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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1905
Page
5
Secretary Wilson notes many Parsons could join the silk industry as suppliers of eggs and mulberry trees. The piece details labor practices in Japan and other nations and summarizes the life history of the silkworm from eggs to cocoon, highlighting rapid larval growth and molting.
The article discusses silkworm culture and the need to kill silkworms to preserve silk, methods of processing cocoons, and variations by country. It traces U S silk history to colonial times, notes Secretary Wilson's 1901 efforts and congressional appropriations, and highlights potential U S silk centers, foreign interest, and the large sum spent abroad on silk imports.
An interview quotes Andrew Carnegie denying the claim that dying rich equates to disgrace. The piece discusses silk industry hopes in the United States led by Mrs. Roosevelt and Secretary Wilson, detailing silkworm biology and American sericulture prospects for farm women and families.
British war boats sunk in the Thames near Lake St. Clair after Perry's victory are to be recovered and kept in Detroit as memorials. Divers found three ships buried in mud upstream from Chatham. artifacts suggest cannon balls and valuables may be aboard. Canada protests the American seizure but private ownership could allow possession.
A profile of Frank N. Hitchcock detailing his rapid rise from a mouse skull labeled clerk in the Agriculture Department to top posts in the Commerce and Labor and Post Office departments. The piece highlights his lack of political pull, strong work ethic, and secretary Wilson praising his organizing ability and indispensability to the government.
The piece notes many lawmakers oppose railroad and telegraph favors for Congress and state officials. It recalls the extra session mileage controversy and highlights reform-minded figures like Wisconsin's La Follette. It also mentions a Grand Army plan to place a large bell at Arlington Cemetery using obsolete cannons.
A classroom quip defines algebra as a white mule with black stripes after a circus sighting. The exchange frames math humor with a kid’s literal interpretation and a playful teacher response.
Farmers celebrate huge wheat yield and lower transport charges as a St Paul report notes interstate railroads cut grain rates from five cents per hundred pounds at distant points to a half cent near St Paul. The changes, expected to spread, favor farmers by reducing costs amid a bumper crop of about two hundred million bushels.
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