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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1917
Page
6
An New York firm, The Alart and McGuire Company, is securing contracts for cucumber acreage around Auburndale. The venture promises daily cash as cucumbers are bought per road in, with Auburndale poised to become a key station. Local farmers are urged to plant cucumbers for strong yields on small tracts.
A stock company named Auburndale Co-Operative Cheese Company was organized in the village. It will be located just east of Auburndale in a favorable farming area. The brick and concrete building is under rapid construction and will be modern in every respect.
Safe cough remedy guidance notes that Txitsafe should be considered first when buying medicine for children. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, a long favored option, contains no opium or narcotic and is safe for children as for adults. It is pleasant to taste, aiding administration for young patients. The remedy helps relieve wheeze, coughs, and throat irritations and is widely obtainable.
Newly organized band boys host a charity dance at Sbairl's hall on April 10 with Stecker Bros. orchestra providing music. Tickets cost 75 cents and all are urged to attend to support the organization.
The people of Auburndale express strong support for placing a dentist in the town. They note the area offers a large territory to attract patients and request a dentist locate there.
The Auburndale Hardware reports receipt of a fresh stock of milx wagons and farm wagons. Call or visit to inspect before purchase and compare options.
Attention dairymen. A new invention aerates ventilates and cools milk immediately after milking by exposing it to the atmosphere to prevent souring and deodorize it before shipping to cheese factories milk stations and similar outlets. Fully guaranteed with money refunded for details contact Marshfield Milk Aerator Co Marshfield Wis. 25t?
The note suggests that indigestion nearly always disturbs sleep and offers a remedy: eat a light supper with little meat and no milk, then take one Chamberlain's Tablet after copper, and try to rest better. It claims availability everywhere.
Madison April 9 Senate administration bill on fire insurance rate making regarded as a major measure before the 1917 legislature, prohibiting rate discrimination and requiring reasonable prices. It empowers the insurance commissioner to review rates and compel adjustments if unfair. Companies must maintain stamping offices to report every policy written for rate checks. The piece notes other anecdotes and Wisconsin University law school graduates, with figures on practice across states and percent of graduates.
The April crop and livestock summary from the U S Department of Agriculture shows state condition at 92 percent of normal for April 1, with a ten year average of 88 percent. United States condition is 63.4 percent, against an 86.2 percent ten year average. Losses from disease and exposure are detailed for both state and national figures, with figures ranging around 0.4 to 4.87 percent and varying ten year averages.
The report lists year and ten year averages with April 1 figures for both this year and last. In the United States table wheat is 180 and 98.6 cents, corn 113 and 70.3, oats 62.0 and 42.0, potatoes 285 and 97.6, hay 15.05 and 11.78 per ton, eggs 26.0 and 17.9 cents per dozen, while the local column shows wheat 165 and 98, corn 111 and 74, oats 58 and 43, potatoes 201 and 709, hay 13.70 and 11.40.
An ad touts Dr Humphreys Homeopathic remedy for grip and colds promising complete recovery with minimal disturbance to the system. It advises taking it at the first chill, notes available at druggists for 25 cents or one dollar, or by mail from Humphreys Home Medicine Co 156 William Street New York.
A compact, period tone list of cautionary sayings about bad luck and superstitions. It references mirrors, safes, soap, clothing, the moon, bedtimes, umbrellas, Fridays, and funeral processions as sources of misfortune. The fragment hints at life advice conveyed through traditional beliefs.
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