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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1897
Page
2
A sprawling, fragmentary telegraph of items from Marshfield to Montana. Reports of a $150,000 lumber fire near the Igis River, marriage news from Brecklyn to France, cellarful of stock and barons of finance in Chicago, and ongoing labor strife in New York and Pittsburgh. Mentions mine disasters, graft suits, weather, and political shifts.
The report notes actor Charles Compton died in London. Assassin Michele Angiolillo was garroted for the C ánovas del Castillo case. A New York rumor mentions Mrs Nos as a black sheep. Henri of Orleans recovers from duel wounds with the Count of Turin. Afghanistan bans rebels via firman. Physicians head to Moscow for an international congress. Canadian minister Davies says sentiment for US union is fading. Portsmouth sailors desert aboard the Royal Sovereign amid discipline. Andree message found on a pigeon near Lapland, suggesting the ex lover crossed 42 degrees north.
The article stresses pasture water as vital for livestock. It warns that insufficient water hurts livestock and profits, but it also notes that water quality is crucial. It argues many farmers overlook purity, risking poor animal health and returns.
A compact editorial argues that health underpins business success and endurance in demanding ventures. It compares enterprise to an arctic expedition, noting few can endure extreme hardships and hinting the North Pole of business achievement remains unreachable without robust health.
Madison August 21 legislature adjourned without day after limited work. Only major actions were passing the state revision and Milwaukee garbage bills. Davidson sleeping car and express company tax bills passed assembly but failed in Senate. Davidson says he will not seek re election. Park lands and judicial election measures noted amid adjournment.
A bill appropriates funds to A L Landon and Johan R Berryman clerks of the committee and to revision committee members including Senators D EB Hiordan Chairman Eagle River J B Roehr Milwaukee Joan M Whitehead and Assemblymen W H Slott Merri D 2 Jones Sparta W G Wheeler Janesville L G Harvey Oronte. Gov expresses gratification at adjourned session results as Lt Gov Baensch Senate presiding officer and Speaker Bucketart Assembly say they are pleased with action.
A speculative discussion on long term geological upheaval could upheave Lake Michigan and Erie, gradually tilting water southwest and flooding cities like Chicago Detroit Toledo Cleveland and possibly reshaping Minnesota Wisconsin and Minnesota river basins. Professor Spencer notes rising land exposure and shrinking lake levels though timescales span millennia.
The article warns against keeping hens in the henhouse during dry warm weather as it harms chick development in the shell. It notes vermin breed if the hen sits constantly, and moisture from soil helps the chick peck out rather than exhaust and die.
The writer declares the roller essential on the farm noting corn germinates more evenly after rolling the land with the tool. Beets and other crops benefit, roller reduces gullying, and helps seeds germinate quickly. A rolled cornfield resists crow damage and shows improved emergence.
Advice on pricing quality items fairly in drugstore sales. Warns against pushing cheaper trades when higher priced goods appear in the background. Aims to prevent inferior articles from being bought at low prices by customers seeking value.
The 1998 United States Department of Agriculture yearbook advocates cowpeas, also known as southern field beans, for agricultural renovation in the southern regions. The discussion emphasizes benefits and practical guidance for planting cowpeas.
Exhausted sola Those peas have wonderful power of increasing the fertility of old vole by supply to them with the nitrogen they need. The cowpea is for the south what alfalfa is to the west and red clover is to the north. It is really a bean and exists in many varieties, but all kinds benefit the soil they grow in. In recent years scientific observers have found that certain bacteria living in the roots of these leguminous plants take nitrogen from the air and soil, just as higher animals take oxygen from the air. As nitrogen is indispensable to a fertile soil, peas, clover, etc., accomplish for the farmer cheaply what wheat fertilizers do at great cost.
A seaside resort ballroom sparked debate over a young woman wearing a short bicycle skirt. The mistress of ceremonies admonished the pair during a waltz, prompting spectators to critique the handling and the ethics of good taste. The incident exposed double standards in social norms of the time.
Farmers in Marshall County plan to seed down acres of corn and oats and convert them to pasture next year. They expect to stock the new pastures with cattle and use cheap corn for feeding, aiming for better returns as butcher stock remains scarce and commands good prices in local markets.
A writer recalls seeing children collecting insects at a hotel by the sea and killing them for sport. The note blames parents for neglecting early character formation and warns of mercilessness in adulthood, urging guardians to guide children during childhood.
In Blountville Sullivan County Tennessee four months ago Miss Rowena Ross wed Ambrose Collins. Trouble arose when Milton McCary, Mrs Collins brother in law, pursued her. Collins returned from fishing to find his wife gone, a banjo with a hair lock and a note declaring departure with another man. Police seek Mrs Collins who remains missing.
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