Marshfield Hub of Wisconsin Dairy Growth
The Wisconsin Agriculturist profile of Marshfield area chronicles John Merkel's farm development near the Marathon Wood county line and depicts the region as a rising center for dairy, cheese, and pasture with extensive creameries, cheese factories, and bank deposits fueling farmer prosperity. It praises loamy clay soils, abundant grasses like timothy and Kentucky blue grass, and notes rapid dairy expansion, new barns, silos, and a favorable climate for milk production and cheese quality.
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Marshfield and
Wisconsin Agriculturist
Andrew Hopkins
Marathon
Wood Counties
Marshfield
John H. Merkel
Merkel
Clark, Wood
Wisconsin
Brighton
Eau Pierre
Cleveland
McMillan and
Day
Marathon County
Unity
Sherman
Fremont
York
Clark County
Lincoln
Cameron
Auburndale
Rock, Richfield
Arpin
Wood County
America
Timothy
United States
Gideon Bodak
Pater
Weber
A. D. Campbell
Messrs. Henry
Heard
Farrington
Henry
College of Agriculture
Experiment Station
Europe
Switzerland
Canada
New York
Colorado
Pennsylvania
Wood Couny
O. G. Lindemann
American National Bank
First National Bank
Duluth
Owen
Walter Scott and His Early Criminal Court Defenses
Sir Walter Scott first appeared in a criminal court at Jedburgh in 1763 defending a veteran poacher. A jailed verdict prompted the line You're a lucky scoundrel and I’ll spend you meuvkin next morning. In another case he failed to pay a housebreaker, who offered counselled guidance instead. The advice favored a yelping terrier and a rusty key, later recalled in rhyme at a Jedburgh judges dinner.
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Walter Scott
Sir Walter Scott
Connact
Jedburgh Assizes
Boott
Scott
Jedburgh
Yelping Terrier
Rusty Key
Juddert
Fcc
Westminster Gazette
Autograph Treasures From Celebrity Wastebaskets
A boastful dealer reveals a scheme where maids deliver masters’ wastebasket contents each week. He trims the dump to find letters from famous authors actors and invitations worth ten to twenty dollars. The tale highlights exploitation of star communications.
The Bed and the Cannates Night in Kentucky Bed Politics
Judge Harlan and Senator McCreary once canvassed Kentucky as rival governors rivals on a joint trip. They shared beds in mountain towns, and in one moment Harlan declared the next governor would be in that bed before falling to the floor as the bed slats broke. McCreary held on and echoed the claim about the bed as the next governor.
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Narlan
James B. McCreary
Kentucky
Harlan
Renator McCreary
The Sea Horse and Its Ocean Home
The sea horse is found in the Atlantic off Spain and southern France, the Mediterranean, and the Indian Ocean. It is tiny and often curls in oyster shells. Its head resembles a horse, and its tail resembles a caterpillar. It swims with a waving motion and uses fins to maneuver in water and air. It feeds on worms, fish, eggs, and bottom debris.
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Atlantic Ocean
Spain
France
Mediterranean
Indian Ocean
Painter William Hunt Courted by Kneeling Proposal
An 19th century anecdote recalls painter William Hunt being commissioned to paint a portrait of a lady in a kneeling pose while holding a scroll bearing a declaration of love and a marriage proposal. The lady allegedly replied with a chalk drawing of herself holding a paper inscribed with yes, indicating acceptance.
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Wiliam Hunt
Lavonig
Rubbish free streets abroad note stark contrast
The writer reports seeing almost no rubbish across Europe except one heap at Karlsruhe. They praise cleanliness and absence of roadside litter, contrasting with American towns where four vacant dumps and dirtiness abound.
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Europe
Carlsruhe
One of Them Struggling Artist Faces Cheap Factory Pictures
A fragment cites an artist complaining about rival picture factories flooding the market with cheap daubs. The artist laments the public’s inability to distinguish quality, while another figure, Frank Friend, agrees. The passage ends abruptly with an incomplete thought.
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Frank
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Sothern
Conauer
Piso
Dadler
W. A
B.C
P.O
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Weod County
der Zno
Share
Wom
Mark Ross
Plainuit
Yannra
Albert We Grealey
Woed
Stace
Muarsafield
Saldaay
Pruch Streat
Peach Street
Fourth Street
Bayfnning
Wil
Julian Welch
Sherift
Edwards
Plaintid's
C.B. Edwards
Davrons
Arents
Alwers
Mio B
Smevens & Co
St. i
Wellington
Chicago
Gievelant
Dayo
D. Bland
Drawton
Gay
C. L. Gates Hancock
Minn
Widhey
Paina
Swanson
Humphreys
John Screct
Humes
Medicine Ca
Cor
Wiles Eck
Geo. H. Welton
Dealet
Deming Building
M.C. Lueckenbach
Central Avenue
Wis
Haanly, Winer, Lang & Shearmann Co
North Side
Louis Baumann
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