Corn Crop Report Shows Mixed Conditions Across Regions
Des Moines reports a weekly crop bulletin stating corn is holding up to average in many areas with showers. dry regions show severe damage and late planted corn may be beyond recovery. Early plantings mature fast and 50 percent could escape frost damage by Sept. 20 with favorable weather into Oct. 1. Fall plowing down, potato crop prospects poor, second clover crop shortened reducing clover seed yield.
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Des Moines
Newton Dies of Poison on River Trip
C M Newton of Des Moines died in camp on the river below Marshalltown while traveling with his brother and family. Officials suspect morphine addiction led to an overdose, with strychnine mistaken for morphine. The party was en route to Vinton and had stopped to fish.
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Vinton
Marshalltown
C. M. Newton
Des Moines
Newton
Scientists Seek to Save Salmon
Winnipeg, Sept 1. The British Association for the Advancement of Science adopts a resolution urging Dominion authorities to appoint a commission to investigate the disappearance of salmon in British Columbia. Scientists warn the fish may be extinct in a few years unless action is taken.
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Winnipeg
Man
Congress
The
British Association For the Advancement of Science
Dominion
British Columbia
Lucania Damaged Beyond Repair
A Cunard line survey finds the steamer Lucania too damaged to repair after sinking to extinguish a fire. Refitting the vessel would cost more than $600,000, likely prompting Cunard to abandon repairs.
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Lucania
Liverpool
Cunard Line
Cunard Company
Balloonist Helper Killed In Monon Gas Balloon Accident
In Monon Indiana a balloon being filled escaped its moorings and Henry Moore a aeronaut’s helper was pulled aloft by ropes into telegraph wires. He was torn free and fell to the street dying instantly.
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Monon
Ind
Henry Moore
Rawhide Swept by Cloudburst in Nevada
Rawhide mining camp in Nevada was struck by a cloudburst. A wall of water twelve feet high flooded the town, leaving about 00 homeless and destroying 150 buildings.
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Rawhide
Reno
Nev
Grain and Provisions Market Up on Wheat Shortfall
Chicago gains in wheat futures as heavy arrivals did not materialize. Corn oats and provisions also show strength with closing prices for Sept Dec and May contracts and cash prices listed for No. 2 hard wheat No. 2 corn and No. 3 white oats.
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Chicago
Winic
Cattle Hogs and Sheep Receipts at South Omaha Market
South Omaha cattle receipts total 4600 with native steers 4.75 to 7.60, cows and heifers 3.00 to 5.00, western steers 3.50 to 5.75, stockers 2.75 to 5.25, calves 3.26 to 6.75, bulls 2.50 to 4.75. Hogs receipts 7400 with prices 5.10 to 8.08, bulk 6.25 to 7.85. Sheep receipts 18000 steady with yearlings 4.75 to 5.40, wethers 4.00 to 4.75, ewes 3.75 to 4.40, lambs 6.75 to 7.75.
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South Omaha
Chicago Live Stock Market Summary Reveals Mixed Gains
Cattle receipts totaling 4500 show steadier beef prices with Texas and western steers varying from 4.00 to 6.40 per hundredweight. Hog prices rise 5 to 10 cents with bulk sales around 7.65 to 8.10. Sheep receipts reach 15000 with natives and westerns trading between 2.75 and 5.50 per hundredweight.
Latham of Airship Fame Sets World Aviation Distance
French aviator Hubert Latham holds a new distance record in his Antoinette monoplane, flying 5.88 miles in just over two hours at an aviation meet in Ip helms France. The 26 year old Paris native, noted for composure and English fluency, also recounts sporting feats and travels from Oxford to Africa and Indo China.
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Hubert Latham
Ip Helms
France
M. Paulban
Latham
Paris
Lancashire
Boliol College
Oxford University
Jacques Faure
Crystal Palace
Monte Carlo
M. Levavasseur
Earth
Marble Panels For Bureau Of American Republics Erected
New York sculptors work on the Washington building for the Bureau of American Republics funded largely by Andrew Carnegie. A marble panel by Gutvon Bargluma shows General Washington bidding farewell to his generals. Another panel by Isidore Konti depicts Bolivar taking command of the South American army. An interior frieze illustrating Latin American republics is modeled by Mrs. Sally James Farnham.
