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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1908
Page
11
A historical ad touts Chamberlains Cough Remedy as the sole medicine for children addressing coughs croup and whooping cough. It claims safety with no opium or harmful drugs and suggests use from infancy to adulthood with Dr Shoops Restorative also advertised by Sexton Bros. The piece closes with a humorous chat between Tom and Jack from the Chicago News.
A 11 year recovery claim from consumption by C Floyd of Kershaw SC credits Dr Ring's New Discovery for restoring weight from 135 to 170 pounds. Advertisement notes guaranteed cures at Sexton Bros drug store and mentions Health Coffee substitute from Dr Shoop Racine with cereals and nuts. Includes vivid product reveries and testimonials.
Miss Passay objects to photos Kamier made for her claiming they make her look forty. Miss Pepperty retorts she should have asked him not to touch them up if she did not want them altered.
A short notice claims Chamberlain's Pain Balm relieves rheumatic pains and helps sufferers sleep. Promotes rapid response and notes it is sold by Sexton Bros.
In Ty certify towns in Germany householders must provide three receptacles for ash and sweepings cooking waste and rags and paper. The rubbish is reused by the town authorities.
Mr August Sherpe of Fort Madison praises Dr Rings New Life Pills as superior laxative and remedy for constipation and biliousness. Guaranteed to cure and make one feel better. Available for 23 cents at Sexton Bros drug store.
If canned pears have a fat taste and most pears do, they will be improved by adding stick tinnamen to them while cooking.
Free mailed trial of Dr Shoop Catarrh Remedy from Racine Wisconsin promises no cost to recipients. Tests show value of this scientific prescription, with Sexton Bros as sellers.
Mayors across towns condemn municipal electric plants after multi city trials. Princeton Y mayor Guy A. Bryant cites costs and nonpayment as reasons to sell. Marengo's J. Patterson notes lease hurdles and argues municipal control is a failure. Tusen's G. Weaver recalls high pumping and electric plant losses, urging private operation.
City street commissioner claims duty to keep streets clean while a Cincinnati grocer protests the removal of a phealg pestering noise. The grocer argues the change harms her business and laments the increased noise after streets were cleared.
A jumbled quote from the Jackson Parrot mocks city xocstate business wisdom, suggesting the farther a city business extends, the less wisdom it displays. the remark attributes the idea to an unnamed source.
A home made mix ture recommended by a New York daily paper claims to relieve kidney trouble before Bright's disease stage. It lists ingredients like Fluid Extract Wanderson and Compound Bargon with doses after meals and at night, saying the mixture heals kidney and urinary issues and helps rheumatism by filtering uric acid from blood. The piece urges saving the prescription for potential personal use.
Editors report the novelist Jack London aboard the Snark is over a month overdue at Tahiti in the Society Islands after leaving Hilo Hawaii in October. The 45 foot craft faces engine trouble and possible doldrums while London, his wife, a captain, an engineer, one sailor and two Japanese servants attempt a seven year circumnavigation with planned stops at notable places.
Captain Cofin of Nanicket whalers faced a terrifying encounter in the south Pacific as a giant sperm whale opened its jaws and overwhelmed the crew. He wriggled free from the monster and, with his men, was rescued with minor injuries. The captain humorously recalls the moment and his evasive action.
A colonial beekeeping account explains how a failing queen is replaced by a new one. The old queen is gently killed through intense attention, suffocating under careful care, while workers insist on a ceremonial royal death. This curious practice is cited as both pathetic and remarkable by a Mall Gazette excerpt.
A Westerner studying New York art conditions asks why buyers favor reproductions of Metropolitan Museum and other local gallery works over European masterpieces. The dealer says familiarity with Metropolitan paintings shapes purchases, as copies mirror the seen color, atmosphere, and story, influencing the unskilled buyer.
An ornithologist argues that humming birds protect their nests from storms with natural cobweb coverings. The dialogue imagines a clever bird using a cobweb lightning rod as insulation, contrasting science and fable in a playful tone.
A confectioner explains the term Gibraltar rock and its early forms and trade names. The piece traces the evolution of a rock candy from its pure sugar roots to its market description and naming across regions, noting shifting references and regional usage.
A New York Times report fragment tells of a dismal failure in a trade scheme where overbuying and misreading demand led to losses. An old innkeeper offers blunt advice about cost control, customer lists, and pricing strategies. The piece ends noting one robber was not killed in a prior exchange.
Fragments describe a courtroom moment where Lori Norbury faces a judge's questions as a coffin is lowered. The crowd reacts with grim, dark humor about the depth of the grave and the reliability of the undertaker's rope, reflecting a grim mood.
The piece discusses Ruosomy as a costly pastime, priced at $2.75 or $4 for certain goods, seen as a luxury for the wealthy and wasteful for the poor. It notes women embracing the craft, sometimes managing finances to avoid period costs, and hints at social pressures to restrain wives from spending.
A Century article quotes Professor Lowell arguing that belief in Martian life rests on substantial evidence rather than emotion. He maintains that scientific objections have fallen away, though human prejudice may delay acceptance, likening it to Copernican shifts and evolutionary debates.
Wayback Senior recalls a trip to Barnum world famous elephant. Wayback Junior interrupts. debate on the existence of a white elephant reveals family tensions and humor in a Brooklyn Life style piece.
Dudley and Magley debate a rusted old saying about planning and fate. The exchange, captured in a clipped Philadelphia Press tone, hints at misgivings over initiative and consequence in a colorful, conversation style.
A fragment cites a Houston Post quote about a bet involving marriage to a widow, with the line “T knew T would” and the reveal that the widow informed the bet initiator. The readable text centers on unconventional romance gossip and a wager.
A terse line describes a method to turn a steak into a tramp by offering the tramp a dish and placing the steak on a plate, then ending abruptly.
A terse note asserts Syho seeks justice from Adminia in a case framed around a German proverb. The item highlights a demand for accountability and a cultural reference point, suggesting a dispute crossing regional or organizational lines.
An advertisement invites patients with rheumatism enlarged veins fistula piles and other rectal and urinary ailments to visit Dr Turbin for a demonstration of his cure. He claims his method is safe permanent and offered at reasonable charges and urges dissatisfied patients to seek his treatment to understand why previous efforts failed.
The advertisement extols Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription and Glycorle extracts, claiming cures for dyspepsia, female disorders, constipation, and other diseases. It emphasizes alcohol-free formulas, native medicinal roots, and mentions a free booklet with medical authorities. It invites readers to request details and testimonials.
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