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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1910
Page
7
A timber camp worker recounts a close brush with a crocodile that seized his leg near a riverbank. He freed himself by thrusting thumbs into the reptile’s eyes, forcing the animal to release him, and later recovered in a hospital. The incident, described in Chambers Journal, ends with the crocodile carcass drying in the sun.
A garbled OCR line shows a child’s mispronounced plea and a curt retort from a parent, ending with a terse command to stop. The piece hints at a dialogue moment missing surrounding context and attribution.
A letter recounts a seven year leg ailment cured by Cuticura Remedies after failed medical attempts, with patient WW White of Philadelphia praising the treatment. The 1909 anti tuberculosis campaign shows 163 new associations and 123 facilities formed. by 1916 U S counts include 394 associations and 386 hospitals and sanatoria. A gift of 7000 dollars to Bryn Mawr College funds a swimming pool expansion. Dawn Easy quotes a two story fall joke from a Judge.
CLEAR-HEADED Head Bookkeeper Must be Reliable. The chief bookkeeper in a large business house attributes his recovery from stomach trouble and nervous strain to Postum. He recalls pneumonia left a digestive imprint, coffee aggravated his condition, and after two years on Postum his health improved. He warns coffee and tea hinder long hours of mental work and endorses Postum as a food beverage not a drug. There’s a reason. Look in plays for the little book The Road to Wellville. Interested readers are invited to letters from time to time.
In Omebs Nebraska on February 16 the booming Cooper preparations spark a split in the medical fraternity. Dr J E B Carss says some claims merit attention and reports patients improving on chronic troubles. Another physician calls the craze Cooper mania, doubting lasting benefit. Cooper greets crowds daily with cautious smiles as debate continues.
Mrs Enos Shearer of Yew and Washington Sta Centralia Washington, after losing a kidney and suffering severe disease, was reportedly cured by Doan's Kidney Pills following consultation with five doctors. Shearer, age 65, praises Doan's, inviting others to write for her story. Doan's are sold for 60 cents a box by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
Secretary Ballinger issued orders to open 1 400 000 acres in Eastern Montana to white settlement. The land, once withdrawn to allot to the Rocky Boy Indians, lies in Valley County with high yields of wheat oats hay alfalfa and vegetables. It includes over 8 000 sixteen acre home tracts, far larger than the combined Plathead Spokane and Coeur d'Alene Reservations opened last summer.
Pure iron is only a laboratory prep. Cast iron with about five per cent impurities is the general useful form, and its value comes from these impurities. Pure iron can be shaved with a pocket knife, while cast iron can be made nearly as hard as steel.
A fragmented advertising column urges careful use of Castoria for infants and children with warnings about bottles and years of use. It also promotes Allen's Foot-Hose antiseptic powder for feet and bunions and mentions various remedies. The piece ends with a dangling line about a woman’s gown and her husband.
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