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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1909
Page
9
A humorous old-time vignette recalls a wedding where a man seeks credit to marry, the preacher hesitates, and love overcomes financial odds. The bride and groom face a rough start, yet affection prevails as the knot is tied. Strong images of love, luck, and social humor define the scene.
A Fargo postmaster and coroner faced a rare verdict on two strangers who died after an appendectomy. The operation revealed a preexisting condition the surgeon had not anticipated, and the postmaster coroner stamped the verdict "Opened by Mistake" using a rubber stamp.
A doctor visiting a small town tours the local museum and encounters a chair claimed to have belonged to Louis Cross-Eye, said to be a king of France. The curator misreads inscriptions, prompting amused exchanges about translation and mistaken names. Embedded slang and garbled dialogue fill the scene.
A fragmentary dialogue depicts a club scene where a tall aristocrat arrives and is teased about his title and unpaid debts. The conversation references a Salvation Army musician and uses snide humor about paying up, reflecting a society gossip tone.
The text presents incomplete quotes about a girl named Qha and learning to swim. An optimist suggests letting the world guide progress, while caution notes caution about attempting risky tasks. The passage reads as a casual, unclear exchange with uncertain context.
In a genial tale Beilman recalls J M Barrie describing his first Athenaeum visit. Barrie sought the smoking room and met an elderly white haired man wandering the hall who invited him to dine. The exchange highlighted Barrie as the club’s first member ever spoken to by this longtime member after thirty years.
The story says Riccardo Martin’s voice has won New York, and a tailor who heard him sing complained his trousers did not fit. Martin sent tickets for Carmen to the tailor, who later admitted the singing was awful but the joke rested on ill fitting attire.
A churchgoer teases Surplicion Stubb about his wife not wearing her 600 button gown to service. The anecdote notes the parson repeatedly glanced toward her dress during the collection, causing embarrassment.
A fragment notes the sanitary department spreading quicklime while questioning the cause. The line hints at a local event named The Blue Mouse causing disturbance, indicating a stirred community issue or incident connected to the theater or event in town.
A terse exchange notes that one is a relative by marriage. The dialogue hints at family ties and social recognition through wedlock, mentioning a man who has married the speaker's daughter and confirming kinship within a branching family context.
Peckem, who had loved and won, recalls a line about loving and losing not equal to never having lost at all, reflecting on endurance amid sacrifice. The quote hints at memory, regret, and the cost of devotion in a framework of conflict and duty.
A new interdenominational Religious Day School began in New Richmond, aiming to teach religious principles to children using the Bible as principal text. The program is open to all ages and church affiliations and intends to become a national movement.
Jelly making quality is discussed as an art and science. The article cites flavor clarity and firm texture as goals, notes judging may be biased by inexperienced judges, and outlines causes of poor jelly such as overripe fruit, overcooking, and insufficient pectin. It suggests using trained judges and understanding the score card to improve community exhibits.
Practical advice on cleaning and storage including brushing, chilling cream before canning, avoiding milk in cut-glass, and keeping milk from clouding glass. Pest control tips describe using sulfur, carburetted acid, and water for mosquitos and pet fleas. A bizarre note mentions a tiny broom and sensitive cleaning methods for skis.
A brisk home recipe describes preparing liver dumplings using calf liver bread crumbs vegetables onion garlic eggs salt pepper nutmeg allspice flour and boiling water. The mixture is chopped, seasoned, formed in a hash, dropped into boiling water, and simmered for 15 to 20 minutes.
A fragment details making butter dumplings: soften half a pound of butter, beat four eggs, add salt, thicken with flour, and stir until thick and smooth. Strain soup, boil the dumplings 15 to 20 minutes, drop by spoonfuls, with boiling water as an alternative to avoid waste. Describes it as a very Tich dish.
To make fruit juices, use half a pound of sugar per pound of fruit, sprinkle and let stand overnight, then heat, strain, and jar. Tomatoes stuffed with corn mix boiled corn with mayonnaise, fill hollowed firm tomatoes, chill before serving. Nutmeg Shake blends milk sugar egg ice and grated nutmeg in a tall glass.
Professor Snow leads a Kansas naturalists' party on an annual prairie netting expedition. A Texas cattle owner, watching from a passing caravan, reveals disbelief at grown men catching insects. Jim Thompson explains the activity. the cowman leaves amazed by the guide’s knowledge of bugs.
A haunted dialogue on a silver wedding, a mother’s toil at dinner and care for many children, and a physician’s quip about a late husband. A Globe feature notes mothers tireless in family duties and hunger endured for kin. It also highlights tuberculosis education pushing tighter case registration and isolation of advanced patients.
A New Hampshire nomad details indigestion relief after switching to Grape-Nuts. He describes pain relief, improved digestion, clearer mind, regained strength, and return to work, claiming the food rebuilt his body and restored ambition. The letter ends with a prompt to read The Road to Wellville.
A reader endorses Riamella and Resino ointment for skin eruptions as highly useful. The note includes a London testimonial from M. Ryan and a mock misprint about a comet. assorted patent remedies and quips about medicines and cigarettes appear in a chaotic advertisement fragment.
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