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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1907
Page
7
Humphreys Witch Hazel Ointment for piles external internal and skin ailments. One application brings relief for burns and sores. Free sample mailed. Addressed to Humphreys Medicine Co. New York.
Nervous debility and prostration from overwork are claimed to be alleviated by Humphreys Hormeopathic Specific No 25, advertised as the only successful remedy after 40 years. Priced at 1 dollar per vial or 8 dollars for a serious-case package, with sales through Deugglstr or sent prepaid. Addressed to Minpheere’ Hamio and Willem von Jubu Straots in New York.
Milwaukee hosts the Wisconsin State Fair September 8 to 13 with a new cattle barn the largest on fair grounds. Premiums total 28500 for farm products and 27500 for speed events. An extensive entertainment lineup includes a mammoth fireworks spectacle The Siege of Moscow and more than sixteen bands.
Dr. Sylvester Graham began promoting unbolted flour in 1829. Early Graham foods were coarse but improved with practice until the National Biscuit Company created the Graham Cracker. The crackers are praised for nutty flavor and dessert like quality and are best when kept in moisture and dust proof boxes from the original package. Grocers carry the National Biscuit Company Graham Crackers.
All the graduates of the Actual Business College of Appleton Wisconsin have been placed in good positions and many more openings exist. Anyone seeking business education should write Bowlby and Erling Appleton Wisconsin for a free catalog.
Special train departs Marshfield at 6 50 p m on Wednesday August 14 arriving Kilbourne at 11 50 p m Return leaves Kilbourne at 7 30 p m Round trip price is 2 50 includes boat ride through the Dells
The article explains legging a boat through tunnels on Waysend canals where workers push from inside and outside. In the Maida Will tunnel near Landon the 272 yard passage requires one or two leggers, sometimes using wings boards when the roof is low or tunnel width is tight.
A historic note explains how a mother wood duck guides her brood from a hollow tree to the creek. Reports recount a quack that draws the young from the hole and into the water, with various observers offering competing theories of how the flock exits.
The Levant has long been used for the eastern Mediterranean region but historically extended to the broader east. In French and English sources the term meant the rising sea and far east, with Chambers and Evelyn widening its scope to include eastern lands and replacing orient with levant in literature.
A rear column item notes Arnold, a famed London watchmaker, presenting King George VI with a small repealing timepiece about the size of a silver three cent piece. The device weighed under five pennyweights, comprised 120 parts, and featured the Ott ruby cylinder. Arnold received 500 cunnens in return.
The Tailor and a cautious man discuss a hidden pocket, joking that the request reveals he is married. The exchange from the Chicago Inter Ocean notes a humorous, domestic undertone in a small tailoring anecdote.
Fragmentary text notes Sallorn Iinlven sheath knives carried by sailors and deemed highly magical within eighteen inches of a crewman. It suggests prohibiting wear of such blades while steering or on lookout duty in the fridge house.
In a curious accident a ship struck rocks when a courting couple dimmed the light. The keeper’s daughter was involved and the crew failed to notice the danger as the water rose.
Maud and Marie discuss a remark about pointing and ponder choices. Maud questions the accusation, Marie defends herself, and Maud concedes the situation adds another complexion to it. The brief exchange shifts tone from accusation to reluctant acceptance.
A fragmentary dialogue shows a son recalling his father’s question about what he admired and his imagined view, with a misread line suggesting confusion over what was seen.
Merrill households adopt electrical cooking gear with a multi-heat broiler chafing dish griddle and kettle. The author describes practical use from initial skepticism to ease of cooking and reduced labor, praising even oven temperatures and detached coffee percolator for housewives and husbands alike.
In a private moment Governor General Lord Dufferin confronted a Daly Ont reporter over a transcontinental railroad issue. He reviewed the journalist notes and shorthand transcript, then ordered them burned, saving the governor from embarrassment and the reporter from publication.
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