County Agent Plan Grows Across Michigan Counties
Alpena led the way in establishing a county agent program to aid farmers, with more counties joining as the Michigan Agricultural College and the U.S. Department of Agriculture supported trained advisors. By five years in, 12 counties are committed, 82 still awaiting agents, and temporary field men helped address farming problems during the war.
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Michigan Agricultural College
East Lansing
Mich
Alpena
Michigan
Anoaericultural
Alpena County
Presque Isle
Montmorency
Michigan Shorterfinial College
United States Department of Agriculture
Tron
Kent
Walamazee
Atension
Michiana
Michiam
College
Esteio
Alpen
Kalamazoo
Allegua
St. Clair
Branch
Saginaw
Houghton
Newaygo
Gogeble
St. Joseph
Marquette
Dickinson
Lenawee
Ontanagon
Cheboygan
Ottawa
Mason
Muskegon
van Buren
Berrien
Manistee
Menomines
Schoolcraft
Missaukee
Delta
Wayne
Chippewa
Farmers’ Institutes
Chebeyenn
New Jehmond
Ganges
Gilead
Quincy
California
Munroe
Rigesville
Wolverine
Sparta
Cadmus
Arenadia
Onekatmea
Mounistee
Chief
Dublin
Ludington
Victory Township
Morey
Pioneer
Licens
Moddersville
Fremont
Garfield
Grand Traven
Coopersville
Berlin
Jamestown
Zeiland
Tellind
Pair Haven
China
Burehiville
Colon
Lineton
Decatur
Hartford
Gobbleville
Lacera
South Haven
Covert Reese
Curs
Petoskey
East Jorden
Tingham
West Branch
Standusky
Marelettre
Arendin
Birmingham
Cedar Springs
Dreyvden
Grant
Ironton
Liawerence
St. Johns
Sturgis
Athens
Lowell
Allenton
Three Rivers
Greenville
Haca
Freesoil
Mt.Tabor
Kann Claire
Buchanan
Milleburg
Union City
Springport
Onaeway
Millurburg
Michigan Wheat Smutty In Detroit Market Inspected
Dr. G H Coons reports Detroit inspections show Michigan wheat heavily smutted with 80.2 percent of 41 cars infected in September and 50 percent of rye carrying ergot, while new treatment methods and standardized guidelines promise improved results across Michigan farms in efforts led by Michigan Agricultural College specialists and county agents.
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East Lansing
Mich
Michigan
Detroit
N. Kopeloff
United States Department of Agriculture
George Miller
Mr. Rucker
Detroit Board of Trade
Smith
Kent
Tes
Alfegun
Buttermakers and Creamery Men to Attend Michigan School
Will address Michigan buttermakers and creamery managers at Michigan Agricultural College. The six days from December 12 will host a special one week school for experienced creamery men. Dairy faculty and state dairy department representatives will join Mr. Bouska and other experts.
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Jr. W. Bouski
Michigan
Michigan Agriculrtural College
Bouska
Pure Food and Dairy Department
A. C. Feels High Cost of War at State College
Michigan Agricultural College faces rising costs from war related materials and operations. President Kedzie cited a $60,000 annual increase in laboratory and class expenses since 2016. The college’s war work has strained funds, nearly exhausting the boosted appropriation from three years prior.
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Tt. A. C
Michigan Agricultural College
Kedzie
Americans Help Reinforce British Railways in France
United States Army engineers from New York aiding British railways near Gouzeaucourt joined the front lines as German moves pressed on Cambrai. They sheltered in shell holes, then fought valiantly under heavy fire, with British commanders praising their role. Reports note widespread American patrols and decisive Allied counterattacks.
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France
Armerican Army
Gouzeaucourt
New York
Daring escape of British flyer from German captivity
Lieut. Patrick O'Brien, 27, a flyer from Momence, escaped after aircraft battle with 22 Teuton machines. Shot down at 3,000 feet, he woke in a hospital, later forced to German prison camp. On a train he leaped free despite guards, swam canals, hid in fields, crossed wires and tunnels, aided by a Belgian who provided clothing.
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London
Patrick O’brien
Momence
Germany
Ile
Fitzgerald to resign from Congress end of December
Representative John J. Fitzgerald of Brooklyn will resign his seat at month end and enter law practice in New York City with Justice Luke D. Stapleton. After nearly 19 years in Congress he has chaired the Appropriations Committee. the post passes to Solomon P. Sherley of Kentucky as the next ranking Democratic member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John J. Fitzgerald
Brooklyn
Congress
New York City
Luke D. Stapleton
New York Supreme Court
Fitzgerald
Appropriations
Swaguar Sherley
Kentucky
Education specialist Swiggett joins bureau of education
Dr Gien Levin Swiggett formerly of the University of Tennessee and recently assistant secretary general of the Pan American scientific congress has been named specialist in commercial education. The bureau will study local state and national business training opportunities and recommend courses of study while advising on linking training with business needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gien Levin Swiggett
University of Tennessee
Pan-American Scientific Congress
Bureau of Education
Department of the Interior
Bureau
Sdvice
Austro Germen Atrocities Reported in Italy Front
Washington reports from Rome describe Austro German invaders in Italy forcing Italian civilians to surrender property, looting, and burning homes. Bosnian troops are alleged to have committed atrocities as the invasion progresses near Zenson and in Friuli. Italian and Allied forces anticipate shifts in northern front activity as reinforcements prep a broader advance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Belgium
Reime
Taly
Zenson
Friuli
Belgiumn
France
Demdl
Ttalian
Italy
Yankees Kill 12 Mexicans in Mexican Border Fire
From Marfa Texas dispatch dated December 4, Mexican bandits opened fire on American cavalry about five miles from here, wounding Private Keise. U.S. troops crossed into Mexico, engaged the settlement of shacks, killed 12 bandits including Velipe Romero and Rafael Venastade, and burned the cabins after driving them out.
