Book Farming Advocates Modern Methods For Farmers
D Clem Deaver argues that book farming is proven and practical guiding modern agriculture. He notes past farmer resistance gave way to colleges and the Department of Agriculture, urging intensive, soil preserving practices to boost yields and keep pace with European progress. The urban audience should support farmers to raise production and make rural life appealing for a new generation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Igerness
Department of Agriculture
Washington
America
Emperor Sees Races in Durbar Week Close
King-Emperor George attends races and a military tournament as Durbar week ends with a grand state progress through Delhi. Nearly half of India's elephants line the route. The King plans a wild game hunt in Nepal next week while the Queen travels to Agra.
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Delhi
George
Durbar
India
Nepal
Agra
Merital Rheumatism Powders Featured at Lemmon's Pharmacy
A beat pamphlet touts Merital Rheumatism Powders as a major twentieth century sensation and the best remedy for rheumatism in all forms. It invites readers to ask those who have tried it at Lemmon's Pharmacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lemmon
Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound touted as cure
R J Howell of Tracy Ohio praises Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound for his wife’s severe lung illness. He says she had coughing hoarseness and looked like a consumption case, but relief came quickly and three bottles cured her. For sale by all druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tracy, O
Foley
Invention of Spade with Oval Holes for Concrete Finish
A new spade design features long oval holes in the blade to let finer cement flow through, producing a smoother surface finish on concrete. The device aims to improve work quality and finish in mixing and finishing concrete surfaces.
Chamberlain's Liniment Popular Remedy Sold Locally
Local shop Lemmon's advertises Chamberlain's liniment as the best treatment for sprains bruises muscle soreness and rheumatic pains offering a trusted remedy for families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain's
Lemmon's
Saint Peter and the stubborn female spirits debate
A fragment notes how St. Peter contends with female spirits who linger to argue with him, reflecting a humorous or philosophical aside in a Chicago Record-Herald style. The brief line captures a glimpse of heavenly administration as a source of vexation and whimsy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Peter
Chicago Record-Herald
Merital Pile Remedy Ad Ends Pile Suffering
An advertisement claims Merital Pile Remedy quickly overcomes piles whether acute or chronic and offers positive permanent relief when other treatments fail. The notice from Lem mon's Pharmacy promotes the product to sufferers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lemmon
Sure of Company Band in Lonely Peace and Mercy
A compact note describes a fictional band titled Peace and Mercy offering assurance of companionship, asserting that even solo performers will find ample audience and fellowship.
Local Cure Claim Prompts Kidney Pill Endorsement
Council Bluffs resident Patrick Danahan of 414 N 8th St reports being cured of kidney trouble and rheumatism after using Foley Kidney Pills. He says pains in his back disappeared and his rheumatism improved, adding he feels entirely cured and expects no recurrence. For sale by all druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Bluffs
Patrick Danahan
Foley
Adam Genkinger 61 Acre Farm Auction Near Washington
Public auction to settle the estate will sell the Adam Genkinger 61 acre farm four miles northwest of Washington on Wellman road at 10 a.m. Saturday December 30. The well improved property includes a frame house barn cribs and outbuildings and is suitable for a small farm or pasture. Bulk of purchase price to stay in farm for a term of years. See administrator J W Teeter or Frank C Beatty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adam Genkinger
Washington
Wellman Road
J. W. Teeter
Frank C. Beatty
Bargain Crush Sparks Banister Slide at City Dry Goods
In Kaness City Missouri a clearance sale drew women toward the banisters on Baltimore Avenue and Main Street. As the stairway filled chaos and sliding formed a crowded mass. Shoppers leaped the banister and tumbled to the floor below amid frantic bargaining for handbags.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaness City
Baltimore Avenue
Main Street
Chokes Mad Dog To Death With Bare Hands
Daniel Bond, 24, in Atlantic City, wrestled a rabid mongrel biting him after it charged a group of school children. He strangled the dog by the neck in a several minute struggle, suffering severe bites and being taken to City hospital for observation for possible hydrophobia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
N. J
Daniel Bond
City Hospital
Bond
Atlantic Avenue
Seven Room Residence Auction on Main Street
Auction set for Saturday December 16 at 2 30 PM on the premises seven room residence on Fast Main street four blocks from Square Includes barn well cistern outbuildings and cement walks Favorable terms made known on day of sale Sarg R Kelger
Artesian Wells Power Irrigation Across Eastern South Dakota
East of the Missouri River in South Dakota over 1000 artesian wells draw water from a sandstone aquifer believed to originate in the Black Hills and Rockies. Wells 500 to 1000 feet deep provide high pressure enough for visible water flow. one well alone yields 3292 gallons a minute powering a flour mill by day and an electric plant by night. Development of this water source continues.
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Missouri River
South Dakota
Black Hills
Rocky Mountains
Cure a Cold In One Day Claims by Laxative Bromide Tablets
An advertorial claims a laxative bromide quinine tablet cures a cold in one day. Druggists refund money if it fails. The box bears a signature of BE. W. GROVE. The copy cites a money‑back guarantee and stresses rapid relief.
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BE. W. Grove
Immense phosphate deposits span four states
Vast phosphate lands once withdrawn from settlement cover about 7,500 square miles across Uinta Wyoming and parts of Utah Idaho. The deposits underlie large regions in Wyoming Utah and Idaho. Gases from Butte and Anaconda smelters could be used to produce sulphuric acid for superphosphate fertilizer.
