Picnic Draws 25 000 Former Iowans to Los Angeles
A letter from Mrs. R A Riley notes the Iowa picnic at Agricultural Park Los Angeles on February 22 drew about 25 000 attendees. The event featured Iowa map displays state headquarters near Des Moines and a celebratory speeches program after meals. Leading Iowa figures in attendance included Delos Arnold and A H Stutsman with many former Washington residents listed.
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the Journal
R. A. Riley
Iowa
Los Angeles
Washington
The
Los Angeles Express
Des Moines
Delos Armold
Pasadena
A. H. Stutsman
Santa Ana
D. B. Lyons
Los Angees
F.M. Hopkins
Guthrie County
Robert J. Burdette
Burlington Hawkeye
Temple Baptist Church
James A. McCord
Iowa Association of Southern California
Copyright notice from 1909 newswire
A 1909 copyright notice from the American Press Association states articles and illustrations must not be reprinted without special permission. The note underscores distribution restrictions for the era.
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American Press Association
A Dependable Brooder Advises Quality Investment
A cautious buyer is warned against bargain brooders as hatching is easy but brooding to maturity is hard. The ad emphasizes investing in the best brooding apparatus to ensure the chicks develop properly and the owner's success. It promises a pictured style brooder that stands equal to the task.
Efficient Brooder Design Promises Healthier Chicks and Easy Cleaning
A detailed description of a new exterior brooder for rearing chicks emphasizes better air flow, multiple temperatures, and safer movement. Features include a ventilated hover, movable partitions, a lamp-based heat source with visible flame, easy-clean access via a removable board and double doors, and a smoke-free chimney. Dimensions cover three feet by six feet with seating for about seventy-five chicks.
Don’t Feed Rotten Vegetables to Poultry
Don’t feed rotten vegetables to your fowl as they cause ptomaine poisoning and indigestion. Do not dust crawlers when birds are half dead with lice. Avoid artificial heat, cold air, snow in water, and sleeping drafts. Do not show failures publicly or print bank accounts. Advertise to gain price, and beware hot air ads masking culls.
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Oor
Toulouse
The Rooster Show And Meek Henry Returns Home
A rural lettered column reflects on the hen house return of Henry after a show season. The narrator celebrates relief from daily toil shoveling coal, roosters, and constant show drama. The piece blends humorous verse with poultry breeding Q and A, advising on crosses, incubator moisture, and branding of fancier ethics.
Incubator Fads Versus Mother Hen In Hatch Shows
The article recalls a warm winter causing carelessness in poultry shows with roosters frozen in, and praises mother hens over incubators. It notes egg turning guidelines, a theft tied to a Lancaster coop, and statistics on Kansas and Pennsylvania poultry outputs in 1908. It criticizes trap nests and advocates safe eggs for institutions.
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Lancaster
Biddy
Kansas
Pennsylvania
Chester
Simple Economical Farmhouse Door Latch Design
A simple homemade door latch of oak or hard wood uses three pieces for the latch and a inch by 2 by 1 inch handle. It details the cut sizes for the latch catch and knob ends, drill holes, assembly, and a peg to keep the latch in place, noting its economy and serviceability.
Soil Manure Prep For Spring Vegetables In City Use
Practical guide to preparing and using horse manure for early spring vegetables. Describes building compact heaps of ten to twelve two-horse loads, rotting to six loads, and spreading to drill for one acre. Covers broadcasting, layering, earth covering, and pricing from city stables, with cautions on pick-up manure and seasonal values.
Farmers run New Jersey canning company for profit
A pure farmers cooperative canning plant in New Jersey produced 679 tons from 85 acres of crop in 1908, paying farmers $9 per ton totaling $6,011 while wages reached $4,050 and 248,000 cans were filled by 109 workers, mostly women. The stock and leadership are farmer controlled.
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New Jersey
Canning Company
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Rachel A. Riley
California
Riley
Margaret Axtell
Sarah Hamilton
John Hamilton
Arthur Hamilton
Mary Hamilton
Caddie Hale Morehouse
Nathan Hale
Norine Morethouse
Harriet Wagner
Alberta Wagner
Lyman Babcock
Robert Lemon
Will Dodders
Arthur Mason
Professor Lewis
John Manners
Will Manners
Job McClelland
James Walker
Job McKain
Isaac Bryson
Margaret Bryson Brusen
Nettie Bickford Bryson
George Morton
Cassie McKee
Media Hart
Don Anderson
James Young
John Bryson
Mamie McJunkin
Nettie “Organ ‘Hughes
Len Smouse
George James
R. Riley
May Waters
Johnnys
J. Stephens Thompson
Samantha Stephens Gilespie
Charlie Wiley
Belle Greer Stephenson
Patty
Popham
Williams Mfg. CO
Cleveland, C
McElhinney Drug Co
C.m.barnitz
Henry
Adam
Co. M. B
Kurios
S. S
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta
Charles Bragg
Sweetser, Ind
Cardui
Edison Phonographs
Edison Phonograph
T. H. Chilcote
North Iowa
Avenues
Sexton
E. C. McGuire
Harper
Wellman
Chas. Brock
McGuire
E. G. Rabenold
Ainsworth
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