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Newspaper
Fulton County Tribune
Location
Wauseon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1916
Page
2
Amidst Villa chaos in a border camp, Kynaston faces arrest, a mission to Senor Upton, and danger from Obispo and Upton as a priest, generals, and fighters maneuver around a lost jewel and looming threat of war.
In a tense scene at Upton house, old Upton and John Wilkes plan defense as Villista pressure grows. Mrs Fane weeps, Dorothy remains steady, and a night watch begins with cautious chatter and preparations for what may come.
USDA notes a permanent woodlot is essential on well equipped farms. Farmers underestimate its non timber values, including windbreaks erosion control fuel and stock shelter. Proper care and market information can boost timber yields and farm prosperity over time.
The unsigned item touts a “hopperdozer” invention that drowns grasshoppers in kerosene water. It claims U S Department of Agriculture support and praises a fuel free method to eradicate pests on farms, with exaggerated local tongue details and a description of the device.
The report notes Austrian and Wallan forces fighting at extreme altitudes where air is thin and gunfire is less effective. Shells gain excess range at high elevations, requiring adjusted sights. It also mentions Indian campaigns using mountain artillery and an interpreter describing Buddhism’s eightfold path to Nirvana.
Advice on keeping poultry water clean to prevent disease. Recommend daily cleaning of water pans, using a flat washbasin on a box, placed in a sunny corner away from roosts, and refilling with clean water to halt disease spread.
Agricultural notes urge removing brush and drying beyond idle days to allow pasture grasses to reclaim land. Emphasizes fencing vigilance and pinpoints fly control with a tight manure box, plus warning on low fence spots inviting cattle incursions.
A British officer notes the high cost of equipment for subalterns and the trimming of celebration as new armies form. A surgeon echoes Sherman’s famous line and calls the trench war “mud blood and blasphemy” while recalling Tristram Shandy’s profane army memories in Flanders.
In Columbus Republicans praise state ticket nominations as Myron Herrick and Charles Hildebrant gain strong posts while Frank B. Willis battles Cox for the governorship. The piece surveys party ranks, past offices, and regional ticket dynamics amid an estimated one-fourth of eligible voters turning out in a volatile Ohio primary climate.
A Detroit News Tribune piece argues sympathy sustains marriage, while contrasting women’s training toward unselfishness with men’s pursuit of personal pleasure. It recounts a Albany monkey aboard the Berkshire steamer causing chaos and notes evolving use of photography in air raids for bomb record-keeping.
Glass factories in Japan surge as Germany and Belgium industry stalls. A Japanese women’s organization claims 10000 members vowing marriage only if husbands back equal rights and better pay. North Dakota leads in spring wheat flax and barley.
A famous card player left a gilded arena after a fierce and bloody duel over a large pot of about sixteen hundred dollars. The dealer invited a lunch as he departed. The victim refused with a sharp retort about not wasting sixteen hundred dollars on ham. Farmer Countesse jokes follow about clothes and family. New York state reports five thousand acres of state land and 5000 acres of private land being reforested this year.
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