Weeekly Crop Bulletin and Food Notes Report
The bulletin notes persistent cool wet weather hindering corn and clover harvests, with wheat ready but ground soft. Frosts affected northern counties. rains delayed corn cultivation and lodging of grain with a generally wet, soft ground across the state. Pastures are good while potatoes and fruits show mixed conditions and tobacco planting nears completion.
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Mohern
Chippewa Falls
Chippewa County
W. C. Reycroft
Pardeeville
Columbia County
M. W. Roberts
W. M. Wittsos
Wisconsin's Great Assembly at Madison Enriches State Culture
The Summer Assembly at Monona Lake, Madison, enters its 23rd year as a premier state institution. Notable speakers include Frank T. Bullen, Dr. George Jackson, Rev. Robert S. MacArthur, Rev. Samuel P. Jones, Gen. John C. Black, Lorado Taft, President G. Stanley Hall, Gen. Fitchugh Lee, Miss Ellen M. Stone and Bertha Kunz Baker. Musical and technical displays feature Spiering Instrumental quartet, Dana’s Third Regiment Band, Grace Updegraf, and wireless experiments. James E. Moseley, Secretary, Madison, invites interested readers to learn more.
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Wisconsin
Summer Assembly
Madison
Frank T. Bullen
London
George Jackson
Edinburg
Robert S. MacArthur
New York
Samuel P. Jones
John C. Black
Lorado Taft
G. Stanley Hall
Fitchugh Lee
Ellen M. Stone
Bertha Kunz Baker
Dana
Third Regiment
Grace Updegrasf
H. R. Palmer
James
E. Moseley
Annual School Meeting Notice in Marshfield Wisconsin
Notice is hereby given that the annual meeting of School District Number One in Marshfield Wood county Wisconsin will be held in the high school assembly room on Monday July 7 1902 at 9 o clock am for the election of officers and other business as lawfully comes before it Dated Marshfield Wisconsin June 24 1902 C Vedder City Clerk
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Marshfield
Wood County
Wisconsin
Atzc
Vedder
Cows Versus Bullfighters: Nature of Herd Defense
A fragment discusses cattle behavior, comparing cow and bull fighting dynamics. It notes a cow’s swift horned defense to protect offspring, while bulls seek herd mastery without lethal intent, shaping future herd danger and survival.
Thrifty Lancashire bachelor’s costly wedding license tale
In a well known Lancashire town a thrifty, industrious bachelor marries a wealthy widow. An old friend congratulates him on a wedding worth £15,000, only to learn the marriage license cost £2129 6d. The tale ends with a sly punch line about the real sum.
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Lancashire
Tan
Qhonda
Sworth
London
Jar of Ire Kind Horace Watpote Story
A porcelain seller tells of an old vendor with a rare jar priced highly. A hot summer quake cracks the vase, but the seller remains undeterred, advertising it as the only jar worldwide cracked by an earthquake. Whether he profited is not stated, yet he seemed to deserve it.
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Horace Watpote
Cossack Whips Describe Feared Edge Weapons
The article depicts Cossack whips as formidable blades crafted from hard feather with a flanged tip. It notes their triangular shape and the deadly potential when a Cossack strikes, often inflicting severe or total wounds. A favored stroke lops an eye and part of the cheek.
Beards Distinguish French Political Factions in 1850
In Son Venirs Litteraires M Maxime du Camp notes after the July Revolution that French poetics were marked by facial hair. Louis Philippe supporters wore mutton chop whiskers, Bonapartists flaunted mustaches and imperials, Republicans kept the beard, and Legitimiats wore beards like a collar with shaved ps and chin.
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M. Maxime du Camp
Sonvenirs Litteraires
Louis Philippe
Missouri censor claims church program mockery of Miss Bates
A Missouri censor asserts a town church entertainment featured a remark about Miss Bates and an angel’s wings. The Chicago Chronicle notes the inappropriate moment during the ceremonies and minister presence.
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Missouri
Good Example Prompts Local Credit Emulation in Lebanon Tex
The Lebanon Tex Gazette notes that many exchanges extend credit and expects grocers and butchers to follow suit. The piece underscores growing practice of extending consumer credit as seen in regional markets.
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Lebanon
Tex
Knack of Concealing Their Mind
A fragmentary editorial notes that many women can sew their own clothes but few can conceal true thoughts. It comments on a philosopher’s view that a man seeks a suitable wife yet may speak harshly at home due to unmet expectations about cooking and maintenance.
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Philosopher
Indianapollo News
Unexpected Result in Pennsylvanian Mining Town Meeting
In a late mining town in Pennsylvania a mass meeting featured Democrat Kennedy and Republican Plummer as principal speakers. Kennedy joked about switching from Whig to Democrat for a fresh start and a 20 hour talk. Plummer interrupted, asked why Kennedy became a Democrat. A miner struck him, proving you cannot disrupt a Democratic speaker. the meeting adjourned.
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Pentsylvania
Keystone State
Kennedy
Plummer
A Woman's Kiss and a Danish Nobleman's Tale
Ingeborg Vinding and Poul Vendelbo Lovenorn feature in a Denmart tale where Vendelbo, a university student on Copenhagen’s ramparts, promises a kiss to fund travel. A bold window kiss from Logeberg Vinding leads him abroad, returning as Adjutant General to visit the tall lady who shaped fortunes with a kiss.
