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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1919
Page
5
A reader laments Marshfield style inaction and urban neglect. The piece recounts burglaries, a town with no library or social center, no winter skating lot, no baseball diamond, and lack of youth safe spaces, contrasting curfew laws with no city improvements.
A dated editorial argues for better recreation as a social foundation. It notes five thousand residents and thirty youths under eleven under probation, with sixty three under nineteen employed earning ten to thirty dollars weekly. It criticizes pool rooms as the sole evening refuge and calls for meaningful leisure as reconstruction advances.
A Yale Review commentary argues that American culture worships foreign reputations more than domestic merit. It cites Mahan and others who gained fame abroad before recognition at home, noting how German influence shaped American education and taste, from philosophy to literature, and even schooling paths.
War Department reverses ban on sending parcels to the American Expeditionary Forces. Parcels weighing over seven pounds may be mailed without Colonel level clearance. Items must be fully prepaid, properly addressed, and wrapped as ordinary mail, not registered or insured.
The article warns farmers to plant only locally bred seed corn of early maturing varieties suited to the climate. After 1917’s losses and failures with southern stock, it urges securing seed two to five years old or up to fourteen years old with fair stands, to ensure multiple years of supply and guard against repeats.
The United States Food Producers urged farmers to boost planting as war needs surged. 1918 crop acreage reached 367,758,000 acres, down from 456,541,000 in 1917 and 944,798,000 in 1916, across major crops including corn wheat oats and potatoes.
Angelo Patri argues for nurturing each child's creative impulse rather than uniform schooling. The New York principal champions individualized development, parent associations, clubs, relief work, and visiting nurses to support the whole family, with cooking reframed as domestic science.
The article explains natural incubation and brooding of chicks using sitting hens. It outlines nest care, transferring chicks, feeding, and timing for brooding, including advice on combining incubator-hatched and hen-brooded chicks, and handling lice and mites in brood coops. It emphasizes shade, coop cleanliness, and adapting brood size to hen age and season.
The text explains range benefits for young chickens with bugs worms fresh ground and shade. It advises punching or marking chickens before transfer to the brooder to identify age and breeding later. It notes farmers keep old hens and cull younger hens and pullets because their maturity makes distinction difficult.
If I were a farmer I would keep a few reliable remedies for minor ailments not needing a physician. Chamberlains Celie and Diarrhoea Remedy for stomach troubles coughs and colds and croup. Chamberlains Liniment for bruises and rheumatic pains. Chamberlains Tablets for biliousness and constipation.
Currants and gooseberries are losing favor as several states pass laws banning import of these plants. The prohibition aims to curb White Ping Blister Rust, a disease devastating forest districts and feared to spread via nursery stock.
Market snippet lists potatoes priced per bit and live weight terms with garbled notes and stray market abbreviations. Important entities and exact figures are unreadable, leaving a fragmentary price reference without a clear transaction context.
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