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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1911
Page
9
A sharp voiced woman accuses her husband of seeking romance in a railway marriage. He recalls a pair of slippers given before marriage that measured his foot and cemented their union. A bystander notes the moment as a lesson in past romances and social restraint.
A Philadelphia couple separates with no clear reason. a husband recalls being asked about his wife’s $29 hat and replies that it mattered little. An advertising insert promotes Postum coffee substitute and a health letter claiming improved digestion, weight, and business vigor after using Grain Nuta food.
Wisconsin briefs report Curtig a UW engineering professor found dead with a bullet wound near Lake Mendota. Appleton fair dates set for Sept 19–21 with officers elected. Racine judge considers parole after guilty larceny verdict. Hudson man linked to bigamy warrant. Astigo’s Sophia Jessie dies at 103 from burns. Milwaukee man dies after a wagon accident. State board reviews 883 acre site for new state home. several fire cases in Madison with sentencing. Beaver Dam arson case. Claus Alpen commits suicide in Milwaukee after years of threat. La Crosse plans White Way extension and river excursion. Kenosha doctors’ offices burglarized. Appleton Indian will file declared. Neenah bog on river rescue.
The Interstate Commerce Commission records recount heroic railroad acts of bravery and daring, including women among medal recipients. Congress in 1905 authorized presidential presentation of commemorative medals for such acts, with more cases under consideration as the commission preserves tales of rescues and stoic risk across railroading history.
The Bly Locomotive K-2, built at Altoona shops for the Pennsylvania, is billed as the road's largest engine entering Buffalo. The first unit arrived with more expected soon. The W ashington Flyer uses the bus engine, noted for smooth riding and no jerks around curves versus older engines.
Railroad equipment now in service will not have to comply with safety appliance regulations for nearly two years. An agreement from commission committees, railways, and worker organizations extends deadlines: freight cars five years, passenger cars three years, locomotives two years, with switch engines one year.
National Review notes China generally follows the Britten gauge of four feet eight and a half inches but shows openness to alternatives. The Co railway in Yunnan uses meter gauge while Kwang authorities consider narrower or meter gauges, risking costly conversions. Authors argue rail gauge alignment with other Chinese lines, and not with Indo Chinese systems, would aid strategic cohesion and economy.
A New York Herald summary reports that on the Pennsylvania railroad system east of Pittsburgh and Erie, 136,900,000 passengers in 1910 carried no passenger fatalities in train wrecks across 1908 1909 and 1910. The combined 1908 1909 1910 totals show 371,858,277 passengers with only one death in a wreck, illustrating notable safety.
Japan s railway bureau will adopt a new German locomotive with 15 inch cylinders after Nagano tests showed substantially lower coal use. The engine, promising fuel savings, will be gradually implemented on all government lines.
Chilean government orders eight vestibuled Pullman cars and four vestibuled dining cars from an American firm for the railway between Valparaiso and Santiago. The contract covers cars to upgrade the Eri Co line and aims to improve passenger service on the Valparaiso to Santiago run.
A faulty bridge rail under repair near Zillmére Australia caused an engine to derail and ride along the trackless bridge for a distance before stopping. No injuries were reported but traffic halted for days as officials faced a difficult rescue.
An old advertisement urges mothers to examine each bottle of Castoria noting it bears the signature of the company and claims Castoria has been a trusted remedy for infants and children for over 30 years. It invites readers to request Fletcher's Castoria by name.
A fragmented London Opinion snippet shows a humorous suffragette quip about hatpins and mislaid items. The ad promotes Spohns remedies for animal distemper and pink eye with pricing and distributor notes, inviting agents and requests for a free book from Spahn Medical Co.
A quirky extract from Stray Stories features the Sweet Young Thing and the Chronic Bachelor debating fear in proposals and guardian angels. Garfield Tea is advertised as aiding digestion and cleansing the system while comments note ads weakly frame a heavy play.
A long-winded plea touts Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as effective for constipation in the elderly and children alike. It claims to cure headaches biliousness and gas, promises longer life with healthy bowels, and promotes a free trial bottle via mail for Caldwell Building Monticello Illinois.
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