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Ingeborg Vinding
Sng
Poul Vendelbo Lovenorn
Denmart
Poul Verdelbo
Poon
Atudent
Copenhagen
Balfs
Vendetbo
Paul
Vendelbo
Efe
Lovenort
Logeberg
Origin of the Kilts and Highland Dress Factclaimed
London Mail reports that the kilt is a modern fancy costume not a native Scottish invention. An English army tailor with General Wade’s 1719 expedition and Thomas Rawlinson are credited with its creation. For over a century before tartan, highlanders wore a saffron skirt wound around the body, with the long plaid as ancient garb of Gaul.
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Wade
Scotland
Thomas Rawlinson
Glengarry
Gaul
London Mail
William Blacks Joke at Lyceum Supper
The tale recalls novelist William Black and his wife dining with Mary Anderson at the Lyceum when a prank placed Poison on champagne labels. Unaware hosts invited guests, the joke backfired on the famous writer revealing his youthful, boyish side behind outward dignity.
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William Black
Wiliam Black
Mary Anderson
Lyceum
Decces
Beefateak
Black
Senator Sparks Newark Mosquito Remark In Senate Gallery
In a senate gallery exchange a woman quips that a New Jersey senator is like a ferocious Newark mosquito, remarking he keeps pushing a little bill while a man beside her leans in, seeking a sharp answer. The scene captures tense legislative chatter and public scrutiny.
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New Jersey
Newark
Senate
Yonkera
Revenge and marriage schemes in old Stubbs tale
A London Standard excerpt presents a dialogue about marrying Stubbs' daughter for money. Pather and Son debate love, duty, and the promise of wealth, revealing tensions over inheritance and consent in a period piece.
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Pather
Stubbs
Fula
London Standard
Two Brekke Duck Scene in Philadelphia Restaurant
A Philadelphia Record fragment depicts a diner and a restaurant owner debating duck choices with humor about a canvasback and a greenback, reflecting light chatter in a city dining scene.
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Philadelphia Record
Sure to Be Prejudiced. Friend-Don t look so blue
The item notes a claim of prejudice in a jury pool with vague dialogue about a real estate business in New York. It references a juror panel and potential biases linked to prior dealings in housing. No clear event or outcome is provided beyond the assertion of prejudice.
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New York Weekly
Do you believe in heredity asked by a barber
A New York Times quip notes belief in heredity with a joke about a barber who has three little phavers. The piece also mentions the world's largest ivory market at the London docks and quarterly sales of ivory around 500,000.
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New York Times
London Docks
Boiling to death law in Henry VIII era shocks England
In Henry VIII’s time English law made boiling to death a capital punishment after a spate of poisonings. Richard Rosse Coke, Rochester’s cook, poisoned seventeen people and was boiled alive. Margaret Davy reportedly died by boiling during a poisoning case. Public horror and slow news travel fueled outrage before Parliament repealed the statute after the king’s death.
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England
Henry VIII
Richard Rosse
Coke
Rochester
Twre
Margaret Davy Ywne
Margaret Davy
Henry
Himaelz
Consular Clerks and Their Tenure in Early U S History
The Lan provides for thirteen consular clerks with first five year pay of $1 000 and allowances for travel or foreign service. They are appointed by the president and serve nearly for life. The tenure statute requires written cause for removal and submission to Congress, a unique case of direct House interest in executive appointments. Washington Star.
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Lan
Congress
United States
House of Representatives
Senate
Washington Star
A Parisian Nonalcoholic Punch Recipe
A quirky French beverage recipe advises mixing five pounds of raisins five pounds of dried apples and five gallons of water in a cask or large jar. After three days of standing uncovered with occasional stirring bottle with sugar and cinnamon, then store cool. Fermented fruit punch keeps well and is said to have been widely consumed in France.
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Carl
Lord Kelvin Egg Spin Test Misread by Students
In Glasgow Lord Kelvin demonstrated a natural philosophy experiment using eggs to show rotation. Hard boiled eggs spun longer while raw eggs failed due to shell friction, leading Kelvin to note Earth’s rotation could not be driven by a similar inconsistency and remarking that none of the raw eggs boiled.
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Lord Kelvin
University of Glasgow
Wae Bia
The Crowl Jone Oswald Prank Ends in Vengeance
Oswald a witty Part slan is described as amusing but sharp revenge followed when he used insults to provoke. A man who had wronged him hosted a reception where Oswald drew 500 hunchbacks to a false legacy notice at a single address.
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Oswald
Paris
The Pride of Profession Reflected in Military Deaths
The Kansas City Journal notes soldiers alone show true pride in their calling. When a soldier dies, his coffin is borne on cannon tucks, a noble memory. It argues a farmer’s grave would be dishonored if carried by sulky plow tracks or a bowl instead.
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The
Kansas City Journal
Ancient touches of beauty shape and alter noses
Fragmentary note describes varied beauty practices from ancient Persia to tribes in Oregon and Aracan. It mentions the belief in a nose’s beauty and describes methods such as pressure to flatten or reshape the nose, reflecting cultural standards across regions.
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Persia
Oregon
Aracan
Not Very Smart Man Cited in Senate Debate
Fragmented quotation depicts skepticism toward Francis Becou's intellect. Senators criticize his credibility while newspapers note implied financial impropriety. Sources referenced include the Washington Star and the Atchison Globe in a brief, dialog-like snippet.
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Francis Becou
Senator Sorghum
Washington Star
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