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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1919
Page
8
Surplus army food is being bought generously by local residents. The sale started Monday and runs until further notice unless stopped. Bacon is popular. orders go through the postmaster to Chicago for parcel post delivery nationwide. Order No 3406 fixes a 125 pound weight limit and parcel post rates.
Locusts are described as eaten in markets across Arabic, Syria, Egypt, Machygesear, and China. They are roasted or fried in butter, preserved in urine to dry, fed in the sun, candied, and exported as a commodity.
The United States Tire Company advises motorists to carry tire tape as a vital tool, likening it to a Red Cross nurse keeping a bandage in her kit. The tape is praised for sealing blowouts and punctures, insulating leaky wires, and making temporary repairs to broken parts and rattling components.
Mrs. Blanche Bowers of Indiana Pennsylvania says her digestion improved after trying Chamberlains Tablets. She reports relief after using the product for about a year and now can eat a wider range of foods without issue.
St Josephs Catholic knights hosted a well attended Bakerville picnic while frequent rains worry farmers. Mervin Aton returns from Iowa to visit, praising the area over his prior home. Farmers including Kollman Binder Kupfer Radlinger and Mott sell out as others relocate. Elizabeth and Kathryn Bell head to Milwaukee and Margaret Gleischisner leaves after a vacation. Anna Zinthefer returns home from Will Bell's after months of work.
Notice to electors shows Wood County Wisconsin proposes a $1 500 000 bond issue to build concrete roads across the county as authorized by state statutes. Map marks new roads including Cameron Seneca Grand Rapids and Auburndale routes with detailed funding allotments and local termini.
Miss Thresen Schuster of Marshfield spent the latter part of the week with her parents.
Richfield daily life roundup reports Walter Clair entertaining family from the south part of the state and the Burhopp couples taking a business and pleasure trip to Chippewa Falls on Saturday. Rev. M. E. Prasier seen lately tending his farm, Clark Gadson selling a Dodge to Goo Koh last week, and plans for upcoming wedding bells. The Mathson children christened at MBE Church, Gadson renting Frasier farm for next year, land seekers active, Kenneth Belton ill but improving, Harvey Hurd and Madison visitors, Charles Wondrow and wife at Otto Schillar’s, Dorchester visit by Chas Ever and family, Buds of Promise hosted at Elmer Dooms home, Gilmore family preparing to settle on their farm awaiting household goods delayed by freight.
McMillan and Marshfield visitors, the Grahams and Harold joined Geo Hankel. Ed Beckerman and Ed Jones each purchased two farms in Town County this week. Jones acquired the Liebelt farm for 16000 while Beckerman bought the Schalock farm for 26000. Ed Coleman sold his Bakerville farm of 65 acres for 18500. Hankel visited Breit enback, and E W Drakley returned from a business trip in Barren county.
Miss Bertha Franklin will teach Pleasan View school next year. Herman Zink assisted George Hankel in stacking his oats Friday and Saturday. Mr. F Kutchi sold his farm to an Iowa man who has already taken possession.
Riverside social items report a surprise party for Mary Wehlem, Walter Widman buying a Hinman milker, trading cars, Stratford road work progressing despite difficulties, Klemme couple blackberrying, Harvest picnic canceled by bad weather, Bert Sheller threshing, Bock and Filtener threshing, and the Schaluk brothers selling farms to men from Iowa.
Mill Creek notes say William Hoffman sold his sixth acre farm to H M Jackson and will move to Hewitt. Schroeder's began threshing for farmers east of Hewitt with a new engine and separator bought last year. Wenzel Jr. visits. M Gallatin hauls sand from Yellow River. Ella Ohm visits Mary Horn Thursday evening.
A description notes that when an ambitious attack occurs the liver fails to perform its functions leading to constipation and disrupted digestion. The passage discusses the resulting digestive distress and its effect on food processing.
There is more catarrh in this section than any other disease. it was long deemed incurable. Local remedies failed, so a constitutional treatment is recommended. Hall's Catarrh Medicine claims to work through the blood on mucous surfaces. A $100 reward is offered for any case it cannot cure.
A fragmented health notice warns that Chamberlain's tablets upset the stomach liver and cause nausea vomiting and headaches. It advises taking three tablets as directed and notes a cost of a quarter, though the text is unclear and lacks formal guidance.
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