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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-01-05
WORK OF THE FLAMES
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JANUARY.
H. Loss of 100000 by the burning of
the Parker building in New York city;
firemen killed and many injured.
"a. City hall and police building destroyed
at Portland, Me-; loss 81 600 600
q. Fire caused a loss of over $4,000 In
the wholesale district OF Portland. Me.
FEBRUARY.
s. Loss Of 100000 by fire in the business
district Of Rochester, N. Y.
Fire caused q loss Of 100000 at Berlin,
N. H.
L Fire swept over an area of SIS acres at
Tampa. Fla. causing loss of 100000.
Is. The famous Drury Lane theater burn
ed In London.
APRIL:
II Fire destroyed 20 blocks in Chelsea.
Mass; 10 deaths and property loss of
$10.000.000
6 Loss Of 81 100000 by fire In the business
district of Atlanta.
10. Loss Of 81. 10000 by fire in the Omaha
Packing Co.'s plant at South Omaha.
Is. Plant of the Shelby Steel Tube Co.
burned at Shelby, o.: loss $20O0.O00.
q. Loss of 100000 by the burning Of .
grain elevator at Duluth.
g. Fire on the Boston piers caused loss
of 81 100000.
l. Bush fires started conflagration
which swept over 100 square miles Of
territory in British Columbia: loss 81
100000. and many deaths reported.
90. Fire in the business district of New
Orleans caused loss Of $1,5O0,0OO.
SEPTEMBER.
2. Forest fires wrought destruction to
towns and villages In Minnesota and
Wisconsin; damage estimated at up
ward of 100000.
4. Fire destroyed the business section Of
Rawhide. New. causing loss -of $780,
600.
u. Fire destroyed the plant of the Cos
modale Cement Co. near Louisville,
KY; loss $2.0O0.000.
OCTOBER
IL Loss of $4,000 by fire which nearly
destroyed the town of Bsbee, Ariz
Loss of $4,000 by the burning of the
jenkins lumber mill plant at Blaine,
WASH
1s. Fire in lumber plant at Rock Is
land. ILL.,, caused a loss of 500. 600.
u. The Colonnade and other buillingsfon
the Chautauqua assembly grounds at
jamestown, N. Y. destroyed by fire:
loss S1z5.000.
NOVEMBER
Y. The Park rhenter. Brooklyn's Oldest
playhouse, burned.
18. Fire in the Tom Moore distillery ware
houses at Bardstown. KY. caused q
loss of 100000 on stock and s750.00C
government tax.
DECEMBER
1 Malvern Hill. historic mansion on the
site of the battlefield of July !. 1862
destroyed. Loss of 100000 by flames
at the Grand Trunk railway docks,
Portland, Me.
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AUGUST.
q. Allen Winter won the American Trot-
ting Derby at Readville, Mass.
90 Maskette won the Futurity at Sleeps
head Bay. N. Y.
SEPTEMBER.
& Papke defeated Ketchel In IL rounds
for middleweight championship at Los
1 Angeles.
II The Chicago National league baseball
club (Cubs) won the worlds cham
pionship by defeating the Detroit
American league club CTigers) at De-
troit: score 20.
~ George Robertson, driving 80 horse
power LocomObile, won the Vanderbilt
cup In the auto race at the Motor park
way. New York; speed average g.
miles an hour.
NOVEMBER.
]. Harvard defeated Carlisle Indians at
football at Cambridge, II to 0. Wis
consin defeated Minnesota at football,
s to o, at Minneapolis
II. Yale defeated Princeton, II to g. at
football. Chicago and Cornell played
to a tie score of to at football.
Pennsylvania defeated Michigan, 20 to
o. on the gridiron at Ann Arbor.
T. Harvard defeated Yale at football on
Yale field: score 4 to o.
Is. Pennsylvania defeated Cornell at foot
ball, II to 4, In Philadelphia.
Wagner in a Fiat. car won the Grand
Prize of the Automobile club driving
402 miles in 6 hours 10 minutes 81 sec
onds. at Savannah.
Is. West Point defeated Annapolis at foot
ball in Philadelphia, 6 to 4.
%. Pat Mcdonald tossed the Sc pound
weight IS feet three-eighths inch in
New York. smashing the worlds rec
ord Of IL feet Z inches. held by Matt
McGrath.
Norman Brooks and A. F. Wilding.
Australian defenders Of the interna-
tonal lawn tennis trophy. defeated the
American challengers at Melbourne.
DECEMBER.
l. Tom Collins made a new American
record for mile run in New York;
time Is minutes 10 2-5 seconds.
Il MacFarland and Moran. the Pacific
Atlantic team, won the day bicycle
race In New York: distance, 2,737
miles. ! lap. beating the record miles
and laps.
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CONVENTIONS.

