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Newspaper
Washburn Times
Location
Washburn, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1913
Page
3
A tale of Governor Haines facing a menacing double who seeks to blackmail him over a past scandal and a railroad franchise vote. The governor resists pressure, exposes the double’s scheme, and vows lifelong conflict, while the state boss Searles recognizes the triumph.
Ipswich dock gate man Jimmy Giles, linked to Grace Darling, recounts memories of the Longstone Lighthouse rescue. He recalls meeting her in 1839, delivering grapes, her appearance, and her devotion to her father which prevented marriage, leaving them drift apart.
In Maine a suit against a cannery over decayed sardines dumped into Passequoddy Bay resulted in damages for injured nets and cleanup costs. The Maine Supreme Judicial Court ruled no damages for lost potential catches during the period before cleanup and fishery reopening.
Granie, a French murderer awaiting execution, conducted a hunger strike for sixty three days. Despite temptations and forced feeding attempts by prison authorities, he abstained from food and ultimately died.
The late Dr. W. R. Thomas, rector at Highland Falls under Pierpont Morgan, quipped during a speech when a Highland Falls man demanded equal opportunities. He replied that people need not all be equal to meet such chances, delivering a trenchant retort on social equality.
The Buffalo Express reports Bilkins, a lifelong Republican tracing family ties to the party, crosses to the Democrats seeking a post office appointment, accusing him of selling his birthright for a mess of postage.
A Farm, Stock and Home writer argues three years of selling corn to Holstein cows at a dollar a bushel and feeding stock yields higher returns. It urges proper barns, bedding, and skilled milking, notes beef and pork as easier alternatives, and warns against paying high prices for scrub pure-bred stock while promoting careful breeding and management.
Abroad shows better stock than the United States where investigations led by Dr. A. S. Alexander of Wisconsin found 60 percent grade stallions and 40 percent pure bred in one state. Some public service sires are badly bred, weak, and diseased, causing a decline in horse quality and harming farmers.
Care of Palms advises placing potted palms in partial shade and watering roots and foliage, with tops showered morning and evening. Chrysanthemums From Seed notes they grow readily from seeds but may not come true, keeping gardeners guessing.
Selecting the best geranium slips, potting in small pots, and shifting as the pots fill with roots. The piece notes that hatching chickens is easier than raising them, but both are manageable with proper method and care.
Experiments at the Pennsylvania Experiment Station show that by product profits from feed lots can exceed direct cattle gains. Silage serves as winter roughage in open sheds, saving corn early in feeding, with feed value during 1911 12 surpassing market value. Beef can be finished profitably in the state with crop growth aligned to feeding needs.
Plant a package of mixed columbine seeds and watch them germinate readily. They bloom in the first year, bringing color to the garden and delight to the planter.
The article argues good feeding yields plump well feathered chickens that fetch high prices while lean birds underperform in the market. It emphasizes wholesome food as the key factor driving market value and economic returns for poultry producers.
Grow chrysanthemum slips in good soil with moisture kept steady. Do not let the soil dry out as they develop for Thanksgiving bouquets.
Vice-President G W Bennett of the Garford company claims the flood will spur road and bridge reconstruction in Ohio and Indiana, leading to top truck highways as Garford dealers report progress in the flooded districts.
Mrs. Emma Patterson reports a severe scalp eruption on her daughter at 813 E Second St Muncie Indiana lasting nearly a year. She tried soaps and medicines until Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment eased the condition within a week and restored hair growth. Free samples offered via Cuticura Boston address.
Tanbark once treated as waste in the leather trade became a valuable fuel after furnace improvements. A rough estimate shows its steam output rivaled 2,000,000 tons of high grade coal yearly. What was once dumped or used for roads then became an auto-combustible economy through better burning methods.
Mothers urged to inspect every Castoria bottle for the official signature In Use For Over 30 Years as a safe remedy for infants and children. The notice emphasizes seeking Fletcher's Castoria and cautions against counterfeit products.
A Chicago politician appointed his cousin as smoke inspector with no guidance. After one month he rendered a cheeky report claiming to have inspected the city for thirty days and finding much smoke of apparently good quality.
An old advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Ease antiseptic powder to shake into shoes for corns bunions ingrown nails swollen feet blisters and callous spots. It claims relief and a free sample offer with address Allen 8 Olmsted LeRoy New York and warns against substitutes.
A fragment notes a man who never stops trying to start something. It calls him a scrapper and then reveals he owns a motorcycle, implying a lively local personality and a playful misunderstanding about his hobby.
A playful exchange occurs when a grocer’s boy notes sand in sugar and assures it is acceptable if used in dessert, highlighting a humorous domestic moment.
Betty Green a trotting mare destroyed in a Belleville fire received funeral honors matching a 2 10 record and owner William Reichert sorrow. Six blooded youngsters pulled the body to Walnut Grove stock farm and stable boys lowered the coffin. Reichert spoke of Betty Green's track feats as Maud S and Sysonby were cited as famed horses of the era.
Leavenworth Dispatch reports more than fifty convicts are enrolled at the State Agricultural college at Manhattan. They study agriculture dairy and engineering from prison cells, sending papers for correction. Nearly all are on the prison farm or dairy work. the convicts are the only such students in the United States.
A witty exchange from a gossip page quips that the cream of the general's army fell to the foe, prompting a playful reply that it was whipped cream. The joke frames a lighthearted victory by dessert over military might.
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