Cheap Rates to Southwest via C M and St P Ry
Travel bargains posted for $18.00 to Oklahoma Arkansas Louisiana and numerous Texas points with return. $23.00 to Pecos Texas and Carlsbad New Mexico and return. $24.50 to El Paso Texas and return. Rates offered by the railroad line.
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S Southwest
C. M
ST. P. RY
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Louisiana
Texas
Pecos
Tex
Carlsbad
N. M
el Paso
Pocket book with money lost at north side furniture store
A man reports losing a pocket book containing cash intended for furniture purchases at the north side furniture store. The owner says he is distressed as he planned to buy fine values.
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North Side
Private Car Lines Attack Witnesses Over Rates
Witnesses at a House interstate committee hearing charged private car lines with coercive pricing and threats against merchants. George T. Mead of Boston warned Armour & Co. wields control over perishables, accusing them of operating without license and harming business. The panel weighed Cooper Quarles bill to curb rate abuses.
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Washington
Interstate Committee of the
House
Lovering
Massachusetts
WK. PL Bacon
Mann
Cooper Quarles
George T. Mead
National League of Commission Merchants
Boston
Boston Fruit Growers’ Exchange
Armour & Co
Counley
Tterested Commerce Commission
Mead
Millet for Hogs Shows Millet Seed Feeds Swine Well
A South Dakota bulletin reports ground hog millet seed yielding 30 bushels per acre versus 32.7 for barley and 10.3 for wheat. Yorkshire hogs fed millet, barley, or wheat for 84 days gained 1.32, 1.34, and 1.75 pounds per head daily early, with millet valued at 41 cents per bushel. Millet seed is profitable for fattening swine and palatable for farm rotation, though millet meal is softer fat and less effective in extreme cold.
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United States
South Dakota Experiment Station
WIFE AND CHILD AND MONEY GONE
Chicago January 1. Charles Stolibreck reports his wife and young daughter vanished from 83 Ruble Street after twenty years of marriage. Neighbors say he fears she borrowed funds and took their savings, leaving only 3 cents. Police have received descriptions from Canalport Avenue station with no lead yet. He hopes to recover daughter and money and would accept losing the wife if those are found.
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Chicago
Charles Stolibreck
Gottftiled
Canalport Avenue
Dobbeck
Ruble Street
Falls Prove Fatal for James Moran in Indiana
Hammond Indiana January 10 James Moran contractor aged 40 of Pleasant Bend Ohio died instantly after falling backward from the second stair step at his boarding house in Indianua Harbor during a dark ascent. Elsewhere Pittsburg January 10 Edgar W Hassler mayor s clerk and noted newspaper man collapsed on a street from heart failure. Hassler once private secretary to President Garfield when governor of Ohio.
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Hammond, Ind
James Moran
Pleasant Bend
Indianua Harbor
Pittsburg
Edgar W. Hassler
Hassler
Garfield
Ohio
National Wool Growers' Association Meet Opens in Denver
The fortieth annual convention of the National Wool Growers' Association opens at the Tabor Grand Opera House in Denver with Vice President Smith calling the meeting to order.
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Denver
National Wool Growers’ Association
Tabor Grand Opera House
Smith
Six Inches of Snow Hits Memphis and Region
Six inches of snow fell in Memphis Tennessee on January 10 hindering streetcar routes and delaying trains by one to three hours. The same storm stretched west to Little Rock Arkansas disrupting transportation across the area.
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Memphis
Tenn
Little Rock
Ark
Crops and Values in the 1904 Agricultural Boom
Secretary Wilson notes 1904 farm wealth surpassed all prior years with corn near 2.5 billion bushels and value over 1 billion dollars. Cotton remains second in farm value, hay and wheat close behind. potatoes barley and oats set records, and rice production nears 900 million pounds.
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Wilson
A Unique Irrigation Idea From J M Greene
Pioneer irrigator J M Greene proposes cutting ditches two feet apart and lining their bottoms with a sand layer three to four inches deep. The sand acts as a moisture reservoir, replenished by percolating water, with two feet spacing deemed sufficient and one or two wagon loads of sand per acre to fill the system.
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J. M. Greene
South Dakota
Things Said by Others and Farm Proverb Reflections
A string of observations on farming life warning about road ownership cellar safety and farm profitability. Notes urge thoughtful planning for fertility and fruitless farms while cautioning about hard work and the danger of reputational damage from reckless behavior.
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Sentlemen
Tlas
Work & Meek
George Stewart Hardware Co
the Equitable, of
New York
O. G. Wilson
Tama Bidg
Burlington, Iowa
Louisville & Nashville
Florida
Gulf Coast Resorts
Cuba
Gulf Coast
New Orleans
F.D. Bush
J.E. Davenport
D. Pla
H.O. Bailey
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Louisville
Lisville, Ky
Parrishes
the Savings Bank
Wiehardson
Alabama
Charles Dubbeck
Pormer
Wool Growers
Pauis Lumber Go
Windsor
Windsor Grocery
Swanson
M. V. Burns Dexter
Ind
Asing
Sure Cure
Cts
Swanson Rheumatic Cure CO
Lake Street
Idrops
California
Santa Fe
Kansas City
Los Angeles
E. L. Palmer
Pass, Agt
Equitable Building
Des Moing
Elle
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