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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1908
Page
8
In a playful scene, Elberta toys with a perfect man as Mr. Terhune jokes about ideal partners. They discus cynicism, hair, and a perfect mate, while Elberta contemplates Miss De Yand’s profile and asks about her own large nose.
A court martial aboard the Hibernia at Matta faced a gunner who drank too much and, after the finding, awaited sentencing. The prisoner fainted with the president's missing skullcap causing a misread of punishment. The second item reports a 1758 North Mail robbery near Chester with a reward of 200 pounds for capture and pardon for informants. An old English ad notes a quip between a maker and patron in a reader encounter.
In Pearsons Weekly a speaker Ar N Peck tells young men they will never know real pleasure without a home. The youth replies astonished as Peck praises leaving the town for a few hours of freedom, pairing home life with contentment.
Readers hear of Hall s Catarrh Cure claimed to cure constitutional disease by acting on blood and mucous surfaces. The ad offers 100 reward for a failed case and lists testimonials, with the Toledo firm J Cheney Co as purveyors. Also a Scots anecdote notes a widow praising aunt s death as a step to a legacy.
A Chicago Tribune reprint warns that neglecting a cold endangers both children and adults. It stresses proper food, ventilation, and dry clothing as safeguards through autumn to spring. It endorses Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a safe, reliable treatment and notes it is sold by Sexton Bros.
A father orders his son to fetch his coat and prepare to settle the matter of bad behavior. The boy resists, thinking it a joke, recalling a prior quip about settling with the grocer. The exchange hints at a light domestic dispute with no real harm.
George Moor of Grimesland North Carolina credits Dr King’s New Discovery with saving his life after coughing fits and weak lungs nearly drove him to jump off. He reports improvement began with the first bottle and full recovery after twelve bottles. Available at Sexton Bros. druggists, 59 cents and 1 dollar. Trial bottle free.
The New Orleans, an 188 foot long, 300 ton pioneer on the Ohio and Mississippi, sailed from Pittsburg for New Orleans on Oct 9 1811. The Washington, first to ascend the Mississippi and Ohio, completed the return Pittsburg to New Orleans in forty one days in fall 1816. Mrs E D Charles Harbor Maine touts Electric Bitters as a neighborhood favorite for dyspepsia liver complaint nervousness weakness and debility and praises its blood purifying tonic effects sold with guarantee at Sextons drug store Ste.
Humphreys Witch Hazel Oil compound offers relief for piles external or internal blind or bleeding itching or burning. Also for burns scalds inflamed or caked breasts and sore nipples salt rheum chapped hands fever blisters corns bunions and more. Sold by Beatrice Co at 62 William Street New York.
A deacon strolling past boys fishing on Sunday interrupts his sermon when a boy is hooked by a bite. The episode, noted in James Gazette, underscores a clash between religious admonition and human temptation.
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