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Newspaper
Baraboo News
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1906
Page
4
The essay advocates ignoring melancholy by filling time with work reading and varied social activities. It cautions against dwelling on self, suggests cultivating multiple female acquaintances for sewing shopping and entertaining, and urges charity work to fill idle hours. This social guidance appears in a London Answers style response.
A humorous exchange centers on terms used to disclose a marriage. One speaker remarks they have married, others react with exaggerated Shakespearean misreadings and mock alarm. The dialogue plays on language and social revelation with playful banter.
Andrew Lang recounts a striking temporary hallucination at a country station. He met a young man named Jimmy whom he presumed to be the host’s son and later found the father claimed he had greeted him as Jimmy. He swore he had spoken to Jimmy though the man was miles away.
A Baraboo Wis advertisement touts Dr E Detchen's Anti Diuretic as a cure for nocturnal incontinence in children and adults. The product claims immediate results and is sold by Fisher Bros Druggists in Baraboo Wisconsin for $1.00.
Mrs W L Horr spent yesterday at Evansville and Mrs C Steinford plans a short visit there. W L Parsons returns from Chicago after directing Her Fort closing out sale with S D Lurie. The Illinois iron mine at North Freedom yielded 76 000 tons last year. Dr H R Bell opens Osteopathy offices at 526 Oak St Baraboo. The Walnut Hill literary society reorganizes with a meeting Friday Jan 19. A South Dakota bound letter updates George B McGilvra about family activities and equity circuit. liquor discussion in LaCrosse pastors claims higher drunkenness than religion.
A jumble of notices mentions Mrs. Homer Sloniker visiting LaValle, Emma Radle ill on Lake street, and multiple ads for Dean's Ointment and Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea. Also noted are visits by Rev. Cunningham, Gust Sandburg's vacation, and family travels between Baraboo, Madison, and Chicago.
A Baraboo resident, Mrs. J. R. Wood of 212 Second St., credits Doan's Kidney Pills with curing her long standing backache from kidney trouble. She bought the medicine at Evenson's drug store, 504 Oak Street, and reports lasting relief. Foster Milburn Co. of Buffalo, NY, distributes in the US, with the slogan Remember the name Doan's.
A Baraboo Wis drugstore ad feature touts Scott's Emulsion as a reliable remedy for improper development and weak vitality from infancy to old age. It claims nourishment beyond ordinary food, suitable for all weak systems, with testimonials from local readers. Also mentions Woolford's Sanitary Lotion and Dean's Regulats for constipation, local illnesses, and a hay accident injuring Allen Beardsley near the McMarlin place.
The Exchange notes a tale from Roosevelt hunting in the Big Pasture last spring about securing endorsements for an office. Host John Abernathy, new to Oklahoma politics, collects letters praising him to gain a federal position once endorsed by various factions. W D Fossett the US marshal backs Abernathy, and in jokes Fossett is said to seek Abernathy’s job.
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