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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1896
Page
3
An eminent sanitarian Dr Parkes outlines a do it yourself drinking water filter. Use a large hollow flower pot with bottom covered. Layer coarse gravel white sand and four inches of charcoal. Top with clean sponge or flannel and wash boil to sterilize. Set in wooden frame with clean canvas catch basin.
A persuasive piece extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a universal remedy for female suffering, claiming it relieves womb disorders and related ailments. The ad-style text touts decades of success, urging women to seek its restorative powers through Lydia E. Pinkham of Lynn, Massachusetts.
Practical tips cover using buttermilk for ailments, simple fixes for leaks with soap and whiting, paraffin oil for stoves, and a disinfectant via charcoal in water. It advises keeping cut flowers fresh, removing grease stains with magnesia, and drying methods. It suggests a clever parasol holder, cleaning hair brushes with ammonia, and avoiding ivory yellowing. It details French silk cleaning with coffee, brushing, sponging, and ironing safeguard.
The article reviews floral decorations and fabric flowers as costly but fragile adornments. It notes the practicality of separate waists and black satin skirts with gilt bodices, Directoire belts, jeweled belts, and gowns with gathers. A sample outfit features a gray wool cloak with lace, a leather belt, lace edging, broche sleeves, and a red straw bonnet with white satin ribbons and black quills.
An analysis argues clever men prefer gentle partners over brainy wives while clever women seek less intellectual husbands. It suggests athletic men attract intelligent women, and that the clever wife adapts to let her husband feel superior, challenging the Bible notion of male headship.
The speaker notes that a man either proves intellect to establish dominance over a woman or uses effort to pressure her into accepting his assumed superiority.
A verse enumerates state nicknames assigned by an “Uncle Sam” figure, pairing each state with a playful sobriquet such as Arkansas as “Bear,” New York as “Empire State,” California as “Golden,” and many others, highlighting regional pride and whimsy in a dated poetic card.
Willie Gay showcases a small dog tutoring session, teaching Fid a variety of tricks to demonstrate canine training techniques while an amused audience watches. The exchange highlights playful interaction and the bond between handler and dog.
A cheeky excerpt from a New York World gossip column notes Mary Mishem’s flirtatious blushes. Her mother scolds the girl for flirting with young Poorleigh while De Cynicus compares her to a lobster in hot water, reflecting the column’s playful tone.
A fragment from the Indianapolis Journal recounts a campaign lie involving William Tell asking if a violin was played during Rome’s burning. Nero counters, claiming truth in a different version that he participated in games with No 1 Volunteer Company and others.
An advertisement proclaims a free 400 page illustrated catalogue from John M Smyth Company at 150 168 West Madison Street Chicago. It touts the firm as the world’s largest furniture and house furnishing house and promises prices, engravings, and a complete home office hotel furnishing reference. The offer is for free express shipping and prepaid charges to applicants with the book described as a standard work.
A garbled piece notes a supposed wondrous phenomenon and a mix of medical quack terms. It lists Byspupathy Hyswrtar's Stomach Biniors as a treatment for various ailments and mentions political and legal items, including William M. Slagerly withdrawing as a Pennsylvania elector and a Populist congress candidate in Houston. The text blends medical alchemy with dated political snippings and consumer remedies.
A civil engineer named Lafitte quarried a massive stone block in Fommies Belgium. The block measures about 10 800 cubic feet and weighs over 7 900 000 pounds. Valued at about 15 000 dollars in quarry form, it will yield work for about forty stove cutters over three months after cutting. The block was extracted using a band saw driven by a twenty horsepower engine and a 112 pound powder charge. It is said to be the current record in size and weight and likely to stand for some time.
A Balzac narrator recalls a counselor famed for approving death sentences. After a tribunal president seeks his view on a recent case, he abruptly wakes and declares the man should be beheaded. The resident interrupts with a pun about the question and a meadow. The prosecutor counters with the mower remark.
Detroit mayor Hutteu M. Plegree was nominated by Republicans for the Michigan governor race at Grand Rapids on the fourth ballot.
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