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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1908
Page
15
A farm diary describes a vivid avian season from March onward. Bluebirds, robins, sparrows, and catbirds nest and raise young near the orchard and hedges. The writer notes watchful parenting, active feeding, and the gentle rhythms of nest and brood amid trees, vines, and fences.
Ernest McG. Fpey recalls daily bird life on the farm. Mothers guard their nests from humans while cat birds flickers and thrushes defend their young. Hummingbirds dart, cowbirds and jays clash, quails rear eggs, and a clever string nest for goldfinches awes with its airborne hammock design. Cardinals, doves, meadowlarks, mallards, and Canada geese mark the changing season.
A private trooper recalls the second day of the Chickamauga battle in September 1863. He describes Rosecrans headquarters at Glenn's House, the Fifteenth Pennsylvania cavalry, and General Thomas's calm but determined defense as Longstreet and Bragg forces attack. He notes orders given, the escort’s duties, and the looming clash that shaped the Chattanooga crisis.
Mrs. Bugs Goff of East Hampton Connecticut notes a weather omen as crows gather near her house before storms. The birds form a circle, adults lead discussions, then disperse to parts of the woods, with snow reportedly arriving within 12 hours of the crow congregation.
A New York merchant recounts a commuter’s awkward moment on the subway. A man, absorbed in his paper, pulls from his pocket a handkerchief only to realize it is actually a folded pair of black socks. The incident highlights a wife’s insistence on dry socks for her husband.
Liz Caruso the famous singer faced parental opposition as a boy and pursued voice training despite it. His first earnings were only 25 cents a week from singing in a church choir at Maples-TIt-Bita, illustrating the long road to stardom.
A classic testimonial piece praising Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as highly effective for women's ailments. It claims extensive testimonials, notes the Lynn laboratory archives with over a million letters, and emphasizes herbs and roots without drugs restoring health and preventing surgeries. It urges women to trust the remedy for sex-specific distress.
In a brief note, a boy asks what a strait is and his father, reading the paper, explains it as a narrow waterway joining two larger bodies. The exchange appears in Harper's Weekly.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions Milton over ring and prices 0 200 000 Beles Sotpene Binder cigars for a year, 48 200 000 sales for 12065.46 Gr reread quality. It cites The Age Indie and a quote about looking a gift horse in the mouth from Harper’s Weekly. The passage reads as a misc sale and gift commentary with scattered figures and brands.
An old advertisement extols Allen’s Foot-Esse as a remedy for hot sweating calloused feet with aching pain. It claims Druggists widely endorse it at 25 cents and warns against substitutes. The ad includes trial wording and mentions address details and a garbled address line.
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