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Newspaper
Wakefield Advocate
Location
Wakefield, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1915
Page
2
Michigan public schools enrolled 824,977 pupils with 19,734 teachers, according to the superintendent Fred L. Keeler. Parochial schools added 76,219 pupils with 1,332 teachers, and total teacher wages reached 10,795,281.69 dollars.
Cadillac will host the nineteenth annual meeting of Michigan probate judges July 13 to 15 at the McKinnon hotel. The program includes addresses by Judge Breen, Judge Kleber, and State officials, reports on legislation and practice, and a banquet with a Lake Cadillac ride. A public domain commission study on aeroplane patrolling for forest fires is noted, plus Michigan incorporations filings.
Insurance Commissioner Winship accuses several fire agents of advertising that aggregates assets from various companies and underwriters, misleading the public about separate organizations. He notes a year old ruling, now law, imposing penalties on advertising that suggests an underwriters' agency is distinct from the policy issuing company.
Governor Woodbridge N. Ferris proclaims Friday August 20, 1915 as Tuberculosis day urging all residents to seek medical examination for TB symptoms. The proclamation stresses TB as a common enemy and calls on physicians to offer examinations and advice to the public.
State Fire Marshal John T. Winship reports seven deaths and thirteen serious burns in June from careless handling of gasoline kerosene matches and explosives. Most deaths were children under sixteen. June fires caused about $260,000 in losses to public buildings including six hotels and one theater. For the six months ending July 2 Michigan recorded 48 fire deaths and 66 burn injuries from the same causes with public-property losses exceeding $500,000.
The State Millers association closed their summer outing at Ottawa Beach. Speeches were made by President F. N. Rowe of Grand Rapids, C. J. Derco of Flint, and John A. Li Griggs, W. B. Campbell, M. L. Par shall, A. P. Husband and Secretary H. E Hooker.
Myron Benjamin to be released after 26 years at Jackson penitentary on parole. sentenced from Greenville Montcalm county in 1889 for murder and maintaining innocence while aiding exposure of a binder twine scandal. Richard Wyatt released on parole after eight years of a life term for assault with intent to murder.
United States Department of Agriculture outlines how to maximize alfalfa yields with moisture constraints through seasonal grazing or clipping. In drought, rotate fields, reduce leaf area, and favor early spring or fall growth to use water efficiently. in adequate moisture, avoid close pasturing to prevent yield loss. An Australian practice combines hay and grazing, growing a bay crop in spring and pasturing the remainder.
Announcement reports Dr. Leland O Howard will bequeath his brain to a neurology focused school for study. Attendees at the AAAS meeting admire the act and others consider similar bequests. The piece recalls Robert Peebles who sought athlete body study after death and left his brain to a commission after dying amid sanity tests, sparking medical debate.
The New York World reports sodium salicylate, a remedy for rheumatism, now costs $2.40 a pound, up from 30 cents. Export bans keep it domestic as carbolic acid, essential for its production, is diverted to Europe for explosives. Horace Graves notes coal tar derivatives are depleted, picric acid scarce, and carbolic acid rising from seven cents to about $1.50 per pound.
In areas where loco weed grows, young chicks with head and feet blisters require inspecting for loco poisoning and environmental factors. Treat head sores with peroxide and cartelized catmest, keep birds away from damp ground, and isolate potential chickenpox cases. feed heavily with a sulfur additive and disinfect living quarters. If blisters become warty ulcers, cull and burn the affected chick.
An article on sow and litter management stresses teaching piglets to feed early by providing a separate creep or adjoining run inaccessible to the sow. Early feeding reduces drag on the sow, speeds weaning readiness, and lowers risk of digestive issues and convulsions in weaned pigs.
The Krupp firm, long known for peace time rail equipment and steel products, now concentrates entirely on guns and war munitions. Immense furnaces burn white hot as belts of workers toil around the clock. Ships of war defences, siege and field guns, anti air and armor plates, plus shells and wagons flow from the arsenal in steady shipments.
A 19th century note explains broodiness as the hen’s rest need and recommends isolating such birds in a quiet pen to curb the fever. It warns that old hens, especially overfat, are vulnerable to heat and become better suited for soup than laying.
The article urges avoiding grain crops in orchards as unprofitable. It suggests cultivated crops may fill space while trees grow, but once mature the trees should dominate all cultivation due to root competition and space.
Iowa station findings show sweet clover yields pasture value similar to red clover but less than alfalfa. Early spring grazing gives fair pasture first season, slightly better than red clover, but by the second season it becomes woody even with hay removal. Suggest trial for hog pasture but favor alfalfa due to seed cost and overall superiority.
Nath Taylor, illiterate, tries to learn marriage steps from a city preacher visiting his farm. He asks the preacher how much it costs, hesitating as he considers the formalities despite the preacher’s encouragement. The scene unfolds with Nath’s nerves failing at the doorstep.
Conversational note shows two neighbors remarking on a boy’s growth. Mrs Flatbush notes he is taller than his father and Mrs Bensonhurst confirms. They joke about cutting down the boy’s clothes for his father, reflecting community chat and family shape.
A Brockton Enterprise quip about a pet dog named Tootsie entering a dog show. A woman asks if there is a ribbon for each dog and the handler says ribbons go to winners. She worries Tootsie would heartbreak if she did not win a ribbon.
Precede shampoos by touches of Cuticura Ointment for dandruff itching and scalp irritation. These fragrant super creamy emollients are advertised as best for complexion hair hands and skin and suitable for toilet use. Free samples by mail with a book sent to Cuticura Dept XY Boston. Sold everywhere.
A blustery man argues bluffing through life while a conservative counters that weakness shows when submerged. The exchange, attributed to Livingstone Lance, frames bluff as a flawed skill versus raw danger.
Walter Baker and Company Limited of Dorchester Massachusetts receives the grand prize for cocoa and chocolate preparations at the Panama-Pacific Exposition. The historic firm boasts 55 top awards from major European and American expositions.
The foreman asks if the worker punched in on arrival and the man replies he did not but threatens to punch the face of anyone who docks him ten minutes late.
A fragmented note suggests a story about a taxi earning considerably more than typical race horses, but the text is garbled and lacks clear details or names. The reference to Marine Bye Remedy Co. and other phrases appears incomplete, leaving the central claim only as a contrast between a taxi's earnings and a race horse's average funds.
An advertising note repeats the Denison coffee pledge claiming it is always pure and delicious. The line about an ill wind escaping a flabby tire appears, suggesting a satirical or playful aside embedded in the piece.
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