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Newspaper
Marshall News
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1899
Page
7
A practical guide discusses avoiding scab in potatoes by managing soil alkali and salt, trimming excessive fertilizers, and using safe seed disinfection with sublimate. It details a ninety minute soak in bichloride of mercury solution, equipment setup, and cautions about internal dangers, plus notes on seed tuber handling and labeling trees from nurseries to prevent girdling labels.
The article advises diversified crops and starting with the best grade stock. Choose horses cattle or hogs, provide top care and shelter, and keep stock well bedded with ample feed. Prefer quality breeds like Graft horses and beefy cattle such as Shorthorns, and register stock to assure buyers of quality.
A Florida moss harvest article explains a harsh frost devastates moss trees, reducing yield by half. It details gathering, fermentation, and simple ginning plants in the state, noting many small operations and rough equipment, with future impact across Moss producing regions.
A man on a bicycle led two horses down State Street drawing a crowd yesterday. Bystanders watched as rider and animals moved calmly, some wondering if the trio were bound for a sale or a parade and whether the horses were headed home.
A garbled OCR ad row lists several local shop claims. It mentions Nagel’s, Masel’s, and Cahoun area commerce with offers on various goods and services. The text is fractured but suggests promotions for types of merchandise and prices.
An Indian tea garden tale recalls Smith and Brown, seasoned hunters, waiting to shoot a tiger near an outgarden. The beast passes within ten yards, then vanishes toward the jungle as the men debate whether to fire, later realizing the animal hunted elsewhere that night.
In a well known uptown beer garden a group drank heavily and joked as an organ grinder’s traveling monkey performed. They bet $10 for the animal, then headed home after a raffle, waking Sunday noon with a brutal headache and fuzzy memory of the night.
A fragmentary review recalls the Olympia theater and the Anlimoa of 4874 act as orphans in a crowd. It mentions actors like Frochard and Henry Nettie, plus a protest at a jail scene. The piece weaves in quotes about theatre life, audience reaction, and social observations from 1805 era scenes.
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