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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1909
Page
6
The piece argues that judging character by appearances is unreliable. It notes faces can hide kindness or temper and that influence or subscriptions do not reveal true motives. The author emphasizes that the spirit behind actions matters more than outward impressions.
A young man photographed a dozen horseback riders at dawn and sent proofs to the subjects who promptly ordered finished prints. An experienced amateur notes men will generally buy a picture of themselves on a horse, unless they ride poorly or fear the horse.
The London Chronicle notes the characteristic national meal is the morning repast. It contrasts English, Swiss, French, Danish variations, describing bread, coffee, butter, croissant, and pastries shaping breakfast habits, with a eighteenth century tone.
A dated critique argues women should work but warns that if workers strike, women will become low paid and overworked. It predicts women enter industry easily, retire abruptly, and join unions, stressing harms to opportunities and abilities for women and industry alike.
A story portrays a man described as lazy yet possessing strong business acumen. During a harsh winter his neighbors, strained financially, donated a barrel of flour and pork and a barrel of wood for his starving family. He arranged for neighbors to cut the wood and paid them with the pork and flour, demonstrating managerial shrewdness.
The piece traces the toast to health as an ancient habit, noting sixteenth and seventeenth century drinks flavored with honey and spices. A toasted bread fragment topped the blend, believed to impart flavor, and the term toast evolved to denote a sentiment offered in speeches at gatherings.
The observer of buildings reads a builder’s heart in every structure whether overtly showy or modest inside. A “built to sell” apartment may flaunt style on the exterior yet reveal neglect in carpentry, suggesting the builder’s conscious intention and character. If readers judged by this lens, standards could rise across the industry.
In a smoking car a husband wife and five children are jolted by a stranger who greets them and questions their plans to Harbor Point. The dialogue shows mystery about their destination and a humorously defiant stance toward travel hardship. The scene captures restless wanderlust and routine family quarrels aboard a long night journey.
A royal misadventure unfolds as Higentanie majesty mocks a factory uproar. Women mob the new radial electric corsets, claiming them the latest fashion. The monarch jokes about torment and ponders selling the craze to stress those unable to buy.
Built to the Memory of a Dog Tell's Tower stands by the West Kirby seashore in Cheshire England. It honors the great St Bernard Tell ancestor of many English champions, renowned for majesty, noble character and undaunted courage, with a vault containing his remains guarded by a statue.
Lightning struck the steeple of the church near Toulon France. It trailed an iron bell ringing cable and set the bell ringing. The strike tore a door from a cupboard of candlesticks and candles. It ripped up the sacristy floor while neatly rolling up the carpet.
The article notes a remarkable trait of olive trees where after years of growth the large branches separate from the trunk and split into distinct trees. These new branches separate as far as 20 feet, leaving six or seven apparent trees within the original area.
On Friday morning near Lyndhurst a large black bear blocked freight train No. 369 on the new line from Qland Junction to Green Bay. The crew mistook the bear for a highwayman and prepared to shoot, but the animal stood on its hind legs then fled into the woods as the engine bore down.
At a Pittsville Marshfield meeting last Wednesday business men discussed securing a St Paul road extension from Pittsville to Marshfield. A vigorous campaign was approved with a negotiating committee including W H Upham E E Wineh W D Coater L J Ward Babcock James Hiles Frank Woodworth Ed Clack E D Ayers G Thompson and Jacob Esser to press the project across towns and regions.
Wisconsin farmers and business people are urged to request petition blanks and information for establishing local Institutes in farming districts during the winter of 1903 1910. Geo McKerrow, Supt. Madison invites applications and notes small towns qualify if farming activity and meeting space exist. The piece also previews the ermos bottle, a vacuum insulated double bottle promising long lasting hot or cold liquids.
Fragmentary notice items from Marshfield reference good bread at Armory Bakery run by Albert Plath and P J Kraus at the Post Office Building. A fire and accident mention involves Towne Insurance and a ten cent cigar manufactured by John G Hoela.
An undersigned requests authorization to sell intoxicating liquors at No South Cent Avenue in Marshfield Wisconsin. The petition lists Feun'c Kellner and C E Bredgett as board members and John Brath as proposer. Dated at Marshfield Wisconsin July 2809.
The article notes forehead lines reflect facial habits rather than age. It warns that knitting eyebrows during thinking or stress creates furrows between the eyes, suggesting a link between expression and wrinkles rather than years.
The fragment quotes Frances E. Willard on respect and achievement, a lament about Pittsburg by Harper's Weekly, and a Benj amin Colman maxim affirming man’s duty to serve others. The pieces reflect moral guidance and social critique in concise aphorisms.
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