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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1917
Page
4
A dreamlike Christmas tale follows Santa Claus guiding a child on a night ride from a northern crystal palace through Europe to America. He fills stockings and trees with gifts, then departs at dawn, bidding a world a merry Christmas as the journey ends in a small town by the Zuyder Zee.
Community urged to back the Red Cross with memberships costing one dollar each. The appeal highlights the war-ravaged nations of France Belgium and Serbia and notes the need to support soldiers and starving families. The piece stresses a Christmas deadline and frames giving as a duty.
A warning urges constituents to oppose a constitutional amendment awaiting House action after Senate passage. It would ban manufacture, sale, importation, and exportation of intoxicating liquors nationwide, eliminating saloons and personal alcohol use, with federal enforcement and permanence. Citizens are urged to contact their congressman before ratification.
A vivid wartime sketch centers on the mess cook in a military company, famed as the boss of the mess despite not being the top officer. Soldiers argue about his meals and leadership, while the cook’s quiet authority keeps the unit fed during stand‑to and field conditions.
Chamberlain's Tablets are promoted as a remedy for stomach troubles and constipation with claims of long-standing relief and permanent cures. The advertisement asserts previous sufferers found permanent relief after using Chamber Tablets, and notes the tablets are valuable for chronic constipation when taken with plain directions on the bottle.
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