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Newspaper
Grand Rapids Tribune
Location
Grand Rapids, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1910
Page
8
Fragmented notes describe railroading progress and a moral tale about a woman recalling past experiences. The text mentions a fashion of foreign patterns and a discussion about wrecks attracting victims to nearby farmhouses for coffee and warmth, illustrating rural concerns.
A reader recalls her mother's severe scalp illness and hair loss treated by Cuticura Soap and Ointment, claiming restored hair after months. The note praises Cuticura as effective for an elderly patient. A separate item warns about cat borne throat infections and urges humane action if a cat transmits illness.
New York attorney Ruprecht reports from Munich on juvenile delinquency based on court practice in Bavaria. The study, drawn from nearly 600,000 residents, finds fewer than 500 serious offenses by youths each year, with theft the dominant category and gender differences highlighted.
In Chicago a plan to imitate coins triggered a federal probe after fake dimes circulated. Officials seized 150000 fake metals and warned jewelers that mutilating or debasing money is a crime. The piece urges reading Section 165 of Public Act 450.
The Turkish steamer Chatham carrying 23 Chinese sailors from the South American coast reached Boston after a 10,000 mile voyage. One sailor Li Chow died off Brazil during boat drill and was mourned as the crew tossed rice and food to him. The ship endured severe storms with smashed deck fittings and a destroyed hospital, navigating through blizzards and heavy seas from Chile to Montevideo. The vessel loaded 3,010 tons of silver ore at Antofagasta valued at about $600,000, making this cargo among Boston’s most valuable from South America.
In London a half dozen trained monkeys escaped from a cage in a stable near Rosebery Avenue and roamed over Clarkenwell for hours. They scampered across roofs and rainwater pipes, entering a warehouse through a broken window. The display drew hundreds of local children as the monkeys caused minor mischief and dispersed after a prolonged neighborhood scare.
Cows from a neighboring farm wandered into a cider mill enclosure at noon and cavorted amid the mash. Ten animals later sank to the ground as onlookers feared bog cholera before a veterinarian diagnosed a Jersey elder jug of untoward proportions. The beasts were cooled in ice water and have since avoided food, subsisting on pasture water.
Syrian Kalil Joseph has begun a silk worm operation near Picayune Louisiana about 92 miles from New Orleans. He has raised thousands of silkworms from eggs on a two mile farm and plans a $100,000 company to loom and process silk locally. The project aims to establish the first bonafide silk farm in the south and to produce finished silk at the same site as the cocoons are spun.
A Paris project proposes a mobile theater seating 1500 with a full stage orchestra boxes drops wings scenery lighting and heating. It will tour France in April performing Moliere plays and other modern works in towns, reading aloud to audiences from a tented theater setup.
Racine hosts the third annual convention of the National Gas and Gasoline Engine Trades Association drawing 250 delegates. Other notes cover tuberculin tester exams in Madison, a Milwaukee assault case, an exploding stove in Rev Miniberger’s home, a macadam road project from Ashland to Milwaukee, a Dodge county will trial, fire at Western Parlor Furniture plant, Wisconsin agriculture course enrollments, Edgerton kerosene stove accidents, a caboose mishap near La Crosse, and an elderly suicide attempt in Maiden Rock. Local rail shop opinions on possible engineer strike are noted alongside a Donges Bay death and Racine annexation plans.
Returns from Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta show large yields as harvest ripens with reports of 40 53 and 35 bushels per acre for various varieties. A Marave wheat a pen sample yielded 53 bushels per acre, and projected profits suggest about 9 to 37 dollars net per acre after costs. The article notes strong soil and climate, growing settlements, and expected larger immigration to Canada next year.
A busy grocery counter scene features a clerk confirming eggs are fresh, while Louis Wisna, a Newark artist, admits a sudden gloom from thoughts that his shoes cost less than his child’s. The dialogue weaves in misc advertisements and odd quotes about truth, debt, and remedies.
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