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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1911
Page
12
A minister recalls how stained glass in churches affects parishioners especially women in pews. A backlit design once cast a red spot on a lady’s nose and yellow streaks on her cheeks, prompting a window redesign to spare her feelings and preserve support. A Chicago man in a state asylum, once unstable, is described as improving curious officials.
A New York World story recounts Judge Tom Dinnean on the Nomad narrating a lurid sea adventure. The tale describes chasing a swordfish near Hock Island, a harpoon strike, a beer keg on the line, the fish fighting, and a six foot two inch, four hundred pound creature hauled aboard after a nautical scramble.
A business man, led by a fortune teller, questions predictions in a dim room. She foresees business luck and wealth, long health, and old age. After probing about a dark love, she remarks the man is a widower and hints at potential faults in the future.
The quotation argues ethical progress does not escape the cosmic process but combats it. It credits the process as essential, born with humanity after millennia of training, and warns that a few will cannot subdue its force. It frames nature as a lasting, tenacious ally the world must reckon with.
Friendly Offices and Friends tied the bride and groom with ropes, strapped them to a car seat, and covered them with placards reading they were newly married. The groom protested that “thin isn’t fun,” but the friends, amused by love, maintained the joke as a lighthearted stunt.
In a whimsical scene at a tennis tent Tan and Fdeely debate marriage and education. Tan insists his future wife will not be chosen for Greek affiliations or higher education, prompting a lighthearted back-and-forth about expectations and romance.
A historical reflection contrasts harsh frontier life with a peaceful present. The author recalls Atlantic settlements where panther cries and war whoops haunted settlers, their crops and families in peril, while native violence faded under Liberty’s progress and urban gentility. The piece frames a shift from danger to abundance.
The piece showcases practical tips from Good Housekeeping on using cotton waste for cleaning, absorbing oil, drying greasy hands, wiping cookware, and reducing household labor. It promotes cotton waste as a versatile, inexpensive remedy that simplifies chores for women who do their own work.
A speaker boasts of a young man with financial genius who marries a jewelers daughter and persuades the father to let him have an engagement ring at cost. After the engagement ends the man returns the ring and gets the father to pay eight percent interest on the invested money.
A Marshfield resident, Mrs. Mary Rapp, testifies that Doan's Kidney Pills relieved backache dizziness and nervousness caused by kidney trouble. She purchased them at Sexton Bros. Drug Store and reports prompt relief. Sold by all dealers 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole US agents. Remember the name Doan's.
A storyteller recalls Dr Emil Raich traveling and resting beneath a bush when rain began. He woke as night fell and attempted to use a malfunctioning umbrella. A snake reportedly swallowed the umbrella and tore apart, splitting the reptile in two as the rain started.
A fragment describes South Pacific natives cooking food in a ground hole with a wood fire, covering the hole with earth and leaves. The food is served on leaves, claimed to be delicious and eliminating the need for crockery cutlery or furniture.
President Taft proclaims opening of the Rosebud Reservation in Mellette County and Pine Ridge Reservation in Bennett County South Dakota. Registration points listed at Gregory Dallas Rapid City October 2 to 21 1911. Drawing at Gregory October 24. Direct route offered by Chicago and North Western Railway with ticket agents or Chicago address for literature.
Governor McGovern appoints Byron Park of Stevens Point to succeed the late Judge M. Webb. Park, a leading Wisconsin attorney, is expected to be an impartial jurist. The appointment links a father and son as circuit judges, twenty eight years apart, with only one intervening generation.
Potash is used in the making of grease, soap, diets, dyes, photographic chemicals, medicines, explosives, and fertilizer. It also plays a role in gold mining and numerous other industrial applications.
In Le Dire's witty snippet, a reader asks about divorce from an incompatible partner. The reply implies the couple wishes to separate while one party resists. The exchange satirizes early 20th century attitudes toward marriage and autonomy.
A drugstore ad promotes Dr Leonhardt Hem Roid pills as a money back cure for piles. It claims internal causes are removed, unlike suppositories or ointments. A large bottle costs $1 and lasts about 24 days with mail order available from Dr Leonhardt Co. Buffalo New Jersey.
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