Two Minute Sketches Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus faced repeated rebuffs while pursuing a westward land route. He sought funds from European rulers, eventually gaining support from Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain. After mutiny and hardship, his voyage opened a new era though he died without knowing he discov ered two continents. His deep religious faith underpinned his perseverance.
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Christopher Columbus
Europe
Columbus
Ferdinand
Isabella
Spain
Duluth Ore Trimmers Strike for Higher Wages
Seven hundred fifty ore trimmers on the Duluth Missabe and Northern dock struck for higher pay. Day men demand 2.50 dollars per hour replacing 2.25, while night men seek 2.75 instead of 2.50.
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Duluth, Minn
Duluth, Missabe and
Northern Dock
Campbell System of Soil Culture Boosts Semi arid Farm Success
Reports from the semiarid West credit the Campbell system of soil culture with turning grazing lands into productive farms. Denver hosted a dry farming congress where planning to conserve moisture was highlighted. Prof Campbell yielded 51.5 bushels of wheat per acre in poor years at Holdrege Nebraska, and eastern Colorado farmers now harvest 30 to 50 bushels of wheat annually.
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Denver
Western Prairies
Secant
Campbell
Holdrege
Neb
Colorado
Jarm
McLeansboro Forms Business Men's Association
MecLeansboro IllinoisJuly 16 The business and professional men of this city organized a business men's association to promote commerce in McLeansboro and vicinity Its officers are L J Smith president M Bilsdes secretary and John Zachman treasurer
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MecLeansboro
McLeansboro
L. J. Smith
M. Bilsdes
John Zachman
Mayor Schmitz Denied Writ of Mandamus by Appeals Court
Mayor Schmitz of San Francisco loses a writ of mandamus before the circuit court of appeals. Fox President Cleveland rests in Princeton after illness. A Garibaldi statue is unveiled in Paris.
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Schmitz
San Franciso
Tiunne
Fox
Cleveland
Princeton
N. J
Garibaldi
Paris
Scores on the Diamond Chicago baseball results
July 16 reports folding scores across leagues. American and western games show long extras with St Louis Boston 5 to 2 in sixteen innings, Chicago 15 over New York, and Omaha 1 in seventeen innings amid other city matchups and results.
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Chicago
Boston
St. Louis
Philadelphia
New York
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Pittsburg
Detroit
Cleveland
Minneapolis
Toledo
Milwaukee
Columbus
Potatoes Thrive On Nebraska Rail Line Farms
A Farm and Fireside writer reports strong potato beginnings along the Chicago and Northwestern in Sheridan County Nebraska. Large tracts of rich land and diverse machinery enable planting cultivation and harvesting with Indians employed at 1.50 dollars a day for their labor.
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Chicago and Northwestern
Sheridan County
Neb
Market insight on predicting corn belt prices
A Farm Homestead writer notes the stock market shows complexity as study deepens. Few men in the country can forecast corn belt price conditions, and such forecasts require significant time and effort to obtain.
Mischief Comes By The Pound And Leaves By The Ounce
A French proverb framed as a pithy maxim about mischief in motion. It notes mischief arrives in large amounts and departs in small measures. The line attributes a playful economic rhythm to trouble and its passing.
Ready Maids Meet Friday Evening in East Main Street
Miss Marguerite Mc Grangin hosts the Ready Maids gathering on East Main street Friday evening. Wm Earl Fulton, son of Mr and Mrs Howard Fulton, injured his foot while trimming tree limbs at his grandfather William Fulton’s home in West Washington. The ax slipped and caused a deep cut, but he is progressing well at home.
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Marguerite McGrangin
East Main Street
Earl Fulton
Howard Fulton
William Fulton
West
Washington
Government Aims to Help Local Roads Nationwide
The office of public roads in the Department of Agriculture teaches communities how to build better highways. It supplies expert engineers and plans, guides material choices, and often provides machinery for experimental roads. Local authorities must provide labor and funds to continue the work.
