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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1916
Page
2
A reflection on how biblical writings shape history and human belief across eras. The text traces the Bible’s influence from late antiquity to modern thought, noting its role in shaping beliefs, actions, and civilization through sources like Viscount Bryce in Youth's Companion.
An OCR fragment advertises several farm properties near Syracuse including a 100 acre farm with 10 cows priced at 1800 with 800 cash and 100 yearly, a 52 acre wheat and alfalfa operation with 12 cows near the city, a triacre wheat farm with 10 cows near Syracuse, and a 6 acre farm with 100 bearing apple trees priced at 1200. It requests photos and notes railroad fare one way to purchaser. Contact E Munson, 24265 Salita St, Syracuse. NL B18.
The list shows prices for hay, timothy and other grades, with no call on some items. It includes potatoes, butter, beef, pork, veal, sheep, hides, calves, chickens, and a range of flour feed and grain items from Spark Serbal Company. Wheat and oats priced per bushel, corn and pig feed per ton, and several bulk feed products.
A mosaic of historic vignettes and oddities from January entries spans ludicrous claims and curious facts. It notes Mark Anthony on screen, Puritans and Tar-heel campaigns, Henry VII seeking a Reno divorce, and Elijah’s gasoline kitchen flame in a playful, rumor-like column.
A fragment discusses restoring white gloves with cleaning and drying, then shifts to a claim that a lump of sugar can be converted into diamonds. It explains sugar's carbon content and mentions experiments producing tiny real diamonds, noting their lack of commercial value but intrinsic chemical merit.
The article discusses a potential method to improve diamond production by avoiding molten carbon dissolution. It envisions achieving the necessary high pressure and heat by pressing carbon between red hot metal plates, proposing a mechanical squeezing approach as an alternative to traditional chemical methods.
In a recent discussion of senility and longevity Dr H 3% Friedman reviews biological physics and mental aspects of old age. He notes brain workers live longer than muscle workers and that clergymen are the longest lived of professionals. Women outlive men despite childbearing morbidity. Marriage correlates with longer life and stronger religious life.
Tinglish statistics place Serbia at the top with about one centenarian per 2260 residents, roughly five hundred seventy five centenarians in the population. Ireland follows in longevity, while Switzerland reportedly has no residents aged one hundred or older.
A fragmentary reminiscence centers on Alexander Dumas the elder and his chef Edouard. The chef quits after months of service, citing money while Dumas praises his cooking but explains the departure as necessary for his own recipe influence. The tale highlights omelet experiments, guests praising dishes, and a kitchen culture that shaped a famed author’s early years.
An unreadable fragment discusses youth and ambition with lines about not yielding, a departure, and regret. The text mentions an amateur, professionals, and a dramatic sentiment about moving forward without calm, set in a tense domestic scene.
Wood County Court in Probate hears the application of Alvina Louisa Heckel executrix of the Charles J. Heckel estate. The hearing seeks examination and allowance of her administration and assignment of remaining estate to lawful heirs. The court schedules the session for February 15 at the probate office in Grand Rapids.
The court orders notice of the time and place of examining and allowing the estate account and assigning the residue be published for three successive weeks in The Marshfield Times. Publication to inform all interested parties before the hearing. Dated January 6, 1916. By the Court W. J. Conway County Judge.
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