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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1916
Page
2
Advertisement for farms near Syracuse with 100 acre wheat and alfalfa plots, 20 cows, 16 cows near Syracuse, 64 acre farm with 100 apple trees. Prices range from 1 200 and 4 1300, with cash and yearly payments offered. Includes photos and contact at Munson Syracuse NY.
A greenish decomposed rock deposit with chemical value has been found near Rudolph, Wood County. If the quantity proves sufficient, it could boost Grand Rapids’s prospects. Chemists from roofing concerns are surveying the site to gauge extent and potential uses. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy praised by R Moore of Lost Valley Georgia for curing hacking coughs and colds.
A scrambled weekly page lists ancient and modern curiosities from Euripides to Ruth with dates BC to 1849, plus notes on tobacco spending in Spain, plowing bans in India, a misquoted Carlyle phrase, a misdated can opener, and a comic aside about a tailor patient at home. It includes a pasted fiction fragment about Aunt and sewing, and a mis-typed postage anecdote.
A historical market listing shows prices for hay and various farm commodities. No 1 Timothy hay at 9.00, potatoes and butter details incomplete. Grain items from Sparr Cereal include Wheat at 0.60 per bushel, Oats 0.25, Barley 0.65, Rye and Corn per ton prices, and bulk feeds like Bran and Hominy listed with ton rates.
A fragment shows Ruth and her Aunt guiding efforts to support the niece’s bid. The terse text hints at valued connections and decisive action within a family circle.
A health magazine warns that excessive sitting harms vital organs by pressing the abdomen and curving the spine, causing the large intestine to kink and impede food movement. It contrasts natural positions like lying and standing with chair sitting, noting a savage habit of reclining as a natural pose and criticizing desk habits.
A novelty latently practical washing kit arrives in a small leather case about five to six inches square. It includes six tiny doll-sized clothespins and can hold items such as a coil of heavy cord and two glass-topped pushpins. This compact set is pitched for overnight washing needs.
An electric restaurant is installed 150 yards from the shaft foot in a mine. Food is cooked and coffee prepared electrically. Since many coal mines already use electric power underground for power, establishing subterranean electric restaurants in others should face little difficulty.
Residents of the Third ward led by S. Bailey petition the common council to install an arc light on Park Avenue near the bridge over Mill Creek. They cite several minor accidents and the area’s darkness, arguing the light is needed for safer travel.
A new decree by the Soo line railway system requires the Soo line monogram in large white letters to be painted on all tanks of the company's locomotives as they pass through the region. The policy aims to standardize markings across the fleet for identification and branding.
Advert reads that Chamberlains Tablets strengthen the stomach and restore natural function, claiming quick recovery and broad availability. The copy positions the remedy as usable for general stomach distress and says it is obtainable everywhere.
North Nasonyville reports Marshfield caller Frank Bolance visited on Thursday. John Rossman and family sick with grip. Richard Block buys gasoline engine for water pumping. Fred Seahster of Marshfield stopped by. Many residents paid taxes in Marshfield Saturday. Joseph Stine Sr went to Oshkosh for nephew Joseph Stine’s death. Rusk Joergensen busy cutting wood nearby.
Audry Abraham, arraigned before Municipal Judge Fox in Cincinnati, said she hurried home to welcome a visit from the stork and the judge noted the line. She acknowledged a prior speeding arrest two years earlier with the same excuse. Costs suspended.
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