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Newspaper
Wakefield Advocate
Location
Wakefield, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1923
Page
9
A farmer buried a marl substance found while digging a grave for his family cat and learned it could replace lime to reduce soil acidity. The piece notes trials with sunflowers as a profitable crop for feed, silage, and soil improvement, highlighting practical farm observation and study.
Northern Michigan bankers pledge backing for calf clubs and pure bred bull associations after meetings with agricultural leaders in Virginia Minnesota. Banks across St Louis County commit support while a 1920 Arkansas loan of 70 dollars helped a boy buy a purebred Poland China sow, yielding stock and over 1000 dollars in earnings, challenging claims hog raising is unprofitable.
Samuel H. Beach reports at the American Bankers Association that 1922 savings accounts reach $17.3 billion, up over four percent from 1921. School savings show 2 million pupils in programs with deposits totaling $9.618 million, rising sharply from 1921 and 1920 figures.
A Fargo North Dakota conference under the Agricultural Commission and American Bankers Association produced concrete farm action. It urged an 80 percent wheat acreage cut from 1923, diversified farming, orderly marketing, home-seeker promotion, and immediate storage facilities with storage certificates for loans. A legislative relief plan was adopted through a special committee, opposing tariff cuts on flax and cattle and seeking emergency marketing agency actions.
Investigations show farmers benefiting by switching from merchant to bank credit. Conferences with the Agricultural Commission and American Bankers Association reveal merchants’ credit costs as high as 50 percent annually. USDA surveys in North Carolina of 800 farmers found 433 rely on merchant credit with an average annual cost of 26.6 percent. whites average 21.8 percent while colored farmers average 2.2 percent due to smaller credit amounts and higher risk.
Elmo Scott Watson recounts Eleazer Williams a Mohawk chief scout and Oneida refugee who claimed lineage to Eunice Williams and later posed as Louis XVII The Lost Dauphin His frontier quests included a supposed Paris royal title and a secret encounter with Prince de Joinville at Green Bay Wisconsin, though corroboration remains dubious
The so called discovery of the Lost Prince in Wisconsin sparked a blaze of interest in America and Europe. Williams reportedly sought recognition in France but the Bourbons rejected him. He later returned to the United States and died in poverty at Hogansburg New York on August 28 1853.
The article describes rigid gypsy practices in Great Britain, including views of dogs as unclean, burning utensils to avert evil, staking buckets after dog contact, and strict camp etiquette for engaged women. It portrays their outward adherence to ancient laws and ambivalence toward church marriage and corpse rites.
A woman employed a new man-servant and instructed him to carry objects on a salver into the drawing-room. A visitor arrived with a large ferocious-looking dog, causing disturbance during the ceremony.
A visitor awaited the dog inside after the hostess asked to see it. The man returned with the salver saying the dog would not sit and attacked him, biting his leg while he was knocked down three times. The dog remained outside.
The national committee for the prevention of blindness announces an immediate progressive census of all eye accidents in public places homes and industry to assess causes and determine preventive measures amid rising blindness concerns.
An old advertisement touts St Jacobs Oil as a harmless rub that relieves rheumatism pain, stiffness, and soreness instantly. It claims most cases need no internal treatment and urges readers to try a small bottle at any drug store for swift relief from sci atica neuralgia lumbago and backache.
A crying boy loses a penny and a passing kind lady lends another. He then laments that without the first penny he would now have two, revealing the child’s grasp of counting and loss in a simple street scene.
An old Sage Tea Recipe with Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound promises to darken gray or faded hair quickly. Drug stores report millions of bottles sold as the product darkens hair naturally making locks look luxuriantly dark and youthful after one or two applications.
A curator-like exchange unfolds as a young woman appeals for help for the Patagonians. The businessman cites a prior Babylonian aid request and concludes theBabylonians vanished 2000 years ago. He then issues four checks to the Patagonians.
A renowned authority warns that acid forming foods can slow kidneys causing backache headache and digestive issues. It recommends Jad Salts a lemon grape lithia preparation to cleanse sluggish kidneys and reduce acidity, plus yearly medical kidney checks.
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