MARCH.
10. The International Congress OF Moth
ers convened in Washington.
APRIL.
D. The National Society. Daughters OF
the American Revolution. met In an
nual convention in Washington.
q. The general society. Daughters of the
Revolution. ne; in New York city.
90 The national congress, Sons of the
American Revolution. opened in Buff
falo.
MAY.
& The National Society of Colonial
Danes met In Washington.
The general conference of the Metho-
dist Episcopal church met in Balti-
more.
18. Congress OF governors met In Wash
ington.
10. The Southern i5aptists met in conven-
ton at Hot Springs Ark.
q. The general assembly OF the Presby-
terrain Cnurch IN the United states mel
In Kansas City. Mo.
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aged 4S.
a. August wilhelmj. noted violinist, In
London; aged g..
Mrs. Antonio Yznaga, noted for her
beauty. wealth and noble connections.
in Natchez. Miss.
Is. Louise de la Rance (Ouida), the nov
elist. at Florence. Italy.
%. David johnson. American landscape
painter. at Walden. N. r.; aged 81.
FEBRUARY.
p. Crosby S. Noyes, editor Of the Wash
tngton Star, at Los Angeles; aged IS.
Harriet Hosmer, noted American sculp-
tor. at Watertown. Mass: aged n.
q. Pauline Lucca baroness Wallhofen),
the opera singer, In Vienna: aged 6S.
MARCH.
Z. Senator Redfeld Proctor of Vermont,
in Washington; aged n.
II. Senator William Pinkney Whyte Of
Maryland, at Baltimore aged 81
30. Joseph Howard. Jr.. noted newspaper
man. in New York city: aged rs.
APRIL.
& James jeffrey Roche, noted American
poet. at Berne. Switzerland; aged 81.
u. Lieut.. Charles A. L. Totten, U. 8. A.,
retired. noted for his prophecies of the
coming of the end of the world. at
Milford. Conn; aged 81.
Gen. Byron NJ. Cutcheon, noted veteran
of the civil war. at Ypsilanti. Mich. !:
aged r.
%. Henry Chadwick, writer on field sports
and known as the father of baseball a.
in Brooklyn; aged 81
q. Sir Henry Campbell BanRerman, who
resigned the premiership of England
April A. in London; aged ".
Bishop Ellison Capers, noted civil war
veteran. at Columbia. S. c.. aged 70.
q Gen. Nikolai Linevitch. who was sue
cessor to kuropatkin In command Of
the Russian army In Manchuria in
1906. at st. Petersburg; aged So.
q Rev. DIR. Morgan Dix. son of the late
Gen. John A. Dix and rector of Trim
lily parish. New York. over IS years. In
that city; aged 81.
MAY.
& Ludovic Halevy, French dramatic au-
thor and novelist, in Paris; aged IA.
q. Rear Admiral A. 8. Crowninshield, u.
s. N. retired. in Philadelphia; aged c.
3. Lieut.. Gen. Stephen D. Lee, noted
Confederate veteran. in vicksburg.
Miss; aged rs.
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Is. international congress of aeronauts
met in London.
& Eighth biennial convention of the
Brotherhood OF Locomotive Engineers
at Columbus, o.
9. Reunion Of United Confederate Vet
Grams at Birmingham. Ala.
Is. Worlds temperance congress met at
Saratoga Springs.
. International Woman's Suffrage alliance
met in Amsterdam.
Is. International Sunday school conven
zion in Louisville.
q. The general Federation of Women's
Clubs met In Boston.
20. National Educational association met
In Cleveland.
!. National good roads convention met
in Buffalo.
L. Federation of American Zionists met
at Atlantic City.
H. Convention of the Western Federation
of Miners opened at Denver.
H. Universal peace congress met in Lon
don.
10. National congress of Esperantists met
at Chautauqua, N. Y.
AUGUST.
10. Annual conventions of the Interna-
tional Typographical and Of the
ions. also the American Federation of
Catholic Societies. opened in Boston.
16 The 3Sd annual convention of the Ma
tonal Editorial association opened at
ST. Paul.
H. International Esperanto congress met
in Dresden, SaXony.
Is. National society Sons of Veterans,
met at Niagara Falls.
80. Annual encampment of the United
Spanish War Veterans opened in Bos-
ton.
81. 42d annual encampment Of the G. A.
r. opened In Toledo.
SEPTEMBER.
| 0. 18th annual international eucharistic
congress convened in London.
| "a. 18th annual meeting of the farmers
national congress opened at Madison.
| Wis.
%. Triennial International congress on
tuberculosis opened in Washington.
Convention of the American Bankers
association opened in Denver.
g. 10th session of the national irrigation
congress opened in Albuquerque, N. NJ.
OCTOBER.
| G 18th transmississippi commercial con-
| gress met in San Francisco.
1 z. The national inland waterways con-
vention opened in Chicago.
| IL First international congress of road
builders opened in Paris.
Is. 10th annual convention of the Nation
al American Woman Suffrage associa-
ton opened in Buffalo.
| q. Convention of the National Woman's
Christian Temperance union met in
Denver.
| NOVEMBER.
.. 2Sth annual session of the American
Federation Of Labor opened In Dem
yer.
II. 18th annual convention United Daugh-
tiers of the Confederacy met at At
4 lanta.
L. The first American Catholic mission
airy congress opened in Chicago.
IT. The Atlantic deep waterways conven-
ton met in Baltimore.
o. Conference of New. England govern
| Ors at Boston.
%. American Association For the Ad-
vancement of Science met in Baltimore
DECEMBER
z American mining congress opened IL
Pittsburg.
IL American Civic Federation met IL
/ New York.
4 Is. American Association For the Ad
vancement of Science opened in Balt
more.
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GAMES AND RACES

