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Newspaper
Tri City Star
Location
Davenport, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1904
Page
6
Homestead proprietor James M Pierce urges careful seed corn choice and post harvest handling. He notes this year's Iowa crop shows more seed quality and predicts better results if farmers select wisely now and store seed properly for next season.
The article advises delaying harvest to mid October for optimal storage quality. It notes high moisture on overly ripe ears wastes germ viability, while leaving moisture on the stalk aids drying. It suggests selecting kernels from stalks approaching ideal maturity and avoiding ears too close to the ground or six to seven feet high, as later crops risk storm damage.
In the halcyon century closed Missouri writers produced three notable figures across literature science law religion and public life. Secretary F W Sampson cites Mink Twain Winston Churchill James Newton Basket John R Drusich Lela Nardi Bugg George W Unsmilton J Breckinridge Ellis Claude H Wernore Dentyn J Snider Henry W Pritchett J J Lee Fraucen E Nipher Tiedemann Thompson Lawson Wisslzenus Pattison Drake Berber Graegster Murllyr Rhodes and others as leading contributors in their fields.
Theusk Mi ma Dade stands in wedding gown at 2833 Parra Avenue as Albert Newman fails to appear for the ceremony. Police asked to search for him amid allegations he left after being told he would not receive promised wages from Armour & Co. Friends cite job dispute as possible motive. Newman, 30, was to be married Friday night.
Laporte Indiana October 4 Mrs Margaret Trump saved a train from burning by signaling stop just before a bridge. She received compliments from Baltimore and Ohio railroad officials, three railroad passes for her family to the World's Fair in St Louis, and a $27 check. Also notice of daily California service and Davenport to San Francisco tourist trains with schedules and ticket information.
Flour drops twenty cents with no stock change. Wholesale and retail sections list diverse produce from poultry to dairy and fruits. Names of items, prices, and suppliers appear for onions, potatoes, apples, berries, melons, greens, and meats, reflecting a broad midwestern market snapshot.
A fragmented price list shows varied goods from coal to smoked fish. Items include smoked halibut and mackerel salted, coal types with per ton and per cord rates, coke and smokeless coal prices, and hardwood.
Des Moines bankruptcy proceedings have been filed in U S district court against Harbach Harris Furniture Co for over 300 in claims from creditors including Heywood Bros Wakefield Co Chicago Johnson Chair Co Chicago and others. Mortgage on stock was given to Des Moines National Bank to favor certain creditors. Several creditors named with amounts and more expected to join. Also mentions Dr King s New Discovery for Consumption with testimonials and trial bottles.
Ottumwa, Oct 4 A dying admission on his hospital bed reveals John Williams a yeggman accuses his partner William Evans alias York of cowardice in the shooting. The incident followed a failed mail bag robbery from a mail car during a late Friday night heist.
Miss Jean Morton daughter of Joy Morton of Chicago and granddaughter of J Sterling Morton married Str Joseph Cudahy son of Michael Cudahy the packer in a Chicago ceremony. Secretary Morton and family members attended the wedding and the couple's unions linked two prominent families.
Bernard Kelly, a longtime Webster City resident since 1867, died suddenly this morning from heart failure. He was a veteran settler who helped shape the early development of the area.
A peculiarly typed ad promises $10.00 one way tickets to any point in Oklahoma or Indian Territory and many towns in Kansas with low rates to Texas and New Mexico. Tickets are second class and on sale at Get, 4 and 18. Inquiries to Fr STILE, Genl Pass Agent, Chicago, or L Hinrichs, Commercial Agr., Davenport, Ia.
Duluth on October 4 reports two desperadoes seized Lite Park in Ithece county for five days using six shooters. They robbed stores, fired on villagers, and damaged a grocery and hardware store, taking $150 from a safe. A sheriff’s posse from Grand Rapids heads to the town as a battle with armed fugitives looms.
In Minneapolis in October, Coach Williams tightens practice to four weeks before the Nebraska game. Nebraska players train intensely to gain an edge over Minnesota, whose form lags behind and risks peaking after Thanksgiving. The schedule remains grueling with prospects of overexertion if conditioning slips.
Society pursues rapid courtship as engagements form between officials. Netherlands minister Johnerr R. DeMares Van Swinderen and Miss Eligabeta Glover announce an early betrothal. Charles C. Glover, her father, serves as president of Riggs National Bank. De Swinderen presented credentials to the president last April.
The petition of Elizabeth Howell asks for divorce from Edward B Howell on grounds of adultery and cruelty. The defendant must appear by noon on the second day of the next term in Davenport to avoid default. attorney Alfred Farensons represents the plaintiff.
Daily packet for Climton and intermediate points shows steamer City of Winona leaving at 10 08 a m Davenport arrival 3 09 p m and Rock Island 8 35 p m for further mates and information apply to Jan Osborne Agent Dzvermort Tawa
The C., ROE. & P. offers a nine dollar and fifty cent round trip from Davenport to Indianapolis for the Republican League convention. Tickets are valid for travel October 3rd to 4th with return by October 9th at the above rate.
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