Ordinary Man Finds Cheap Farmland in Marinette County
A promotional piece extols buying land in Marinette County Wisconsin for seven fifty to twenty six dollars an acre near rail towns. It argues the average man can build simple housing, secure pure water, grow staple crops, and earn a fair income with year round work, praising clover pastures, dairy cattle, beef, sheep and bacon hogs, with no reliance on dry farming or sediment-filled reservoirs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marinette Co
Wisconsin
Marinette County
Ordinary man farms find rich returns in Marinette Wisconsin region
The piece extols ordinary crops grown with simple methods in Marinette County Wisconsin noting pea canneries sugar beets clover and fruit yields with low water costs and easy markets. It highlights nearby cities MARINETTE MENOMINEE Milwaukee Chicago and broad rail and water transport access plus abundant game and berries. Readers can write to the Farm Land Editor for maps and details on securing such farms.
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Pea
Marinette County
Wisconsin
Marinette
Menominee
Upper Michigan
Milwaukee
Chicago
Farm Land
Vue
Saved The Ship S Crew Heroism Of General Newfoundland Fisherman
Sir Edward Morris recalls in Wide World a Newfoundland fisherman George Harvey who braved a gale near Cape Ray in 1832. He and his family and a Newfoundland dog towed and rescued 163 emigrants from the brig Dispatch after a perilous struggle to reach the wreck and establish rope communication.
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Edward Morris
Newfoundland
Wide World
George Harvey
Cape Ray
Canada
Dispatch
Quebec
Harvey
Wharvey
Light and the Eyes The Quantity Over Intensity
The article explains retinal fatigue depends on total light received, not just brightness. It cites arctic goggles with small holes, pinhole sun viewing, distant arc versus close arc light, and large bright city lights as glare sources, noting small bright images reduce strain while large bright sources cause discomfort.
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Arctic
Optical Review
Expert Testimony From Courtboat Witness
A witness with a tendency to stay mute disappoints the attorney as the captain describes the accused as “the wettest man” he ever saw after noting the boat picked him up around nine o clock or thereabouts. The remark appears in a courtroom narrative from Youth’s Companion.
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Sampson
Tiger Flower Insect Imitates Bloom To Trap Prey
A Paris exhibit features Rangoon brought mantis resembling a flower. Its azure blossom body with a central black spot mimics a corolla tube. The hind section extends as a green stalk and traps butterflies with its grasping claws.
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Paris
Rangoon
St. Louis Republic
A Persian Cynicism on Matrimony Proverb
A Persian proverb warns that marriage is like drawing a single eel from a sack of many snakes. It notes the risk and rarity of a favorable outcome, while acknowledging possible divine will guiding the result.
Like the Moon Quote Exchange Cites Stars and Moon Metaphor
A Toledo Ble quotation comedy compares a post dinner speaker to a star and a moon noting a brighter fuller moon. A George Eliot line emphasizes that only failure to cleave to one’s best purpose is worth fearing.
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Toledo
George Eliot
Freeman and Elizabeth Williams wed in Greene County
Charles Wesley Freeman age 66, once a noted Odon blacksmith, married Friday to Elizabeth Williams 48 of Jackson Township Greene County. They plan to reside on Mrs. Williams farm in Greene County for now.
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Charles Wesley Freeman
Odon
Elizabeth William
Jackson Township
Greene County
Freeman
School Building Condemned at Montgomery
Dr A I Donaldson health commissioner of Daviess county condemned the Montgomery public school as dilapidated and unsanitary. He posted the notice on the doors and left a copy with the school board. The two story six room building sits near a railroad, blocking a new construction within 500 feet.
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Montgomery
A. I. Donaldson
Daviess County
Donaldson
Madison Township
Indiana
Geo. D. Abraham
West Main St. Odon
Madison
R. J. McCallian
Wmn
H. McCarter
James York
Geo
D. Abraham
Sec
Eye Care and Properly Fitted Glasses by Keck Optician
Eye care stresses the eye as a delicate sense often neglected and linked to headaches and nervous strain. Properly fitted glasses relieve muscular tension and should be applied early. Keck the Jeweler and Optician promotes vigilance for defective eyes and offers precautions.
U B Church Services Schedule
Odon Sunday school at 9 30 a m Junior classes at 2 p m preaching at 7 30 p m Mud Pike Sunday school 9 30 a m preaching 10 30 a m Pleasant Hill Sunday school 9 30 a m preaching 10 30 a m by Rev J M Inman
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Odon
Mud Pike
Pleasant Hill
J. M. Inman
Williams Suffers Burns From Carbolic Acid Spill
R. B. Williams manager of Calahan's Drug Store sustained severe burns to his left arm and hand when carbolic acid fizzed from a bottle he opened Wednesday. He tried to remove the cork and the contents spilled onto his hand and arm causing blistering injuries.
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R. B. Williams
Calahan
M. E. Church Seeks Two Hundred for Sunday School
The superintendent urges two hundred attendees for Sunday school this Sunday with preaching at 6:15 and 7:30. Evening topic is The man with two faces. Jr League meets at 2 p.m. all juniors urged to attend under Pastor EE Lewis.
Capt Horrall Dead at Washington Home
Captain 8 F Horrall, veteran soldier and journalist aged eighty two, was found dead in his chair at his Washington home on Monday afternoon. Heart trouble was given as the cause of death.
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F. Horrall
Washington
Convention Delegate Notice at Church Meeting
Those expecting delegates should arrange a representative at the church on Tuesday June 6 at 8 p m A supper will be the delegates first meal.
Local and traveling salesmen wanted for reliable goods
Allen Nursery Co. of Rochester Minnesota seeks men to sell reliable goods. Advertises a permanent business with no fear of work, free outfit, unlimited territory, and potential earnings. Prompt writing requested for terms.
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Allen Nursery Coo
Rochester
Poultry Panacea Offered by Callahan's Drug Store
Callahan's Drug Store offers Poultry Panacea claiming it feeds poultry daily all spring until August. If customers are not satisfied with the returns, a full refund of every cent paid is promised on the first day of August.
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Dr. Hess
Callahan's Drug Store
Subscribeers urged to report missed papers promptly
The notice asks journal subscribers who do not receive their papers regularly to call the office with complaints. It states the office may assume papers are received unless told otherwise and pledges to remedy all issues to ensure regular delivery.
Madison township trustee to transact business on weekdays
The Township Trustee of Madison township will conduct township business on weekdays except Sunday. Office in Odeon R J McCallian Two Trustee telephone Call Abrabam’s Furdilais store.
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Madison Township
Odeon
R. J. McCallian
Abrabam's
Furdilais
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Farm Land Dept
R. F. Myers
C. W. Freeman
Keck
U. B. Church Services
Burgas
M. E. Church Services
Ee, T. Lewis
Horrall
D. Gantz & Son
Arlors
Anfake
Ee Ee
Cfooacs
Rew
W.t. Alexander
Chicago, Terre Haute
South
Ry. Co
Seymour
M. P. Radley
G.A.P.T
Roe. Laughlin
Spring and Walnut
Qodon, Ind
C. A. Mullinix
Alexander’s Sale Barn
Callahan’s Drug Store
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