Poultry Feeding Study Featured in Ames Short Course
Ames Iowa will host a winter short course starting Jan 4 on poultry feeding and breeding with emphasis on fattening for market. Eggs at 40 cents a dozen boost winter production considerations. expert instructors from Cornell will lead demonstrations including incubator management and poultry housing.
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Ames
Iowa
Dee
J. H. ©. Pierce
Lippincott
Cornell University
The Apple King Spokane Chronicle Item
The Apple King Spokane. Michael Horan of Wenatchee Washington is noted in the report dated December 21. Details about his role or actions are given in the sourced brief.
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Spokane, Wash
Michael Horan
Wenatchee, Wash
Centerville Block Coal Sample Offered for Review
A Centerville coal dealer offers to deliver a sample ton of Centerville Block Coal to demonstrate its quality and meet exacting customer demands.
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Centerville
Northwest cowman wins big prize at national apple show
Horan known as the cow man captured the $1,000 top prize at Spokane’s National Apple Show December 7 to 12. He earned $425 in additional prizes and sold his mixed fruit car for about $10 a box, with total exhibit value between $1,100 and $1,200. He came to Washington in 1888 and now owns a 50 acre orchard that would be costly to buy today.
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Spokane
America
Horan
Northwest
New Egland
California
Washington
Wenatchee
Confession of Night Rider Expected in Tennessee Trial
Union City Tenn Dec 21 The state likely will wrap its case today in the eight man night riders murder trial of Captain Quentin Rankin. Frank Fehringer a rider and witness will testify he confessed and can name all present. The defense relies on alibis and summoned neighbors from the Reelfoot lake district to place the eight on Oct 19. Fehringer to identify the others and disclose oaths and passwords. Security measures surround his testimony.
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Union City
Tenn
Quentin Ranken
Frank Fehringer
Reelfoot Lake District
Garrett Johnson
Ted Burton
Roy Ransom
Fehringer
Champion Mail Carrier Sets Rural Route Speed Record
Washington reports the post office department recorded a new speed record for a rural mail route. Frank E. Howell of Whites, Kansas covered twenty four miles in three and a half hours, far faster than the usual six and seven hours, driving a light buggy with a daily team change.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Frank E. Howell
Wlites
Kan
Union Pacific Cashier Ends Life Overwork Strain
William R. Kelley cashier of the Union Pacific at South Omaha shot himself. Officials say Kelley’s books were in order despite recent audits. Overwork is suspected to have unbalanced his mind.
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W. R. Kelley
Omaha, Neb
William R. Kelley
Union Pacific Railroad
South Omaha
Kelley
Union Pacific
National Rivers and Harbors Congress backs 500 million bond plan
The fifth annual National Rivers and Harbors congress endorses a bond issue totaling five hundred million dollars for river and harbor improvement. Delegates urge ongoing annual appropriations, with bonds issued as needed, to fund permanent works akin to Panama Canal financing.
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Washington, D. C
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
United States
Panama Canal
Congress of the United States
Cannon
Committee On Resolutions
Ransdell
Louisiana
Congress
Board of Army Engineers
Panama
Bond issue urged to fund comprehensive development plan
A treasury estimate shows deficits for 1908 through 1910 totaling hundreds of millions, arguing only a large bond issue can finance a nationwide development plan. The author compares annual needs to the cost of a battleship, claiming waterway improvements would cut freight rates and save the public billions. Also includes a testimonial praising Foley's Kidney Remedy from Mrs. M. McRaney of Prentiss, Mississippi.
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Secretary of the Treasury
Puzzle clue hints Gunther candy sold at Old Reliable Place
A reader is instructed to answer where Gunther's Candy is sold. The official answer cites Roy Y. Stichter's east side restaurant calling it the old reliable place, signed by the proprietor.
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Gunther
Roy Y. Stichter
East Side
Sales of Political Primers Boosted by Atty Hanley
Atty P J Hanley reports a thriving sale of Political Primers with ninety five sold on Saturday. He plans ongoing sales from his office and will circulate a copy to William J Bryan as a Christmas present. The primers feature sized print and illustrations for easy reading and appreciation.
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Atty
Spencer Brothers seen in the city on Saturday evening
Melvin and Orville Spencer of Ainsworth were in the city Saturday evening for a brief visit, staying a short while before leaving.
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Melvin and
Orville Spencer
Ainsworth
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