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Newspaper
Chippewa Current
Location
Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1895
Page
3
An unnamed narrator recalls a friend asking why he no longer writes for the Corner News. He confesses the town’s literary epidemic stifles originality and explains his editor rejected his recent submission with a blunt assessment of the cluttered, exasperating pile of unread communications.
A collection of brief notes lists residents visiting Bloomer and nearby towns, with errands, travels, and social events. John McGee returns home at Strickland, A Duccommun departs for Partridge Mina, and L McPherson visits from Cartwright. Local trades advertise plumbing at 108 West Central street, while Miss Jane Coombs receives theatre attention for an opera house engagement.
Nolam offers 95 cents for 49 pounds of Snow Flake flour 1 and 00 for 20 pounds sugar 5 cents per pound for crackers 25 cents for four 3 cans tomatoes 5 cents per can for sardines 1 pound starch 6 bars soap 4 lamp chimneys 1 cent per dozen clothes pins plus 500 other bargains at Nolans right priced grocer Telephone 79.
A reader-voiced critique targets Congressman-Elect Jen kins for contradicting himself on municipal reform. The Herald’s analysis accuses the author of wavering and unsigned quotes imply a debate on reform methods and election of experienced officials.
Prank Morris sustained a serious injury after a head collision with a young lady at a Nine Mile House dance on Wednesday evening. He is in the hands of a surgeon as doctors treat the fracture and monitor his condition.
County Treasurer Goetz remains unable to open the treasurer’s vault as two days pass without a solution. He has messaged the vault makers and awaits the combination by tomorrow morning. A Shakespeare Night is announced for next Saturday at the opera house featuring Miss Jane Coombs and her company in Romeo and Juliet. The notice also promotes printing services and a testimonial for Dr King’s New Discovery with endorsements from F. W. Stevens of Lincoln Nebraska.
Two women near Chippewa City investigated a foul odor and found a human head in a barn sack. The incident linked to a murder case where a lawyer's defendant used a severed head as trial evidence. The defense claimed the head aided by boiling reduced the blow’s fatal effect. The man was convicted of manslaughter in the third degree and jailed for two years in Waupun.
For four years 8 C Cobban and his nephew Geo Cobban owned the Albemarle lodging house in Butte Mont. They bought the property for 62560 including furnishings and had rented 366 monthly, later only 175. They now extend the lease to 200 monthly with Edward A Hoyrer as lessee.
A miscellany blends poetry on winter roses with short prose and anecdotes. It includes cultural quips, scientific reflections by Professor von Helmholtz, a water-seeking tale of Mexican burros, superstition about peacock feathers, and local notices about plumbing services and a kidney remedy advertisement.
Old people needing bowel and kidney support are urged to use Electric Bitters. The remedy is non alcoholic, non toxicant, gentle on the stomach and bowels, strengthens organs, aids natural function, and acts as an appetizer. Sold at Goddard Watsons' Drug Store for 50 cents per bottle.
A sleighing party visiting Dan Clawe for supper reported a scare when a train passed closely nearby. Driver Charles Van Houter defended his route and noted passengers, mostly women, leaped from the sleigh but were never in real danger as the train moved past. The party included Mrs Pannier, Miss Kramer, Mrs Florin and others.
A collage of clipped items from Minneapolis Times Superior Telegram St Bank Globe Chicago and other papers reports on Mr Clay’s private grief and reports of reform and ethics. The garbled text mentions Parkhurst Burns and a political machine critique, plus notices for a residence and articles for maple columns and a baking powder banner.
A garbled testimonial notices Dr Kings New Discovery saving two lung patients. Mrs Phoebe Thomas of Dumens City IL and Mr Two Eggers of San Francisco report recovery from consumption after two bottles. The ad touts the medicine’s efficacy for coughs and colds with local dealers Goddard Watsons Diaz Store.
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