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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1908
Page
11
A collection of health and consumer notices mentions Chamberlains Cough Remedy as safe for children and effective against coughs croup and whooping cough. It promotes Dr Shoops Restorative for weak nerves and advertises Sexton Bros as sellers and a piano sale exchange offer linked to Stern Parent-Young Min.
A historical church note urges steady worship and youth participation, citing Heb 10:25 and Col 3:10. It praises General Frank Blair’s public confession, discusses church fairs, kindness, and Sunday School zeal, and reflects on memory, repentance, and faith through stories and biblical references.
A Kershaw businessman touts De King’s New Discovery after an eleven year battle with consumption with weight restored from 135 to 170 pounds. Also advertised are Health Coffee substitutes and other local remedies with trial offers and store guarantees.
An advertisement promotes Chamberlain's Pain Balm as a remedy to relieve rheumatic pains and improve rest and sleep, with sales through Sexton Bros. The rest of the text describes Amazonian pipe and blowers with exaggerated claims about lung power.
Advertisements tout Kings New Life Pills and Dr Shoop catarrh remedy. Claims include curing biliousness constipation and catarrh, with free tests and mailing campaigns. Sexton Bros drug store in the area carries the products and endorsements emphasize health benefits and loyalty from a local overseer of the poor.
A well known rheumatism expert in a New York daily urges a home prepared mix Fluid Extract Dandelion Compound Karyon Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla to be shaken and taken after meals and at night. Ingredients are plant based and inexpensive from prescription pharmacies. Regular use for a few days may reduce pain and swelling with no stomach harm. Local druggists confirm the compounds are harmless and can be bought separately or mixed by them for readers.
One hundred dollar reward offer for incurable catarrh and testimonial endorsements of F J Cheney and Hall's Catarrh Cure. Promotes internal action on blood and mucous surfaces. Price seventy four cents per bottle with sales through druggists. Also Hall's Family Pills suggested for constipation.
A Patsgascar associate justice by a river declines to rule on a traveler’s request to use a boat, claiming the matter was not before him. The traveler crosses, the boat sinks, and the man drowns, prompting a spectator to call him fearless.
An inspection of several towns shows municipal electric light works were sold or relinquished as financially inefficient. Lowell Indiana and Ballard Washington shifted to private or outside suppliers, with operating costs often exceeding city expenses. In Mohawk New York and Seattle area cases, towns closed or leased plants after costly upgrades or failed investment.
A historical survey notes four towns built electric light plants around 1900 to 1902. Costs ranged from 700 to 12 000 dollars, with leases, bond burdens, and questionable operation. One town promptly sold the plant after poor performance, others faced overruns and long-term expenses.
The text condemns legislators and local officials who push strike bills and demand payments in exchange for franchises. It argues they extort money from corporations and ultimately from the public, labeling them traitors and unnecessary leeches on the system.
The Maywood Herald-Recorder notes that municipal governors lack close oversight of plants, unlike corporate operators. Officials in charge often balance books only at term end and show little enduring interest, leaving future administrations to face recurring problems and apparent failures.
City clerk Ken Topeka responds that the city owns its own electric plant and has no reports. The remark hints at officials withholding details to avoid public scrutiny of spending.
The Baltimore American cites a clash between a political theorist who supports municipal ownership and an ex-boss who dismisses the idea. The dialogue frames a regional debate on public control versus private management.
Readers are urged to insist on Dr. Pierce’s Family Medicines with ingredients printed on wrappers and formula attested as complete. Claims stress lack of alcohol, use of glycerine, and proven records of forty years of cures, while warning against unknown nostrums from dealers.
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