions like eczema cleared by Resinol Ointment after other remedies failed. Barbara Carpenter of Ogden says she used Resinol with success and notes it is sold at all drug stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Carpenter
Ogden
Us Boys All Loves Our Teacher Story
A classroom moment shows Johnny offered to write a short story. He hands in a slate with the line Us boys all loves our teacher reflecting a child's eager attempt at composition. The scene captures school life and student effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny
Harper’s Bazar
Defiance Starch Promises Nonstick Ironing Aid
Advertises Defiance starch claiming it prevents sticking to irons. Sold everywhere in 16 oz packages for 100.
A Distinction in Possibilities and Probabilities
An optimistic remark on Jim being full of possibilities despite not being a guaranteed success. The cycle counters with a view that he lacks probabilities, framing a distinction between potential and likely outcome.
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Jim
Bills Passed At Delaware Girls Home Reform Debate
Two acts move through the Ohio legislature as Representative Smith presses a reform bill for a girls home. A Wyman bill favoring US senatorial election via Oregon plan clears the Senate 18 to 16. Governor Harmon approves pardons for five inmates including McMullen and Vaughn with sentence reduced.
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Girls’ Industrial School
Delaware
Smith
Butler County
Stamburgh
Senate
Wyman
United States
Oregon
Bills Pending Move Through Legislature
Bills still awaiting action in the legislature include Green and Fulton led licensing measures stalled in committees. Huber’s weather related auto restriction passed the house and sits in the senate roads committee. Kimble’s pool ban for minors cleared by the house judiciary panel. Winan’s buyer certificate bill faces merchant opposition in the house agriculture panel.
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Green
Senate
Fulton
House
Huber
Senate Committee On
Kimble
Judiciary Committee
Winan
House Committee On Agriculture
Legislation Targets Mattress Labels and Hospital Materials
A bill before the legislature would require all mattresses offered for sale to bear labels naming their material. It also bans using materials that have previously been in mattresses in hospitals or where contagious diseases existed.
Bills on municipal rate control and factory seating face opposition
Calvey's bill to let municipalities fix telephone rates meets opposition from telephone firms and lingers in the house railroads and telegraphs committee since March 17. Canfield adulterated cream bill battles daily interests, passes the house, moves through agriculture and senate calendar stages with dairy interest input. Evans of Cuyahoga proposes a factory seating requirement for female workers, opposed by industry, still in the house labor committee after January 6 introduction.
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Calvey
House Committee On Railroads and Telegraphs
House
Senate Committee On Agriculture
Senate
Agriculture Committee
Evans
Cuyahoga
House Labor Committee
Senate approves Haas bill and Cetone two platoon plan
The Haas bill licensing loan agencies passed the senate and moved from the house codes committee. The Cetone two platoon system was backed by firemen, passed the senate, and left the house cities committee. Neither bill has cleared the calendar committee.
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Senate
House Codes Committee
House
Temperance measures filed by Krause and Doster
Senator Krause of Cuyahoga and Doster of Highland introduced temperance bills. Krause seeks to amend the Jones law by removing saloons from residential districts via petition and replacing it with an election on petition of 10 percent frontage, with business districts exempt. He says the bill aims to ease wets and drys conflict, not aid either side. Doster adds family reunions to the rule prohibiting liquor traffic within four miles of public religious or patriotic meetings.
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Krause
Cuyahoga
Doster
Highland
Lenders barred from foreclosing by country justices under new bill
The measure aimed at protecting small borrowers moves to Governor Harmon. Rep Bruce’s bill prevents foreclosures of chattel mortgages except in a court of record. It argues unscrupulous lenders now seek county justices for executions, allowing removal of borrower property by furniture van.
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Harmon
Bruce
Senate passes several bills including trial court error ruling and book pricing
In the Senate, several measures move forward. A Fulton bill requires trial courts to certify prejudicial error before review. A Yount bill prohibits Ohio from being charged higher book prices than other states. Reynolds authorizes fire and police chiefs to require drills in public spaces. A central board bill returns near its original form after a conference report. A uniform bill of lading is also passed.
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Senate
Fulton
Yount
Ohio
Reynolds
Central Board
Legislation Advances Wage Earners Credit and Education Rules
Passed Brower bill allowing wage earners to assign 20 percent of wages to trustees for creditors with the trustee receiving 10 percent and creditors 90 percent of claims. Passed Fellinger bill appointing Governor Harmon as Ohio commissioner to the Panama Pacific exposition with a $2000 expense allowance. Passed Warnes bill requiring teachers in all schools to hold elementary agriculture certificates after September 1912.
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Brower
Fellinger
Harmon Ohio
San Francisco
Warnes
Crawford Bill Sets 15MPH Livestock Transport Speed
House support spans a suspicious bill cited by railroads opposing tighter limits. The Crawford measure would limit livestock transport to 15 miles an hour, passed the house without opposition and awaits Senate committee on railroads and telegraphs approval.
