Train schedule notices for Pacific & Western routes
East and west bound passenger trains listed with numbers names and times. Regular daily trains include No 8 Golden State Limited No 1 Local No 43 Californian and No 2 Local with various stop patterns. Agents CG F Anderson and W C Bell issue service details across multiple routes and times.
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Golden State Limited
Californian Daily A
Washington
California
F. Anderson
Kansas City-Davenport
Southwest Limited
Bunda
W.C. Bell
Eclipse Lumber ad offers urgent home repairs by expert workers
Eclipse Lumber Company advertises expert workmen available on short notice for any home task. The note asks to call 71 Eclipse Lumber Company. A separate test notes that nitric acid touches gold leaves alloys color changed but metal itself unaltered.
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Eclipse
Call
Eclipse Lumber Company
Men Shock Oats by Moonlight for Neighbor
Relatives and friends of Herman Eagle gathered Monday evening to shock his oats by moonlight and later enjoyed homemade ice cream. Helen Bridges and Georgia Bosworth of Richland visited area friends Saturday afternoon for the Centennial celebration planning.
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A. J. Morgan
Clay
Herman Eagle
Helen Bridges
Georgia Bosworth
Richland
Myrtle Jones
John Sable
Packwood
Wm. Wellings
Barbara
John Harken
Gibraltar's 1704 Capture by British Dutch Fleet
Gibraltar was Spanish territory until 1704 when a British and Dutch fleet captured the fortress during the War of the Spanish Succession, altering control of the strategically located Rock.
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Gibraltar
Spain
Neighboring Communities News Notes Highlight Local Events
The Journal Subscription Representative compiles brief items from nearby towns detailing community happenings, from meetings and personalities to local initiatives, offering a snap view of regional civic life and upcoming events.
Chicago Market Hogs Improve Amid Higher Averages
Chicago July 13 market notes hogs at 10 to 15 cents above yesterday’s average for 240 lb and down, top 10.20. 170 to 240 lbs 16.00 to 160.20, 290 to 325 lbs 8.85 to 9.36. Cattle and sheep mixed with steady to firmer tones. calves and bulls show varied ranges. Estimated tomorrow receipts: cattle 6,000 hogs 11,000 sheep 6,000.
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Chicago
Weather Ledger Notes Record Heat and Rain Outlook
July 13 reports a hot day with a wet forecast for Wednesday as night rain arrives. Observations include Mr Ville Elder returning from Rochester and enjoying home, Bennie Sehantes near Glendale busy at home, and oats cut by E W Mikseh near Ainsworth. Farmers describe intense heat, no breeze, and a busy harvest while railings reference local humor about cars and chickens.
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Bennie Sehantes
Glendale
E. W. Mikseh
Ainsworth
Local Inhabitants Bemoan Costs and Heat in Hiram Neb
The note references campaign pressures and prosperity taxes, with residents from Hiram and nearby towns commenting on the heat. Pressely family returns from a two week visit in Oklahoma and Texas where relatives met after long separations. Merchants claim sweaters are cheaper to buy than knit. Porter assists farmers in harvesting amid extreme heat. Rural mail carrier reports hot conditions for couriers and drivers. Neighbors discuss oats and clover affecting binding, with fields to be threshed once cured.
Farm life notes and local scenes on a July day
Local farm talk: Everette Stewart and John May plan harvest trips while Everette and W D Roberts compare tractor work. L G Roberts grows hay. Roger Colthurest home shines with kin and an energetic aunt age eighty. Mr and Mrs J M Stewart express thanks for good neighbors in July rural life.
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W. D. Roberts
Everette
L. G. Robers
Roger Colthurest
Farm Works Crannery as Wheat Prices Hold
A farmer notes readiness of a crannery to store the next wheat crop amid steady market for currently priced grain. Mr. Stewart mentions clipping this from the Drover Journal in Chicago.