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India
Tex
Marfa
Mexicaun Cathins
Keise
Mexico
Velipe Romero A
Rafael Venastade
Rescue Team Delves Deep After Mine Explosion
Rescuers penetrated the Old Ben mine and recovered two bodies after a blast felt twenty miles away. Both cages were forced from the shaft, the tipple demolished, and rescue buckets used as the stairs failed. Flames two feet high issued from air and main shafts as eighteen men remained imprisoned.
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Christopher
Old Ben
Wreck blamed on loose brake beam derailing train
Officials of the Illinois Central Railway concluded the Waukegan bound passenger train wreck that carried many soldiers to Camp Grant was caused by a loosened brake beam that opened a switch and derailed the car. Twenty three soldiers and two women were injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Il- Nois Central Railway Company
Camp Grant
Rockford
Ianger
Fire in barred Brooklyn zone holds 1800 workers for exam
A $100,000 blaze at Morse Dry Dock on the Brooklyn waterfront followed by a prelude explosion. About 1,800 employees are detained for examination by federal authorities to determine the cause as eight ships and nearby plants faced danger. Fire crews fought the flames into midnight as guards helped restrain crowds and maintain order.
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New York
Brooklyn
Morse Dry Dock and Repair Company
BE. Py. Morse
Fifty-Sixth Street
Keaton
O'Liare
Uner
Grant
Morse
B. W. Bliss Company
Col. Pony
Fifty-sixth
Fifty-seventh Street
Company K. Twenty-second Infantry
United States
James M. Powers
Thomas Brophy
Armistice Talks Reported on Eastern Front
Berlin reports a ceasefire is in effect in parts of the Russo German front as a Russian delegation arrives to seek a general armistice. The Brest Litovsk meeting was slated for last Sunday, arranged by Ensign Roylenko with Bolshevik and German leaders. General Kalodines advances toward Moscow after capturing Rostov. Major Kerth protests to the United States over Russia Germany armistice negotiations.
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Berlin
Leopold of
Bavaria
Brest-Litovsk
Roylenko
Copenhagen
Dee
Linparamda
Sweden
Kalodines
Rostov on-Don
Moscow
Petrograd
Kerth
Francis
United States
Russia
Germany
Krytenko
Married men not exempt from draft, Crowder states
Washington December 4 1917 Provost Marshal General Crowder clarifies that no man is exempt from military service due to dependents The selective service law defers induction only to protect those mainly supporting others until those with no dependents are called First in line are registrants without actual dependents and not those with families or dependents
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Washington
Crowder
Wenden and the Brethren of the Sword in Livonia history
National Geographic outlines the Wenden line near Riga as a historic Crusader stronghold. It notes the town’s medieval castle ruin, the Plettenberg era, and the 1577 siege ending in a self destruction by its garrison led by Ivan the Terrible’s forces. The piece recalls Riga’s castle and Poland Lithuania era bishop Patricius Nidecki.
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National Geographic Society
Wenden
Petrograd
Livonia
Riga
Russia
Livonian
Switzerland
Brethren of the Sword
Innocent HT
Crand
Walter von Plettenberg
Charles VI
Plettenberg
Ivan the Terrible
Patricius Nidecki
Stephen Bathory
Poland
Marines Attend Bull Fight in Caribbean Port
In a Caribbean port, United States Marines attended a bull fight with the republic’s president present. They tossed pennies into a river beside the arena to entertain themselves, attracting hundreds of local boys who dove for the coins. The game escalated to larger coins before a local warning halted a possible stunt involving a silver dollar and the president.
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Caribbean
United States
The
Republic
Saturday Evening Post
Soldados Americanos
Senor
Remarkable Canadian officer urges younger command
A Scarlet Rider, Lieut. Col. G. B. Saunders of the Second Canadian Pioneer Battalion, is said to be the first Canadian officer to suggest his command be taken over by a younger man. Despite the Second Pioneer's great work, Saunders insists pioneering is a young man's job. He fought in the Boer War and previously commanded the Northwest Mounted Police at Calgary, returning after the war to lead the famous Mounties.
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G. B. Sanders
Saunders
Sanders
Northwest Mounted Police
Calgary
Mounfies
Sugar Cane Growth in South Africa Expands Coast Belt
Sugar printing makes rapid strides in South Africa with acres under cane from Durban to Zululand near Somkele. Natal and Zululand coastlines prove highly suitable for sugar, drawing farmers from up-country farms to coastal sugar growing. Warm summers contrast with winter cutting and milling, allowing growers to move to cooler areas during the season.
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South Africa
Durban
Zululand
Somkele
Natal
Unearths Corn-Grinding Quern in Cramond Backyard
A grave digger uncovering a burial prep site in Cramond found the neat half of an 18 inch upper stone of a primitive corngrinding quern at about five feet depth. Half of the ventral hole was visible. other fragments were not found despite search.
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Scotland
Cramond
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Losaea
Cambrai
U. S
Teutons
Byng
Cambrai Front
Ens Masnieres
Prince Rupprecht
Moenvres
Bourton
Flyer
Associates
Christopher, II
Granger
Blaze
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