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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1909
Page
10
The Marshfield Times discusses progress and politics, noting wireless telegraphy, aerial warfare, and torpedo innovations. It argues for freedom in Russia, calls for public health safeguards, laments censorship, and assesses industry trends with rising dividends, rail activity, and grain crops shaping a busy winter.
An agricultural item describes the Hessian fly infesting wheat with uninjured and infested stalks, detailing larval development, puparium stages, and the parasite Meristis destructor. It notes the fly’s spread across the eastern U.S. and estimates yearly losses, then outlines life cycles, favorable weather, and control methods including deep plowing, destroying volunteer wheat, crop rotation, and creating destroyable wheat strips to target larvae.
Neighbor hired huskers at husking time and then plowed the ground, turning under the husked residue. The resulting field produced a good crop the following year, though the practice varied from typical farming rhythms.
Uniform color and uniform size shape and color across the herd are urged for market hogs. Packers pay more for hogs that meet these standards, promoting consistency and easier grading.
Ventilation for arables and barns is now essential in construction. The King system uses two flux sets: one to admit fresh air and one to evacuate stale air. Fresh air flues should be placed no more than ten feet apart in exterior barn walls, while outlets may include one or more flues.
In a Milwaukee Free Press vignette, Peleg recounts Mary Ann’s grand Thanksgiving scheme in Squashville. He frets over inept supplies and cider rivals, faces Jay Home’s shop clash, and laments a townwide feast that tests twenty years of marriage and the couple's patience.
Mr Wholesale complains cash is over by $50 and orders the expert accountant to take the amount and say nothing. He suspects the bookkeeper of stealing or misallocating his salary while considering the possibility the error rests with himself.
A fragment recalls Omaha office life spotting railroad ads on an elevator shaft with a safety slogan. The piece retells light anecdotes about cultural misunderstandings with locals, including a nurse and a British ambassador, ending with a child’s accidental toy-shovel mishap at a sand lot.
Mrs Bluffer prepares to leave the resort where she was the center of attention and chatter. She shows a $50 check from her husband to the proprietor, who promises to honor it and bow in reverence as payment.
A reader recalls four years of severe gastritis improved by Grape-Nuts after a cottage specialist suggested small portions then increasing intake. The patient gained weight and strength, reporting better mood and memory. The letter promotes the cereal and mentions a book titled The Road to Westville.
A Virginia woman credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her health after ten years of illness and doctor visits. The letter promotes the remedy as safe, non narcotic, and widely used with many testimonials, inviting women to seek confidential advice from Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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