The Marshfield Times June 26 1907 satire roundup
A satirical column recalling diverse topics from ballooning to Mars closeness and peace hopes, featuring remarks on wheat, a dumb professed, a Pennsylvania Italian crime, Shaw’s music taste, airship tests at Jamestown, Leibniz and alchemists, Washington chic, Spanish throne fashion, Philadelphia clergy, and financial stock flurry losses.
Practical Farm Hints From Old Notes For Better Yields
A compilation of farm advice emphasizing animal care, pasture and lambing timing, weed control, proper shelter sanitary work, tree care, and efficient feeding. It covers dairy profitability, corn management, hog health, and cautious location changes, with notes on the national corn exposition and farm economics.
The Various Phases of Bean Culture
Bean culture requires frost-free conditions and soil preparation with cover crops. The piece covers harvester design, planting spacing from four to six inches, shallow cultivation, rolling and smoothing harrows, row spacing of 28 to 30 inches, hand and mechanical harvesting, stacking for curing, and field curing versus in-field threshing depending on weather.
Mules And Steer Compare In Western Rearing
Steere a western mule raiser states two mules can be raised to three years with the same feed as one steer. He notes the steer value around 40 to 60 dollars whereas the mules may fetch 250 to 390 dollars.
Wisconsin College Ends Endowment With Pearsons Gift
Beloit Beloit college completes its endowment fund of 1 000 800 aided by D K Pearsons who has previously donated 446 000 to the institution. The fund began eighteen years ago and Chicago alumni helped push the final subscription. The college lists 23 instructors and 1 students.
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Beloit
Beloit College
D. K. Pearsons
Pearsons
Wisconsin
Imatltuction
Chicago
2 CARS DERAILED NEAR NORTAR WESTERN ROAD
Two rear coaches derailed on the Nortar western line near Gibtonville A split-rail incident left 1 passenger uninjured as the engine and front cars passed the spot safely. The train halted abruptly with no injuries reported. Reverend J G Gruber, en route to Milwaukee Lutheran conference, died suddenly on the train between Merrill and Wausau. His body was sent back to Merrill where he served a congregation on Main Street. He had relocated from Texas to join his cousin.
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Lutheran Paster
Milwaukee
J. G. Gruber
Merrill
Wausau Plant Burns in Major Fire
A hot box on the main shaft at the Wausau Sox and Lumber plant sparked a blaze that destroyed the facility. Owned by C. E. Turner and W. C. Schofield, the loss is about 930,000 with 42,000 insured. The plant will be rebuilt.
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Wausau
Fire destroys store and stock on Grand Avenue
Milwaukee reports a fire at 606 Grand Avenue in the 7 K Lawing store partially destroying the business and stock with about $5,000 in losses. Lawing and his sister searched for one another amid the flames believing the other might be burned. Other briefs note a Janesville conductor killed on a Northwestern train, a Racine strike over transport, a Wisconsin Young People meeting in Monroe, Fond du Lac water-line project, a La Crosse fatality on the St Paul line, triplets born in DePere, and Kenosha reports an 18 year old losing an arm at the National Oyster Carrier plant.
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Milwaukee
7. K. Lawing
Grand Avenue
Lawing
Employees Are Raised At Manitowoc Plant
American Seating increases wages for 200 workers by 10 to 40 percent. The move counters rumors of a shutdown amid antitrust concerns and maintains operations at the local factory in Manitowoc.
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Manitowce
Wee
Davidson Homecoming From Hawaii Visit
Congressman J. H. Davidson returned from a seven weeks trip to the Hawaiian islands and will spend the summer at his own home in Elche, Langlais County.
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Hawaii
Oshtosh
J. H. Davidson
Hawaiian Islands
Uwn
Elche
Langlais County
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