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Newspaper
Washburn Times
Location
Washburn, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1912
Page
6
A playful collection of social jabs and trivia spans baseball lore, fashion, politics, and everyday curios. It mocks umpire lore, lampoons public figures, notes gas prices and transportation quirks, and ends with a quip on China’s aviator and language.
A food expert counsels eating less wheat and more rice while critics hint at a press-vagent motive for his stance. Meanwhile two Los Angeles girls rescue two young men from a dangerous situation at sea, with leap year timing suggesting a planned sequel.
A Pennsylvania woman received a one year sentence after being charged with having ten husbands. A juror remark imagines capital punishment for a jury of spinsters as a joke. The column quips on various news items and names a Chinese suffrage leader Yik Yug Ying.
A five story pickle factory in Chicago was destroyed by fire the other day. The flames consumed the building, and preservation was unlikely given the scope of the blaze.
New York confronts a looming pressmakers strike amid ongoing deadly risks to the city’s daily life and supply lines. Officials warn of disruption to printing and distribution if demands are not met.
A statistician claims 280 million chickens worldwide while a joke about the elusive epysterious potted e.cken arises, illustrating a humorous miscount and wordplay.
A Paris physician claims to have invented a sewing machine for use in surgery. The remark hints at future devices to streamline medical billing.
A young wife urges that her husband shine most at home and remain consistent to her, praising his honesty industriousness generosity and affectionate nature. She notes he is not handsome but has a joyful pure character and a compassionate heart, advising to marry for love rather than beauty or money.
Chauncey M. Depew at 78 greets a reporter in his Fifth Avenue home with the same springy bearing. He credits a mix of work and play as the secret to health wealth and pleasure and dispels the notion that aging equals frivolity. He notes differing views on defamation and remarks on Jeffersonian era critics. When downcast he reads Federalist letters to restore optimism.
The author argues small packing plants aid farmers to fetch fair prices. He praises August–September pigs prepared by mid June, stresses hog dipping for hygiene, and condemns scrub hogs as unprofitable. Emphasizes strong breeding stock, balanced rations with limited corn, milk for sickness, and sow longevity for efficiency.
General Valeriano Weyler asserts in his fifth volume My Command in Cuba that his methods in Cuba were just and severe and criticizes Blanco’s tactics. He claims he would have repelled Shafter’s invasion and driven Americans to defeat, and notes reconcentration policy spread to other powers and later conflicts.
Society watchers debate whether Ava Willing Astor will resume a leading role in New York circles after returning to England with plans to raise her daughter Muriel abroad. Observers note no clear social leader exists now and the Astor clan may resist her bid to take over her mother in law’s former scepter.
Maj. Thomas L. Rhoads, promoted from the Army Medical Corps, succeeds the late Maj. Archibald W. Butt as the president's chief military aid after Butt's death in the Titanic wreck. Rhoads, 42 and unmarried, previously served at Walter Reed General Hospital and is now shaping social ties in Washington.
W M Kelly urges choosing good plump seed rather than overpriced claims. He advises selecting one acre yearly for seed, renewing seed every 3 4 years, and moving seed to new land. He also recommends treating seed with formalin to kill smut spores and ensure healthy oats.
The text traces the potato origin in America before European contact and notes its spontaneous presence in Chile. It states introduction to Europe by Spaniards in 1580 1585 and by the English from Virginia around 1550. It also mentions sweet potato and Jerusalem artichoke as American crops.
Guidance on cantaloupe leaf blight with symptoms of brown spots on leaves and curling vines. Advises spraying with Bordeaux mixture starting when vines are 12 to 18 inches, using six pounds blue stone and lime per 50 gallons, and thorough coverage on leaf undersides. warns treatment may fail.
Watch for San Jose Scale as a stealthy forest pest. The insect hides under a shelllike cover and resembles Palmer scale, requiring careful inspection with a magnifying glass to detect early.
A saying links horse muscle length to function stating long muscles favor speed and short muscles favor power, with a caution against excess in either direction and a note against extreme lean ness.
The author argues working people benefit little from gymnastic exercise due to energy limits and harsh conditions. Physical activity helps some to escape morbid health and start anew, but it cannot replace tackling poverty and ignorance. Caution is urged against turning exercise into a fad and ignoring real social evils.
A long-time observer urges Chicago authorities to install clearly marked public comfort stations across the city. He notes the neglect of such facilities harms health, citing headaches indigestion kidney disease and rheumatism as preventable by accessible restrooms. He calls for rapid installation and newspaper advertising of station locations.
The essay argues mirth helps some but many live in privation and despair. It notes daily misfortune, unemployment, and lack of resources that drain joy and hinder effort to improve condition. It laments insufficient education and perseverance among the afflicted.
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