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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1905
Page
4
The White House grounds feature Mrs Roosevelt's garden as a bright centerpiece with blooms and color drawing summer visitors. The area, long a floral setting near the south veranda, contrasts with newer horticultural trends and recalls earlier presidential days.
An English writer argues that increased sugar consumption fuels growing strength and stature in women and girls. He claims modern diets, especially treats at meals, boost vitality, noting both social changes and historical shifts in sweets influence physique and courtship.
A partial transcription discusses Siberia and vast territories, noting Europe excluding Russia and the United States plus Alaska, plus a remark on a road title in England and a line about sticking to protected routes to avoid rats.
A garbled account recounts a poker game involving Moro players and American officers, praising cunning and skill. It notes Datto Grande and local leaders, and hints at political ideas about Filipino independence amid the game’s distractions and losses.
A fragmented historical vignette recounts an exaggerated episode involving a postmaster general, a Black servant named Sambo, and a pair of worn trousers. The tale highlights social hierarchies, daily servitude, and comical attempts to rescue mud stained garments with various cleaners.
Astronomers report photographs from Lowell Observatory Arizona show canal-like features on Mars. Professor Percival Lowell asserts canals align with waterways, though the exact nature remains uncertain. Early attempts date back to 196L and prior prints lacked decisive proof.
A fragment advertising verse touts Dr Gartin as a savior who will restore liver and heart function and bring renewed health and joy. The mock testimonial promises relief from aches and troubles, ending with gratitude for keeping ads up to date.
A Niagara Falls meeting of the National Association of Agricultural Implement and Vehicle Manufacturers outlined reforms to land law and opposed granting the Interstate Commerce Commission more power. The gathering highlighted the rising production of farm implements and vehicles, noting the United States as a leading exporter since 1595 and stressing exports as vital to the industry’s growth. The census values the annual output at over 20 million, with current production rising.
The article notes export growth from six million in 1850 to twenty two million by 1904, with Russia remaining largely open to American plows. It discusses improvements in organization and overseas sales, the role of the National Association of Agricultural Implement and Vehicle Manufacturers, and debates at a meeting on ten hour day, tariffs, parcel post, railroad rates, and land laws. It highlights proposals to empower a government authority to investigate complaints and set rates, endorses land reforms, irrigation expansion, and warns parcel post could hurt independent manufacturers.
The article describes intricate marriage practices among coastal Larakinte Ladians in Hellish Columbia. It outlines clan divisions, arranged unions through strict laws, and a tradelike payment to secure a wife. Payments, interest tied to children, and eventual ownership of the wife by her tribe are noted, with later transfer of other property and rights.
A Nevada hunter recalls stalking in the Sierras when a rattlesnake near their tent nearly surprised him. His companion Tim fired, missing, and a mangled head of a six four rattler lay between their leads, ending the tense moment with caution about distance and safety.
A report outlines various oddities and crimes including a NY life insurer scam proposal, a Guadalajaran mine find of petrified apples, a surge in coffee and cacao imports, a claim of counterfeit ten-dollar notes in New York, and reflections on a Cork house built of cork with Irish connections.
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