Crop Bulletin Shows Drought Pressure and Varied Rain in 1900
The week ending May 28 1900 sees above normal temperatures with little rain except southeastern counties. Wheat oats barley and rye resist drought though late sown fields show stress. early wheat begins to joint. Grass suffers from dry weather. hay prospects dampened. Corn planting nearly finished with early crops growing well. late germination needs rain. Local notes from Spink Clay Davison Lincoln McCook Minnehaha Turner Union Yankton and others report varying showers and beneficial rains, but overall moisture remains scarce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middle-Eastern
Missouri Valley
Charles Mix
Davison
Douglas
Gregory
Hutchinson
Lincoln
Turner
Yankton
Weather stretches drought across northeastern fields
The report lists numerous towns noting dry conditions and urgent rain for all vegetation. Fields of small grain suffer. late corn and flax germination hindered. grass and oats show stress. some areas report weedy patches and browning. Early corn holds up in places.
Dry weather hurts crops across multiple localities
Local reports from Brule to Pennington describe very dry conditions. Wheat holds up in some areas while corn and grass show stress. several towns report small grain injury and urgent need for rain. overall condition varies by county with some pockets moist and productive. 5s. W. Glenn, section Director, Huron, Sd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fall River
Lawrence
Meade
Pennington
Terrible Explosion Kills Six at Forest Junction Wisconsin
A dynamite blast in the home of William Broehm at Forest Junction near Brillon, Wisconsin, kills six including Mr and Mrs Broehm and three children aged 2 to 7, plus H Stevens. The cause is unknown though 12 pounds near the stove may have overheated and exploded. The house was wrecked and remains unrecognizable. Boehm was a well driller and well-to-do.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Brillon
Wis
William Broehm
Forest Junction
Boehm
Explosive glycerine blast kills four near Marietta
On the Kelly farm near Marietta Ohio a glycerine explosion killed four men and injured seven others. Fifty quarts of glycerine were lowered in a 370 foot well and a jack squib failed to ignite the shot. Debris and oil sprayed the derrick as workers were struck and mangled.
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Marietta, O
Kelly Farm
William O. Watson
H. E. Selton
Frank Speers
Thomas Danast
James P. Speers
Herman Speers
Dawson Staller
William Carpenter
Otis Landing Pending San Francisco Quarantine
The transport Meade arrived from Manila with Major General Elwell S. Otis and remains under quarantine due to three smallpox cases on board. Otis and cabin passengers may land next Sunday or Monday, steerage passengers held longer, with no landing changes unless Washington orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Meade
Manila
Elwell S. Otis
General Otis
Washington
One-Fare Rate Adopted by Western Executives
At a meeting of Western executive officials the Grand Army of the Republic rate dispute neared resolution. The Wisconsin Central will drop a cent-a-mile proposal to St. Paul and Minneapolis and uphold a flat one-fare rate for the encampment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cnricanco
Grand Army of the Republic
Wisconsin Central
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Boarding House Fire Claims Two In Minneapolis
A fire at a boarding house on 204 Fourth Street Southeast Minneapolis killed Annie Peters on and an unknown woman. The blaze began in a summer kitchen and smoke traveled through a thin partition to a adjacent sleeping room where two girls died.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Annie Peterson
Fourth Street
Senate Okays Another Conference on Naval Bill
Washington June 2 the senate agreed to another conference on the naval appropriation bill. Hale Perkins and Tillman named as conferees to settle disagreements over armor plate ocean surveys and the curriculum at the naval academy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Messrs. Hale
Perkins
Tillman
Naval Academy
Pest Aphis Attacks Wheat Across Missouri Kansas Oklahoma
A new pest, the green louse of aphis, has appeared in wheat fields in parts of Missouri Kansas and Oklahoma. It feeds on tender shoots and buds and threatens early grain regrowth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Missouri
Kans
Oklahoma
Congress Gold Mine Sold to New York Syndicate
The Congress gold mine 60 miles north of Phoenix has been sold for 1 500 000 dollars to a New York syndicate led by Warner Miller and John Mackay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
A. T
Congress
Congress Gold Mining Company
New York
Warner Miller
John Mackay
Reunion of United Confederate Veterans Adjourns in 1900
The 10th annual reunion of the United Confederate Veterans adjourned sine die. The next gathering, the meeting of 1901, is set for Memphis Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Louisville
United Confederate Veterans
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German Exchange Bank
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Chicaco
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Frei
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America
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Smyth
Crop Bulletin
U.S. Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau
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Codington
Hamlin
Kingsbury
Brule
Campbell
Hughes
Black Hills Section
W. Glenn
Huron
Deli Metean
Dr.j.h.mclean Medicine CO
ST. Louis
Crade Reservoir
C.O.D
Gears, Roebuck & Co
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Hichester
IFE
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Chichester
Ladtea
Chichester Chemical Co
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Parker
W. J. Dyer & Bro. Jobbers
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Spekesa
Tanmesior Needle Co
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Send & DB
Oetmlngton & CO
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