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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1911
Page
9
Police Commissioner Waldo of New York labeled blackmailers as stupid and displayed a grotesquely misspelled threatening letter as an example. The note, torn and mixed with errors, claimed innocence and urged the recipient to drop the matter by a garden wall.
Cleveland Plain Dealer records a scene at a railway crash where an airbrake cord was pulled stopping a train. The second section collided with the halted train, six hours to clear the track, a passenger laments missing a wedding, while detectives are sought for a disruptive reporter interruption.
Distemper in all forms among horses and others prevented by Spohn's Distemper Cure. Over 600,000 bottles sold last year. Priced 50 cents and 2.00. Sold by druggists or manufacturers. Generous schoolboy joke cited from Judge.
An old advertisement touts Cole's Carboliaalve claiming rapid relief from burning and skin diseases, promising instant pain relief and scarless cure with no scars from use. It offers a free sample and lists Culu & Co. of Black Tiger Falls, Wisconsin, urging idle men to seek work.
Letters from Peoria and New Orleans praise Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash for resolving severe female ailments without surgery. Mrs Carte reed and Mrs Lily peynors recount long suffering and recovery, urging others to try the remedies and write for guidance.
George H Williams of Braintree Massachusetts a locomotive engineer on the New York New Haven Hartford railroad the only New Englander to receive a Carnegie Medal of Honor details a December 21 1905 incident in Quincy Massachusetts where he leapt from his engine to warn and rescue Mrs Jennie M Hill and her daughter as an approaching express train endangered their crossing Williams was struck by the locomotive sustaining serious injuries and missing three months of work. Also highlighted is Charles M Haight of Otsego New York another medal recipient for saving a child on a wet steep grade by leaping from his milk train’s cab and tugging the child to safety at great personal risk. Finally Mary Guinan a Middletown New York shirt factory worker who earned a medal for stopping a 74 year old man from crossing between gates as two trains passed in opposite directions at a congested Erie crossing. Her timely intervention prevented catastrophe on a treacherous 28 inch wide gap between tracks.
Cal Joe Barnes, longtime superintendent of the Santa Fe Southern Kansas division, recalls being the first Pullman conductor in the world. He describes early sleeping cars built with specific berths, wages, and interactions with George M. Pullman, including the first car assembled in Bloomington and Pullman’s reaction to its cost and potential.
A New York rail official states railroads can mobilize the entire National Guard of New York within twenty four hours under war conditions. He adds that American railroads can move troops, horses, cannons, and rations faster than they can be assembled and deployed, and that the system is prepared to perform swiftly and reliably.
A Fraserburgh bound train arriving at Aberdeen station drew astonishment as the locomotive’s front appeared dusted with thousands of tiny flies. On inspection the flies clung to the steam engine like sky paper, a sight not recalled by veteran railway officials.
A discussion notes Egypt has four desert railways and a 45 mile straight line. The longest straight section worldwide is claimed to be from Nyngan to Bourke in New South Wales, a 126 mile uninterrupted level stretch.
Mollie excels at adopting new tac, but she objects to new wrinkles. Jack notes her stance while discussing changes in appearance and methods. The exchange highlights differing views on adapting to trends and self presentation.
Marcuse Colony in Sutter County in the Sacramento Valley is presented as a premier farming community with fertile dark loam soils, abundant water, and a long growing season. The prospect highlights nearby Sacramento markets, diverse crops, and rising land values aided by the Panama-Pacific Exposition, inviting homeseekers and investors to inquire at the Homeseekers Information Bureau in Omaha.
Agitated old man on a Cherryvale street cries for aid after a trolley collision involving a woman passenger in a linen dress Panama hat champagne shoes. He jokes about spending on socks instead of a bonnet while a dramatic rescue scene unfolds, as a correspondent notes the blase observer and a tense exchange about marriage.
Insurgent figures Rossman and McCosker are described as anti partisan yet supportive of a van side approach. The text frames them as dodging bad story tellers to avoid strained relations.
Ontario abandons prison labor contracts and moves most inmates to open air work on farms and road building in new districts. A portion of prisoners unable to work will produce hospital supplies such as beds and hospital items, under a revised system prioritizing outdoor labor and health considerations.
Expert advice notes learning to run an automobile takes about three days to acquaint with parts and a week to master vocabulary. A man’s life is defined by the objects it is given, the rest is rhetoric.
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