MARCH
H. Meelick won the $4,000 Crescent Der
by at New Orleans.
APRIL.
:. Sotch defeated Hackenschmidt for
worlds heavyweight wrestling cham
pionship at Chicago
Is. Jack Atkin won the 10000 Carter
handicap on the Aqueduct track. New
York.
8. Calvin Denarest of Chicago won the
international amateur billiard cham
pionshfp In New YORK. defeating Rs
role. the Frenchman. by the score Of
$50 to 16 points.
Latonia won the Kentucky Derby at
Louisville.
-. Jack Atkin won the Metropolitan
handicap at Belmont park. New York
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-01-05

OCTOBER.
]. Explosion and fire In a grain elevator
at Richford. VT, resulted in the death
OF 10 persons and a loss of $4,000.
l6. Train of refugees from the forest fires
wrecked near Metz, Mich. Many lives
lost.
NOVEMBER.
II. killed in a wreck on the New Or
leans and Northeastern railroad at
Little Woods, La.
L. Over 800 miners killed by an explosion
In the Radbod mine at Hamm, Ger
many.
TO- A landslide following gas explosion
caused a loss of score of lives in
Brooklyn.
a. 1888 miners killed by coal gas explosion
at Mariana. Pa.
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/ Tomas ESTRADA Palma, hrst presiden.
of the Cuban republic. at Santiago:
aged Y.
g. victorien Sardou, French dramatist,
author of numerous popular plays
seen on the American stage. In Paris:
4 aged a.
Is. Tsze Hsi An. dowager empress Of Chi
ma, In Pekin; aged u
pEcEMBEN.
& Rear Admiral Joseph Bullock Cogh-
Ian. U. s. N, retired, at New Ro-
chelle, N. T.; aged 81.
L. Donald G. Mitchell ok Marvel). noted
essayist and novelist, at Edgewood,
Conn: aged s6.
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he Battle
for Health
How to Keen we'll.

