Iowa Professor Urges Seed Corn Testing For Bigger Yields
Professor P. G. Holden of Iowa argues that adding one extra ear per hill across 99 counties would boost Iowa wealth by about 500,000 dollars per year. He cites a ten bushel per acre gain as worth 50 million dollars, notes current yields average 35 bushels per acre, and urges testing each ear and selecting best seed corn. He advocates digging root stocks and removing stones to improve soil. He advises fall garden planning and winter prep for better spring success.
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P. G. Holden
Iowa
Alfalfa and Weeds in Spring Planting
The article discusses how damp springs slow alfalfa growth while weeds thrive. It warns that June or July may see farmers battling weeds instead of harvesting prime hay, risking a poor stand due to mis-timed field work and frequent rains.
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Coburn
Fertilizers and Drainage Change Meadow Fertility
Experiments at Lausanne agri cultural station show two neighboring meadows with similar soils react differently to potash. Better drainage in the field with larger yield improves air and water movement, boosts nutrient uptake, and drives deeper root growth, indicating soil fertility cannot rely on chemical analysis alone.
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Lausanne
Switzerland
Abnormal Appetite in Cattle Alarms Wisconsin Vet
Dr. David Roberts the Wisconsin State Veterinarian notes cattle with odd cravings like licking walls dirt and filth signal digestive trouble. If untreated they waste away reduce milk and become costly. Improve with clean nutritious digestible feed and a tonic to regulate digestion. Some buyers convert such animals into profit with proper care at low cost.
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David Roberts
Wisconsin
Caution About Corn Seed Germination And Testing
Ohio correspondents report corn expected for seed shows low germination, not growing despite appearing sound. Reports indicate many saved seed will fail to germinate, prompting concern over seed quality and the need for universal testing by farmers.
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Ohio
Stern
Getting the Garden Ready for Spring Planting
A guide explains preparing soil for spring gardens. It notes fall work to break sod, tilling and spading to loosen the ground, and the need to remove weeds such as witch grass and quack grass to ensure a workable seedbed.
The Jersey Cow Preserve Uniform Form and Fame
A correspondent asks why Jersey cattle maintain uniform appearance and conforma tion. The Jersey Island law restricted new cattle for centuries, preserving purity and uniformity. Valancey E Fuller notes notable sires like Albert 44 and daughters Couch's Lily and Lady Mel 2d, records of sixteen pounds in seven days and 182 pounds in sixty one days. Continuous importations keep Jersey blood fresh in the breed.
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Jersey
Jersey Island
Valancey E. Fuller
Albert 44
Couch
Lily
Mel 2d
Jerseys
Farmer Minister: Bowker Urges Rural Leadership
Bowker argues that country ministers have not lost their role but must reorient toward industrial and agricultural progress. He praises ministers as educated, capable to teach science like chemistry and botany, and urges practical farm demonstrations, inoculation of seeds, and prelude sermons to boost parish fertility and crop life.
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Twentieth Century Club
Boston
Wm. H. Bowker
Health tips at the ballpark season pass deals
Sioux City Tribune notes Fresh Air health tip urging readers to fill doctors prescriptions at ticket prices during the baseball park run from May through September. The item blends wellness with stadium pricing guidance for readers visiting the park.
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Sioux City Tribune
Capital facts and congressional inquiries this summer
Washington notes outline upcoming investigations during the summer and fall. Senators Lorimer and Gore face scrutiny over bribery and Indian affairs in Oklahoma. Ballinger Pinchot and ship subsidy probes loom, with a railroad securities inquiry possible before the next election.
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Congress
Oklahoma
Gore
House
Philippines
Martin
Colorado
United States Senate
Lorimer
Ballinger-Pinchot
Minneapolis
Washington
Ballinger
Patent Inventions Barred from Unpaid Government Use
Government may not use patented inventions without authority and compensation after patent office review. The issue notes long standing practice of Uncle Sam using patented devices without paying inventors, prompting complaints from inventors confronting the Patent Office.
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United States Patent Office
Uncle Samas
Population Growth in Washington and District of Columbia
The District of Columbia has a population of 331,069, up 52,351 from 1900 when it stood at 278,718. In 1890 the population was 230,302. The 1900 to 1910 increase was 18.8 percent, compared with 21 percent and 48,326 for the previous decade. Washington is counted with the District for census purposes.
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District of Columbia
Washington
Columia
Division of Calpain Organized in IRS Office
Beginning July 1 there will be organized a Division of Calpain in the office of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue. It will consist of a chief, a dozen clerks and a messenger. Their work will be that of classifying indexing exhibiting and caring for the returns of corporations liable to a 1 percent of their net.
