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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 10, 1906

Page

8

Sheep Feeding Study at Montana Station Produces Gains

The Montana Experiment Station bulletin summarizes feeding trials for wethers and lambs. Wethers fed wheat and clover yield fastest gains. screenings with clover also perform well. Lambs gain most with screenings and clover. lamb efficiency favors screenings. Cotswolds touted as best all around, with Ontario breeder J. Ross praising the breed's wool and mutton, noting a long Canadian history and England’s stock contest.

Montana Canada J. ©. Ross Ontario England Tome

Save Surplus Forage To Improve Farm Silage Use

A prolific grass season urges farmers to preserve surplus forage as silage to feed cattle during droughts. Cud-chewing animals need juicy, bulky food. silage helps maximize nutrients from both hay and roots. The silo is essential on a progressive farm, enabling efficient use of green fodder and preserving crops at peak condition.

W. KR. Gilbert

Dutel feeding method for Holstein Friesian calves and herd

The Dutel system uses whole milk for calves to five weeks, then shifts to skim milk and cooked grain. Grass provides the main ration for heifers, with winter rations just enough for steady growth. Bulls are well fed and exercised in stables or paddocks, with roots in winter and green forage in good weather. Professor W A Kennedy Iowa Agricultural College.

W. A. Kennedy Iowa Agricultural College

Select Large Animals Among Feeders for Better Beef

Sharp cattle feeders favor small and large steers for feeding. Large, muscular animals convert corn and hay into good beef while big rawboned cattle waste feed. Dairy cows show larger cows yield more milk. small cows produce less.

Aledo College Bequest Draws City Bid In Oct Bid

The will of the late William Drury leaves 112000 for a city college in Aledo Til. The city bid 84210 plus a 55000 geological collection donated by William Marsh Sr to secure the legacy. The polytechnic institution will cost about 10000 for a main building. The board includes the mayor and county officials. Building work to start at once.

Aledo Til William Drury Ives Willian and West William Marsh

New Head for the W. C. T. U. Mattoon

Oct 10. After five years as president of the Ilindle W. C. T. U. the limit set by the organization, Miss Marie J. Brehm retires. Miss Mary Kohl, former state superintendent of evangelistic work, succeeds her, noting the license question and broader social conditions in her annual address.

W. C. TU. Mattoon Ilindle Misa Marie J. Bretum Mary + Kohl Miss Brehm

Black worker killed. Crockett implicated in strike of Buck Lewis

In Bloomington Indiana on October 10 a Black laborer named Crockett fatally wounded Buck Lewis at the Brace Head construction camp eighteen miles northwest of Bloomington. Lewis, a Black hand who had saved several hundred dollars, is said to have been killed by the suspected Crockett who fled and is unlikely to be captured.

Bloomington Ind Crockett Buck Lewis Brace Head Lewis

Floods Cause Heavy Loss in Jalisco and Colima

The southern Jalisco and Colima regions suffer widespread property destruction and loss of life from recent floods. Drowning along the Minginillo extension of the Mexican Central railway has claimed 125 lives.

City of Mexico Jalisco Colina Minginillo Mexican Central Railway

Youth Fatally Shoots Father After Attack on Son

Clyde Pent Wright, 22, shot and killed his father Scott Boatwright after Boatwright drunkenly attacked his son. Boatwright then aimed to strike his wife with an ax, but Mrs. Bant Wright intervened between them.

Marion Tink Clyde Pent. Wright Scott Boatwright Boatwright

Poison Squad Gets New Kitchen for Saltpeter Experiments

The poison squad of the Bureau of Chemistry will begin saltpeter diet experiments soon in a new sanitary kitchen and dining room built for the group under Dr. Wiley. Veteran squad members plan to rejoin, while many young clerks from the bureau prepare to start the saltpeter regimen.

Bureau of Chemistry Washington New York Tribune Wiley Secretary of Agriculture

Gumdrops for Pet Bass Draws Citywide Interest

Fort Jervis correspondent reports J Floyd Montony’s trained black bass weighs seven pounds after growing from three inches. The bass, favored gumdrops over minnows, has netted over two tons of fish in fifteen years. Vouchers available from local residents for verification.

Mill Riftway J. Floyd Montony Fort Jervis New York Evening World Monbny Montony Jim Hayes H. FH. Hazen Walt Tisdell

Chicago Board of Trade Quotations and Live Stock Market

Quotations from the Chicago Board of Trade show mixed futures for Wheat Corn and Pork with May and Oct contracts. Live stock in East Buffalo and Chicago markets reports receipts and varied price ranges for cattle hogs sheep and calves with prime values noted.

Chicago Chicago Board of Trade Him&y Lee Choice Prairie Sista East Buffalo N. Y Oer Kunning & Stevens Live Stock Commission Best

Zeppelin Airship Voyage Reports New Dirigible Flight

Friedrichshaven in Württemberg reports a new zeppelin ascended from the city and sailed toward the Swiss frontier. After executing maneuvers the craft disappeared from view leaving observers cautious about its whereabouts.

Zeppelin Friedrichshaven Wurtembere Cmot

Tie Game at St Louis Ends In 4 4 Draw

The second game of the best American National post eepeon eeties ended in a 4 to 4 tie at St. Louis with darkness stopping play.

St. Louis

Leavenworth Editor C F C Smith Found Dead in Bed

C F C Smith once editor of the Leavenworth Miracle Paper and former proprietor of the Leavenworth Post was found dead in his bed in Leavenworth Kansas. He died of apoplexy at about age years. Smith previously edited a paper in Tinola before coming to Katisaa.

