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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1910
Page
3
The lines show a dusty exchange about Burroughs and Merchant in a light mock dispute. An office boy mentions an appointment and a shared laugh as Merchant exits, reflecting a humorous office moment in a Catholic Standard and Times piece.
A garbled OCR style notice references Intercat Mothers and cures for fever, teething, and stomach issues for children. It mentions powders and bowel cleansing with unclear efficacy and dates circa 24 hours. The text is highly corrupted with stray phrases and disjointed names, rendering concrete facts minimal.
A noted physician shares a home made cough syrup formula claimed to cure any cough in five hours. Mix one half ounce wild cherry bark, one ounce cardio essence, and three ounces white pine syrup. Take twenty drops every half hour for four hours then maintain small doses daily. Children receive smaller amounts by age.
In 1902 Rosanna and Bessie Hartman lived with their invalid mother in Chapman Nebraska after their father was killed in Missouri. The Nebraska Children’s Home Society took Bessie in 1903 but refused to reveal her sister’s location, shipping her mail via Omaha. A secondary item notes a Harrisburg hospital patient who ignores a young doctor’s optimistic recovery tale.
A Sunday school pupil arrives at church on Christmas evening and faces taunts from peers who claim she wears her sister’s coat and her brother’s gloves. The retort centers on her wearing her mother’s big coat, revealing harsh social crowds and family dynamics.
Fragmented OCR text shows a 19th century patent remedy advertisement offering a reward for information about a catarrh cure from Cheney Co Toledo and other mis-spelled names. It also mentions Mohs Family Pills for constipation, and Mrs William Waldorf Astor funding a Thanksgiving dinner for New York newsboys with 2000 attending. The snippet ends with a quip about a person feeling restless when bills are unsettled.
News briefs from Fond du Lac to Beloit cover the rebuilt First Congregational church under Rev. L. Hiel ler, power dam plans at La Crosse, a fatal tannery accident in Kenosha, a frozen body found near Kenosha, post office polemics at Wasdurn, new liquor enforcement in New Richmond, jail escapes and suicides, a cremation in Waupaea, and a bigamy conviction in Beloit.
A brief humorous exchange notes golf as a vigorous exercise. The speakers joke that it strengthens the arms to the point of making breathing difficult, implying mixed views on the sport’s physical demand.
Mrs A J Cochran reports her six year old son suffered severe eczema for two years. After using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills as directed his skin cleared quickly and no relapse occurred. She also notes success treating a friend's child with the same remedies. October 20, 1909.
A preacher Mr Swainson uses humor in sermons and recounts a cottage visit with a parishioner’s child. The tale ends with the girl explaining brightness from a washed window. Ann Harry now 20 and Isabella Allen, 18, were taken in 1897 by Nebraska Children's Home Society after their father Silas Allen died. the mother in Oklahoma cannot locate them. The children, who send mail to P O Box 888 Omaha, request contact with their mother.
Mrs Cynthia Westover Alden, founder and president general of the International Sun Shine Society, is noted as guiding a group claimed to number 3,000,000 members. The society, named in New York with eighteen sponsors at christening in 1995, is tied to a newspaper background through Mrs Alden’s work.
An old season tonic claim describes a mixture to ease kidney and bladder troubles, strengthen blood, and serve as a winter stimulant. It advises three to six daily doses of a tablespoonful using whiskey, Nuit balmwort, and sarsaparilla compounds. The passage also references shop talk, fall snow, and several product lines including a cough remedy and tobacco touts.
Fragment discusses women and competence, noting a claim that women cannot engage in crooked work is challenged by witnessing a woman drive a nail. Also mentions a judgment that Lewis' Single Binder cigars are of equal quality to the best, warning against following cheap advice as costly.
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