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Office of Public Roads
Department of Agriculture
United States
Washington
District of Columbia
Maryland
Virginia
Secretary of Agriculture
Corps of Highway Engineers
Occoquan
Atlantic
Pacific
Canadian Line
Gulf
Congress
Dairying in Kansas and calf care guidance
The article urges Kansas farmers to invest in dairying to preserve soil fertility and capitalize on strong markets via alfalfa and corn production. It cites 741,152 milk cows producing milk, butter and skim milk values, notes rising dairying, and offers calf care tips. It advises reducing scours through cleanliness, shelter, warm feed, sun, and dry bedding, and mentions dried blood flour as a preventive and tonic.
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Kansas
Missouri River
United States
Western States
Oscar Erf
Kansas Agricultural College
Kimball
Palmer
Western flints describe corn varieties by Arizona station
The Arizona station reports on several corn types. Blue Squaw Flint shows very dwarf stalks, long ears, deep blue kernels and little worm damage. Nant Long Flint yields poorly with some worm injury and ears missing. Improved Creole is tall with high ears, most kernels fertilized but tips wormy. King Philip is a deep bronze, long well filled ears with little worm damage and no smut. considered among the best.
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Arizona
Philip
Barren Corn Stalks Curb Yield Says Cultivator Note
A writer in American Cultivator cites Professor Holden stating that in Iowa more than 14 percent of corn stalks are barren. These stalks waste energy shed pollen, fertilizing silk on bearing stalks, creating more barren stalks. Removing barren stalks before pollen shed reduces losses.
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Holden
Iowa
Corn Varieties Suited for Dry Western U S Climate
Arizona Station notes that Kellogg and Blue Squaw flint corns, grown in western Kansas where dryness and heat hinder dent varieties, cope with arid conditions though they do not reach large sizes and have only moderate yields.
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Kansas
Arizona
Kellogg
Blue Squaw
Arizona Station
Weeds and cultivation in hot weather methods
Weeds are easily killed in hot weather by using cultivators and hoes diligently. Prevent their seeding for a few years and you will have very little weeding to do afterward.
Local social notices from West Chester residents
A stream of brief travel and visit updates from West Chester includes Charley Baker and others heading to Mt. Union Keota Crawfordsville Havre and Kansas City for business and visits. Notables include Miss Genevra McCaw assisting at a law office and Rev G W Hanna traveling to Gastonia to join his wife for five weeks.
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Ed Knapp
Mt. Union
Genevra McCaw
Eicher & Livingston Law Office
G. W. Hanna
West Chester
Burlington
Gastonia
N. C
Jamestown
Fresh nuts and local motion fill Vienna shop
Fresh salted peanuts and almonds appear at the Vienna store. Dr. G W Haye was a passenger last evening for Wymanton business. Mrs Dr Likens of Enid Oklahoma visits the Woolm homes. Mrs Amos White and son Theodore left for Havre to visit relatives. Sherm Whites and daughter Opal returned to Crawfordsville after a city visit.
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Susie Edgington
Havre
Charles Edgington
H. L. Lowe
St. Joe
West Chester
Lucy Berry
Indiana
Mrs. Latchem
Kansas City
L. R. Eller
al McCoy
Anita
Iowa
Nat T. McKee
Horace
Frances
Everett Shearer
Memphis
Fontanelle
Cameron
G. W. Haye
Wymanton Business
Dr. Likens
Enid, Okla
J. C
J. H. Woolm
Amos
White
Theodore
Sherm Whites
Opal
Crawfords Ville
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J. A. Edgerton
Fle
Rebuff
Nebraska
DR. Price
All Grocers
Pharx
Agricultural Department
Western Flints
STECK
H. F. Steck
Washington National Bank
Washington, Iowa
Johnson's
Charley Baker
Carl Keck
Brighton
Miss Pearl White
Crawfordsville
Harry T. Nutt
George H. Paul
David Teuscher
J. L. Brookhart
Keota
J. W. Streit
DD. R. Munro
F. M. McElhinney
Colorado Springs
John Wylie
Vienna
Taos Ones
Lipton’s Teas
Japan
J. CG. Smith’s Cash Grocery
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