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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1898
Page
8
A fragmentary list describes life in the Philippines with brooms from oiled rags and goatsized cattle, women smoking cigars, midday slumber, absent tableware, absolute speech prohibition, and diverse patrons including Indians and Chinese. It notes a 1615 nearly destroyed city by earthquake and a grasshopper delicacy, ending with a hint about bushmen.
Fragmented excerpts describe Manila’s flooding streets, low wages of laborers, and a harsh tax regime. Notes claim typhoons and earthquakes as feared visitors, while indigo quality is praised. Other lines touch on governance, insurrection, and colonial figure Weyler, with assorted oddities about cocoa oil and bats.
The chamber of commerce on Friday adopted a resolution urging the United States to retain its island trade relations, aiming to strengthen wartime ties and maintain links with allied ports. The vote signals priority on preserving existing shipping and alliance commerce amid postwar policy considerations.
An aged New York State doctor claims long service as a medical volunteer. He asserts he can walk a mile each day and perform surgery without glossus, while advocating Thustinge's Stabuch Bitters as a remedy for digestion and dyspepsia. A state arbitration board reports 33 cents as fair pay for strikers at Pana.
Ferdinand W. Peck of Chicago is named commissioner general for the Paris Exposition by the president. The brief item notes other unrelated health and medical mentions including Hulls Gatarrh Care and Dr Klinn’s venture, with scattered references to ill health and a trial bottle patent.
Wheat at 40 cents a bushel promoted with tips to grow high profit winter wheat. Mentions Salzec’s Red Grass and seed cataloging by John A. Sal Seed Co. of La Crosse Wisconsin. Several garbled phrases refer to seed prices and distribution. The readable portion centers on a sale or advertisement for agricultural seed and wheat pricing.
The deputy governor of Victoria describes the writings of Bret Harte and Mark Twain as Yankee trash, labeling their works as inferior to local literature and expressing strong disapproval of their influence.
A garbled 1800s newspaper fragment mentions Lane's Family Medicine and a possible food shortage discussion in San James County. It references Willanes and a health case, then notes ex police justice Koch separating in New York. Six infant bodies found in a Boston vacant lot and the death of a prominent Muncie merchant aged 39 from Wright's disease.
Shake Into Your Shoes Allen's Foot Ease powder relieves painful feet and bunions, eases stinging sensations, and helps tight shoes. Marketed as the age’s comfort discovery, it cures sweating and calluses and is sold nationwide with trial packs and postage details.
The New York shoe firm McGivern & Thompson Brothers assigned. A recent shipment to Dawson City included a fire engine, furniture for a bank, a piano, and organs.
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