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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1892
Page
9
A 1890s style guide advises practical desk gifts for men, favoring useful items over ornate pieces. It praises sturdy tools, such as inkstands, pen holders, paper cutters, and book supports, and warns against overly decorative or feminine accessories, urging masculine, serviceable desk accompaniments.
A fragment describing fashion trends with mentions of bold colors like green and red, royal purple, and lightweight fabrics. References to New York, Paris, and English tailoring hint at summer dress shapes, empire waists, and lightweight bodices. The piece notes varied wardrobes and the season's evolving dress silhouettes amid a lively, collage-like fashion scene.
In a lively August Ladies Journal piece Eubyard W. Bok argues women protesters have found a warm place in men's hearts. He insists the true art of husband management belongs at home, not in reform meetings, urging women to embrace traditional roles and focus on family.
The text discusses how people should feel and have good discussions about digestion and hunger. It touts Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy for dyspepsia and various ailments including stomach distention and nervousness, claiming broad health benefits.
Royal Baking Powder is presented as pure, wholesome, and superior with greater leavening strength than rivals. It emphasizes consistent composition, expert formulation, and long-lasting potency, contrasting with imitators that use alum and inferior materials.
A faux Victorian anecdote recounts a child’s loss of a chicken named Tommy at a Virginia gathering, shared amid family laughter and tears as the story concludes with a burial beneath an apple tree. It then shifts to scientific notes on prehistoric invasions, geology, and glaciation, describing debates among geologists about ice ages and land bridges and ending with political dispatches about Panama and a Chicago express tragedy.
An 19th century fashion note describes an evening dress with recordion-plaited crepe mide and metal embroidery. mentions ob jectionable wrapper effects. Brief items cover Cleveland capitalists planning a ship-building plant in Sale Ste Marie Michigan and a dubious quick cure advertisement. Outdoor sports feature noted as popular indoor pastime and a Boston Globe weight loss feature is teased for readers to request copies.
Fragmentary OCR shows a wage movement with 1,000 or more workers at Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road including conductors, clerks, brakemen, telegraphers, yardmen, and station staff. The text hints at organized labor action and broad employee involvement.
A garbled mix of patent medicine claims and vendor endorsements appears alongside a brief Williamsport basketball score update. The ad fragments tout Mall's Cstarch Guin and Vinman Garfield Tea while a sporting note reports Fulford winning a championship with a 7 to 0 score in a December game.
An ornate drug advert extols Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a universal blood purifier. It claims it clears poisons from the blood, boosts organ health, and treats conditions from rheum to boils. The copy promises year round efficacy and a money back guarantee if no benefit is seen.
A letter from Kansas City dated November 30 1892 extols a remedy that reportedly cures croup in infants with two doses. J W Manly manager of Depot Transfer Co Kansas City endorses its safety and efficacy, claiming it eases suffering and reduces fear of overdose for his eighteen month old child.
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