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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1908
Page
9
A summer tourist and an elderly backwoods resident swap tall yarns about a single day’s misadventures. The native recounts a dog, a polecat, a rattler, a wildcat, mad dog, two passing teams, two footmen, a cow, and a hedge hog, all within hours, with a humorous nod to New York by the judge.
A collage of jokes and quips from various papers highlights humorous exchanges on gossip, marriage, money, work, and everyday misadventures. The sketches feature a mismatched couple, a talkative bookkeeper, borrowed money woes, and comic misunderstandings, all in a breezy urban voice.
A Detret Free Press note describes Mrs Newlyrich's tactful handling of a social dinner. The attendees included Woe and stot gondneted officers, with no argument arising during the affair.
Instructions show how to serve turnips as a cold dish with stock cream and bread crumbs, plus a method to cook radishes in a simple sauce. Also describes carpet renewal ideas to extend life by adjusting padding, weaving, and re laying with surplus length for stair treads and reversals.
Practical hints on stain removal fabric care and cleaning methods. Includes lemon juice for iron rust, sugar of lead for faded clothes, vinegar in meat rolls, decanter cleaning with salt and vinegar, soot removal from granite ware, and broom use for floor scrubbing. Also features a Frozen Souffle recipe, Baked Bean Salad, and Corn with Macaroni.
The article stresses clean kitchens with light tinted walls easy to inspect for dirt and pests. It warns against glue or mixed coatings and advises alabaster walls, regular spring and fall coating, and annual brushing of pantry walls to prevent insect and rodent incursions.
A garbled old clipping presents a mix of wordplay on diminutives, a cynical line about proving points, and product pitches for Brown's Lronchial Troches with immediate relief claims. It includes curious quips on love, appearance, and misfired idioms, ending with a dated proverb about appearances and esteem.
In Bug Hollow Dr Moth questions artle Ant about health after a swamp party. Ant jokes that eating too many marshmallows caused trouble, reflecting a lighthearted, rustic local scene with quirky insect characters and playful dialogue.
A fragment notes a punitive treadmill method used on convicts in some English prisons. It mentions a purported speed of about 30 steps per minute and a cross-bar striking the calves if a step is missed. The text quotes Hawthorne’s ideal and critiques of rising above conjoined with punishment.
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