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Newspaper
Fulton County Tribune
Location
Wauseon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1916
Page
9
The text describes J Wesley Cartwright a prominent capitalist planning a mushroom town called Mirapolis at a valley slated for flooding by a large government irrigation project. He envisions plants for construction material to serve the dam and fodder the government with products.
Cartwright contemplates shady gains with conscience for profit and entangles Brouillard the irrigation engineer and a girl in a plot to thwart the villain in a new serial storyline.
A note promises upcoming action and excitement as a feature titled The City of Numbered Days nears publication in these pages, signaling lively local drama and narrative momentum.
In a dramatic confession scene Cazalet reveals how he staged an apparent crime to cover for a self defense killing. Toye exposes truth with linked letters, and Scruton, Blanche, Dana, and others debate trust as police doorsteps approach. The Americans and allies confront moral consequence and fate.
The piece recalls a Pittsburgh store scene where a floorwalker misreads a shopper asking for chiffons. It then shifts to a Virginia North Carolina winter partridge trapping method with netting and a horse mounted netter guiding birds to a cone opening. The column closes with musings on appetite created by reading and theater dining, noting rapid meals and stage smoking effects.
The piece argues the United States has produced many vocal talents yet lacks a true national chorus tradition. It contrasts urban choral societies with the rarity of large group singing, noting the powerful impact such mass voices can have when assembled.
Government health officials predict typhoid will become rare in a few years due to rapidly increasing vaccine use. Immunity will spread through entire households and populations, reducing disease prevalence significantly.
The phrase South of Panama is described as more than geography, embodying vast regions, diverse landscapes, and a fusion of ancient aboriginals, surviving Indian Apes, and refined descendants of early settlers. It envisions sleeping cities awakening under new civilization, with skyscrapers, boulevards, and ambitious capitals driving progress.
A 1920s Popular Mechanics idea outlines duplicating sculptures by two or more camera viewpoints. Images are projected to intersect on marble or clay, guiding material removal. An extra device would project fine lines and letters to create precise artificial reference points for alignment. At thirty, a man begins to unlearn what he doesn’t know.
William A. Radford advises farmers on hog care and winter housing. He explains hogs need careful, sanitary housing to prevent disease and improve profitability, noting drafts and exposure threaten hogs despite their fat. The article highlights modern winter hoghouses and various floor plans.
The design uses dovibis walls and 2 by 4 inch studding fastened to a foundation with sockets. Drop siding on the outside, dressed ceiling inside, wall boards for interior finishing, and wall board brands suited for sanitary use. Sheathing with shingles covers the exterior, two rows of ceiling windows with galvanized iron frames, heavy screens, and a ventilating system to ensure ample fresh air without drafts, since drafts can kill high-grade hogs.
Seventy years ago Thomas Carlyle urged moving Britain's surplus population to Canada and settling the Northwest to spur expansion. The writer argues such emigration would have reshaped populations in Canada and South Africa and avoided the Boer War, noting a British observer credited English settlers for Cape Colony’s relative calm.
The article describes sunlit hog houses designed for winter heat retention, concrete foundations, washable walls, and sloped concrete floors with gutters. It notes features to prevent vermin, ease cleaning, and efficient manure handling, highlighting profit-focused, modern pig farming practices. It also includes a digression on Carlyle as an imperialist and a vivid Falton Street pushcart scene in New York with varied goods and street bustle.
Public authorities fear renewed bombardments from the cliffside, keeping Odessa dark after sunset while patrols deter civilians along the harbor edge. Russia tightens alcohol sales as cafes lose wines and shops reduce alcohol to sixteen percent. A report notes smokeless powder as a safe but potent military secret.
A Knowledge magazine note by K. E. Styan describes glandular silky and stellate hairs on Saxifrage Aubrietia and Alyssum leaves. Hairs mainly protect against the weather, glandular hairs may attract insects in some cases. Also a brief humorous exchange about a sick husband and an undertaker.
A health ad extols internal sanitation using hot water and limestone phosphate to cleanse the bowels. The piece shifts to a Bohemian era glimpse of 15th century armored cars in Saaz, describing shielded flat vehicles with crank-driven mechanics and 4 mph speed by chauffeurs.
An advertisement promotes Cascarets as a nightly remedy for sluggish bowels and indigestion, claiming the product clears the stomach, aids liver function, and provides a morning reset. A second insert touts Mother’s Sweet Ponders for children, while a cartoonish dialogue mocks five cent cigars as domestic and cheap.
An advertisement claims meat causes uric acid buildup that clogs kidneys and triggers rheumatism headaches and bladder issues. It recommends four ounces of Jad Salts in water before breakfast for several days to flush and stimulate kidneys and keep blood pure.
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