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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1896
Page
7
A Macys era style plea discusses the race for women's education and the toll on health. A letter from Mary praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, claiming it cured her headaches dizziness and fatigue and helped her finish school. The piece promotes the medicine as a safe remedy that purifies and energizes the body.
Auction of dubious remedy by Donald Kennedy of Auxbury Massachusetts claims to cure every humor from scrofula to pimples after eleven hundred tests with two failures. The ad promises certificates of value within twenty miles of Boston and urges sending a postal card for a book. It asserts rapid relief from lungs and liver issues and claims no diet change is needed with a nightly tablespoonful dose in water.
Mary Anderson de Navarro recounts her early stage days and her eastern tour reminiscences in Ladies' Home Journal. She recalls meeting Henry Wadsworth Longfellow at James T Fields’ Cambridge home and his gentle counsel to seek beauty in nature, art, or poetry daily. The article portrays Longfellow as calm and gracious, his wisdom shaping her outlook, and notes his later illness and farewell from the window.
Historical overview notes no two top offices have fallen vacant at once. It lists presidents who died in office, vice presidents who died, a California senator move, and cites 1886 statute shifting succession to cabinet members in order: state, treasury, war, attorney general, postmaster general, navy, interior.
Curiosities about coins discuss ancient and early United States pieces. Mentions Croesus ordering coinage, 459 B C copper issues, and valued cents from 1793 to 1927. Notes 1804 silver collar and 1802 silver half dime worth up to 30 dollars, 1877 nickel at one dollar, and 3 cent piece first minted 1851 then 1873. States oldest British Museum coin from 760 BC.
The dialogue shows Mrs Slimpurses and Mr Slimpurses discussing a kitchen clock and a potential diamond necklace. Mrs Stuckup is mentioned as being present, and the couple considers what would be needed to clean a diamond necklace, with the implication of a delayed or failed theft.
A simple manicure case project for a toilet table. Use a quarter yard of bright ribbon four to five inches wide. Fold and stitch along the right side to form a three-pocket holder with vertical sewing lines.
A garden column advises on chrysanthemums and hardy chrysanthemums for continued bloom, bulb succession, and careful watering of cacti. It stresses not overpotting calik, protecting outdoor plants at night, and air for window plants on warm days. It recommends Jasminia grandificrum as a pleasing window garden addition with sunny light and liquid manure applications.
A Portland obituary notice recalls Mrs. Pierce, sister of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, living at an advanced age. She taught Sunday school and led a class of young girls who stayed together for years, growing into lifelong friends who reunite in Portland and maintain a strong bond from the "Mrs. Pierces class" fellowship.
The piece notes women favor oversized violet boutonnieres wrapped in violet tinsel with no leaves. It highlights the chry something and rose varieties like Meteor and Jor gan, in deep crimson and pinkish red tones. English violet remains coveted, with prices around 50 cents for small bundles and widespread use among ladies.
An elderly couple aboard a steamship between Blackpool and the Isle of Man faces rough seas. The wife fears danger, but the husband shrugs it off saying the ship will not sink, delivering a lighthearted quip that ends the tale.
Beautiful dowers were laid on the Thackeray bust near Dickens’s grave in Westminster Abbey a card reads In memoriam William Makepeace Thackeray from a brother of the Charterhouse. The message recalls a heartfelt, infinite spirit.
Dresden dress goods show fancy stripes and Dresden effects in woolens and silks. Woolen materials feature heavy knotted threads or mohair, spaced about a third of an inch apart, with knots appearing at regular intervals.
Large black silk neckerfeathers once worn by fine gentlemen who signed the Declaration of Independence are affected by Fits. Dr Kina's nerve restorer promises marvels with a free trial bottle. Jack Whiting, an escaped Michigan convict, was captured at Marinette Friday.
A Detroit mother credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with restoring her moribund daughter Blanche after three years of illness. The letter details severe weakness, headaches, and loss of appetite followed by rapid recovery after taking one box and then regaining activity. The notice includes promotional claims by the pills’ makers and a Toledo address for purchase.
The fragment mentions hotels gaining income from cafés and a fire at the Scoville house in Wauneca causing $500 damage. It also references scalp care product claims and a shopper named Glenn. A burglary at the Stelnte dig store in Marinette is noted.
An old advertisement extols Hostetter’s Hitutr as a thorough remedy for inactivity and Bright's disease and various ailments including malaria bilious rheumatic and dyspeptic complaints. It also makes historical asides about porcelain rings in Egypt and Assyria and mentions Syrup of Figs from the California Fig Syrup Co as a universal laxative. Queen Elizabeth’s jewel collection is noted with 752 rings found after her death.
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