How to keep WELL
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Mr.. G. B. ExLINE, 20 Stewart ST., Day
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The portrait and signature Of A. W. Chase's
NJ. D.. the famous Receipt Book author, on
every box. 50 cents at all dealers or DR.. A.
W. Chase Medicine Co. Buffalo. N Y
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ACCIDENTS ON LAND

JANUARY.
u. 16 children killed in a theater crush
at Barnsley, England.
Is. 17S deaths by the burning of the
Rhoads Opera House at Boyerstown,
Pa.
FEBRUARY.
%. Is deaths by explosion at the Her
cules Powder works at Pinole, Cal.
MARCH.
L ia school children killed in a school,
house fire in North Collinwood. on the
outskirts of Cleveland.
q. 20 lives lost by explosions In coal
mine at Hanna, Wyo.
APRIL.
6 40 deaths by the collapse of tene-
ment in London.
~. Il killed and 60 injured In railroad
collision near Melbourne, Australia.
q. 9 killed and 80 injured in trolley col
usion near Ypsilanti, Mich.
3 l5 killed and 30 seriously injured by
the burning of the Aveline hotel at
Fort Wayne, Ind.
L. miners killed and many injured by
explosion In tho Mount Lookout COL
liery at Wyoming. Pa.
q. 60 killed and 100 injured In q Belgian
railroad collision near Antwerp.
JUNE.
8. BY the explosion of boiler tube on
the cruiser Tennessee, cruising near
San Pedro, CAL. of the crew were
killed and several injured.
AUGUST.
Is. Is workmen killed and many injured
by the collapse of brick block under
construction in Chelsea square. Bos-
ton.
26. 80 miners suffocated in the HALEY Ola
mine at McAlester, Okla.
SEPTEMBER.
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The Local Demand.

I'VE will give you some orators who
will fire your imaginations." said the
campaign worker.
Il dunno's ! want anybody's mag
ination fred" answered Farmer Corn
tossel. What we want is to get
some Of the. fellers that's holdin' Office
tfsd SOS to give our friends chance"
Washington Star.
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]. oINluo NIA6ul, u
injured and his
companion, Lieut..
Thomas E. Sell
fridge, U. S. A..
killed by the fall
of aeroplane at
Fort Myer.
?. Is French sailors
killed and many
injured by an ex-
plosion of a gun
on the cruiser La
Touche at Toulon.
S. 20 killed and many
injured in a head
on collision on the
Northern Pacific
at Young's Point.
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!, POLITICAL AND PERSONAL

