Deere's First Plow Now in Smithsonian
Smithsonian Institution acquires one of John Deere's first three plows. Plow hails from 1837 in Vermont, crafted to break prairie with a steel sheet from an old mill saw. Deere improvised with oak beam and handle setup, reflecting westward pioneer expansion and agricultural progress.
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Washington
John Deere
Smithsonian Institution
Vermont
New England
Virginia
Deere
Midway Sale and Community Sale Listings Include Household Items
The journal lists Midway Sale Co Columbus auctions every Wednesday and Community Sale every Friday. It notes a Sept 16 closing out sale at City Feed Yard with household goods and antiques from John Therion and a September 1912 sale for the late J F and G M Stewart featuring household goods at 515 North Marion.
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Midway Sale Co
Columbus
City
John Therion
J F
G. M. Stewart
North Marion
Deere Plows Build a Plow Industry Move to Moline
The narrative traces John Deere's shift from blacksmithing to plow making after a partnership formed in 1837. By 1846 Deere supervised production of 1000 plows, prompting imports of steel from England and a relocation of the plant from Grand Detour to Moline Illinois.
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Deere
United States
England
Grand Detour
Moline
Designs on Spider Webs
Mrs Campin of Shenandoah Iowa paints pictures on spider webs using dew patterns as a guide. She stretches webs across cardboard and applies water color, then places the finished design under glass. Spiders in her neighborhood struggle to keep up with demand for webs.
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Shenandoah
IUP
Invisible light aids Dutch navigation in post blackout era
A new invisible light beam, four miles long, allows Dutch civilians to move through cities during reduced blackout conditions. The beam is so narrowly focused that it remains invisible from within 80 yards above the ground, enabling safer travel at night. A photo shows the new street corner device in Abdithse.
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Holland
Pyut
Abad i
Woman Seeks Sales Job At Noted Art Shop
Lucia, a nineteen year old with a fervent love for beautiful objects, persuades a hard eyed art shop owner to hire her after insisting she shares his passion for fine wares. She has lingered in downtown windows and hopes the job will lead to adventures in art and travel. Neal's Creek Mt Mitchell refuge now reserved for women anglers only, a top trout stream in North Carolina.
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Lucia
Dearie
Board
Chicago Markets Hogs Cattle and Sheep Prices Report
Market summaries show hogs at 8 25 higher with top at 8.10 and various weight ranges from 7.40 to 8.00. Cattle numbers 5 500 with fed steers and yearlings up 25 to 40 cents and top fed steers at 11 25. Sheep 4 000 with spring lambs weak to 25 cents lower and top at 9 85. Estimated livestock for tomorrow lists cattle 10 000 hogs 9 000 sheep 4 000.
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Chicago
Cash grain mixed corn oats report from Chicago
Chicago market notes show mixed corn prices with 57 to 58 percent ranges and yellow corn at 58 to 68 percent. Oats samples range from 32 to 37 percent with several white oat readings. The report lists multiple lots and percentages for corn and oats without clear firm quotes or closing prices.
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Chicago
Grain Table Figures From Chicago Markets
Chicago grain table lists wheat corn oats rye with May and Sept futures. Prices show mixed open highs lows and closes across wheat corn oats and rye, including May and Sept contracts for each commodity and assorted percentages.
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Chicago
Dee
Chicago Produce Markets Rally Amid Firm Prices
Chicago market report shows firm prices for produce with 7,439 cases receipts and fresh graded firsts 19 extra firsts 20 current receipts 17 dirties 14 percent. Poultry market dull with 38 trucks receipts and Leghorn hens 11 percent and spring chickens 14 to 17 percent.
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Chicago
Windsors Reported in England Arrival Vantage Point
London dispatch says the Duke and Duchess of Windsor have arrived in England and stay at Major Edward Dudley Metcalfe's Colemans Hatcl Sussex. The Duchess to remain with the Metcalfes while the Duke visits Queen Mother Mary in London. A later plan cites a possible residence with the Duke and Duchess of Kent.
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London
Duke
Duchess of Windsor
England
Edward Dudley Metcalfe
Coleman's Hatcl
Sussex
Metcalfes
Mary
Windsors
Duchess of Kent
Wellman Holstein Gains Fame at New York World's Fair
Princess Mereena Ormsby Dixie, a 6 year old Holstein, appears in the Borden Dairy World of Tomorrow at the New York World's Fair. A. C. Gengerich of Maple Crest Turkey Farms, Wellman, owns the cow shown amid a 150 head herd from U S and Canada. The display includes representatives from six major dairy breeds and notes record milk production for the herd’s size.
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Princess Mereena Ormsby Dixie
Holsten
A. C. Gengerich
Maple Crest Turkey Farms
Wellman
Borden Dairy World of Tomorrow
United States
Canada
Dining at City Hall Rathskellers in Germany
The old-world rathskellers within German city halls offer diners appetizing meals at moderate prices. Also explained is fool's gold, iron pyrite, and how its sulfur odor on heating differentiates it from real gold.
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Germany
Rowdy Red Color Accent Goes Through School Wardrobe
School fashion notes describe Johnny and Mary needing new clothes with Rowdy Red as the theme. Jane Withers models a Tyrolean inspired bolero dress with dark wool skirt and calico blouse printed Rowdy Red, while another girl wears a solid reefers coat with velveteen hat and muff set. The boy sports a camel hair coat over a checkered suit.
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Johnny
Mary
Jane Withers
Bolero
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J. D. Rabenold
E. Phillips
H. McCall
H. B. Askea
N. Ave
J.J
Chas. Hebner
Smithsonian
Journal
Reister’s Markets
Washington, Iowa
Kreister & Sons
Hennery Brown
Hennery
Francis Helfrich
Brighton
R. R
Journal Office
Francis
the Evening Journal
Iowa
Eveready Plumbing & Heating
Green Colonial Dealer
Houston
Tex
W. G. Wilson
Wilson
Farmers Livestock Co
Milwaukee Stock Yard
America
Baltimore
New Orleans
Yukon River
Circle
Alaska
Arctic Circle
West Chester
George J. Breitenbach
Kelle Brinton
G. A
W. F. Salterburg
Poland
H. W. Jones
Crawfordaville
The
Evening Journal
Milwaukee Stock Yarda
Hampshire Rams
A. H. Bair and Son
Tipton
Duroc
Flynn Brothers
Shropshire
Harold Littrel
Crawfordsville
W. L. Gates
Lafes
Stewart & Crane
Peters
Oetjen
O1l Company
Ket
Chicago Livestock
Casa
Wellman Holstein
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