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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1914
Page
2
A farmer offers 80 acres with an eight room frame house and a strong basement, plus stock and food machinery. Seeks trade for steady city income property or willing to sell on reasonable monthly payments. Contact Anton Dallendorfer at the office over Marshfield State Bank.
A compact notice announces 285 acres of wild land for sale in Unity Township Clark County Wisconsin. The property lies in section 16 north of the R. H. at Osborne and is owned by White owner W C Suttle of Lancaster Wisconsin.
A Snow Hill North Carolina man recounts a severe dysentery attack starting mid July that left him weakened from 145 to 125 pounds over two months. After using Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy he took two bottles and experienced permanent relief, with the product sold by all dealers.
Price paid for hay No 1 Timothy nine dollars per ton or unit. Other grades of hay no call. Onions per bushel New potatoes per bushel Butter dairy Eggs per dozen Beef live weight per cwt Pork dressed per pound Veal live weight per pound Veal dressed per hundredweight Sheep live weight per pound Beef hides Calf hides Poultry Chickens Spring chickens.
A market listing shows Spark Cereal Company prices for flour feed and grain items. Wheat oats rye barley corn bulk feed bulk bran middlings hominy oil meal and beat flour per barrel or ton figures vary with bulk and container pricing. The ad emphasizes bulk pricing and entries such as $29.00 per bushel for some grains and $39.00 per ton for oil meal.
John A. Aylward and his Wisconsin Democratic ticket unveil a reform platform opposing state taxes, consolidating boards and commissions, and cutting expenditures. It calls for abolishing excess government, modernizing agencies, saving about $1,000,000 annually, and reducing highway and state building spending while preserving the state university as a nonpolitical asset. It ties the program to Wilson’s national policy and the Baltimore platform.
A promotional pitch urges choosing a pharmacy that compounds medications with extreme care and only the freshest, purest drugs. It argues this approach is safer and surer than alternatives and invites readers to consider the likely conclusion.
Mrs. Wilson died at the White House around 5 o'clock with the president and daughters at her bedside. The death prompted immediate adjournments in Congress and a ceremonial plan for a House committee to attend the funeral in Rome, Ga, where her bed was laid to rest. The president, grieving, comforted his daughters as physicians and nurses remained at hand.
The Marshfield fair promises a top Central Wisconsin track program with 4200 dollars in trotting and pacing purses and Allie Wooster’s string of 25 thoroughbreds. Highlights include a riding school for ladies, homecoming parade, tree illuminations, auto races, baseball games, acrobatic acts, Madame Marquis feats, and a strong stock show. Entries open August 15 with agent R R Williams handling premium lists and entry blanks.
Excursion tickets go on sale daily until September 20 offering travel to many cities in the Black Hills, Colorado and California via the Chicago and Northwestern Railway.
North Pacific Coast and to Yellowstone Park described with scenic routes and favorable stopover privileges. The Chicago and North Western Ry ticket agents offer trip planning, quoting rates, and literature. E Strouts, Agent, Marshfield, Wis. Phone 237.
A 1914 notice invites attendance at the Wisconsin State Fair in Milwaukee from September 14 to 18, highlighting agricultural livestock industrial and educational displays. For more information contact E. Strouts ticket agent Chicago and North Western Ry City by phone 237 4422.
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