Future of fruit farming in northern Wisconsin
Northern Wisconsin reaches for a brighter fruit future as small fruits prosper with care and wild crops thrive. Orchardists from Bayfield to Chippewa Falls report favorable conditions, praising site selection, planting methods, and cooperation with the state horticultural society. A Medford Star-News profile of Joseph Lechner highlights a five acre, 450-tree apple project with Duchess of Oldenburg and Northwestern Greenings, demonstrating successful local fruit growing.
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Wisconsin
William Knight
Bayfield
State Horticultural Society
Henry
C. L. Richardson
Chippewa Falls
Rusk County
Flambeau
Door County
Wausau
Medford
Barron
Maple
Douglas County
Medaline Islands
Lechner
Duchess of Oldenburg
Orchard focus and sheep raising on Mr Lechner’s farm
Mr Lechner, long time farmer on a 160 acre tract with 50 acres cleared, maintains apple trees with careful pruning and mulch. He also grows a dozen pear, plum, and several cherry trees near bearing, tending them with hoe work and summer mulching. He plans to focus on the orchard and sheep raising after noting no local creamery. Continued success to Mr Lechner.
Times Provides First Class Job Printing Needs
When you want anything in the live of job printing The Times can supply your wants in first class shape.
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The
Times
Fur Dept Catalog Offers 46 Wild Animals Pictures
An illustrated 40 page trap book and fur calendar advertises 46 wild animals in natural colors. Gun and trap catalog plus prices of hides and furs. Sent postpaid for 10c stamps or silver. Free to buyers or shippers. Address Fur Dept. N. W. Hide & Fur Co. Minneapolis, Minn.
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Fur Dept
N. W. Hide & Fur Co
Minneapolis
Minn
The Ideal Leader by William Watson
A compact meditation on leadership featuring a portrait of public service. The piece contrasts humble origin with enduring virtue, describing a leader shaped by wisdom courage and a steadfast will grounded in the people and in lofty virtue.
The Wrong One
A young man visiting a young woman is challenged by her mother who asks about his intentions. The daughter then calls from the stairs and identifies that this is not the suitable suitor.
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Ladies’ Home Journal
A Hard Man to Move
An anecdote about General Andrew Jackson's colored body servant answering if the general is in heaven, saying it depends on whether the general wanted to go there. Also a tale of an Irish soldier showing a tall hat with a bullet hole, claiming a low crowned hat would have been fatal.
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Andrew Jackson
Old Hickory
Darky
Heaven
Old Age Conversation Between Master and Slave
An Alabama man asks a former slave named Jed how he is today. Jed replies cautiously that he is well except for rheumatism in his right leg. The master remarks that old age brings change and does not come alone, while Jed hints that old age has other burdens.
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Alabama
Darky
Jed
Preference and Witty Observations From Old Jokes
A mosaic of compact gags and anecdotes. An English tourist probes Irish pricing at Waterford fair. a piano student learns humility from Vladimir De Pachmann. tales contrast lawyers and doctors, working passage, and a Russian conscription quip. Includes John Muir anecdote and light humor about social manners.
Large thumbs reveal character and leadership traits
A New York Journal quote by Irving R. Bacon discusses how people with large thumbs tend to be natural rulers and fond of useful things. It notes a large thumbed man favors history and a large thumbed woman loves deeply yet seeks economic security before marriage, often becoming a steadfast helper in adversity.
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Irving R. Bacon
New York Journal
Bayfield County Adopts Extensive Highway System Plan
Proceedings detail the 1908 special Bayfield County Board meeting adopting a broad network of county highways. The plan links Bayfield to Washburn, Ashland Junction, Benoit, Mason, Bilon, Drum mond, Cable, Drummond, Port Wing, Herbster, Bayfield, and Wanebo Road crossings with roads already established or in progress. Financial items note tax balances and delinquent rolls, with actions to detach and attach town boundaries carrying over from May 12 to May 25.
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County Board
Bayfield County
Bayfield
Washburn
Ashland Junction
Benoit
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway Company
Mason
Bilon
Grandview
Sweden
Drummond
Ashland
Cornucopia
Boundry
Cable
Barnes
Vorth
Iron River
Port Wing
Herbster
Clover
Bell
Douglas
Beys
E. Bergmann
M. Schweisthal
George S. Barnes
EK. Bergmann Tne
Nels M. Oscar
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Weeekly
Washburn Printing Co
Washburn, Wis
Washourn
Wil. Jennings Bryan
Bryans
Samdie
Outfit Fref
Thompson Pub
St Louis
Wilson
Queen Victoria
Queen
William Watson
Lippincott’s
Waterford Fair
England
Killarney
Hell
Mademoiselle
Vladimir de Pachmann
Catskills
de Pachmann
Glasgow
Paisley
Military Commission
Piotr
John Muir
Muir
Mr. Muir
Bookman
Committee On Finance and Miscellaneous
Maynard
Boschee
Baen
Sysco
Frost & Spies
W. G. Maxcy
D.M. Maxcy
C. O. Lowder
Bayfield County Bank
Hotel
Calumet
Chequamegon View Farm
Home Telephone
J. H. Ketchem
Ashland, Wis
Sim
D. M. Maxcy
Washburn Plumbing & Heating Company
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