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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1908
Page
3
The Sinclair team plots a fake political scoop for the Flasher. They draft a sensational home secretary visit hoax to boost readership, then glimpse an actual public appearance by Lord Herbert Barradene at Pendle, creating an unexpected twist.
In a tense scene Sinclair, a farmer and local correspondent for the Flasher paper, resists sensationalism as Bond, Ricketts, and Sturgess urge excitement. The group debates rumours about ballot boxes, wires, and potential scoops as Sinclair plans his own column while others press for more daring coverage.
A East End woman awoke to a cold lifeless hand that she believed to be a stranger’s, but after screams and light, relief came when she realized the hand was her own, left under the bed as she slept, a startling misperception reported by the Plain Dealer.
The article notes a long kept secret about who killed Campbell of Glenure on May 14, 1752. The Stewart family guards the truth as a solemn trust, with Highlanders refusing to reveal it even to Robert Louis Stevenson. Andrew Lang cites Deloraine’s William as knowing but unable to tell.
The article describes St. Anthony’s Day animal blessings in Rome and southern Italy. Monks from the Franciscan order bless horses, mules, and donkeys with holy water, a practice once lavish but now simpler, while Naples maintains a bonfire rite and charitable feasting. The custom traces to ancient Consualia pagan rites, with debates on whether St. Anthony fully superseded them.
Washington reports the engagement of Mina Katherine Elting to Luigi Amedeo, Duke of Abruzzi. The bride is the daughter of Senator Elkus, a noted U.S. official and wealthy figure. The couple’s plans include her ennoblement and a royal Venice residence, highlighting the duke’s famed Arctic and polar exploits.
President Roosevelt plans to appoint William S. Rossiter of New York to be public printer, succeeding Charles A. Stillings who resigned after recent investigations. Rossiter, a newspaper man and former chief clerk of the census office, will oversee the government printing plant and related operations. He has long ties to New York printing and journalism and was born in Massachusetts.
A New York turned goods firm repurposed a small batch of undersized handleless darning eggs into knobs for hatpins. The eggs, initially ordered for derning stockings and lacking handles, were found suitable for the hatpin booms market and assembled as hatpin knobs.
The article notes France and Turkey as inexpensive to live in due to frugal food use. It highlights bread rationing where a loaf is cut to provide one piece per person, two pieces only if needed, ensuring no waste. A single loaf lasts four days, reflecting hospitality and careful consumption.
To remove the disagreeable color of naphtha from gloves or to remove odor from items returned from the cleaners, place the article near a steam heater or on a radiator. Steam heat dries any remaining fluid safely and faster, with the odor disappearing within an hour.
A new Waldorf salad variation is described with potted apples sliced crosswise and arranged on lettuce. It uses bar leduc and cream cheese mashed with potatoes, topped on each plate with a circle of mayonnaise dressing and suggested whipped butter for flavor.
A historical tip explains making a mattress needle from an old umbrella rib. Remove silk, use the eye, cut to about 12 inches, sharpen ends, and sew with common thread to repair beds. Feather beds can be tufted similarly for comfort.
The text describes repurposing old materials to cover a new mattress. It mentions avoiding mattresses for funk doublers, burning not needed, washing and using ticking, finishing edges, making button holes, using bone buttons, and placing between mattress and springs to keep the mattress clean and dust free.
Do not wash trays and other papier mache items in hot water or soap suds. Use cold clean water to sponge the surface until fully cleansed while still damp. Lightly sprinkle with flour then polish with flannel.
Wash thoroughly with soap and water then dry. Trim edges evenly with shears to restore broom performance. Proper cleaning extends broom life and enables longer use between replacements.
Cloverport Kentucky man John Armstrong suffers years of kidney trouble and back pain before using Dean's Kidney Pills. He reports rapid improvement and full recovery, crediting the product for his health. Sold by dealers. Foster Kilburn Co. Buffalo NY. 60 cents per box.
Joaquin Miller visits San Francisco and attends a formal dinner where a hostess boasts of a Paris gown she wore. He remains silent until asked what part he liked, replying I did like a part of it well enough and naming the part the part you had on.
A humorous vignette from Har pér'a Weekly describes a crowded dance where a gentleman escorts a woman to the Fat Side Gentlemen's Gore Tarpsichorean Coterd events. The couple’s waltz is halted by a bold rival as onlookers ask who brought the dancer, capturing social bustle and sharp wit.
A Washington woman credits Postum coffee substitute with reversing years of nervous trouble and enabling her to return to full household duties and care for two babies. She says stopping coffee and drinking Postum eased her nerves and improved her health, allowing cheerful daily life and writing to share her story.
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