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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1897
Page
15
A rustic verse sketch invites readers to a pastoral landscape where maples quiver, violet blooms yield joy, and cattle rest by cooling branches. Nostalgic callouts to dairy kingdoms and grapevine swings evoke a farewell as a sweetheart’s call fades into the shadows.
A long bulletin describes seed corn timing for red Kafr crops, harvest and threshing methods, and fodder handling. It covers planting mid May, harvest by late September, storage by November, and various threshing options. The piece also notes a farm humor anecdote, frost effects on soil, and practical tips on hog protection and winter housing.
An unusual local feature describes a goat related contest, noting goats and humans engaged in a curious grid layout. It mentions pages, dates, and limits on bodily harm while referencing care for catire ailments and mashing of oils.
Fire swept the Second street frame store owned by Joseph Harvey used as a clothing shop by H L Myber Co and spread to adjoining building a boarding house owned by John Diutaler. Losses total about 2500 with 1000 insurance on the building and 1500 on stock. other insurers listed.
The notice parrots a string of dubious cures and marketing claims. It touts Kemp's cough remedies and Lane's Family Medicine with exaggerated health promises and vague dosing notes, referencing debunked products and unrelated scandals to lure readers.
A fragmented verse honors Abraham Lincoln with references to February 12 birth and national loyalty. The lines praise his laboring impact, humble origins, and lasting household reputation. The text reads as a patriotic tribute in archaic diction with likely OCR errors.
A reflective piece on Abraham Lincoln summarizing his life’s mission to save the nation. It juxtaposes Lincoln with other great leaders and argues his achievements arose from resignation and design, not chance, placing him among history’s most pivotal presidents and noting war as a nation’s stern teacher.
Consolidated reminiscences from a Springfield elder describe Abraham Lincoln’s early Springfield visits and post nomination excitement. The teller recalls Lincoln’s melancholy mood easing after nomination, the large post office crowds, a reception for local townsmen, and Mary Lincoln’s gracious reception. The tale ends with Lincoln asking about who lives in the neighboring mansion, revealing curiosity about the widow Lincoln.
A partial, fragmentary line from a Lin setting mentions a top story voice calling out Ape and Abe to dinner, with a caption-like tag Tate. The unreadable OCR context leaves ambiguity about characters or actions beyond the dinner invitation prompt.
The article discusses widespread nervousness blamed on climate and daily bustle. It cites experiments and medical opinions from Minneapolis figures and doctors about remedies, with references to medicines and remedies claimed to restore calmer nerves and health amid urban strain.
P C Nacper of Waumandis dies after a circular saw bursts while he is cutting wood. A fragment strikes his face, cutting his skull. He was a young married man.
In Green Bay Wisconsin on February 5 the extreme cold has ended hog cholera outbreaks with at least one thousand hogs dying during the spell. Local farmers report the herd loss and hope for relief as temperatures drop.
Publisher John A Saraer Feud Co of Lay Crosse Wisconsin advertises a seed catalogue with extensive facts on potato yields and farm samples. The notice notes an annual dinner for supreme court members and mentions President and Mrs Cleveland at the White House.
A garbled clipping reports a forged note promising $100 to a gun owner, a Notary public witness, and a sales pitch for patent medicines. It also notes a carbon dioxide related death near North Branch Minnesota, and multiple fires including two institutions in Menomonie Wisconsin. The text mentions the Duluth city election results showing a Republican defeat and a Catholic bishop consecration, with other disjointed items about medicines and local incidents.
Fragmentary text urges confiding private ills to a man with claimed expertise in women's diseases. It prescribes silence from women and promotes revealing medical matters to a male physician as a social norm.
Fragmented OCR text mentions Phidias statue of Jupiter Olympus in gold and ivory eight eight feet high dated to 444 B C, plus scattered lines about Elkhart Harness Company and shipping practices, a memorial-like murder reference, and political withdrawal in South Dakota.
A fragmented health note extols a tonic and bitters for digestion and bowel regularity, praising a quilliner and tonic named Hosteller's Stomach Bitters and Lime water. It also mentions a national Supreme Court decision against express companies in an Ohio taxation case.
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