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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1894
Page
7
An advertisement extols Syrup of Figs as a modern laxative that cleanses the system, dispels colds headaches and fevers, and purifies constipation. It claims safety for kidneys and liver without weakness, notes $1 bottles sold by druggists, and credits the California Fig Syrup County with manufacturing and labeling.
A fragmentary verse scene describes hazy horizons and white sails on the sea. The fading imagery unsettles with muted figures and distant horizons as eyes glow and cheeks pale while the sea and wind move the scene.
In Chelsea a postmaster Silas Gardiner hides Millicent Darrell’s letters to thwart a secret betrothal. Miss Darrell learns of the ruse through Millicent Williams, a niece, and Gardiner confesses love as motive. After Christmas Millicent learns Milly Williams married, while Gardiner remains unpardoned but forgiven by love.
The Chicago Record notes Prince Alexander Wohrolohe, cousin to Queen Victoria, has lost control of his estates and is restrained in Wilhelmshohe asylum. The report details intermarried German nobility, calls to mind Napoleon’s imprisonment, and lists various princes under guardianship including Alexander’s brother-in-law and uncles, amid a maze of dynastic intrigue and scandal across Germany and France.
The piece presents a harsh, biased circa late 19th or early 20th century view of Arab women and family structure. It contrasts Arab men’s gun focus with a degraded portrayal of wives as chattel, noting limited counts of daughters and pejorative terms, while praising Bedouin groups in deserts.
Tea is a little evergreen shrub whose leaves are harvested at certain sagsyns and dried. Tea was introduced to Persia and Russia in the 17th century and cultivated in Java, Ceylon, and India toward the century’s end. The Dutch first brought tea to Europe, selling it in Amsterdam for a high value, and Lord Arrington introduced it to England around the late 17th century. By the early 18th century England began importing tea from China and it quickly became the main domestic beverage.
A spirited exchange centers on a promised two o'clock meeting that never occurred, leaving a frustrated Porter waited in a hotel lobby. The irritable gentleman defends punctuality with a sharp retort about others’ reliability.
A fragmented recipe describes making a fruit sauce to serve with pudding. It details mashing ripe fruit, adding sugar, and cooking briefly, then beating in softened butter and whipped egg white. Instructions mention using a sauceboat and serving with baked puddings.
An account recalls Congressman Warren English rallying a small circle of allies with a vow to win a $100,000 post office building for Alabama. Fire crews arrive as the event unfolds, the fire damages the house, and a later quip suggests skirting propriety by securing larger sums through multiple appropriations.
In a quirky tale a traveling man at a restaurant ordered bruised chicken for dinner and faced an odd reunion with a server who had waited on him years earlier. He recalls the moment, noting the strange connection and a cryptic remark as the scene unfolds.
A Chicago Inter Ocean excerpt records a terse exchange about room completion. One speaker notes everything was fine except the room remained unfinished, mentioning someone saw a feature that proved a particular item was not present.
A wandering observer notes a scene with many squirrels in an area of apples. A simpleton asks if fewer apples would mean more squirrels. The exchange plays on a paradox about cause and effect and abundance.
Fragmentary dialogue hints at disagreements about thinking and marriage with quirks in spelling and phrasing. The speaker argues people differ in views and would not want a wife if they truly understood each other.
The text argues malaria is real and not a myth. It claims malaria fears are exaggerated by skeptics and promotes Hostatter’s Stomach Bitters as a remedy, suggesting it defends against malaria and related digestive and nervous complaints. It notes vapors at dusk are harmless with protection and mentions tropical risks to travelers.
A brief arcade style exchange shows a publisher asking a traveler to leave a sample cyclopedia and attempt door to door selling with a sample Bible. The book agent indicates he has been kicked out about forty times. The publisher offers a chance to vass with the sample Bible and the pack if he stays.
Fragmentary item describes an English firm producing a transparent casing named tiasshie for books to guard against dust damp and con stitutional wear. Mentions Cromber-ts rxily paying and a person in the lath ward, with Brooklyn linkage and a weaponry theme tied to books.
A. Sayer of Salter Seed Company La Crosse Wisconsin plans a European tour visiting France Belgium Russia Bohemia and other regions to promote new vegetables and seed varieties. The trip aims to boost sales and showcase products to regional customers and partners.
The report states Mayor John B. Sarles of Boscobel has been in dangerous condition for some time and, as of now, his status remains unchanged.
A young man named Suifestou was arrested at Chippewa Walls on a charge of trying to beat his ward. The story mentions Lavery wardith and traces of dullness, with references to Gluun's Sulphur Saep and a constitutional cure priced at 75 cents. The piece notes wealth and a senary, but the facts are unclear and the language frays.
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