Seed corn testing urged to boost future yields
The article calls farmers to test seed corn this off season to avoid poor stands and lost yields. It outlines a sawdust germination method, selecting kernels from the best 100 ears, and emphasizes mobilizing community effort to seed corn campaigns for Iowa and nearby states.
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Central
Inois
North Dakota
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Michi-gan
Korra
Gjian Favatun
Twa
Korberg
Kornela Ti Ench Hill
Washington City Sideights Home Tour Reveals White House Upscale Comfort
A feature describes the rebuilt White House under Roosevelt costing about 500000. It notes ten bedrooms and five additional guest rooms after moving presidential offices to an annex. Government supplies housekeeping needs and even Myer towels are used. The piece emphasizes upper story privacy and opulent, orderly interiors.
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Allington
White House
Roosevelt
Linele Sam
Sam
Wonderful Tide Tables Machine Powers Global Navigation
The article describes the 2,50-pound mechanical tide computer of the Coast and Geodetic Survey in Washington. Aided by harmonic constants, it prints yearly tide tables for major ports, predicting rise and fall with precision and saving months of human calculation.
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United States
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Washington
Ontonagon Bowlder Moves to National Museum
Smithsonian employees completed the transfer of the Ontonagon bowlder from the Smithsonian to the new National Museum. The 3% by 2 by 1% foot copper mass, weighing nearly three tons, has a long history from Ontonagon Michigan to Detroit and Washington. It was acquired by Julius Eldred after trading with Chippewa Indians and funded by Congress in 1840s.
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Mployees
Smithsonian Institution
Institution
National Museum
Smithsonian
Ontonagon River
Upper
Michigan
Lake Superior
Sault Ste. Marie
Detroit
Washington
Quartermaster’s Bureau
War Department
Uncle Sam Printing Authority Shows Huge Government Plant
Cornelius Ford, public printer, describes the Washington Government Printing Office as the largest in existence with 32 million pounds of paper and 65 thousand pounds of ink used yearly. He notes every government activity eventually enters printing and outlines moves to curb waste and improve public access to on hand publications.
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United States
Washington
Cornelius Ford
Uncle Sam
Atock
Aati
Indianapolis Scandal Tells of Mrs Hemokes and Cob Pipe
A Brown County weekend scandal spreads from Indianapolis to Nashville as townsfolk discuss a wife accused of smoking a cob pipe. An unnamed Mrs Hemokes is linked to a kitchen tale after a man asks for pipes and neighbors joke about the wife using one.
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Indianapolis
Brown County
Nashville
Josh
Brow County
Indianapolia Newa
Evidently Hungry Walter Requests Half Portion at City Diner
A dialogue shows Walter and his niece at a western restaurant with casual family banter about portions. A side remark notes California mining properties that year numbered 658 with 277 gold mines, illustrating the era's mining context.
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Walter
California
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