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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1908
Page
4
A collection of light anecdotes and sharp notes spans weddings undone by gifts returned, a St Paul woman outdrills a six foot bass fiddle, and jokes on doctors, railways, and wealth. Headlines lampoon reformers, lawyers, royalty, and moral follies amid early 20th century newsroom wit.
In Ignace Ontario, Ben Hardy and Hendy Sandford report a perilous trapping season. Sandford, one armed, was trapped by a spring device while Hardy lay ill. Two strangers rescued them after a week, freeing Sandford and enabling recovery.
James Cassidy, working at Edystone print works in Chester, sewed a deep wound in his right forearm with his left hand after machinery cut him. He kept the limb still as blood flowed, stitched the wound to stop bleeding, then asked friends to rush him to a hospital.
New York broker Frank Gillian, an attendant at the Children's Museum in Bedford Park Brooklyn, owes his life to Mary Day Lee formerly of Richmond Virginia. Gillian was bitten by a Gila monster while cleaning cages and Lee sucked out the venom after cutting the wound. He survived six weeks in hospital. The reptile is dying from cold northern winter.
New York farmers report Irving Green of Ocean Township fought a vicious boar that mauled his left hand. He fired three blank cartridges and later attempted to drive the animal with a stick before collapsing. His son fired a blank shot which frightened the boar and freed Green from the animal. Green was taken to Monmouth Memorial Hospital for treatment.
Advice on fixing torn matting by darning with colored raffia or sewing mats with heavy linen thread. Use tacks carefully, pry out with a blunt chisel, and cover winter floors with paper and newspapers to insulate. May require cross cords for woven raffia repair and edge reinforcements.
The article describes using small cans to bake cookie sized cakes and a boiled frosting made from sugar and water. It suggests layering frosting on beaten egg whites, cooling, and flavoring, plus shaping with coconut or chocolate options. It also notes using leftover doughnut centers fried and dipped, and storing angel food cake in a cool place to soften.
The passage advises lining shelves with white oilcloth for easy cleaning and storing dry goods in labeled glass jars. It lists sewing tools, cheesecloth, pudding bags, binding bands, a large apron, warm water basin, towels, and a few staples. It notes buying meat, soap, and starch in bulk, while perishables like cornmeal and codfish should be bought in smaller lots.
A vegetable dish prepared with butter and onions, flour, curry powder, and salt cooked briefly then whisked with hot milk to a thick smooth sauce. The sauce is poured over peas potatoes and turnip before warming in a double boiler.
Remove cores from large sour apples and steam until tender. Mix equal parts candied cherries and walnut meats, fill apples, then boil a sugar syrup with the fruit until thick. Add vanillin, pour over apples, chill on ice, and serve with whipped cream.
A vintage recipe for Cattague pudding describes serving with sliced oranges and whipped cream. It lists ingredients including two eggs one cup sugar one and a half cups flour half cup sweet milk and two teaspoons baking powder. Steam twenty minutes and prepare orange slices with sugar to stand before serving.
A simple old fashioned recipe uses one pint soaked peas and half a pound salt pork. In the morning place in a bean pot with nearly a teaspoon salt a pinch of soda and two dessert spoons of sugar. Bake all forenoon until tender and flavorful.
The Erie Railroad reports a year of major fleet expansion with 3,000 box cars 40 tons capacity 4,500 steel hopper gondolas and 3,000 more such cars added over two years 27 new express cars 33 Consolidation locomotives and three large Mallett engines. Sixty new passenger coaches join suburban service and a steel passenger coach undergoes cold weather trials. A trial of a Bll steel pental car and a Ganz type oral motor car tests on the Newburg branch completes the year’s modernization.
Suffering twenty five years with a bad leg skin condition, Mrs J B Renaud of 277 Montana St Montreal recounts doctors failing to help until Caticura and Cutleura remedies cured the eczema. She notes total seven year remission and claims the doctor endorsed the cure for his patients.
A tramp hauls himself into a tree to escape a savage bulldog and asks a lady for any surplus food for his dog. An advertisement extols Defiance Starch as safe for fine fabrics, offering strong stiffening that uses less product for a perfect finish.
A playful dialogue unfolds with an elderly creditor and a Borougha figure as they tease about a ten-spot loan. The banter lights on memory, worry, and the value of friendship in a wittily framed exchange. Sydney Soilta’s line adds a philosophical touch about love and happiness.
Leo P Brockway of Second Ave Anocka Minnesota says after five months in hospital he was discharged as incurable with six months to live. He suffered heart trouble smothering spells faintness and impaired sight with disordered kidney secretions. Dean's Kidney Pills reportedly restored his health and he has felt well since. Sold by all dealers 30 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo.
Henry Clews praises a financier as the most careful and suspicious man he has heard of. A Staffordshire farmer story is cited. Judge Boyd of the Irish bench keeps pizes on his desk and uses a quill pen for a sip. The exchange ends with a sober joke to the judge.
The note advertises new sheet music items including Clementine serenade Ivab waltz Wapi march Gingerine two steps and a comic song. It lists prices and a contact in Washington with details unclear.
Jackson He shows confidence on me when clouds were dark and threatening. Wilson asks what way. Jackson says he lent an umbrella. Stop That Cough before It becomes chronic. Get Browns Bronchial Troches, the best cough preparation. After sizing up their husbands, we don’t blame some women for being fond of dogs.
An old advertisement notes Lewis' Single Binder straight 5c cigar from Your dealer or ownin' Factory in Peoria Illinois. It suggests polite society views a cnub as an upper class cue and promotes the brand as quality.
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