JANUARY.
I. Mulai Hafid proclaimed sultan of Mo-
rocco at Fee.
%. Gladys Vanderbilt married to Count
Laszlo Szechenyi Of Hungary in New
York city.
FEBRUARY.
/. King Carlos of Portugal and the
crown prince Luiz Filippe assassinated
at Lisbon.
= Manuel. second son of the assassi-
mated monarch. proclaimed king as
Manuel ii. of Portugal
MARCH.
IS. Several Haitian revolutionists shot
by order of President Alexis.
II. AT the demand of the powers Presi-
dent Alexis allowed revolutionist eus-
poets to leave Haiti
APRIL
4 Thomas E. Watson Of Georgia nomi-
mated for president by the Peoples
party at st. Louis.
4 Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman. primo
minister of England. resigned.
8. Herbert g. Asquith appointed primo
minister of England by King Edward
Is. Cardinal Logue, head Of the Roman
Catholic church In Ireland, arrived In
New York to participate in the cen.
tennial of the New York archdiocese.
MAY.
& Manuel the boy king of Portugal,
formally invested with the royal crown
and the royal scepter of the realm.
Q. Rear Admiral Robley d. Evans re.
linQuished command of the Atlantic
battleship feet
Is. The Socialist party nominated Eugene
v. Debs and Benjamin Hanford at
Chicago.
%. The emergency currency bill signed
by the president. Congress adjourned.
JUNE.
!. King Edward VII. of England and
Emperor Nicholas II. of Russia met
for an official conference at Revel
~ Gen. Clement A. Evans OF Georgia
elected commander In chief Of the
United Confederate Veterans.
10. w. H. Taft nominated for president
at the Republican convention In Chi
cago.
q Persian parliament overthrow by
force for refusing the demands of the
shah.
q New parliament ordered in Persia and
general amnesty proclaimed.
JULY.
L Secretary of War w. H. Taft re-
signed and was succeeded by Gen.
Luke e. Wright.
.. Diplomatic relations severed between
the United States and Venezuela
10. William Jennings Bryan nominated
for the presidency by the Democratic
convention at Denver.
II. Obaldia elected president of Panama
16. Eugene w. Chain and Aaron 8. Wat
kins nominated for president and vice
president by the Prohibitionists con-
vention at Columbus. o.
=. The Prince OF Wales landed at Que
bee to attend the tercentenary cele-
bration.
a. Constitutional government restored In
Turkey.
o. Thomas L. Hisgen and John Temple
Graves nominated for president and
vice president by the Independence
convention at Chicago.
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AUGI
3. Rear Admiral
Robley D. Evans.
U. 8. NJ. placed
on the retired list,
having reached
the age limit Of
62 years.
D. The Kongo an
nexation treaty
adopted by the
Belgian chamber
of deputies.
3. Mulai Hafid, pre-
tender to the
throne OF Moroc-
co. proclaimed
sultan following
defeat Of the army
of Abdul Aziz. the
sultan of record.
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Z Gen. Sir Henry Redvers Butler, Brit
fish commander at the siege of Lady

smith in the BOer
war, in London;
aged 60.
Frank c. Bangs,
an actor associat-
ed with Edwin
Booth, Charlotte
Gu 8 h m q n and
Laura Keene. in
Philadelphia:
II.
Ellen NJ. Ames.
an author known
as Eleanor Kirk,
at Weekapaug. r.
l.: aged 76.
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Not for Her.

"You see" said the professor. "the
science of chemistry depends on the
discovery of certain affinities-"
Pardon me-" interrupted Miss
Prym, Il trust the conversation can
nroceed without drifting into scandal
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famous war song
my Maryland, !"
at Augusta. Ca;
aged 60.
. Edmund Clarence
Stedman, Ameri-
can author and
critic known as
the :bankerll
poet" In New
York city; aged
"a.
!. DR.. Edward A.
Mcdowell, noted
American compos-
err and pianist, in
New York city:
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the lightweight
championship of
the world in II
rounds at San
Francisco.
J. Martin ]. Sheri-
dan of New York
made a new world
record by hurting
the discus LIS feet
6 inches at the
London Olympic
games.
1 John ]. Hayes.
an American, won
the Olympic Mar
atllOn in London
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IL. jay LIQUID defeated Eugene sMIIes. rne
English player, for the woAd's' am
ateur tennis championship in London.
JUNE
l. Celt won the Brooklyn handicap at
Gravesend Bay, N, Y.
Z 6ignorinetta. an Italian horse, won the
English Derby.
H. w. X. vanderbilt's horse Northeast
won the Grand Prix de Paris, the
greatest race of the French turf.
10 Ballot. owned by ]. r. Keene, won
the Suburban handicap at Sheepshead
Bay. N. Y.
6. Harvard won the varsity boat race
at New London.
JULY.
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TH[DEA THRO[[
Work Of the Dread De-
stroyer In 1908.
MANY NOTABLE VICTIMS.
Distinguished Statesmen and Dip
lomats, Brilliant Authors, Famous
Artists and Gallant Soldiers on the
List-All Social Ranks Invaded.
OBITUARY

JANUARY.
1 Charles Augustus Young. noted Amer
lean astronomer. at Hanover. N. H.:
aged "a.
a James Ryder Randall author of the
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EVENTS IN 1903
Notable Occurrences the
World Over.
CRISES IN GOVERNMENT.

