Flood loss topples half a century of cotton in Marshfield
The Marshfield Times reports flood damage to the cotton crop exceeding 50 million dollars. Other notes discuss McKinley’s upcoming acts, Turko Greek war interest, Iowa Supreme Court on swiping, Minnesota Beet Sugar Co. formation, an April 10 Greek slaughter remembrance, and various state legislative items including licenses for cures, tobacco and drug regulations, plus agricultural policy shifts under Secretary Wilson including hog cholera stamping and pleuro pneumonia efforts.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Morton
Department
Congress
Rusk
Wilson
Iowa
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Wisconsin jury law reform draws special commissioners
The Wisconsin legislature adopted a new method for selecting petit jurors. Three special commissioners will be appointed per county to prepare juror lists, with thirty six names drawn for each court sitting. Penalties for soliciting commissioners or listing offenders include fines and imprisonment. The piece also discusses department store regulation debates and local notes on doctors and political races.
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Jory Bury
Wisconsin
Swindlers Cheat by Marked Bills and Local Insect Plague
The Neillsville Times reports a bent swindle in several towns where two men use a marked Dill note scam to obtain change after paying with a bill bearing a peculiar mark. Separately, Schulls of Grant County brought in grasshoppers from his fields signaling an early season infestation. Appleton Post notes 1500 bushels of corn sent by Methodist church members to India’s starving.
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Schulls
Neillsville Times
Appleton
Methodist Church
India
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