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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1897
Page
11
A verse excerpt depicts a flirtatious scene in a store where a young woman teases clerks. She pays with two pennies after waiting, delivering a coy line that she will take a stump, as recited by Cleveland Ledger.
A miscellany notes insurance business in China and Canada’s $200,000 aid to India amid plagues. Reports on caterpillars damaging crops near Gainesville Florida, Japanese leather shoe factory, and natives wearing sandals. Farm hiring among Miller South Dakota youths. Odd tidbits include St Helena bishop salary, a marriage in Creanville Quebec, postage stamp values, Nantucket windmill sale, a honey bee mishap in Louisville, and a fatal accident involving a Pendleton man. Also notes on swordfighting in Spain and Prussia, U.S. stamp portraits law, a Paris Arkansas suicide, Persia archaeology concessions, tobacco seed mix up in Indiana, frozen milk sales in Europe, and Klondike fever among Portland teachers. Many items lack clear dates or full names.
The article outlines 19th century fashion trends focusing on veils worn with walking hats, bright kid and leather belts, white hats trimmed with violets, and midsummer pockets. It describes surplice waists, muslin bodices with soft fichus, and large hats with organdie trims. Colorful shoes, white kid options, and Paris blue veils feature among chic choices. A Parisian touch updates a white piquetton coat and skirt with a white tulle vest, a black sash, and striking vest-cut jacket details.
A collection of early innovations describes an ice bike with a detachable front wheel and spiked rear wheel, a two part necktie with elastic center, a purse mounted on a buckle for belts, a door to caller slide system in apartments, a Virginia patent guard to prevent spokes from catching a cyclist, and a stop device for wheel mounting.
Poem fragment recalling Cheyenne as a once famous camp now lonely frontier town in Wyoming. Narrator reflects on trains through Cheyenne, memories of bottles, cacti, and soft winds, noting changes and longing for return. Mentions Lieth Laramie town, Bill Nye, and Cy Warman.
The Washington Star article paints a stylized scene of a May Queen figure wrapped in a blanket with a hot brick at her feet. A mustard plaster reddens her chest as she sits sad and pensive, glancing away and vowing never to be queen of the May again.
A fragment from the Atlanta Constitution presents a dialect poem about Miss Mary wandering by a river. The lyric images a looking glass river taunting her, flowers sighing as she passes, and the sun setting, with dewy petals and a sorrowful lily.
A fragmentary poem from Frank Leslie's Weekly celebrates sailor freedom and the open sea. It envisions leaving land behind, a carefree voyage, and briny zest, with vivid sea imagery and a jovial tone.
The fragment evokes lunar light and sunlit value as a poet speaks of poetic time. It contrasts night and day and hints at a world’s cream under fair Luna’s ray. The tone remains contemplative with classical imagery.
A lyrical reminiscence recalls a twilight kiss beneath the elm tree. The speaker cherishes the memory of meeting a sweet mate, sharing a close embrace, and vows the joy of that moment will never be forgotten.
A playful verse portrait contrasts a noble castle and wide ancestral lands with affectionate adoration. The lines celebrate a couple's deep bond and mutual admiration through vivid imagery of home, land, and personal charm.
The article describes the sun by figures: diameter about 550000 miles, orbiting every 25 days, distance from Earth around 94 million miles, bulk far greater than Earth, low density, and a high gravity at the surface. It discusses radiation, composition hydrogen and molten vapors, and the vast heat with long cooling times. It notes a hypothetical Earth would weigh much less at the sun’s surface, with gravity about twenty eight times stronger.
Alice M Barrett a Boston typewriter who died by her own hand on July 24 left a will found by her mother in Waltham. The document bequeaths all belongings and bank deposits to the mother, divides two mortgages among brothers, and gives $150 to her younger brother Charlie. It also distributes bric a brac and jewelry to female friends and relatives. An accident policy of $2,500 and personal property valued at $1,375 are noted.
An assortment of early 20th century ads tout foot care powders to ease swollen and tired feet and to fit tight shoes. Mentions trial offers, druggists and shoe stores, with names Allen and Olusread in Le Ray, and Kilkore in Oregon context. Also includes miscellaneous notes on a surgeon’s lure for harvest work and various world and city property values.
Fragmentary 19th century style item noting a hereditary rheumatism in a family, urging early use of Hostetter's S. S. S. and other remedies. Mentions Mrs Winslow’s products, a critique of hard beverages, and an aside about Secretary Sherman and a McKinley banquet invitation by Buffalo G A R posts on August 24.
A dubious new preparation called GRAIN fade of pure graing choc claims to imitate coffee without stomach distress. Advertisements tout it as a substitute in meals and groceries, noting its low cost and ease of use while contrasting it with coffee. Also mentions savings on doctor bills from remedies and marketing claims from various directories.
A promotional appeal targets women with heavy domestic duties. Mrs Lydia E Pinkham of Lynn Massachusetts promotes Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash as remedies for weakness and bearing down sensations, citing a testimonial from Mrs A C Bens of Chicago describing relief after use.
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