A Carefully Classified Summary of
Affairs at Home and Abroad Mis-
cellaneous Happenings Fatal Ex-
plosions Oh LAID and Sea Losses
by Fire-The Field of Sports.
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NOVEMBER.

shot by M orriS
Haas In San Fran
cisco.
Il Monument to the
prison ship mar
tyrs Of the Rev
olution in Brook
Ign dedicated in
the presen ce of
President Elect
w. II. Taft.
L. Fiftieth anniver-
sary of Pope
Plus ordination
as priest celebrat-
ed In Rome.
II. Lydia Thompson.
famous as a bur-
a..
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& Steamer d. M Clemson wrecked on
Lake Michigan off Duluth: % sailors
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How's Thisl

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
Ed. CHENEY 4 CO Toledo.O.
We, the undersigned. have known F. j.
Cheney for the last IS years. and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transactions
and financially able to carry out any obligations
made by his Arm,
WALDING. KINNAN Il MARVIN.
Wholesale Druggists. Toledo. o.
Halls oatarrh Cure is Internationally. acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of
the system. Testimonials sent free. Price TIC
per bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Take Hairs Family Pulls for consultation.
The Chicago Daily Journal and the
Plain Dealer one year for $3.50.
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years ago. died in London; aged 10.
Is. Statue to Gen. P. H Sheridan un-
yelled in Washington.
30. Identical notes regarding the far east
exchanged by United States and Ja--
pan at Washington and Tokyo.
DECEMBER
l. Battleship feet sailed from Manila.
homeward bound
g. Tercentenary Of the birth Of John Mil
ton. author of Paradise Lost" cele-
brated in England and America.
10 Abraham Ruef convicted OF bribery
in San Francisco.
H. The Dutch cruiser Gelderland cap
tured the Venezuelan coast guard ship
Alix Off Puerto Cabello.
u. Gen. Simon elected president OF Haiti.
IL. Wilbur Wright made new aeroplans
record by remaining in the air hour
a minutes at LIE Mans. France.
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3 DR.. Williamson Boyakin. . proteee OF
Andrew Jackson and at one time on
the staff of Gen. u. s. Grant In the
civil war. died at Marysville. Tenn. /;
aged 1O2.
Ii Thomas Virgins (Blind Tom), noted
negro piano player. died in Hoboken,
N. j.: aged about 60.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-01-05

/ Count Zeppelin made new world rec
ord by 20 mile airship night oves
Switzerland.
2. The battleship fleet sailed from San
Francisco bound for the orient.
10. Opening Of the celebration of the a0oth
anniversary OF the founding OF tho
city of Quebec.
2. Decision Of the United States court Of
appeals overruled the 1900 Stand
ard on fine imposed by Judge Landis.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-23

tation. Farming by conservation OF
moisture would in Mr.. Hills opinion,
better describe the method, but his
campaign failed and the dry" farm
ers at their fall congress-, decided not
to change the name which has made
many eastern farmers believe the new
method will grow again in desert
regions.
Dry farming Is really an exceed
ingly simple matter in principle. Crops
viii grow If moisture can be had to
vitalize them. The dry" farmer
seeks two main objects, To prevent the
loss OF natural rainfall through waste
by drainage and evaporation, and once
the natural rainfall has been saved, to
protect II ana apply it as needed to his
crops. To do this he plows his land,
breaking UP the soil and leaving it in
such condition that the rain as it
falls, sinks i'm instead Of draining off
TO save the moisture thus caught, he
employs surface cultivation with
special farm machinery which stlrs
the earth 20 a depth Of only two inches.
a dust blanket is thus created which
prevents evaporation and keeps the