Farm Advice From the Frontiers of Poultry and Field
A long compendium of practical farming tips covers poultry care, crop rotation, feeding, and harness care. It urges culling unprofitable hens, cutting waste in wheat and beet fields, and thinning fruit for higher prices while promoting pasture, grazing, and crop rotation. It notes measures against pests, feeding mixes, and livestock handling, including horse care and dairy hygiene, with references to oats, potatoes, alfalfa, and practical demonstrations from Wisconsin and Kansas programs.
The Evaporation of Apples Simple Process
An early guide outlines the commercial study of evaporated apples, noting demand for high quality fruit and the impact of crop size on grade. It describes evaporator types, capacities, sulfur fumigation, and the skill needed to judge when fruit is sufficiently dried for market.
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Ben Davis
Plum Gouger Beetle Described and Control Methods
The plum gouger is a snout beetle about a quarter inch long with gray body and head. It gnaws holes in young plums to lay eggs while larvae feed inside and ruin the fruit. The text notes spraying with arsenical poisons at reduced strength, and another method is to jar trees in the morning with sheets to catch and destroy beetles.
One Breed Still Guides Swine Breeding Choices
Stick to a single breed in swine breeding when a reliable line has been selected. Switching breeds reflects a breeder who is not fixed on a stable objective. If a strong strain is chosen, remain with it rather than continually trying new options.
Explosion Fatal to Four Field Children in Rogersville
In Fond du Lac a gasoline stove explosion killed four of Mr. and Mrs. Jason Field's young children aged three months to four years at Rogersville, ten miles away. A fifth child survived. Mrs. Field had lit the stove for breakfast while her husband worked nearby. She briefly went to the garden and returned to find the house aflame. The four victims slept in a room behind the kitchen. the cause remains unknown and the house was destroyed.
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Fond du Lac
Jason Field
Rogersville
Saginaw man declared insane over alleged seven year marriage to Lotte Sullivan
Kenosha records show traveling man A T Schulte of Saginaw Michigan judged insane in county court over claim of an agreement with Miss Lotte Sullivan of Saginaw making her his wife for seven years. He says he heard her in a room talking in a hate but found no one there. The woman is alleged never to have been in Reichsha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenosha
A. T.schulte
Saginaw
Mich
Schulte
Lotte Sullivan
Reagsha
Large blueish white pearl found on upper Mississippi
A diver on the upper Mississippi near Harper's Ferry recovered a globe pearl weighing 4444 grains. It is described as the first large blueish white pearl of its size this season and valued at $4000. It was purchased by a local buyer.
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Prairie du Chem
Richard Ishmayl
Poor Gshurson
Harper's Ferry
Mississippi
Kenosha Police Crack Down on Fence Shoppers
Kenosha police raided an alleged fence operation and recovered goods valued at 300. The stolen items, including stoves, were tied to thefts across Kenosha Milwaukee Racine and Chicago. Mrs Dorothy Comet Mrs Mary Rockmowski and Mary White aged 14 were taken into custody charged as stup otters. The ring allegedly peddled dry goods and notions to stores in multiple cities.
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Kenosha
Milwaukee
Racine
Chicago
Dorothy Comet
Mary Rockmowski
Mary White
Sang Hag
Dead Man With Fortune Claimed by Wisconsin Claimants
Milwaukee man Max Barts died at a local asylum after a sudden insanity in South Bend Indiana. Papers left to hospital management suggest he was heir to a large German fortune, with other claimants in Wisconsin also asserting rights to the same inheritance.
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Milwaukee
Max Barts
South Bend
Ind
Germany
Wisconsin
Shack Tragedy Doubles as Pole Falls at Wisconsin
Walter Brickman age 24 and Jineman, workers for the Wisconsin Telephone Company, fell from a 20 foot pole and died within minutes after striking. Investigators believe they were shocked by a line crossing the telephone wires during the accident.
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Shack
Walter Brickman
Jineman
Wisconsin Telephone Company
Mystery Death in Bancroft Resident at Commercial House
Charles Smith of Bancroft died suddenly at the Commercial House in Grand Rapids in what is described as a mysterious death. He had been in good health earlier that day but suddenly became violently ill around noon. He previously suffered from a gangrenous toe.
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Grand Rapids
Charles Smith
Bancroft
Commercial House
Two Boys Drown in Prairie River Drowning Tragedy
In Prairie River two boys Harry Averill aged 10 and Harry Sell aged 11 drowned while swimming, overmatched by the current and unable to return. The deaths followed extended exposure as they ventured too far from shore. Electrical car collision in Racine injures Mrs. Monroe and motorman Klichora after a switch misplacement demolishes both interurban and local trolleys.
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Merrill
Prairie River
Harry Averill
William Averill
Harry Sell
Henry Sell
Two Charged with Conspiracy in Wisconsin Case
Warrants issued for John Abseller and Ivan Ivankoff charged with conspiracy to defraud. Their wives were arrested as accomplices while the men fled the state and are believed to be in Chicago. The pair came from Chicago six months ago, ran a saloon, then entered banking and took deposits from Polish workers.
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Kenosha
John Abseller
Ivan Ivankoff
Chicago
Remarkable relief from backache and catarrh with Petuna
Emma Stolt of Appleton Wisconsin reports relief from backaches bearing down pains and lameness after using Petuna a neighbor recommended. Theresa Bertles of White Church Missouri says six months on Petuna cured catarrh digestive distress fatigue and breath shortness and praises it as the best medicine.
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Emma Stolt
Jopo Uelda
Appleton,Wis
Perna
Theresa Bertles
White Church
Petuna
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United States
Prof. Hopkins
Agricultural Department
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University of Wisconsin
Kansas Experiment Station
H. P. Gould
Bureau of Plant Industry
Kouger
Fouger
Xouger
Riley & Howard
U.S
Paris Green
News OF Wisconsin
A. T. Schulte
Crawford County
Appleton, Wisconsin
Emac Weolt
Wen
New York
Hoare
Alm Jand
Borsox
Gory
Seale
Bard Wits Cata
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Aires
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Sequeity Remedy CO
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