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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1913
Page
4
An advertising notice invites home seekers and investors to Western lands, promising vast opportunities and profits. It touts easy terms from $10 down and $10 monthly with discounts for yearly rent or cash, claiming published booklets show exact prices per tract.
Advertisement urges eight more buyers for about 60 acres each at wholesale prices before February 1. Land near a town of 2,000 with lakefront over three miles and access to rail, mill, and ranch industries is offered. Prices rise after February. earlier buyers report selling thousands of acres nearby. Includes reference to Rootenay Magazine for details and a contact list of buyers from nearly 400 people.
A St Paul lawyer commends a wholesale tract offered by Fred L. Harris, agreeing to purchase lots 11 and 12 for 1000 dollars with cash discount. He invites informed buyers to inspect the land, promises information, and hopes for congenial neighbors and quick sale. He references a Christmas pamphlet page 33.
An advertisement promises steady work for skilled and unskilled laborers in mills factories stores and banks with daily wages from 2.60 to 7.50 depending on trade and tasks. It also offers land purchases enabling workers to live on and farm their own tract while earning wages and profits from additional ventures. References mention Wisconsin workers in the Kootenay District and testimonials from readers in a booklet and magazine.
An alley boy Benny dares to dream after a dying wish from a Lily named John inspires an Easter mission. A mysterious benefactor doctor Worth funds Benny’s surgery at a Philadelphia hospital, leading to recovery, schooling, and a future with The Beautiful Lady and a surgeon’s family.
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