International Dry Farming Congress Exposition Opens in Tulsa
Tulsa prepares for the eighth annual International Dry-Farming Congress and Exposition with five pavilions and an Oklahoma Kafir corn palace. Delegates from nineteen nations will attend as sections feature Manchurian crops from the Republic of China and displays from Russia Canada and the United States. Scientists from multiple countries are expected to attend the event highlighting dry farming practices to conserve rainfall.
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Tulsa
Okla
United States Department of Agriculture
Oklahoma
Canada
Republic of China
Russia
Argentina
Australia
Austria-Hungary
Bel- Egypt
France
Great Britain
Fireman killed as Grand Island blaze destroys $70,000 in property
Tony Freischer, a Grand Island fireman, lost his life while battling a blaze that threatened the railroad district and burned property valued around $70,000. He directed water from the alley near a planing mill when a melted 2,300 volt electric wire fell onto him.
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Grand Island
Tony Freischer
Fleischer
Planing Mill
Aley
Grand Island Electric Company
Hog disease from the middle states reaches Butte
The hog epidemic sweeping the midwest has arrived in Butte. Farmers report many losses with cattlemen unable to control it and veterinarians divided on the diagnosis. Pigs show varied symptoms from brief illness to sudden death in the same herd.
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Butte
Middle States
Folsom Honored at Burt County Pioneer Reunion
Tekamah Nebraska August 22 honors the memory of R B Folsom, Burt County’s first pioneer settler, whose picture will appear on reunion badges. Folsom led the party to Tekamah in 1854 and drove Burt County’s first claim stakes in the soil.
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Lyons
Neb
Burt County
R. B. Folsom
Pioneers and Old Settlers’ Association
Folsom Park
Tekamah
Folsom
Circus Train Wreck Injures Many in Richfield Collision
A collision between a Rock Island passenger train and Barnum & Bailey circus train near Richfield Tuesday morning injures between forty and fifty people. Six or seven may die. The first division had cleared the siding when the second division crashed into it twelve hours late.
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Richfield
Rock Island
Barnum & Bailey
No. 6
Dynamite Blast Injures Fremont Workman
Michael Ryan a Slater Bros. employee was seriously injured by a premature blast east of Fremont. Slater lighting the fuse when the dynamite exploded, he was knocked twenty feet and suffered facial lacerations and probable internal injuries. He was admitted to a hospital.
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Fremont
Michael Ryan
Slater Bros
Slater
School of Agriculture Dedicated in Curtis Event
The southwest Nebraska school of agriculture was dedicated here Friday. Special trains and autos brought many out-of-town visitors.
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School of Agriculture
Curtis
Nebraska School of Agriculture
Origin of Mystery Remains Unclear As Damaged Report
The origin of the incident is a mystery. The loss is estimated at about $7000, partially covered by insurance.
Beatrice Urday Ten Dewbie Header
Beatrice shows up at the event amid unclear notes and a quirky header. The fragment hints at a local scene but provides no clear dates names or outcomes.
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Beatrice
Save All the Corn Possible in Nebraska
State extension authorities urge farmers to salvage damaged corn by proper handling. Pugsley and colleagues advise three options: leave standing for winter pasture (least effective), cut for fodder, or store in a silo. Silos can greatly increase winter feed, with modest costs for 80 ton capacity. Weather and timing determine whether to cut or silo, with urgent action recommended.
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Omaha
Do. W. Pugsley
State University
Extension Department
Pugsley
Bureau of Publicity
Nebraska
Professor Pugsley
Lee
Chase
University
Parole System Shown To Benefit State Prisoners
Secretary J A Piper says the public underrates parole results at the state penitentiary. He cites an example from January 1, 191%, with Richard Ree paroled to a northern farmer for 25 dollars monthly and the former inmate still under state supervision under the new law as of 266.
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Lincoln
J. A. Piper
State Prison Board
State Penitentiary
Richard Ree
Our State Penitentiary
Bitter debate over suffragist rival and acid proof envelope
A humorous exchange notes a rival who is hated by suffragists for inventing the acid proof envelope. The dialogue contrasts a calm man who dislikes sensationalism with a press eager for the next hard luck tale.
Violet Jennie and the Foundling Birthday Tale
Violet Jennie, a foundling from a foundling asylum, meets Frances on Frances’s birthday. A visiting girl admires VJ and invites her to tea, prompting a gentle clash of statuses as Violet asserts her unique origin by declaring she was founded rather than born.
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Violet Jennie
Foundling Asylum
V. J
Frances
Violet
Foundling Hospital
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Proposals and Courtship Moments In Athenian Romance
Aloof for the Nance. Prue and Phyllis recall Percy’s proposal as a reaction of disbelief and surprise. The dialogue hints at the first-time nerves and the playful tension in their courtship.
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Prue
Percy
And Marriage a Battleship
A playful exchange compares courtship to a battleship and a transport, using nautical metaphors to describe romantic aims and styles in a witty dialogue between Tom and Jack.
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Jack
Tom
Old Nurse Persuades Doctor to Drink Postum
An elderly nurse and an expert began drinking Postum five years ago on her advice. She reports weight gain of twenty pounds in three months and says they now use Postum instead of tea and coffee. She adds she limited sugar with saccharine and notes tea or coffee are never in their house now.
Look and gown spark praise as new men boast belts
A fragment shows two new men admiring a waistcoat crafted from an old hobble skirt. One says he saved by making it himself and tweets like a modern note about the wardrobe. The scene reads as a brisk social exchange.
Good Evidence of Jorkins in Society
In dialogue the speaker questions the Jorkins standing in society and contrasts it with the outlook of gasoline spenders, implying scrutiny of social order and consumer priorities.
No, Alonzo a barnacle isn't a tramp who sleeps in a barn
The fragment corrects a character description, clarifying that Alonzo is not a barn-dwelling tramp. It reads as a definitional aside addressing a misconception about the term barnacle and its use in reference to Alonzo.
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Alonzo
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