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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1916
Page
6
A tobacco of warning uses a fire bell analogy to stress treating the cough. It promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as the cure for lingering coughs after colds or grip, with Mrs. Beeching of Andrews Indiana endorsing its efficacy for her husband’s winter coughs and insisting no other medicine will do.
A vintage ad touts a line of perfume and toilet water said to be dainty in odor. It promises added charm to milady's personality with multiple odors and sizes. Consumers are assured no mistake can be made with this fragrance.
Sherry residents prepare for holiday vacation with Hazel Parks Jennie Evans Gene Whitnay Isla Davis Peal Leroux Jessie Leroux Nora Leroux. Local outings include visits to Stevens Point Milwaukee and Auburndale. Frebutarian church oyster supper planned for New Year’s night and Santa Claus will distribute gifts from the tree.
Lorber aged 52 filed for divorce from Bertha 44 after disputes over support. Bertha claimed she provided 1 per week and bought tobacco and beer. Lorber was granted the divorce on other grounds and received 500 dollars alimony.
On March 3, 1917, Joe Tinker, former Cubs manager, is expected to become president of the Columbus American Association Club. The move caps a fifteen year major league career and sets a new chapter in his baseball life.
The Columbus Journal recalls the old militia system once used for seventy years, with state districts each hosting a general muster. Men formed companies, drilled yearly, and performed evolutions under seasoned officers before crowds of families. These musters were social and martial events, sometimes marked by feasts and displays of bravado.
A tenant of Lord Hulkestyn, a Judge of the Scotch court of sessions, visits him with a woeful face and admits a cow gore incident. The judge insists on payment, while the man pleads poverty and confusion, claiming a reversed fault and a mistaken cow ownership in a brief American Law Review style vignette.
The article explains how differences in skin color arise from varying amounts of coloring material in skin cells. Darker complexions have more pigment. lighter have less. Graying occurs when this pigment diminishes, with darker skinned people often turning gray earlier. A chart notes skin layers and cell formation viewed through a chieloscope.
Water birds, unlike other animals, never get their skins touched by water due to an air chamber around their bodies formed by waterproof feathers. They remain dry alive and long after death, a unique trait distinguishing them from others.
A garbled excerpt references elderly terms and a bitter weed with odd spellings. It mentions phrases like ber and rary and thuronshwor, alongside odd plant names and dangers, suggesting a historical gloss or glossary draft with unclear context and many distorted words.
The article explains two processes to make alcohol from wood and from sawdust. It clarifies that true wood alcohol or methyl alcohol comes from destructive distillation of wood, while ethyl alcohol can be produced from sawdust by treating with dilute acid and fermenting the resulting sugars.
A youth recounts reading novels at home stealing candle ends to hide under a mattress and acting out characters. In a Western town tale a girl disciplines patrons with a box to the ears. The narrator recalls listening to music and a tense moment when a boy touched her cheek and she yelled.
The letter from Albany writer Kulkerbocker recounts a proposal in an Orst car and a wedding journey. It notes the couple's differing interests in racing and cars, the excitement of a new automobile, and a reminiscence of romance from their honeymoon during a four year period.
The passage notes ancient skills in incubating eggs, tracing practices from Egypt and China to the Tahiti art of hatching. It mentions religious reverence surrounding the craft and the transmission of technique from father to son, with reference to early devices like the Temnemain apparatus, invented in 1717.
Fragments describe English canal works and ancient dikes, mentioning Rumens Init tio 4 dike, Powis constegeted tay, and the Frenne to the Wit. The text references Wit and Pithtauventer, with names Vince Skill and Faroes Trindley, and notes an aged death near Ebubary.
A garbled historical note describes a steamboat rescue where cork bells were saved. The text references people asking why items aren’t placed in hospitals amid din and dying, attributed to a post-dispatch source from Loris. The fragmentary OCR yields unclear dates or locations.
In a Birmingham Age-Terald excerpt a character comments on Mrs Grabcoin's pretentious air and the notion that her wealth was inherited. The dialogue hints at misperception and social climbing as a grand air is attributed to presumed lineage.
The snippet shows a dialogue exchange in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch with Phil claiming he has no rent money and Joe acknowledging their longtime friendship. The overheard moment highlights financial strain and casual camaraderie between two men.
A terse dialogue references Ashley Bees Ung and Seymour with claims about leading a worthless life. Lily is noted as featured in a thousand exchange, implying a tense social judgment and conflicting views among the speakers.
Frank J. Cheney sworn as senior partner of I J Cheney & Co in Toledo Ohio promises one hundred dollars for every catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. Notary A W Gleason records oath on December 6 1886. Advertisement notes internal medicine works through the blood with testimonials and druggist sales at 75 cents, plus Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
The note promotes Chamberlains Tablets as excellent for constipation. It claims they are pleasant to take and mild in effect and says they are obtainable everywhere.
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