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Newspaper
Baraboo News
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1904
Page
2
Advertisement announces greatly reduced excursion tickets by the Chicago & Northwestern Railway for travel to the indicated territory. It notes standard and tourist sleeping cars and free reclining chair cars aboard “The Best of Everything.” Also includes a religious poem encouraging faith and perseverance.
In Paris Franklin and Silas Deane debunk Abbe Raynal’s claim that Polly Baker’s court tale was true. Franklin reveals he created the Polly Baker anecdote while printing to fill news columns. The abbe laughed but could not recall a source for the story.
The article marks 180 years since Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit published his thermometer design enabling precise temperature measurement. It notes Fahrenheit as a bankrupt German merchant with chemistry inclinations and mentions the lasting impact of his scale despite later improvements by Celsius and Reaumur. A separate ad promotes Cole's Carbolisalve for burns and skin irritations promising instant pain relief and healing without scars, priced at 25 and 50 cents.
The verse recalls a Finnish landscape and rural life while a speaker laments hardship and loss of freedom. The narrator speaks as a united people prior to an encroaching power, referencing danger from the Bear and a shift from dignity to emptiness.
A festive, rhythmic note celebrates Christmas in every room from kitchen to pocket book, with the Washington Star quoting a lively verse on holiday abundance and rapid cheer.
Mrs. M. Burkley of Lyons reports long kidney trouble with back pain and painful secretions cured by Doan's Kidney Pills. She bought at Evenson's Pharmacy, 504 Oak Street, after trying many remedies. First box eased symptoms and continued improvement followed. For sale by dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole agents for U S Remember the name Doan's.
In year 4494 archaeologists exhuming a well preserved body note a fractured collar bone, right femur, both thighs, nose and jaw bone, crushed skull and missing front teeth. They conclude the deceased was a football player based on injuries.
An 19th century ad touts Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as bringing happiness to thousands. The sales pitch claims 35 cents for tea or tablets from J. B. Donovan and Co. emphasizing vigor and vitality.
A Whittier poem praising the divine design in labor and nature. It thanks God for design guiding human hands in garden work and sees harvest as a reward for those who beautify the earth, promising heavenly fruit if not earthly.
A vintage health tonic marketed for children promises vitality with rosy cheeks bright eyes and steady growth. Sold as tablets or Teva at 35 cents, the product touts restorative benefits for “sickly” youngsters and emphasizes easy dosing.
A distraught archbishop, suffering toothache, takes narcotics and learns he has been promoted from Gloucester to York. His wife doubts the story, thinking he is still under the narcotic influence after a late night. The postman delivers the news, prompting a dramatic, mistaken celebration.
Real estate and insurance pitch for farm or city property and store sites. Encourages purchasing fire and life insurance with Germania Life Ins. Co. Claims strong economic management and large reserves per policy. Advises contacting J. P. Witwen at 129 8rd St Baraboo Wis.
Dr S A Knopf cites World’s Work claim that sanatoria show high cure rates for tuberculosis especially when treated early. European coastal sanatoria exist. US lacks such institutions though New York Society of the Poor plans to establish one. Also mentions Cole's Veterinary Carbon salve for horses and cattle at 50¢ to $1.00 with druggist guarantee.
The text notes gazette origins from public displays with small coins, the Weekly News debut in 1622, a 17th century rise of several titles, the Spectator in the 18th century, and the first daily in 1792. It also marks Robinson Crusoe as the first serial story, running in the London Post from Oct 7 1719 to Oct 19 1720.
A poetic passage invokes calling a queen from night and rose with imagery of lakes, reeds, and lilies. It references ghosts of dreams, a vessel with swans, jewels from stars, and a kingly throne within a dim ancient defense. Named attribution credits Stephen Chalmers in the New York Times.
The new firm Thuerer and Alexander will offer a complete selection of machinery, buggies, wagons, cream separators, and sleighs. Blacksmithing and wagon making will be available at all times.
T. J. Thompson announces a new repair shop on Fourth Street at Elkington's. The shop offers bicycle and electrical repairs, general repairs, and woodwork at unusually low prices, and will be open after November 26.
Fiancs and Oreans. Sheet music 14 cts per copy. A fine lot of 2nd-board organs, some as good as new. Wood, hay, oats taken in trade. Store opposite post office. -Albert Hook.
The article notes that Japanese culture places strong emphasis on dreams with astrologers busy early in the year interpreting visions and predicting events. A lightning dream signifies sudden wealth, while a frost dream signals an approaching illness.
Dr Wood’s Norway Pine Syrup marketed as specially adapted for children. It is described as pleasant to take and soothing with a claimed broad remedy for throat and lung diseases.
A reader from Valley Street Suzerties claims Dean's Ointment cured chronic itching hemorrhoids after doctors failed. The testimonial notes rapid, permanent relief and identifies the writer as C E from Cornwell.
The largest colladium known grows in Beavertown Pennsylvania. Leaves reach four and a half feet long and forty inches wide. The stalk circumference measures forty nine feet.
In Troon Scotland six funerals filled a week prompting curiosity about Cowan the sole local undertaker who unveiled a new hearse. The grave-digger quipped the rush was not from death but from the new vehicle drawing attention.
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