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Calpain
Commisiioner’ of Internal Revenue
Domen
We Attend Gus at Apge lachian Show
Knoxville Tennessee special rail rates boost attendance for Appalachian Exposition running September 12 to October 12. Southeastern lines offer low one cent per mile coach fares and one and a half cent per mile Pullman options for a ten day stay in Knoxville. Estimated visitors reach 350000 with Southern Railway Passenger Traffic Manager S H Hardwick spearheading support.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Southeastern
Appalachian
Tennessee
Virginia
West Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Kentucky
S .H. Hardwick
Southern Railway Company
Southern
Carolinians Graduate at Harvard in Major Commencement
Nearly a thousand degrees were conferred at Harvard's commencement with Col. Theodore Roosevelt and J. Pierpont Morgan among notable attendees. North Carolina recipients include Daniel Huger Bacot Jr and several others earning M A and Ph D, with Yates W Fa ion M D and John W Hutchison L L B among honorees. Robins of Asheboro earned the Philosophy PhD for a thesis on Heeeli Pragmatism.
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Cambridge
Mass
Harvard University
Col
Theodore Roosevelt
J. Pierpont Morgan
Governor Hughes
New York
Carolina
Daniel Huger Bacot, Jr
Charleston
S. C
Charles A Cornelson
Orangeburg
Bothwell Graham, Jr
Clinton, S. C
Walter B. Moore
Yorkville
Quelletine T. Smythe, Jr
Sidney Swain Robins
Asheboro
N. C
University of North Carolina
A. M
St. B. Harvard
Yates W. Faison
Charlotte
John Wadsworth Hutchison
Trinity College
A. B
Gilbert Thomas Stephenson
Pendleton
Wake Forest College
Harvard
Mr. Robins
Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Scenes
Osler Helps Debunk Christian Science Volume
London reports the coming publication of a two year inquiry by church leaders doctors and scientists into Christian Science and other faith healing forms. It condemns Christian Science as false and dangerous noting it may ease nervous patients yet has killed more than it has cured. Dr William Osler is a contributor.
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London
William Osler
General Average for Cotton 82.3 Reports State by State
The National Ginners Association reports cotton conditions to June 25 at 82.3 percent. State figures show Alabama 81 Arkansas 77 Florida 80 Georgia 80 Louisiana 80 Mississippi 84 Missouri 83 North Carolina 77 Oklahoma 90 South Carolina 77 Tennessee 86 Texas 85. General average 82.3.
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Memphis
Tenn
National Ginners’ Association
Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
Missouri
North Carolina
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Roosevelt and Abernethy Boys Meet In New York Office
The Abernethy brothers aged 9 and 6 rode across the continent to greet Col. Roosevelt. They spoke with Roosevelt for an hour at The Outlook office in New York. The elder asked who refused them a stopping place. Roosevelt replied he would like to know who they were.
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Roosevelt
Abernethy
New York
Col. Roosevelt
Outlook
Thirty-Third Degree Mason Dies in Savannah at 79
In Savannah Georgia on Wednesday Dr Richard Joseph Nunn age 79 famed physician and renowned Mason died. He returned to Europe in 1876 to fight yellow fever at Savannah and served as a Confederate army captain commanding a battery. He held the thirty third degree and had wide influence in multiple Masonic branches.
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Savannah
Richard Joseph Nunn
Europe
Eagles and Elks Indicted in Sumter Grand Jury
Grand jury in Sumter returns true bills against J. Fred Wise and James Calk for receiving and storing alcoholic liquors around June 25 1910. Warrants were issued for club rooms of the Eagles and Elks, with Chief Bradford serving as special constable. Wise and Calk posted bonds of 300 dollars each.
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Eagles
Elks
Eagles and the
Sumter
Grand Jury
Harby
Bradford
J. Fred Wise
James Calk
Messrs
Wise
Calk
Massive Textile Curtailment Hits Piedmont Mills
The curtailment movement begins in the Piedmont as mills in North Carolina and Georgia close until the morning of the 12th. Of about three million spindles, two and three quarter million will join, with curtailment lasting at least a month in summer. The cut could remove one million to two million pieces of cloth, about one twelfth of output.
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Piedmont
North Carolina
Georgia
Kingstree Tobacco Warehouse Sells First Load of New Crop
The Kingstree tobacco warehouse sold the first load of the new crop on the floor. It weighed 460 pounds and fetched five cents per pound.
