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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1909
Page
3
The address emphasizes cleaner poultry houses and meticulous care of tools and machinery. It urges soil pulverization and harrowing, seed corn testing, early grain ration for chicks, and choosing purebred stock. It also covers road maintenance, alfalfa rotation, improved feeding, and vigilant hog and mite control for a healthier farm.
Marion E Hay native of Wisconsin born 1863 on a farm near Haston. He rose from store merchant in Jackson Minnesota and Davenport Washington to Spokane leader, acting governor since January 3 after Governor Cosgrove died March 29 in Paso Robles. His early life saw moves from Wisconsin to Iowa and Washington, marriage to Lizzie Muir in 1888, and a business career driven by wheat country credit and community trials including 1894 price slump.
An 19th century dispatch reports that 11.2 percent of meat in France comes from horse and mule meat, with Paris hosting 245 horse meat shops branded by a horse head sign. The article discusses public acceptance, strict French food laws, and the presence of horse meat in restaurants, alongside notes on stock management, crop practices, and historical financial tribulations of Hay & Hay and other firms, including railroad rate debates and civic leaders.
Mrs H Ellsworth a society woman from Yeshua Iowa is likely the only woman hog buyer in America. She has operated for two years buying from farmers by phone then shipping stock to Chicago markets. She judges hog weight by sight, relies on Chicago price news, and says farmers are honest in dealings. She enjoys the work as a diversion from home duties.
The article notes young riders like Frank Wootton at 18 who shined in Lincoln and recalls legendary precocity of Fred Archer who rode at 12 and claimed multiple early wins. It highlights George Fordham at 13, Harry Custance in his teens, and Tom Ain ton’s first mount at 14, illustrating a trend of early success in flat racing.
State Banking Commissioner Bergh reports 11 trust companies hold total resources and liabilities of 13.39 million with deposits 9.44 million and loans 7.42 million while noting overall good condition. multiple local items include accidents, resignations, and civic notes across Madison Green Bay Fond du Lac Racine Appleton and other towns.
A Milwaukee woman reports relief from female troubles backache and fear of tumor after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She credits the remedy with avoiding surgery and invites other women to seek her advice and the company’s assurances of free guidance.
A memorial has been erected in Kensington cemetery London to Admiral Sir Francia Leopold McClintock the Arctic explorer and discoverer of the lost Franklin expedition. The monument resembles an old style wheel with a massive molded base rising ten feet high in rough gray Cornish granite.
An old advertisement touts a non curable catarrh cure from FJ Cheney Co Toledo Ohio. It claims the product heals internally and via blood and mucous lining, with a 15 percent price and wholesale druggists selling the remedy. The piece also warns of a moral tale about Slavonic superstition and peasant bread dust attracting evil spirits.
Journal item notes a domestic remedy marketed as an eye treatment by Dapedances physicians claiming compliance with Pure Food and Drugs Laws. It mentions a “Druge” list for a marine eye remedy and urges readers to try curing eye issues with the product.
In a clipped exchange, a Mrs Sixthhub comments on marriage, noting that to err is human and some view wedlock as a mistake. The remark reflects playful skepticism about romantic unions.
An OCR fragment advertises Pettit's Eye Salve for common sore eyes and a 2c price. It mentions Howard Bres and Boialo pigments, claiming over 400 colors for a coat. A Lewis Single Binder cigar is promoted as a constant quality product from an unspecified factory in Pearis, DL, and a surgeon threatens to slash any old thing except his...
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