Injured Former Manual Training Instructor Reports Accident
Mrs. Charlotte Norton received a letter from Thomas W Johnston at Peoria hospital. Johnston says he was injured in a Woolner distillery accident Saturday when a platform collapsed during a Bradley Polytechnic students tour, breaking his left leg eight inches above the knee. He is confined at Proctor hospital with other victims. distillery owners cover hospital expenses. Johnston, previously manual training instructor in Washington schools, had lived with the Norton family. Initial confusion over identity arose due to name spelling and residence differences.
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Charlotte Norton
Thomas. W. Johnston
Peoria
Woolner
Johnston
Washington Schools
Norton
T. W. Johnston's
Sunday-school Teacher Urges Love and Obedience to Parents
A Sunday-school teacher speaks to children about love and obedience to parents. Willie, who was punished that morning, voices reluctance and claims he would feel better than he currently does.
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Willie
Barley Cap Sheaves Stacked Separately for Quality Control
Barley cap sheaves should be stacked separately into No 2 quality and No 1 quality when bright bundles are protected. Keep discolored bundles apart to avoid mixing and value loss after threshing. Build medium stacks about seven loads high with air spaces to aid drying and threshing.
Harvesting and threshing barley's ripeness and color
The article stresses careful timing in barley harvest for malting. It warns against cutting too green or leaving ripening barley uncut, as dew and rain reduce value. It notes color and germination tests determine malting quality and price.
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L. R. Zerbel
Barley Rotation Methods for Northern Farms
The proper rotation places barley after corn, peas, potatoes or root crops. Barley serves as a nurse crop to feed down clovers or mixed grasses and should not follow itself too closely. A recommended sequence is clover and timothy two years, corn one year then barley the next, followed by grass seeding, with heavy manure on sod every four years except the barley year.
Seed Bed Preparation for Barley Planting
The article explains that barley needs a deep, well pulverized level seed bed prepared by thorough plowing and soil work. A properly prepared bed promotes germination with adequate heat moisture and oxygen and often requires no further cultivation after planting. If soil is dry and loose it may be rolled and harrowed.
Meri tal Pile Remedy Promoted by Lemmon's Pharmacy
Lemmon's Pharmacy advertises Meri tal Pile Remedy for piles. The store claims it is one of their best preparations and offers a positive guarantee with purchase.
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Lemmon’s Pharmacy
Beautiful Hair A Joy Forever Ad blurb
An advertising blurb from Lemmon's Pharmacy promotes Merital Hair-Tonic. It claims the product keeps the scalp clean promotes healthy growth and keeps hair soft and lustrous. The copy urges readers to try it.
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Merital
Lemmon’s Pharmacy
When To Sow Barley In Spring Fields
The barley should be sown in mid April when dangers of severe weather are past. Use a drill to distribute seed evenly at uniform depth. Seed depth should match soil conditions with moist soil surface for best growth and maturity.
Grain Drive Urges United Action After Crop Woes
A homefront appeal urges concerted effort to raise more grain amid fears of a single US crop failure. The speaker argues reciprocity is dead and warns the nation relies on luck and Providence rather than ample reserves.
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United States
Lemmon's Pharmacy Ad Claims Digestive Tonic Benefits
A vintage advertisement asserts Tonic Digestive acts first upon the stomach, strengthens digestive organs, creates a healthy appetite, and enriches blood. It promises new life and strength to the entire body.
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Merito
Lemmon
Commercial clubs aid farming to boosting rural prosperity
Commercial clubs begin to learn that lasting prosperity depends on cooperation with farmers to raise grain yields. There is a half million dollars lying idle in every county that could be put into circulation.
Oat Varieties and Seed Selection for Better Crops
The article urges farmers to grow oats as a rotation crop and to select pure bred, well adapted varieties. It explains regional suitability, seed sources from state stations and breeders, and warns against degeneration signs such as weaker straw. It stresses early, thorough seed bed prep and thick planting for higher quality and yield.
Use of Oats as Human Food
Oats have long served as human food in Europe and Asia with oats like groats and rolled oats common in diets. Studies show oatmeal offers high fuel value and protein, costing less per unit than many cereals, and long cooking improves digestibility making it a valuable diet addition.
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F. H. Demaree
Agronomist
J. J. Case
Europe
Scotland
China
United States
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station
Titanic insured value far below total
London reports insured value of the Titanic at 5 million dollars with estimated real value near 10 million. Lloyds initial hull rate set high as 3.75 dollars per 500, three quarters of risk in London, rest in Liverpool and Hamburg. 3438 mail bags on board and unknown valuables beyond private jewel consignments worth about 5 million.
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London
White Star Line
Liverpool
Hamburg
Lloyd’s
Southampton
Canada
North
South America
Canada Islands
Pacific
House Naval Affairs Committee Okays Navy Maintenance Bill
Washington April 18 The house naval affairs committee agreed to report a bill carrying appropriations aggregating 100 700 000 for navy maintenance for the coming year This does not include construction of new ships the question having been deferred until Thursday
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Washington
House Naval Affairs Committee
Justice Pitney Suffering Washington Heat Requests Fan
Justice Pitney struggles to acclimate to Washington and asks for a palm leaf fan. The Supreme Court session is described as warmer than he prefers, and he notes it is the first fan of the season.
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Justice Pitney
Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Fowler leader Har desty dies in auto wreck
F Lee Hardesty president of the Hardesty Ditch and Reservoir Company and noted Fowler stockman was killed when his car turned turtle on the Santa Fe trail seven miles from Fowler Colorado on April 13.
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Fowler
Colo
F. Lee Hardesty
The
Hardesty Ditch and Reservoir Company
Santa Fe Trail
Safe Cracker Plans Jolly Jamboree After Safe Loot
Dialog notes a gang discussing a safe robbery and a planned blowout, with lines indicating anticipation of money and a celebratory jamboree once the powder explodes. The terse exchange centers on a yeggman and partner coordinating a theft.
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Bill
Train Ditched Injuring Engineer In Fargo
Train accident near Fargo North Dakota injures engineer George Stearns of the Northern Pacific. Dispatches indicate the engineer suffered injuries but details of the derailment are preliminary. Further reports from April 15 will clarify cause and condition.
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Fargo
N. D
George Stearns
Northern Pacific
Passenger Train 6 Derailment Near Oriska Injures Sheriff
Passenger train No. 6 was seriously injured when derailed near Oriska due to an open switch. The engine, mail and express cars went into the ditch.
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Oriska
Morgan denies Kaiser meeting plans in Europe trip
J Pierpont Morgan told reporters in Nice that he had no arrangements to meet Kaiser Wilhelm. He said he would depart for Nice and then proceed to Paris after talks in Rome on April 13.
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J. Pierpont Morgan
Nice
Rome
Paris
Indictment Filed Against Former Maine State Treasurer
Augusta April 18. Grand jury reports an indictment against Pascal P. Gilmore of Bucksport former Maine state treasurer on fifteen counts charging embezzlement of 10575 state funds Gilmore held the treasurer post from 1907 to 1911.
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Augusta
Pascal P. Gilmore
Bucksport
Gilmore
In a Hole Stockson Bonds
A reflective note on heavy losses in Wall Street with warnings of debt pressure and inability to stay afloat much longer, highlighting financial distress and mounting margins.
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Wall Street
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