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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1907
Page
4
A scattered column reviews oddities from global gossip to science, noting a Paris watch shielding method, Queen Wilhelmina’s cattle, Submarine warfare debates, Pa California’s Chinatown change, Victoria Falls power to the Transvaal, Lipton’s wealth observation, an Antarctic motor, London butterfly farms, sweet corn sugar prospects, and a wealth of royal and noble fortunes.
Simon Guggenheim, heir to the Guggenheim family fortune, is near assured to win the U S Senate seat from Colorado to succeed Thomas M Patterson. His supporters cite a decade of effort and spending well over a million dollars to secure party survival and national influence.
A new print paper syndicate reportedly capi talizes at several million dollars and spans Wisconsin Michigan and Minnesota replacing the General Paper company after the latter was ordered out by federal courts for Sherman antitrust violations. The report claims a national scope and the objective to consolidate newspaper operations.
At a National Geographic Society dinner in Washington a gold medal was awarded to Commander Robert E. Peary for reaching the farthest north. The event drew 400 guests including cabinet members, ambassadors, and scientists, with Dr. Frederick A. Cook as guest of honor.
Long expected appointment places Hon James Bryce as British ambassador to the United States succeeding Sir Mortimer Durand. Bryce, a veteran Irish secretary and author of The American Commonwealth, has held posts from chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster to president of the Board of Trade and is a Royal Society member. Born 1838, educated at Glasgow and Oxford, he was Lincoln's Inn barrister and Oxford regius professor of civil law.
The Berlin smokeless claim cites extensive use of smokeless fuel such as coke in Gerlic 5. It credits skillful boiler furnace construction and high fireman standards for efficient coal firing and steam production.
A jumble of medical claims and consumer notices tout treatment for dropsy kidney trouble and constipation. The items mention Mrs Elizabeth Maxwell of Olympia Washington praising Dean's Kidney Pills and other tonics, with various products and testimonials linked to questionable cures and marketing lines.
Police Commissioner Bingham uses heart to heart talks with newspaper reporters at headquarters to obtain exact facts on major New York City issues. One reporter notes he gets straight information and can outpace many in the force.
Readers are told of a folk remedy using iron nails placed in an apple to treat illnesses of grandmothers and others. The note claims German physicians endorse a pale pulp with iron as a tonic and offers to send a simple extract recipe from nine roots and herbs, with testimonials, by mail from Max R. Zaegel, chemist, Sheboygan Wisconsin.
Ernest D Peck of Wisconsin, a rear lieutenant in the engineer corps, is noted as the tallest man in the U S Army at six feet four and a half inches. He supervises the Peek's Pile military road project at Yellowstone Park Wyoming and is nicknamed Pikes Peak by comrades. Footballer Henebry Suffered Severe Injuries in Ireland Rugby Match. He played 70 minutes despite a split ear damaged skull broken middle ongca and torn finger cartilages. He sustained injuries ten minutes into the game.
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