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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1910
Page
5
Land listing notes 89 acres in Marathon County a mile from Marshfield with good clearing. Property described as suitable for development or farming and highlights proximity to town and transportation. Owner or agent name not specified.
A small portable package of Pleasant Pellets is offered for a wide range of ailments from worm fever to whooping cough and rheumatic pains. The ad lists dozens of conditions including dysentery, fevers, headaches, colds, malaria, kidney disease, and diphtheria, claiming relief and restoration. It mentions per-package pricing, a Europe style tone, and notes the seller as USPHS Homes Medicine Co. located at Corasr Wijtign wud Aun Strevts, New York.
A Chicago News piece humorously follows a bride shopping for her husband at a large department store. She purchases collars, hats, gloves, hosiery, and garden items, joking about budgets and his preferences, while clashing with clerks over sizes and sales.
A brief note from the Atchleon Globe reflects how aging alters gift choices as friends search for practical Christmas presents, signaling a shift toward usefulness and longevity rather than novelty. The column humorously implies practical items are favored by those embracing a more mature outlook.
The Marathon County Fish and Game Protective Assn formed a year ago to maintain fish in county waters and protect deer and other game from hunting out of season. It planted over half a million fish fry and plans to release forty consignments of government bass next year, with a $1 annual fee for members. Also mentions Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a health product.
Schedule lists Northwestern Station Alm Marshfield trains to Milwaukee Fond du Lac Milwaukee Minneapolis and Chicago with daily and Sunday exceptions. Includes train numbers 7 8 9 167 316 31b 164 165 206 400 and 805, origin points Merrillan Wausau Blandie Janvauille Fond du Lac Oshkosh and others. Many trains are mail or express services with Sunday halts.
Train listings show multiple daily services between Minneapolis Chicago Milwaukee and connections. Includes Main Line limited runs to Minn and Chi, Greenwood and Loyal branch mail services, Nekoosa and Grand Rapids links, with Sunday exceptions noted for several branches.
A fragmented rail timetable lists multiple trains between Ashland Milwaukee Grand Rapids and Chicago with daily mail services. It mentions branch trains to Loyal Greenwood Nekoosa Nekomis and Eau Claire with exceptions Sundays and cutoffs three minutes before departures.
A proposed law in a German context would fine any person who harms song birds up to five dollars and imprison up to several months. It restricts caging birds to canaries only and punishes boys who throw missiles at birds or take eggs or nests. The speaker argues such a law is needed in America.
An old advertisement urges early treatment for colds with Seventy-seven. It promotes prevention by stopping circulation of a blond toxin and claims to break up stubborn colds before they develop. Portable and sold in drug stores for 25 cents.
The Bacon quote notes that a husband with wife and children risks fortune by becoming an impediment to ventures. Yet it observes a surprising pattern: among leaders of the world’s great enterprises of virtue, more are married than single, suggesting domestic ties influence public achievement.
Threatening feverishness with children is quickly and safely calmed by Preventics. These little Cane dy Cold Cure Tablets should always be at hand for promptness is all important. Preventics contain no quinine nothing harsh or sickening. They are indeed the stitch in time. Carried in pocket or purse Preventives are a genuine safeguard against Colds. 25c Said by Sexton Bros.
A brief quip from a judge pivots on stockings unsewn and unblessed in a light moment. The exchange questions what counts as blessed stockings and ties it to stockings not darned. The remark hints at a small, humorous interruption in court.
An old advertisement style note praises Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a health tonic for happiness and vitality. It urges unhealthy friends to try the remedy, mentions waste digestion issues in winter, and calls for dressed pork and poultry offerings at the market. The fragment closes with social proverbs and a remark about improving environments.
In Shakespeariana, Young Featherley suggests a preference for Richelieu in Shake speare's plays, prompting Miss Clara to point out Shakespeare did not write Richelieu. Featherley muses whether the Bacon authorship question will ever be settled.
A promotional note credits Dr Shoop with a theory that a hidden nerve underpins stomach and other organ failure and claims Dr Shoop's Restorative directly treats these nerves. It asserts sexual causes of organ weakness and promises a five to ten day test to prove its efficacy, authorized by Sexton Bros.
European universities include two provincial French institutions among ten German universities and the Catholic University of Belgium at Louvain. About nineteen institutions hold a similar rank, while the Italian university of Salerno stands above Freiburg in number.
A safe home remedy claim touts Dr Shoop’s Cough Remedy as unlike others with a fresh taste and no opium or stupefying ingredients. It cites leaves from a mountain shrub as the healing source and calls it a sure, trustworthy prescription offered by Sexton Bros.
In a vivid exchange, a man tells the woman she is beautiful, while she counters with a mirror and past suitors. She then shifts to business, asking if he wants to discuss trade, highlighting a blend of flattery and commerce.
An old time ad touts Dr Shoop Health Coffee as a cheap substitute with no real coffee. A 25 cent 1 1/2 pound package allegedly yields 100 cups of a wholesome drink made from toasted grains malt and nuts. It claims quick preparation and convenient use sold by Rose Eros.
Curtailed description notes that convicts in England wear prison clothes marked by a broad array. The origin and meaning of these marks are stated as never satisfactorily explained.
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