Diaz Agrees to Resign Amid Mexican Peace Talks
Insurgent leader Diaz agrees to resign once peace is restored. Francisco de Madero orders rebels on the Mexican border to withdraw as he heads toward Mexico City. He accuses Diaz of blocking progress and says Diaz will bear responsibility for all war-induced misery.
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Mexico City
Dina
el Paso
Tex
United States
Francisco de Madero
Ciudad Juarez
City
Mexico
Carbajal
Tr. Vasquez Gomez
Peace Commission
Madero
Mexicho
Ding
General Diaz
Diaz
Sin
Haw
Dia
Dro Gomez
Papal Precedent in Court Clash Over Confessional Secrecy
Rome faces a civil suit over church state relations after Father Gustave Verdesi alleges breaches of confessional secrecy by Jesuit Father Mauer Relewreni. Verdesi claimed to have disclosed modernist meetings, leading to dismissals of five clerics and his departure to the American Methodists. Meanwhile in Fairmont a glassblower, George Dehaunt, died after falling into molten glass at the Jamaont Window Glass Plant, suffering severe injuries.
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Rome
Gustive Verdesi
Mauer Relewreni
Wrd
Verdesi
Patter Verdesi
Father Gricarelli
Father Verdesi
Bricarelli
Fairmont
W. Va
Mayo
Cleorge Dehaunt
Jairmont
GOL Pany
Dairying and Home Building Tied in Iowa Talk
W W Marsh of Waterloo told Ames agricultural students that dairying and home building go together and that long term land stewardship, stable family ownership, and soil fertility are essential. He cited Guernsey island families, urged smaller farms, and praised farming as a lasting career for youth. He noted many in his county have fathers who owned good land worth $125 an acre.
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W.W. Marsh
Waterloo
Ames
Guernsey
Marsh
Guernsey Island
Mr. Marsh
Silage Gains Shown In Town Steer Feeding Trial
The Town experiment station reports a feeding trial using silage for steers. Early results indicate silage lowers feed costs, with the biggest advantage in the first three months. A condensed summary lists four lots with varying rations including silage and corn, cottonseed meal, and clover. An observing note warns deep planting of corn prevents sprouting.
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Lot
Loto
Tota
Chicago
Ames Summer School Promotes Agriculture and Domestic Science
Ames Iowa announces a June 12 to 24 1911 summer school at Iowa State College for agriculture nature study and domestic science. The program targets teachers ministers and housekeepers offering lectures demonstrations laboratory and field work with low tuition of 3 dollars and options for specialized study guided by Prof. A V Storm and the extension faculty plus guest educators from other institutions.
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Iowa State College
Ames
Patherg
A. V. Storm Ames
Iowa
Colorado Senate Deadlock Ends With Guggenheim Seat
Colorado’s joint assembly dissolved after failing to name a successor to late United States Senator Charles J Hughes Jr. The state will be represented by Republican Simon Guggenheim for two years amid Democratic control. Speer backers blamed May or Robert W. Speer, while McCue appeared poised for election before Speer withdrew. Lieutenant Governor Witzgerald declared the curtain down on what he called a farce in Colorado politics.
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Denver
Joint Assembly
Colorado
United States
Charles J Hughes, Jr
United States Senate
Simon Guggenheim
Robert W. Speer
Thomas J. McCue
Speer
McCue
Irby
Chamber
Witzgerald
Postal banks designated expand savings depositories network
Postmaster General Hitchcock designated thirty six more post offices as postal savings depositories, bringing the total to 129 established since January 1. Named offices include Albia Iowa Brookings Dakota St. Charles Missouri North Platte Nebraska and Dickinson North Dakota. Canton China May 8 Revolutionary forces threaten Sheklung after fifty seven miles along the East river. authorities dispatch troops to intercept them.
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Washington
Hitchcock
Albia
Brookings
St. Charles
North Platte
Neb
Dickinson
N. D
Sheklung
Canton
China
East River
Sty
Plymouth Schools Close on Scarlet Fever Outbreak
Plymouth Iowa reports several scarlet fever cases prompting school closures with discussion of closing churches as a precaution. The action reflects a community health response to an outbreak in May.
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Plymouth
London fashion shuns harems as new styles fail
Universal suffrage gains traction in Congress via a Mondell introduced joint resolution. Mrs Barney Williams, famed stage figure, dies in New York at eighty six. Darling ton grammar school reports a leprosy case among 600 pupils after closing. First National Verse Show closes in Washington with Taft and officials attending. plans for annual return.
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London
Congress
Representative Mondell
Wyoming
Barney Williams
New York
Darlington Grammar School
Pawtucket
R. J
Taft
Washington
Why Not Build a Silo
Farmers face rising land prices and waste roughage. Silos save feed and improve palatability. The Extension Department at Ames, Iowa offers free planning and erection aid with only expense costs, plus optional additional help at a nominal fee. Write to the Extension Department, Ames, Iowa, to start.
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Extension Department
Ames
Iowa
Rock Valley
Directions for spraying fruit trees and pests
Brief directions for spray ing four pest classes. Biting insects such as potato beetles cabbage and apple worms treated with lead arsenate or paris green or hellebore. Sucking insects like plant lice treated with kerosene emulsion or whale oil soap. Scale insects such as San Jose Scale treated with lime sulphur wash. Fungus diseases like apple scab potato blight rusts mildew leaf spots treated with bor deaux mixture or lime sulphur wash. Four applications yearly. cost per tree 18 to 25 cents in good orchards. potatoes 5 dollars per acre. Include both insect and fungus poisons and consult bulletins 89 9 39 216 198 252 for specifics.
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Paris
San Jose
Bordeaux
Vermorel
Isco
Agricultural Experiment Stations
Ames
Iowa
Wooter
Ohio
Wooster
Cornell University
Ithaca
Wilson
Washington, D. C
Two Year Agricultural Course at Ames Approved
Legislature approves 25000 dollars for a two year course in agriculture at Ames Iowa State College. Special committee report commends the State Board for popularizing the State Agricultural Institution and adding the two year program to meet state needs with a practical course available without entrance qualifications.
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Ames
Iowa State College
Dairy Judging Class Taught At Ames By Kildee
Professor Kildee of the Animal Husbandry department at Ames leads a spring dairy judging class to prep for the next fall dairy judging and the National Dairy Show. The program includes on farm instruction and visits to prominent local herds owned by Megars Wilcox Stubbs Kopesiabe Thoraoton and others to strengthen review work.
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Kildee
Ames
Megars, Wilcox and Stubbs
Kopesiabe
Thoraoton
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Insurrecto
W. W. Marsh
Dairy Cow Only Salvation
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Iowa Agricultural College
Porfirag Dia
North Platte, Neb
Albla Fa, WI
Ames Agricultural College
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