Leavenworth Kan C. F. C. Smith Leavenworth Post Smith Tinola Katisaa

Severe early season cold grips northwest and Prince Albert

The report from St. Paul records 2 degrees at the official temperature with the freezing point. Prince Albert in the Saskatchewan valley drops to 16 degrees, while Williston North Dakota reports 15 degrees as the coldest U S reading in the northwest.

Et. Paul Northwest St. Paul Prince Albert Sasketchewan Valley Canada United States Williston

Real Johnson body burial misidentified at Horn Island site

In Mobile Alabama Detachment 10 reports that the body buried a week ago as Captain Charles Johnson, keeper of Horn Island lighthouse, was not the real captain. The genuine Captain Johnson arrived Monday night and was interred with the unknown man thought to be a sea captain from a vessel overturned in the bay.

Mobile Alu Det Charles Johnson Horn Island Captain Johnson

Italian Actress Adelaide Ristori Dies in Paris

The famed Marchesa del Grillo Adelaide Mstort known as Adelaide Ristori died early today after a pneumonia illness. The king and queen of Italy and Dowager Queen Margherita sent telegrams to her daughter who cared for her. her son Marquis Giorgio Capranica del Grillo was in Paris with her at the time of death.

Fiome Marchesa del Grillo Adelaide M-stort Italy Margherite Ristori Giorgio Capranica del Grillo Margherita Paris

Little Mother Fatally Burned in Reading Road Kerosene Blast

In Cincinnati Det. Martha Schulz aged 1 years known as the little mother to four children died after a kerosene explosion at a Reading road home. The child’s mother had died years earlier and the family had been under the care of the late mother for less than a year. The father Herman Schulz a contractor, had left the house shortly before the accident.

Cincinnati Det Martha Schulz Reading Road Herman Schulz

Gain in Internal Revenue Receipts

The August 1906 internal revenue statement shows total receipts of 21,548,605 dollars, compared with 1,015,000 dollars for August of the previous year, indicating a sizable rise in collections.

Washington Internal Revenue

Weather forecast brief for Midwest and Lake Superior region

The forecast covers Hingis and Tocdiana-Pair region in Lower Michigan with partly cloudy skies while Wisecousine Pair sees similar conditions except snow near Lake Superior. Iowa remains fair with warmer temperatures expected through the night.

Hingis Tocdiana Lower Michigan Lake Superior Iowa

Madison Supreme Court ruling on gas prices to legislative remedy

Wisconsin Supreme Court holds cities must seek remedy for high gas prices through the legislature. Madison ordered to inspect the local gas company's books as part of the case.

Madison Wis Wisconsin Supreme Court

Home Visitors Excursions to Ohio Indiana and More

The Iowa Central Railway offers on sale October 19 special low rate round trip excursion tickets to Indiana Ohio Western Pennsylvania and New York with a return limit of thirty days. Contact agents or address A B Cutts G P T A Minneapolis Minnesota.

Iowa Central Railway Indiana Ohio Pennsylvania New York A. B. Cutts Minneapolis Minn

Reduced West and Northwest Rail Rates Announced

Greatly reduced rates to many West and Northwest points via the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway. Special fares include 30.65 to California and 29.00 to North Pacific Coast points. Half rates for children of half fare age and liberal stop overs. Tickets valid in Tourist sleepers. For details contact a ticket agent or F A Miller Chicago.

California Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul F. A. Miller Chicago

Bucklen Arnica Salve Praised for Skin Injuries

Te onsah, eh resident G J Welch reports Bucklen's Arnica Salve quickly relieves pain from burns and skin injuries. He uses it for cuts and sores and calls it perfect. Also advertised as a fast pile cure, 25 cents at Stewart's drug store.

G. J. Welch Teonsha Stewart’s Drug Store

New Towns Platted in South Dakota Ahead of Rail Lines

Florence and Cresbard in Spink and Faulk counties report six elevators and six hundred lumber yards under construction with about sixty buildings. Brentford and James River valley towns anticipate 1000 residents soon and private lot sales funding grain marketing of about one million bushels. Aged by the Minneapolis and St. Louis railway line Abram, Aberdeen.

Florence Brentford Spink County James River Valley Cresbard Faulk County S. D Thomas Way Avent Minneapolis & St. Louis R. R. Co Aberdeen

Unknown Claimants Barred in Washington County Real Estate Suit

In the District Court of Iowa Washington County Nathan Metzger plaintiff against unknown claimants including Bunnington & North Western Railway Co and Citizens Savings Bank of Washington the case seeks to quiet title in the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter and east half of the northeast quarter of section twenty four township seventy four north range six west. defendants and unknown claimants must answer by noon of the second day of November 196 to avoid default.

Ington Iowa Citizens Savings Bank Washington Nathan Metzzar Wasington County Chicago, Burlington and Qui Railroad Company District Court Washingto County Barkington Washington County

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Skepherd Cotbwold Drury Killa Por Wiley Tearst Democratic and Independence League Chicago Grain Adelaide Ristori Monia Adelaide Legislature Low Srates Uneeda Biscuit National Biscuit Company South Dakota District Court of Nathan Metzger Anthony W. Carpenter Julius F. Tallant John Moorhead John Morehead John Wareham John W. Wareham John N. Wareham George W. Wareham Mar A. Marcum J.P. Marcum Eliza A. J. Bngham Andrew Bingham Tillie Moyer Frank Moyer William Wareham Jas. Dickson James Dickson Margaret E. Dickson John B. Myers David Dill Charlotte Dill Mark Dill Rebecca Dill Portland Rock Island Golden State H. W. Russel Rock Island System
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