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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1908
Page
3
The text describes tile drain laying steps using a tile scoop and spade, shaping the bottom course, and precise work to avoid inequalities. It advises careful edging, keeping a file handy, and specialized tools to form a trough, with tips on handling obstructions and securing tiles for a lasting drainage floor.
The piece advises farmers to improve winter barn conditions to keep stock healthy. It emphasizes ample disease-free feed, proper ventilation with a near-floor board shaft to remove stale air, and sash windows to avoid drafts. Regular grooming, patient handling of cattle, and good bedding and water are urged, linking winter care to healthier spring yields and avoiding spring poor.
The article urges every orchardist to inspect trees regularly to prevent damage from animals under the snow. Field mice thrive where grass and a crusted snow pack persist, attacking trunks unnoticed. Digging away snow around trees can reveal and halt damage before it spreads, especially in grassy or poorly cultivated orchards.
A correspondent describes a simple barrel handling tackle using two hooks to catch the chime of a barrel and a short rope tied to a tackle rope. The method, shown in a sketch, promises great convenience for moving heavy or empty barrels between floors or from a wagon to a second floor.
This and that discusses homemaking and farming tips. It urges buying a good lantern for winter, fall plowing to prevent pests, choosing plant varieties for higher yield, debate over commercial fertilizers versus manure spreaders, and proper end of season care for farm equipment.
A Prairie Farmer description outlines building a grindstone using four 4x4 lumber pieces two lengths and four pieces four by four feet long with braces from 1x1 inch material. An iron rod forms the axle with a treadle, leather hinges, a grindstone wheel on the rod, and a wagon wheel secured at the far end. a crank may be added if desired.
The potato crop is one of the best crops a farmer can grow. It exhausts soil but yields value and stores water. Leaves and haulms are plowed under, keeping the field productive. Diseases are few and controllable by spraying. Only Colorado potato beetle poses a constant threat, yet it is easily found and destroyed with effort. Potatoes thus face fewer obstacles than many farm enterprises.
A fragmentary newspaper collage presents verses about a man who “caught a little cold” leading to death, interspersed with short quips and jokes from periodicals like Puck and the Washington Star. Scattered lines touch on flirtation with illness, a dining joke about crullers, a banker’s quip, and stray literary quips.
A humorous old clipping recalls a child who dislikes being kissed by laughing relatives and his mother. He endures the ritual with good humor, later commenting that kisses taste like marshmallows.
A Philadelphia Telegraph note praises a new burglar alarm as a great invention, yet burglars reportedly stole it during a break in. A Washington Star joke questions pride in modern railway elegance, implying the station’s grandeur clashes with other urban sights.
A short note states that cooler cellar temperatures reduce evaporation, helping potatoes, roots, and vegetables retain moisture and stay larger. It emphasizes that heat accelerates shrinkage, so keeping storage areas cooler preserves product weight.
The chief reporter of The Morning Sensation guards against libel by inspecting a page of copy and annotating it with three words "Cain, the alleged murderer of Abel" as he reviews the material.
A foreigner praises boys playing in the street as potential future presidents while a Chicago resident notes few will reach that height, reflecting local sentiment on ambition and opportunity.
Martin W. Littleton of New York emerges as the principal figure in Berry K. Thaw’s second trial, famed for a meteoric rise from Weatherford trackworker to top prosecutor. His bold presence and strategic skill are poised to shape the courtroom drama against Jerome, with a disciplined, forceful style and a distinctive jaw and lips signature.
Mrs W L Merritt of Anoka says she suffered back and hip pain dizziness and worn out feeling during winter. After one box of Dean's Kidney Pills she reported relief and believes other women with kidney issues would benefit. Sold by all dealers Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
Mrs Blobbs orders Johnny to open windows to let the neighbor hear a contemplated spanking. Johnny protests crying as she asserts the neighbor has no authority over her children and insists on the punishment. The tense moment centers on discipline and boundary tensions between households.
Fragmented ad copy promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as a cure for catarrh with testimonials. Mentions CHENEY & CO Toledo and various druggists. Includes dubious prices and praise, typical of 19th century patent medicine promotions.
A manly youth declares eternal love to a trusting fair girl. She responds with dreamy humor, likening their romance to Ananias and Sapphira at the moment of courtship, in a quivering, soul-reaching scene.
A quaint offer touts Moravian Barley and Speitz cereals alongside Silver's Billion Dollar Grass and the 12 ton Hog wonder Ycosinte. It claims high yields of green fodder per acre and promotes Emperor William Oat prodigy among other rare seeds. Readers are urged to mail 10 cents for a big catalog and seed samples from John 3. Salter Lord Co. in La Crosse Wisconsin.
In an Object Lesson, Miranda tells her mistress she will not marry, insisting she has lived with the couple long enough to remain single. The tale suggests two conclusions about the servant: loyalty to her employers and the possibility of future enticement.
A captions critic says they called to learn why the New Year is represented by a nude small bay. The art editor replies the year does not end until the 81st of December, clarifying the reasoning.
A mother testimonials that Grape-Nuts saved her baby after doctors urged alternative feeds. She describes soaking and mixing grape nuts juice with milk and sugar to feed every two hours, claiming the diet built a frail infant into a healthy child and benefits extend to adults.
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