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Uinta County
Wyoming
Morgan, Rich and
Cache Counties
Utah
Bear Lake
Pannock
Bingham
Fremont
Idaho
Butte
Anaconda
Language Esparanta Seen in Railroad Station Calls
The dialogue questions Esparanta’s fate and utility while noting railway conductors on the line use it to cry station names, indicating limited, specialized current use rather than broad adoption.
Iowa crops yield in 1911 final report released
Des Moines reports final Iowa weather and crop service yield figures for 1911. Corn acreage 8,534,500 with 32.9 bushels per acre totaling 281,266,600 bushels. Oats 4,660,500 acres at 25.7 bushels per acre totaling 120,208,300 bushels. Spring wheat 358,510 acres at 13.1 bushels per acre totaling 4,674,500. Winter wheat 200,762 acres at 19.7 bushels totaling 3,959,000. Barley 7,197,090 bushels at 22.4. Rye 486,130 bushels at 16.8. Flax seed 173,710. Potatoes 9,386,390 at 71 per acre. Hay yields. Overall value $388,991,154.
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Iowa
Greg ory Startles Governor Dix’s Wife in Glen Falls
In Glen Falls New York Gregory in O Smith’s store saw a motor car with a woman in front He asked who she was and learned she was Governor Dix’s wife He then approached the car and addressed her as Mattie causing a startled retreat and a mistaken identity overtones of humor
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Glen Falls
N. Y
Dix
Gregory
Army and Navy
New York
Mattie
Governor Dix
Uncle Dick
Merital Hair Tonic Claims Healthy Scalp Benefits
Merital Hair Tonic advertised to keep the scalp healthy prevent hair loss restore natural color and regularly used to keep hair soft and fluffy. Len.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lenmon's Pharmacy
With the Coming of Middle Age Kidney Pills Advertisement
A vintage ad explains that middle age brings weaker physical forces with kidney and bladder troubles and urinary irregularities. Foley Kidney Pills are promoted as a regulating and strengthening medicine. For sale by all druggists.
Where Courage Is Shown
A reflective musing on facing daily troubles and the hum drum of life as a form of courage, contrasting ordinary burdens with great emergencies. The piece urges steadfast resolve in everyday challenges.
Vengeance of a Chauffeur Sparks Area Shooting Letdown
A fragmented verse hints at a chauffeur anger flare and a threat to shoot in an unspecified area. The lines suggest a violent impulse but lack concrete details about people, places, or events.
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Beles
Tiny Feet in The Hague Crowd Gathers Around Visitor
The New York Sun recounts a moment in The Hague where a visiting Atlanta girl with small feet drew a crowd. Women pressed near her skirt and sleeves while onlookers marveled at the size of her feet as they approached a hotel.
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Hague
Atlanta
New York Sun
Zemo and Zemo Soap Promised to Cure Skin Ailments
Advertisers claim ZEMO and ZEMO SOAP rid skin and scalp of pimples blackheads eczema dandruff and itching for infants and adults. McElhinney Drug Co promises swift relief and urges to obtain from a leading local druggist with nationwide availability in America including Washington.
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McElhinney Drug Co
Zemo
America
Washington
Weathering the Flooded Field Title Clash
Rain drenched the field for a day turning it into a lake Yet the referee refused postponement The visiting captain protested but the decision stood Players prepared to play while the toss decided the end and kicking with the title became the plan
Real Fish Story in Illinois Railroad Mishap
John Jensen nursing a broken ankle after a railroad accident derailed his track bicycle. He crawled to the embankment and found a 12 pound carp wriggling across the rail, a strange and unlikely postscript to the incident.
Child Drowns in Rain Barrel in Hammond Wis
Three year old daughter of Albert Franks a beet sugar picker in Hammond Wisconsin fell into an open rain barrel and drowned authorities said in a tragic accident.
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Hammond
Wis
Albert Franks
Real Talkers and the Men of Facts
The speaker defends real talkers who back ideas with facts. He praises three men of facts as formidable, noting one was ramical Holmes, and asserts that false notes are corrected by the finger on the key and the dignity of truth in discourse.
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Holmes
Poland China Hogs for Sale in Iowa
Pure bred Poland China hogs for sale including March and April farrow sows and some fall yearling males. Sired by Junction Chief, Black Giant, and Longfellow. Three particularly large males over six feet long with nine inch bone. Guaranteed breeders. Contact Q. B. Van Kruerck in Keota, Iowa, six miles west of West Chester.
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Junction Chief
Black Giant
Longfellow
Q. B. van Krlerck
Keota
Iowa
West Chester
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D. C. Deaver
D. Clem Deaver
J. F. McNamara & Son
South Side Furniture
Stickney Gasoline
Certa Ay
Fred L. Stewart
Washington Plumbing & Heating Co
Washington, Ia
Bright
All Drugegista
Lemmon’s Pharmacy
J.D. Dayton
West Chester, Iowa
Washington County
R. J. Howell
Mad Dog
Man
Dog
Cook & Sherman Druggists
Southwest Corner Square
Des Moines
Chappell
Iowa Weather and Crop Service Bureau
Holland
Poland
China
McElhinney
Frey
Quality
West Side Sq
Washington, Fa
John Shields
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