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Bureau of American Republics
New York
Washington
Andrew Carnegie
Gutvon Bargluma
Isidore Konti
Bolivar
South American Army of Liberation
Sally James Farnham
How OK Came Into Use by Kendall Bakery
Cornelius Kendall, son of Orrin Kendall, buried in Toledo after a recent death. He belonged to the Chicago board of trade and the firm O Kendall & Sons, bakers who supplied bread and crackers to the army. The crackers bore the initials OKK, and soldiers reportedly said These are all right, which evolved into These are OK.
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Cornelius Kendall
Orrin Kendall
O. K
Toledo
Kendall
Chicago Board of Trade Battery
O. Kendall & Sons
Chicago
Bugproof Potato Claim By Reverend Somers
The Reverend Amos N. Somers, a Unitarian minister in Montague Massachusetts, says he has developed a bugproof potato. He reports that the potato vines emit an odor repellent to potato bugs and that bugs separated from normal plants avoid his new vines within 30 minutes.
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Amos N. Somers
Montague, Mass
New Substitute For Rubber Process Using Sodium Stannate
A new method to make a substitute for India rubber uses animal refuse yielding gelatin oils sulfur chromates and sodium stannate. The distinctive feature is the addition of sodium stannate to the mix.
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India
Fortune From a New Perfume Sparks Chemist Claim
An English chemist asserts that creating a new perfume could yield half a million dollars in earnings. He emphasizes the commercial potential and urges researchers to pursue fragrance innovation.
The Modern Maiden to Her Lover Poem Fragment
A fragmented poem speaks of devotion through fire and water and praise for Bleriot's daring flight. The speaker urges a tale to be told and hints at marriage as a future goal. The text blends mythic earth imagery with aviation daring and romantic longing.
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Weil
Bleriot
Deadlock on Wage Question Shuts Chicago Transit Talks
Chicago August 31 surface traction companies and 10,000 employees reach a wage deadlock. negotiations stall over pay. officials seek a settlement to avert disruption in service.
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Chicago
Ther
What a College Girl Can Do for Civic Life
A college educated woman can lift a small town by leading civic reform. She should start a village improvement society to engage neighbors, beautify surroundings, and curb vice. In factory towns she can foster better living conditions, inspire self respect among workers, and broaden horizons for women and their communities.
CITY BUS LINE CALL UP ORDERS FOR FRANK ROGERS
Call up phone number L and leave orders promptly attended to by Frank Rogers. Include street and number.
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Frank Rogers
All Day Meeting at Prairie Flower Baptist Church
An all day meeting is planned at Prairie Flower Baptist Church on Sunday September 7. The program includes 11 o clock preaching a basket dinner a men’s special at 2 50 a women’s session and 7 30 preaching. Evangelist Rev Reeder supervises the services and all are invited to attend with baskets and provisions for teams.
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Prairie Flower Baptist Church
Reeder
Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy Widely Sold
From a small beginning the sale and use of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has extended to all parts of the United States and to foreign countries because it has proved valuable for coughs and colds. For sale by F. L. Stolte and Lentmon's Pharmacy.
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Chamberlain
United States
F. L. Stolte
Lentmon
Inverted Gas Burner Promises Light and Gas Savings at The Fair
A stand exhibitor at The Fair demonstrates an inverted gas burner claimed to increase light output while reducing gas consumption. Attendees observe a small stove setup as a live test runs under hall lighting.
Deception Quotation Attributed to John Locke
A compact quote notes deception as a human pleasure and vows it is futile to fault those arts of misleading. The line reflects Locke's view on mischievous craft and receptivity to being deceived.
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John Locke
Lone Bandit Holds Up Train in Pennsylvania
A lone robber stopped a Pennsylvania express train on Sept 1 near Lewiston and forced the crew to surrender $1,000 in coin and bullion. The conductor was shot in the hand, but the bandit escaped, mistaking a bag of Lincoln pennies for gold coin and leaving the bullion behind.
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Lewiston
Allegheny Mountains
Pennsylvania Railroad
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