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Newspaper
Washburn Times
Location
Washburn, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1913
Page
2
The Washburn Times argues that seed selection and cross fertilization can dramatically boost yields. It cites USDA tests showing 14 percent gain by rejecting low vitality grains and estimates potential yearly increases of 437 million bushels worth over 200 million dollars.
The piece extols outdoor sports as the season returns and notes gym work benefits from outdoor practice. It also mentions all workers should seek fresh air daily. It adds the secretary of the navy has abolished port and starboard for right and left, provoking reaction from Gloucester fishermen who cling to sea terms.
A woman physician notes bru nettes are generally steady and unchanged, tending toward specialization and sticking to one field. She observes brunettes who become blond display a marked tendency toward seeking variety and change.
A Georgia man sues a Chicago widow who allegedly fell for him over her feet. The wife allegedly attacked him repeatedly with a frying pan and hot water after many separations. The case hinges on breach of promise and alleged refusals to serve as a substitute for his lawn roller.
A Philadelphia proposal urges the navy department to substitute haw for right and gee for left instead of starboard and port to make commands more familiar to naval recruits from rural areas.
Corrosive notes describe Chicago households facing friction as servant girls demand use of the parlor at least one evening weekly. The dispute hints at trimming expenses with a gas bill reduction.
A French municipality considers a novel revenue idea by taxing baby carriages, aiming to raise funds. The proposal reflects inventive local taxation efforts amid economic pressure.
Grafting is traced back to the era of early Egyptians with likely roots among their social philosophers. The practice is considered an ancient technique valued in that era.
A bold proposal to cross the ocean in a single day stirs debate. The era’s pragmatic reply shifts from caution to curiosity with the question Why not.
The source notes that hydrocyanic acid gas is an effective insect killer for cleaning houses but warns it often destroys the person using it. The portrayal highlights the danger and impracticality of this toxic method.
The Los Angeles incident involved a barber who received a thrashing from an unnamed actor. The exchange hints at the barber’s tough, independent character, suggesting he sometimes cuts customers and questions their shaving habits.
Alaska tests cold resistant strawberries grown from Sitka stock crossed with mainland varieties to yield fruit in short summers. The department reports native dairy cattle on Kodiak Island supply butter, while local sugar beet efforts aim to enable Arctic sugar independence and potential political autonomy.
The 1911 registration area records 94 205 tuberculosis deaths a rate of 158 9 per 100 000. Violent deaths total 9 622 with a rise in self harm. White death rates exceed Black. California Montana Colorado Washington and Vermont show high rates. Pneumonia and heart disease lead among causes with 79 233 and 83 525 deaths respectively.
The Pall Mall Gazette reports the king purchased Stafford house as a future residence for the prince. Gossip over location ends as the king defers a separate establishment until marriage, with opposition from labor and socialist MPs and queen. London correspondence New York Sun.
Longtime senate stationery room superintendent Charles N Richards, 72, marks fifty years in federal service. He recalls past senators and says Democrats never toppled him, noting three reasons he remains in place. Also reports on corporate earnings in 1912 and a Mississippi job seeker rewarded by Senator Vardaman, plus a Virginia postmaster aspirant endorsed by Rep Flood.
The Columbus Dispatch cites French astronomer Camille Flammarian arguing floods stem from shrinking river channels and dams. He claims the western Great Lakes region is sinking southwest, foreseeing Lake Michigan draining to the Mississippi in five centuries. Foreknowledge urges wiser river management. Wheat beards may shield crops by deflecting wind and birds, and Professor Lemstron notes beard bristles dissipate electricity like tiny lightning conductors.
On his deathbed, Old Bullion bequeaths all property to his partner, fearing a challenge from children of his first wife. The Young Wife proposes to marry one lawyer to resolve the dispute, hinting at a legal fix.
A bride vents about a ruined wedding reception criticizing the arrangements. The guest recalls misplacing a splendid present, causing embarrassment as the gift remained unseen and difficult to locate.
Leda Anderson won a $100,000 verdict in federal court at Little Rock after alleging William C. Faucette broke his promises to marry. The jury's swift 30 minute verdict followed testimony of an alleged engagement begun when Anderson was 15 and several costly steps toward marriage.
A Washington society prophecy foresees both men and women in trousers and kissing becoming a lost art in 2013. Written by Mrs. Barney Hemmick the playlet will debut as a curtain raiser to her suffrage work and also forecasts health and character certificates to marriage licenses.
Newark Del. The Delaware college experimental farm reports a Guernsey bull called King Beda that gives milk. Professor Harry Hayward, director, notes it is unusual but possible for male bovines to develop mammary glands and says King Beda's milk is rich in fats.
Edmonton’s James K. Cornwall plans a northward expedition with writers artists and photographers to document life of Indians fur traders and settlers from Edmonton to Herschel island via Mackenzie river The party includes Charles Russell Emerson Hough P K Miller and George Fraser and returns by year end The Northern Trading company finances the project and Cornwall has long explored the northern virgin lands
A Chicago doctor introduced a cylindrical electric saw for cranium trepanning. Demonstrated privately before four medical groups, the device promises faster operations, potential use in emergencies, and expanded cases by reducing anesthesia time. No live subject trials yet.
The Paris police lose and recover items at the national depot moved from the Prefecture to the Cite Caserne. Stories include a woman who hid umbrellas twenty two times before reclaiming the twenty third, and a purse found in the Bois de Boulogne later returned to a general after thirty years with only $1.25 inside.
Wealthy residents of Rochelle Park in New Rochelle report a band of over 100 wild cats raiding pantries and preying on songbirds and small mammals. The felines, including angoras and Persians, have established dens at Dr. H C Bumpus's former home near the American Museum of Natural History connection.
City bred in the world’s greatest metropolis and untrained as to farming, J C Hill and three sons settled on four homesteads at Lloydminster, Saskatchewan. They became North America’s champion oat growers, winning the Colorado Oat trophy for the best bushel at the Fifth National Corn Exposition in Columbia South Carolina and the silver challenge cup for two consecutive years. Their oats came from prairie land less than four years wild, after years of hard work, study of climate, soil, and seed, and gradual stock integration.
Four Ammanford solicitors in Carmarthenshire were said to have been duped by George Sullivan known as Murphy Finnegan a tramp laborer who claimed to have been knocked down by a car and asked them to act for a compensation claim. He obtained money from each solicitor before revealing he was penniless and was committed by the magistrates for trial on charges of obtaining money by false pretenses.
Conversation turns to patience with Job as a French woman jokes about the patience needed for a husband with a cold. Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children teething costs 25c a bottle.
Captain Richmond P. Hobson argues the United States lacks naval power and a Pacific fleet, leaving Japan dominant at sea. He says a larger navy would compel Japan to negotiate and criticizes current options as too late due to the closed Panama Canal and long sea routes.
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