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Stewart
Drover Journal
Chicago
Record Wheat Flow Hits New KC Market Peak
Kansas City reports a historic wheat run with receipts of 1 230 carloads totaling 1 980 000 bushels. The continued surge sets weekly and monthly records, as grain cars stretch a mile long in terminals and traders foresee further gains.
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Kansas City
Remarkable Rural Mail Carrier Kept Daily Route for Five Years
Postal authorities credit Mrs Haven EK McAllester mother of five for a flawless five year rural free delivery on a 4 mile round trip from North Turner Maine. She delivered in storms and floods without missing a day, a truly remarkable record. Other notes mention DDY Stephens harvesting grain and a grandson John Elliott visiting from Chicago. John Paulisgrove aged 22 spent four years with Uncle Sam and is now home from the Philippines with his parents near Aine worth.
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Haven EK. McAllester
North Turner
Stephens
Ainsworth
John Elliott
Chicago
Connie
Ams
D. D. Stephens
John Paulisgrove
Sam
Philippines
Homer Paulsgrove
Aineworth
John
For sale ad and farm notes from the Sands home farm
Swisher notes a cow bought for 33 dollars not to be sold for 125 dollars. A dam project in Idaho uses a thousand beavers for a new deal. Wagenknecht family reports oats yields, workers plan to use a combine. Streit over a circus visit ends with reflection on kindness and truth.
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EK. L. Swisher
Sands
Idaho
Bloody Tower Refers to London Tower Murder Tale
A historic nickname, the Bloody Tower, designates one of the Tower of London towers tied to the legend that Richard III ordered the killing of Edward IV’s young sons. This traditional attribution appears in historical accounts and folklore.
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Tower of London
Richard III
Edward IV
Chicago Produce Market Report: Steady Prices and Mixed Receipts
The Chicago produce market shows steady prices with total receipts at 110,176 cases including 21 firsts and 20 percent to 21 percent extra firsts. Butter receipts reach 14,261 with extras around 24 to 25 percent and firsts near 24 to 33 percent. Poultry markets hold steady with springers 14 to 18, broilers 18, ducks 12 to 19, geese 8 to 11, turkeys 13 to 17, roosters 13.
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Chicago
Chicago Grain Table from July trading session
Grain table shows Wheat Corn Oats and Rye prices with open high low and close figures for July and September contracts. Cash corn bids list No 1 to No 4 mixed and yellow and white varieties with regional price ranges in Chicago.
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Tim
Chicago
Frank Priebe Weekly Letter Poultry Raisers
Frank Priebe writes on keeping eggs and dairy safe in heat. He warns heat drains water from fresh produce and eggs, stressing shells are only containers. Practical tips urge cooling promptly in a cellar or cool place to preserve freshness.
Bacterial Wilt Threatens Alfalfa Fields Across Regions
Ames Iowa July 13 a report on bacterial wilt shows the disease reduces alfalfa stands and yields in wet and dry seasons. Symptoms include poor growth and pale leaves in stands over three years old with brown rings on a slanted root cut. Wilt resistant varieties Sadak and Hardistan are recommended. Iadak alfalfa leads in resistance and yield trials at the Iowa Station. An extensive U S program screens northern states for hardiness yield and resistance across 55 strains.
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Ames
Iowa
C. P. Wilsie
Iowa Experiment Station
Iowa Station
Puerto Rico
Hawaii
Cooling Eggs Fast On Farm To Preserve Freshness
A letter from Frank Priebe advises quick cooling of new laid eggs to preserve freshness and value. It notes two produce houses with elaborate cooling, claims eggs can drop from 100 to 40 degrees in fourteen minutes, and argues farm cooling saves more money than plant systems.
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Frank Priebe
Community sale offers diverse livestock and goods
A community sale lists 75 vacant shore parcels weighing 80 pounds, 25 thin sows, boars, wethers and lambs, fat cattle and heifers, bulls, and calves. It also advertises furniture, chairs, tables, a gas stove, lamps, an electric washer, oyster shells for chickens, posts, and a lunch room.
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Shores
Iowa
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Rochester
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Boas
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