Wheat yields and farm profits from Alfred Wilson’s Ontario fields
Alfred Wilson reports two fields on his home farm produced 37 and 25 bushels per acre in 1903 with summer fallowing and detailed cost figures. He notes total grain on his farms reached about 19,600 bushels with 5,000–6,000 bushels of oats and barley. The letter states prices, costs, and profits per field, illustrating agricultural practice and returns.
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Indian Head
Department of the Interior
Ottawa
Canada
Csssises
Cccseeensecees
Aissatore
Seceucaaceceeseens
Lome
Alfred Wilson
Tates
Breaks in Chicago Teamsters Strike Harmony
A Chicago strike upheaval shows rifts among employers and team owners over deliveries to firms. Railroads resist involvement as unions clash with non union drivers. Central Supply backs deliveries. Temporary injunction halts interference. One man killed and many injured amid daytime street violence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United 48
Team Owners’ Association
Employers’ Association
Employers' Association
Union Leagiue Club
Employers’ Teaming Association
Teaming Association
Union League Club
Central Supply Association
C. Kohlgaat
United States Circuit Court
Charles Beard
Omaha Casket Co. building collapses in windstorm tragedy
A windstorm near downtown Omaha caused a brick three story factory to collapse at Thirteenth and Grace killing three and injuring six, most employees of the Omaha Casket Co. including manager John A. Simones and foreman Henry Dilt. Witnesses described the storm as a small tornado with rain and hail following.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha Casket Co
John A. Simones
Lulu Hinton
Tony Liebey
Council Bluffs
Ww. A. Smith
Wm. Stewart
William Kirschner
W. A. Smith
Waverly Bank Defaulter Case Deepens in Missouri
Jefferson City May 4 Yet deeper inquiry into the Middleton bank at Waverly Missouri shows a shortfall of fifty thousand dollars not thirty thousand as first thought. State officials report the defaulter EB H Lewis used methods similar to a Milwaukee bank case with funds misdirected into the wheat pit. Lewis claimed due from correspondent banks which upon inquiry proved false. The state’s attorney general is advised to wind up the bank’s affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Middleton Bank
Lewis
Secretary of State
Nan Patterson Jury Fails to Reach Verdict
In New York on May 4 jurors in the Nan Patterson case were discharged after failing to agree. Patterson collapsed upon the jury’s announcement and fainted, later revived with assistance. Recorder Goff cautioned the jurors not to disclose how they stood.
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New York
Nan Patterson
Miss Patterson
Goff
St Clair County Ordered to Pay Major Bond Judgment
Judge Smith McPherson in federal court awarded John H Overall Jr a default judgment against St Clair County for 486000 in the Douglass case tied to old railroad bond issues. Douglass, who has since died, had purchased part of the bond issue.
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Kansas City, Mo
Smith McPherson
John H. Overall, Jr
St. Clair County
Joseph M. Douglass
Douglass
Diabetes cure claim in Clayton Tex and other cures
A Clayton Texas report touts Dodd's Kidney Pills as a universal cure for Diabetes with a testimonial of a patient who claims benefit after seven boxes. The piece cites other health ads, including Pusheck's Kuro and Dr Caldwell's laxative, and notes circulating money and public commentary from various papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clayton
Tex
J. H. Bailey
Boley Bays
Dodd
Jhodd
Bright
Pusheck
Chicago
Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed by Nurse
A trained nurse from Philadelphia writes that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured her female troubles within months and has helped many patients. She urges others, notes the doctor’s limits, and promotes Mrs Pinkham’s free confidential advice from Lynn Massachusetts as a trusted remedy for irregular menstruation, weakness, and related conditions.
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Lydia H. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pink
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
Roemd
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Habby
Ally Sloper
Edith Loring Fullerton
Doubleday, Page & Co
New York City
Duchess of
Devonshire
Atlanta
J. Pope Brown
Georgia Railroad Commission
Georgia
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Jead
Travelers’ Protective Association
Firma
Omaha, Neb
Apa
Fae
Jacob Kirschner
L. Mon Martin
Henry Dilt
Waverly Bank
Mistrias
Raimond
Johnny
Philadelphia Press
Peoce
N. Y
The
Treasury
Washington Post
Chicago Tribune
Marthe Pohlman
Chester Avenue
Nerwark
Blockley
Philadelphia
Urne
Philadelphia Vital
Mes
Martha Pohlman
Lion Coffee
Grocers
Everywhere
Woolson Bpice
Toledo
Ohio
Éolvery
Ditimann Shok Company
St. Loula, Mo
United States
Tennessee
Mississippi
Louisiana
J. F. Merry
Dubugne
Iowa
A. Paxtom Gomesny BosTor
Panhandle
Texas
American Pastoral Company
P.O. Box
Denver
Colo
A. N.e—B
Thornton & Minor
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