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House
Senate Committee On Railroads and Telegraphs
Governor Harmon Vetoes Two Public Health Bills
Governor Judson Harmon vetoed the Reynolds bill authorizing nurses to visit tuberculosis patients at home and the Calvey bill on closed rear vestibules for street cars. Both measures were indefinitely postponed in the house after attempts to pass over the veto failed.
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Judson Harmon
Reynolds
Calvey
Legislature approves bills on schoolhouse, ditch project, pardon board pay
The Kilpatrick bill allows centralized township boards to build a superintendent house up to 2000 dollars. The Welsh bill authorizes Wood and Ottawa counties to spend 118000 dollars to construct a large ditch to drain lands prone to overflow into the Maumee river. The Johnson senate bill raises the state board of pardons salaries to 950 dollars with 200 dollars max expenses, replacing 750 dollars.
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Kilpatrick
Wood
Ottawa
Maumee River
Johnson Senate
State Board of Pardons
Penitentiary quarry to open with $30,000 appropriation
Warden T. H. B. Jones will mobilize hundreds of idle convicts at the penitentiary next week. A $30,000 legislative appropriation permits reopening the old stone quarry near the state hospital grounds, and with the first stone removed the walls around the pen grounds will rise about eight feet.
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Penitentiary
T. H. B. Jones
State Hospital
Pen
Senators and House Set Adjournment Dates
The House adopted Russell's joint resolution to recess Friday May 12 and adjourn May 19. The Senate approved Cetone's joint resolution for recess Saturday May 18 and adjourn sine die May 22.
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Senate
House
Representative Russell
Cetone
Edwards bill would shift city solicitor to appointive
Legislative notes report Edwards bill to make the city solicitor appointive rather than elective without recommendation. Governor Harmon proclaims May 14 as Mother's Day urging observance by churches and all persons and asks wearing white carnation to honor mothers living and dead.
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Edwards
Harmon
House Bills Passed By General Assembly
Lawmakers approved several measures. Jenkins of Madison requires each drug store be overseen by a registered pharmacist. Ratliff mandates the state printer issue reports within 15 days of receiving copy. Evans of Cuyahoga allows refunds to taxpayers for legally invalid assessments. Evans of Stark sets that initial railways taking freight are liable for loss or damage in transit.
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Jenkins
Madison
Ratliff
Evans
Cuyahoga
Supreme Court
Stark
Governor Harmon Signs Kennedy House Bill for Guard Funding
Governor Harmon signed the Kennedy house bill authorizing an emergency appropriation of 20 706.80 dollars to the National Guard to cover expenses not funded by the general appropriation act.
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Harmon
National Guard
Cincinnati Representative Ratliff Bill to Pay Next Year Salaries
The house approved a measure under suspension of the rules to pay members their salaries for the next year at the end of the current session. Twelve members opposed the motion.
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House
Ratliff
Cincinnati
Humane instruction bill advances without recorded vote
Backed by the Columbus Humane Society the Todd bill to require teachers to give humane instruction in schools passed the general assembly without a dissenting vote.
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Columbus Humane Society
Todd
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed
Advertises Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a highly effective remedy for female health issues. Claims include extensive testimonials from women, claims of relief from surgical operations, and a note that the formula is made from roots and herbs and is harmless. Cites Coloma Wisconsin testimonial from Mrs. John Wentland.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
Coloma
Wisconsin
John Wentland
Carnegie says labor trouble shows employers wrong at times
In New York, Andrew Carnegie remarked during a dinner that employers are often in the wrong in labor disputes and sometimes demand impractical things, citing a humorous vignette about a villa, a palm beach butler and a deacon to illustrate truthfulness and obedience in service.
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Andrew Carnegie
New York
Mrs. Smith-Jones
Out of Date Marriage Proposal Dialogue
A brief exchange about marriage asks to skip the father’s consent and go straight to a proposal. The dialogue contrasts old-fashioned views with modern expectations as the characters debate the proper protocol.
One Close Tip
Dialogue excerpt featuring a quip about acting life and rail road ties as a metaphor for enduring connections. The exchange contrasts wandering theater life with perpetual ties, suggesting a disciplined balance between travel and bonds.
Poverty as Training for Virtue, Finley Quote
Finley states that poverty is by common consent an admirable training for mental and moral perfection. The remark frames economic hardship as character-building and civic discipline.
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Finley
Reader Cures Constipation With Free Trial Offer
Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is presented as a natural remedy for constipation after forty years of practice. The ad claims it trains the stomach and bowels to function properly and strengthens nerves, with notable users including John Graveline and J A Vernon. Available from druggists for fifty cents to a dollar, or a free sample by writing to Dr W B Cuanet at 201 Caldwell Building Monticello.
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Allen
Ackage OW
Olmsted
le Roy
Dr. Caldwell
John Graveline
Swaukee Ave
Detroit
Mich
J. A. Vernon
Oklahoma City
Dr. W. B. Cuanet
Caldwell Building
Monticello
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