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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1906
Page
10
An agricultural feature urges farmers to test seed corn vitality before planting. It explains simple germination boxes, six to twelve kernels per ear, and careful numbering to discard weak ears. Testing could raise stand and yield significantly, with figures from national averages and potential gains outlined.
Miss Edith Urmey Iowa hospital specialist warns Eastern asylums inmates are former farmers and dayshoulders. She says mental derangement stems from lack of diversified work and neglect in teaching proper life courses to children. Cities breed youth stress from competition and dissipation. farmers fail to address home hazards.
A reminiscence on the vanished era of New Bedford whaling fleets. It recalls 19th century Yankee captains and famed ships like the Annie B and Mary Jane, the decline of Greenland and sperm whales, and the rise of modern whaling inspired by the enormous rorqual of Arctic and Pacific waters.
A note identifies Ralph D. Blumenfeld as editor of the London Express after a career starting in Milwaukee. A new artificial pumice stone is produced from a sand and clay mix. A beetle outbreak threatens the Black Hill forest reserve, with fatalities reported among local fauna.
Consul Anderson reports on journalism in China noting many foreign language publications despite few foreigners. Shanghai has multiple newspapers in foreign and Chinese languages. prices and subscriptions listed. Southern China shows English and Chinese papers with regional dialect publications expanding across ports. Chinese workers show potential for growth in high grade publishing, though dialect papers may hinder a common national language.
Census figures from Washington show a sharp decline in bicycle manufacturing. From 312 establishments in 1900 to 67 in 1905, with wage workers dropping 81 percent and capital tumbling from 25.8 million to 3.55 million dollars. Output fell from about 32 million bicycles in 1900 to just over 5 million by 1905, while motorcycle factories surged from 159 to 2,299. New Zealand exports also note a large annual value for kant gum used in varnish.
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