City Vital Statistics Reported To Board Of Health In 1901
Chief Clerk Stet prepares the annual health department report for 1901 to be filed with the State Board of Health before February. The statistics show births and deaths by month, with pneumonia and tuberculosis causing most deaths, smallpox peaks in cold months, and measles producing many cases but few deaths. The December death data are incomplete, and the year ends with 3,359 births and 3,359 total births noted, including breaks by race and sex.
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Stet
City Board of Health
Health Department
State Board of Health
Mil
Indianapolis
City Health Board
Case for beet sugar in Colorado against Cuban tariff
Francis K. Carey presents a defense of Colorado beet sugar operations in Sugar City, arguing the plant is independent of the American Beet Sugar Company, detailing huge irrigation projects, investment of nearly $2,000,000, and the town’s growth. He claims Colorado beets yield high sugar content and warns against tariff cuts favoring Cuban sugar, urging ten years of peace and a neutral commission review.
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Francis K. Carey
New York Evening Post
Sugar City
Col
Pueblo
American Beet Sugar Company
Otero County
Colorado
Twin Lakes
Rocky Mountains
Lake Henry
Arkansas River
Royal Gorge
Bartlett, Hayward & Co
Baltimore
Havemeyer
United States
Agricultural Department
Wilson
Venus
Arkansas Valley
American Sugar Refining Company
Cuba
Congress
Roosevelt
Board mulls purchase of fairgrounds land from Mrs Theresa Smith
State Board of Agriculture revisits buying 134 acres at the fair grounds owned by Mrs Theresa Smith. Board would face about 1,900 in unpaid rent if purchased now. Secretar y Downing and Treasurer Lagrange to report. treasury shows 36.10 balance on Jan 8 1901 and year receipts total 83,278 including 46,903.40 from last fall’s fair and 10,000 from the state. fair profits were 4,965.08, leaving a balance of 36,780.55 after expenses and prior deficits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Agriculture
Fair Grounds
Theresa
Smith
Subsidies for Ships and Irrigation Face Criticism
J H Claypool of Indianapolis argues in a letter to the Journal that ship and irrigation subsidies are twin frauds driven by self interest. He says the middle West should oppose federal support for private investors, urging repeal of laws making ship costs higher and asserting private capital will develop arid lands without government aid. January 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
Congress
Isthmian Canal
Great
Middle West
J. H. Claypool
Indianapolis
Rinkard Pleads for Clemency Before Jan Hubris
John Rinkard, under sentence to hang January 17 at the State Prison North for the murder of his wife in Marion last June, seeks executive clemency. His attorney asked Governor Durbin for a pardon or stay but got no gratifying reply. Odds of gubernatorial interference are small, and Rinkard is likely to pay the penalty on the scheduled date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Rinkard
State Prison
North
Marion
Durbin
Rinkard
The Fertilizing Question Ainslees on Fertilizers and Weeds
A Philadelphia Record article argues fertility rests on soil riches and integrated use of manure and fertilizers. It praises nitrogen sources from gas works and packers, warns against overvaluing manure alone, and extols deep rooted weeds like beggar weed for soil improvement. practical farming tips follow for crop, livestock, and home production.
Raise your own meat and farm efficiency advice
J R Patterson in Orange Judd Farmer urges farmers to grow most of their own food. He recommends supplying meat locally by keeping a quarter of beef for home use, integrating pastures with alfalfa clover and grain, feeding hogs on wheat, and using sheep for excess meat to prevent spoilage. He stresses profitability and self sufficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eges
J. R. Patterson
Orange Judd
A Paying Orchard and Farm Advice From 1900s Pennsylvan ia
The article profiles J. H. Ledy’s 140 acre Marion County orchard with 6000 apple trees 18000 peach trees and many plums and pears noting how pruning fertilizing and quality drive profit. It details yields per tree bushel outcomes prices for shipping to Philadelphia and the economics of picking and handling fees. It also offers farm management tips from Orange Judd Farmer on inventories water for animals cement floors in stables ash fertilizers cow nutrition and cost-saving farming practices including labor-saving machinery and record keeping.
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Country Gentleman
Marion County
Pennsylvania
J. H. Ledy
Ledy
Philadelphia
Orange Judd
Rosendale
Also Mentioned on This Page
Board OF Health
American Beet-Sugar Company
Board OF Agriculture
Ainslee
Florida
William McKinley
Murat Halstead
John Sherman
C. H. Grosvenor
Albert Halstead
McKinley
Chauncey M. Depew
A. Jemanson
THE
Bright
McLean
DR. J. McLean Medicine CO
St. Louis, Mo
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