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Kingstree Farmers’ Tobacco Warehouse
Exposition Funds Secured For South Atlantic Event
A $500 pledge from Columbia merchants supports the South Atlantic States Exposition to be held in Columbia from December 5. A publicity push will start in the South. Prizes totaling $5,000 will be offered. The Legislature released $1,000 contingent on raising $4,000 by organizers.
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Columbia
South
Fire Insurance Firms Report Losses in State
Insurance Commissioner McMaster says a majority of fire insurance companies active in the state lost money last year.
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Fire Insurance Co
McMaster
Special Meeting Called for Cotton Manufacturers in Spartanburg
President F E A Smyth of Greenville has called a special meeting of the Cotton Manufacturers Association of South Carolina to be held in Spartanburg on July 12.
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F E. A. Smyth
Greenville
Cotton Manufacturers’ Association of South Carolina
Spartanburg
Tri County Summer School Lectures At Aiken
Teachers at the Tri County summer school in Aiken attend health lectures added this year. Dr. Ward, representing Rockefeller funding for bookworm eradication, gave a illustrated talk. Other speakers included Ira W. Williams C B Martin and E J Watson.
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Tri-County
Aiken
Dr. Ward
Rockefeller Million
Ira W. Williams
C. B. Martin
E. J. Watson
Glass Blowers Seek Dues From Carolina Glass Co
Five claimants file a civil action against Carolina Glass Company of Columbia for amounts under $100 each. The hearing is set for July 20. Interest centers on the recent glass blowers strike.
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Glass Blowers Vs. Glass Co
Qvil
Glass Blowers
Carolina Glass Company
Columbia
Glass
Postoffice Building Sites Sought in Four Cities
Advertisements issued seeking bids for postoffice sites at Camden Bennettsville Marion and Columbia. Bids will be opened July 28 after receipt and review before the purchase is made.
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Camden
Bennettsville
Marion
Columbia
Col. Lipscomb Elected Colonel of 2d Regiment
Col. C. T. Lipscomb of Columbia has been elected colonel of the 2d regiment to succeed Col. E. R. Cox, who recently resigned. Lipscomb has been prominently identified with the unit and its activities.
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C. T. Lipscomb
Columbia
2D Regiment
E. R. Cox
Col. Lipscomb
Will Build Town At Alcola Railroad Terminus
Sumter capitalists invest in land at the terminus of the Alcola railroad to establish a town nine miles from Florence and midway to Timmonaville and Effingham. They plan stores and various enterprises to spur development on the new site.
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Sumter
H. H. Ham
Alcola
Florence
Timmonaville
Effingham
Commission to study Catawba land request in South Carolina
Gov Ansel appointed a three member commission to examine the Catawba Indians land request and report by January 1. The group will assess conditions, consider land allotment, and may take land options at no cost to the state. Members are C W F Spencer Frank C Whitner and W W Lewis. They receive five dollars per day for actual work.
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General Assembly
Ansel
Watson
Automobiles Registered Reach 2 029 Across Counties
Reports to Commissioner Watson show 2 029 motor vehicles registered from 29 counties. A circular sent June 16 sought counts from clerks of court, some failed to respond, and a second notice will be issued. An act grants the agriculture commissioner power to request information from county officials.
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Watson
Commissioner of Agriculture
Jones Loses Bid for New Trial in Union County Murder Case
Special Judge W B Gruber presiding in Union County circuit court denied defendant W T Jones the right to again present his defense to a jury in the murder of his wife Marion Jones.
Winnsboro Mill Plans Stock Increase
Fairfield cotton mills stockholders will meet at the Winnsboro bank July 28 to consider a resolution to raise capital by 100000 dollars, divided into 1000 shares of par 100 dollars each. Funds will pay for necessary additions at the mill.
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Winnsboro Mill
Fairfield Cotton Mills
Winnsboro Bank
South Carolina Firemen Gift Gold Cane to Senator Garris
Chief Louis Behrens on behalf of the State Firemen's Association sends Hon. C. W. Garris a carved ebony cane with a solid gold head. The inscription notes appreciation for services in 1910 related to the so called men’s bill during the last session of the Legislature.
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Louis Behrens
State Firemen’s Association
C. W. Garris
House of Representatives
Denmark
Hon. C. W. Garris
South Carolina
New Classification Rates Adopted by Railroad Commission
The railroad commission announces that it has adopted classification No 38 effective August 1 for intra state business. Rates align with the Southern classification bureau and rules in exception sheet No 5 Note 53. The new rates do not materially change existing charges.
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The
Railroad Commission
Southern ‘Classification Bureau
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American Congress
Osler
Christian Science
J. Roosevelt
Gream
Commonwealth
Mr. Garris
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