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Newspaper
Fulton County Tribune
Location
Wauseon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1917
Page
6
Characters debate funding a bold venture as Colonel Baldwin leads a wary panel. Dialog reveals fears of financial ruin, stock schemes, and a cautious insistence on practical results. The scene centers on strategy talks, risk, and a tense push toward action.
John Smith plays hero to a pretty young woman in a tense scene at a railroad siding. He helps her evade danger as a freight train blocks their path and later learns of a plot to relocate a living camp to trigger an injunction. Williams and the ditch company loom over a financial scramble as Smith navigates danger and intrigue.
A tense exchange unfolds as a man plans a dangerous trek to seize mining-claim problems on the far river bank. A determined young woman resists but hints at joining, while a driver prepares to navigate a car across rough terrain and river obstacles.
A preview hints at Smith displaying the fierce brutality that defines him as Coleone Baldwin’s daughters await the next installment to witness an actual confrontation.
The article discusses the eel mystery once thought unsolved thanks to scientific study, then shifts to a new mystery of nature and includes Societal commentary on corn bread as food. It cites Horace and Edwin Bjorkman, mentions planetary heat concepts, and references Corn bread use in the South versus the North. It also notes a joke about rich suitors and a Neapolitan doctor’s sponge experiment.
William T. Hornaday, director of the New York Zoological Park, voices concern about future hunting traditions. He notes past generations hunted elk and wild game, while modern hunters chase deer and birds from automobiles, prompting questions about what the next generation will hunt.
Uncle Sam displays experimental photo telegraph machines at the Smithsonian in Washington. N. S. Amstutz of Valparaiso, Ind., developed an interrupted varialbe current engraving method producing half tone reliefs. The system transmits photographs by wire and creates wax impressions for electrotypes, with later carbon reliefs on celluloid improving results.
A nitrogen extraction plant is under construction in La Grande Washington with an estimated cost around 500000. It will yield products for fertilizers dyestuffs explosives and related uses. The site was moved from Everett area due to local resistance issue.
Government urged housewives to adopt wheatless meals using cornmeal and hominy grits with more than fifty tested recipes. Farmers Bulletin 585 promotes corn as a versatile substitute for wheat in breakfast, lunch, and dinner, listing breads, muffins, pancakes, puddings, and side dishes to broaden the diet.
Cuba imported 3.3 million dollars of paper in 1916 with American manufacturers supplying over 70 percent. The trade grew rapidly, shifting from Germany as a supplier, while Spain and Norway emerged as next major sources. Germany’s former markets largely moved to the United States, with England increasing lithographic goods sales. Italy offers tractor subsidies to agricultural bodies up to 30 percent, potentially 40 percent with five tractors per province. Private buyers face a 20 percent cap.
A late Supreme Court justice leaves a remarkable bequest of friendships to his family, arguing that true friendships surpass gold and fame. The piece urges heirs and readers to nurture, preserve, and earn such legacies through loyal, generous conduct and personal effort.
A historical sketch recalls early efforts by New York women to found a nursing school at Bellevue Hospital in 1873. Founders faced doctor opposition, especially conservative medical boards, before the board later endorsed the undertaking. The piece links these struggles to English reform and Florence Nightingale, noting the shift toward women in medical training and leadership.
Mrs W C Brown of Cleveland Ohio recounts four weeks in hospital with fainting spells and abdominal pains and credits Eyre E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with significant improvement. She urges others to obtain a bottle at a local drug store before leaving the city.
Katie had never seen her uncles before and was taken to the town where they lived. On arriving she greeted one uncle with a kiss as instructed by her mother. The next day another man arrived and the greeting followed the same routine, leaving Katie surprised by the change.
A boy named Bushrod uses his mother's dollar to buy a pedigreed pigeon claiming its lineage on a crumpled scrap of paper. The note lists unknown ancestors and cites Bill Hite as the pigeon’s mother, illustrating a humorous family tale of pedigree boasting.
Elmira asks about a visitor who claims to improve her mind and is described as a professor in the school of Eros. The father threatens Benny after a noisy night. The dialogue ends with a saying that love makes a fool of a sensible man and sometimes a fool of a sensible man.
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