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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1908
Page
3
An older rural guide covers feeding clover pasture, winter calving prep, and barn maintenance. It warns against damp litter for hens, emphasizes dry bedding, and urges inventory of farm stock. It reviews cattle calving diet, treatment for colds, and measures for foot and mouth disease plus general tool care and housing.
In Barnstable Mass William F. Hallett recounts a morning where he set out thirty wooden decoys to hunt coots. A large gray whale approached from the shore, circled the skiff, then lunged for the decoys, swallowing ten of the pine woods and gear. Hallett bailed frantically as the whale thrashed, finally retreating toward Provincetown, leaving him shaken but alive after a harrowing escape stitched with bold visuals.
New York report details Mary Corcoran a county Connaught immigrant cook who after being fired by Mrs Willard R Spader engaged in a kitchen rampage smashing dishes battering doors and threatening police. She resisted arrest kicking off shoes before being taken to the station.
Mrs Helen Barber aged 89, a longtime Seattle resident, reaches a milestone in dental care by getting a new set of teeth. She has lived in the city since before it had a post office, cared for herself until her husband’s death a year ago, and remembers crossing to Washington from Sacramento in 1859.
Skunks in Chardon Ohio trouble local bee keepers by making a peculiar noise to lure bees from hives and eat them. Charles Hall reports losing several valuable swarms this fall after trapping five. Farmers also report many chickens killed by skunks.
The foundation for the completed harbor of refuge lighthouse at Delaware Bay rests on a solid concrete block twelve feet thick. It is 18 feet deep, 40 feet in diameter at the base and 36 feet at the top, forming a sturdy base for the structure.
In a SurMotion publication the American Society of Modistes and Milliners held an executive session. A committee report urged that next season gowns be fastened in the back with numerous invisible hooks and that the official spring hat be the Marie Antoinette model with plumes. The plan also proposed a fringe of birds and a long Harveyized steel hatpin. The meeting approved the report amid cheers. A stray verse from the Somerville Journal follows.
A scattered page shows verses and jokes from Puck and New York Herald with mischievous lines about kissing, a chieftain, a raffle, Twinkle Twinkle variations, and a barbering quip. Contributors hint at street humor and wordplay from the era.
A fragmented Houston Post item discusses a college with a football team, moral questions, and an implication of education about sex. It mentions a judgment on a Maltese cross and betting, with unclear context and dialogue about brains and education.
A fragmentary New York Herald quote describes a dispute where one person claims another left a resting place after a disagreement. The brief exchange hints at unresolved tensions and possible personal friction.
A humorous fragment describes a Nutwood station agent overwhelmed by duties from selling tickets to telegraph work. The agent is said to be asleep while juggling mail, express, signals, bulletin boards, and crossing lanterns. The piece ends with aphorisms about effort and prudence.
Fragmentary passage notes sweeping changes in early eras with man guiding progress. Mentions shifts as civilizations move from primitive tools to organized effort and landscape transformation. unclear names, places, or dates prevent exact attribution.
A humorous exchange shows a job applicant seeking any editorial post while the proprietor notes all positions are filled. The dialogue shifts to a tall tale about narrow escapes, including a South American band hanging him from a rubber tree.
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