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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1891
Page
3
An old periodical column rails at patent medicines and quack cures, noting crowds rely on ignorance for hope. It contrasts a claimed universal cure with real medical science and mocks such promises. It cites Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and Dr Sage's Catarrh Remedy as examples of dubious certainty and profit seeking.
Fragmentary ad style text promotes a supposed remedy for consumption with scattered phrases and garbled names. It mentions groups, years, locations, and pricing hints, lacking clear claims or verifiable details.
A Virginia related man recounted a streetcar incident involving hired labor and a wage dispute. He described a gray horse and a breech loading gun as part of a rough scene, with hunters nearby and a warning that the worker saw too much for a man paid daily. The tale ends noting clerk Stanhen Gallagher, once in Lowell Mass, is alleged to be an embezzler.
A scrambled OCR page presents recipes for quick waffles, apple cream, and cottage soup with steps and measurements hidden among stray text. It also includes long passages on education in music and speech, warnings about women’s conduct, and miscellaneous notes on public figures, old newspapers, and local affairs.
The clumsy text reports a Santa Fe employee Thomas Beard killed by touching a live wire and references various sensational claims about cures and products. It shows garbled OCR with mixed advertisements and scattered names, places, and agencies, offering little coherent news but hinting at safety, commerce, and medical claims.
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