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Newspaper
Fulton County Tribune
Location
Wauseon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1916
Page
4
A woodland scene follows Mae Robin Redbreast as she tends eggs and teaches her young to forage. Robin frees time to prepare a nest for the brood while Mr. Robin worries and Mrs. Redbreast crafts a meal. The story shows parental care, caution, and family routines.
A talking robin family scenes at a market and home end with the robin child misbehaving over worms and cherries. Mrs Redbreast cooks while Robin argues about the best food, then the family disperses by night leaving him hungry and alone in the yard.
Rev Dr Charles E Jefferson urges grown daughters to meet debts and support family. He argues women should work at home and contribute to parents and siblings, using elder sisters to mediate between mother and younger girls and to foster sympathy.
A column urges young readers to start a poultry venture now with parental help. It stresses clean, dry housing, humane care, and quick profits from hens while advising boys to learn business by doing. It invites questions to Wisconsin Poultry Association secretary James G. Halpin in Madison.
By Measurement a teacher instructs a class in tailed time with a comic mispronunciation. Willie asks to go out and play, mom jokes about holes in shoes, and a new boy quips about being taught.
Fashion notes describe a revival of one piece gowns with fitted bodies and flaring skirts, alongside two piece tailored suits. A gaberdine suit features a belt waist, peplum ripple, rolled collar, and decorative braid. Novel buttons, stitching, pockets, capes, and Paris influence appear.
A survey of Spring utility blouses notes consumer preference for good materials and neat work over decoration. Two ready to wear models in cotton voile showcase tailored details, handwork like hemstitching and pintucks, and restrained color banding, with prices from two and a half to five dollars.
A rustic method uses bent hairpins to grip a spool, turning as thread is drawn. The piece describes a compact handkerchief kit stored in a pocket, with cardboard insert and twine wound around, adaptable to leather or fabric pouches, and notes on suitable materials and potential makers.
A Kansas City Star item notes a French electric flash light pistol that not only emits a bright flash when fired but also makes a realistic weapon noise to deter criminals. It mentions a Minnesota man who invented a ratchet wound spring motor hidden on the back of a device. It reflects on a washed-up rural horseman’s futile fortune chase and enduring faith that luck and weather defeat him.
Ohio school teachers rally in support as the Ohio Supreme Court delays ruling in John G Gwen versus Cleveland school board over teachers joining a labor union. The case signals a broader push for teacher union organization amid past Cleveland clashes and a 1910s pendulum of rulings on collective action.
The article describes the tobacco bug that ruins cigars by boring holes and notes efforts to control it. It mentions electrical sterilization of beetle eggs using high frequency current, moisture-based methods, and an X ray device by Franklin Smith of Philadelphia. Tampa, Florida reportedly treats about 800 cigars per minute. It ends with a playful joke about a judge being reversed in a humorous exchange.
In a 68 to 14 vote the senate tabled all resolutions seeking to intervene in President Wilson's conduct of foreign affairs. Senator Gore attempted to obscure the main issue with an amendment declaring sinking armed ships without warning as an act of war by Germany. The house will vote on a McLemore resolution with expected adverse fate, while a second resolution expressing confidence in the president’s handling is expected to pass.
In Hartford Connecticut on March 1, Isaac N Williams of Bridgeport and Harry N Roy of Poughkeepsie were hanged for the murder of Hubert Case a Bertram County official. Both men reportedly did not confess and the execution followed a seven year gap since the prior case at Wethersfield prison.
A street vignette captures a fanitor remarking that the futurist artists in a building all claim they will pay the rent next week, highlighting recurring payment delays and a tense atmosphere among tenants.
A golf club faced questions after refusing amateur Foozler entry. The committee noted a boyhood caddying history with his father, including occasional dimes for 50. Meanwhile, Silver Imports report shows US imports valued at 28.5 million dollars for ten months ending October 31, 1915, with 17.0 million from Mexico.
A historic ad extols drinking hot water with limestone phosphate each morning before breakfast to cleanse the stomach liver kidneys and bowels of waste. It claims daily indigestive toxins are cleared, promising improved health and fewer nervous days. A pun on war news ends the snippet.
An advertisement hawks Cascarets as a sleep aid that cleanses the liver and bowels, promising relief from headache biliousness coated tongue and foul breath by morning. It asserts the product removes undigested food and toxins, improves digestion, and restores regularity while you sleep. A brief quote from Life magazine asks if a death was natural, noting a man turned over in New York streets.
An old sensational remedy ad claims meat clogs kidneys and causes back pain. It touts Jed Salt and four ounces of a grape lemon lithia mix as a cure to flush kidneys, blood, and end bladder weakness while warning meat eaters to stop consumption to avoid urinary disorders.
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