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Newspaper
Baraboo News
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1906
Page
7
D. J. Taylor advertises the purchase of the C. J. Brown livery and feed business near the Ash Street bridge. He offers ready access to quality rigs for all services on short notice and at reasonable rates, inviting trial orders from all customers. Phone 358.
A notice offering the sale of a family steam laundry business and entire operation at once. Interested parties are directed to contact Geo. Smith at 815 West Street for inquiries.
Special water white illuminating oil, high fire test and best on the market. Families who use it will have no other. Wagon comes by every other day. stop the wagon or phone No. 141. Wm. Springer.
J W Davis offers Lehigh Valley hard coal and top soft coal grades. Orders may be left at J P Sprecher's or F C Peck's stores or with J W Davis at 913 Ash Street.
W OD Bartlett cabinet maker and upholsterer offers screen doors and windows, chair retentions, and repairs. Mattresses renovated and rebuilt. Call 327 Sixth street or telephone 286.
Shadow Town Co. presents Edison machines from ten dollars, January records in stock, and moving picture machines with films for sale. Credit available to responsible buyers. Tel. 46. Located at 5th and Barker St. Baraboo Wis.
Chauncey Depew recalls during a illness when his bed was moved to his business room and callers stopped by. A telephone call from a New York paper led to a humorous exchange asking if he would survive the night and prompting a courteous Good night reply.
Jule Trask the witty Laconia city clerk, famed for a speech impediment, joked about his stuttering when meeting John D. Long, secretary of the navy, in Washington.
An insurance and real estate agency promotes its growing business and public confidence, noting that carrying life and accident policies leads to more thoughtful action. The ad highlights its services and location at 129 Third Street.
A London watcher profiles Robert M. MacDonald a 28 year old opal prospecting expert who claims success on expeditions in Central Australia New Guinea the South Seas and South America He describes simple opal mining techniques in Desert Sands region and hints at a hidden fortune within unbroken opal kernels embedded in western South Australian boulders that resist extraction and transport.
A. M. Bruce of Farmville Virginia credits Bucklen's Arnica Salve with curing chronic piles and malignant sores after a twenty year struggle. The product, touted as best for old ulcers, cuts, burns, and wounds, costs 25 cents at Fisher Bros. druggist.
The article notes Charles Dickens adopted the Pickwick name from a Bath coach proprietor. It highlights the success of The Pickwick Papers in monthly parts, with publishers earning £20,069 and Dickens receiving £15 per part. Sam Weller’s introduction in the fifth issue propelled the series, prompting publishers to send Dickens cheques totaling about £3,000 due to its amazing success.
Fisher Bros and J.B. Donovan & Co pledge to refund purchase money if Green's Warranted Syrup of Tar fails to cure a cough or cold. They offer a 25 cent bottle as a proof-of-satisfaction option or money back.
A fastidious woman leaves a phone booth coughing after smelling white rose perfume. The drug clerk explains a strong odor was spilled earlier and fragrance was spread to mask it. She quips that a woman would have cleaned and disinfected the booth.
Mrs. E. H. Brunson of Dublin Georgia says at 82 she feels young again thanks to Electric Bitters. The tonic touts relief from dyspepsia torpid liver inflamed kidneys and chronic constipation with continued use. Fisher Bros. druggist guarantees the product priced at 50 cents.
A quote notes it is curious yet true that cooking and dressmaking, long identified with women, would be better performed by men, reflecting on gendered labor expectations.
A reflective maxim notes gracious people focus on self improvement. They avoid blaming others and examine personal weaknesses first. In contrast, the most judgmental people scrutinize others yet neglect their own reform. Craddock offers this moral admonition.
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