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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1907
Page
5
Three years ago our boy had three doctors with no hope until Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy was used. In a few hours he began to improve and is now a healthy child. Mrs. B Johnston Linton Mississippi endorses it. For sale by Sexton Bros.
The article recounts Speaker White of Kentucky facing a rushed valedictory as a hack writer produced a fashionable but flawed address. Reading aloud, he realizes it plagiarizes Aston Burrs calculatory and collapses. He falls ill and is presumed to have suffered a fatal blow from the strain.
Otsego Journal editor endorses Dr King s New Discovery as the best cough and cold remedy, promising infallible relief and a trial bottle offer. Other items promote Dr Shoop s tablets for headache and neuralgia with free trial mailings, plus moral reflections from Joaquin Miller about effort and faith.
C G Hays of Huff Massachusetts declares Buck-Jen s Arnica Salve the quickest healing salve for sores, wounds and piles. Sexton Bros Drug offers it at 25 cents. The ad criticizes English, Irish, Yankee and French stereotypes in a sharp local tone.
An advertisement extols regular bodily function as naturally steady as sunrise and sunset. It promotes Dr King’s New Life Pills, guaranteed by Sexton Bros. druggist, priced at 25 cents. The copy frames the pills as a remedy for consistent digestion and elimination, common in early 20th century medicine advertising.
A reflective remark on returning to a cherished place. The author highlights Monte as uniquely tailored to individual needs, contrasting it with other locales. The piece concludes that no other town makes us feel truly ourselves, unlike London Truth’s tone.
An impaired appetite is targeted by Chambelain's Stomach and Liver Tablets with a Detroit user praising restored appetite, reduced bloating, and smoother bowel movements. Prices are 25 cents with free samples offered. Also advertised is Dr Shoop's Magic Ointment for piles claiming quick relief and disappearance of symptoms.
A physician retells a bizarre tale of removing a man’s eye to woo a patch-covered lover. The patched suitor and his bride reveal the damage of deception as the doctor undoes his work at the wedding, ending in dramatic reconciliation and tears.
A New York Press note urges beard wearers to keep beards dry to prevent sore throat, colds and influenza. The piece argues damp beards irritate the throat, warns against excessive face washing, and says towels should dry beards promptly to avoid damp, clammy beards affecting health.
During the Civil War era a Maine recruiting officer, Parker Mears, landed at Loud's Island a plantation near the coast. A tall aggressive woman, mother of several sons, hurled large potatoes at him as he stepped ashore, forcing him back to the boat. He stammered in retreat, then recalled a threat about keeping the draft in check and smoking Richmond.
The World Today notes no safe prediction for future earthquakes in any region. Regions with quake history remain likelier to quake. The Mississippi basin is not uniquely exempt though 1811–13 Ohio River mouth quakes are cited. Thick clay and drift cushion seismic tremors compared with exposed solid rock.
A Colorado Midland brakeman once lost his index finger on his right hand. A curious lady passenger asked how. the conductor answered that he wore the finger off while pointing out scenery, making the brakeman seem especially accommodating.
A tale quoted from Xouth's Companion recounts Martha Tackett talking at length about trivial, disconnected topics. The exchange occurs during a dinner with Mrs Lane and Mr Lane noting Martha often wanders in her talk, yet remains nearby.
Paris Figaro reports on magistrate pay with the Seine judge earning 8,000 francs yearly and the public prosecutor 20,000 francs. In the steel courts salaries show the judge at 3,000 francs, a paid substitute at 1,500 francs, and a substitute judge receiving nothing.
The age of ashes is seldom measured by years. Most organisms grow to their size and live until they fall to stronger predators. It is reported that carp and pike have lived for a century, though evidence requires verification.
A fragment from the Chicago Tribune depicts Mr. Tucker forcing a boy named Tommy into a painful procedure, with Tommy protesting and begging for a man to intervene. The exchange centers on a harsh paternal act and the boy’s plea against punishment.
An OCR fragment from Stray Storie presents cryptic lines about belief, thirteen, and a thirteenth person. It humorously references a “bad nck” and a riddle about twelve girls and a thirteenth, with suggestive wordplay and odd phrasing.
Even sized cucumbers are rubbed smooth and placed in strong brine. After two days soak in fresh water, then place in vinegar or pour boiling vinegar over and steep two days. For each two quarts of vinegar add peppercorns mustard seed horse radish alum and sugar and boil ten minutes before pouring over cucumbers. Sugar may be added for sweet pickles.
The Wisconsin experiment station announced a seedless tomato breakthrough driven by large fertilizer applications. An acre used 600 pounds nitrate of soda, BCD pounds potassium sulfate, and 1000 pounds dessicated bone, yielding a tremendous crop where every tomato was seedless. Cuttings showed the trait remained true to type and produced even larger tomatoes.
A veteran corn grower notes that 60 bushels per acre costs 13 cents a bushel to raise, 50 bushels 13 cents, 40 bushels 18 cents, 35 bushels 22 cents, and 30 bushels 30 cents. Such curves help judge selling price against production cost.
A brief ad highlights Wenzel and Wenzel at Star Market offering choice beef and roasts for soil or roasting. It signals a local market option for shoppers seeking prime cuts.
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