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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1907
Page
8
A tale recalls General Beott and a Louisiana sword gift during the Mexican War. A donor praises the blade while Beott notes the scabbard may be lost but the memory endures with a witty remark on preferred inscription. The page also advertises Hall's Catarrh Cure and related remedies.
A Haitian general who lost an eye in battle was sent to Paris for an artificial eye. The craftsman returned one with yellow tones, prompting the general to demand colors of his own flag. The maker then produced a red and green eye, the colors of Haiti, which the general wore among his medals.
A Skirum Alabama resident, C. L. Carter, praises Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as the best, recounting prior severe attacks and relief after using a half-bottle of the twenty five cent size, sold by Sexton Bros.
In the Lincoln Story Book numerous anecdotes reveal Lincoln’s character. One tale features Secretary Stanton resisting a plan, and Lincoln insisting he must carry it out, demonstrating his decisive judgment. The exchange ends with Lincoln guessing right about the task.
Disappointed victims find their family physician away when cramps cholera or diarrhea strike. Prompt treatment matters and a ready bottle of Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy can prevent fatal outcomes. A local ad urges keeping it at home and claims no physician can prescribe a better medicine. For sale by Sexton Bros.
A strange antique advertisement describes a "tough man" made from a duet of water and hot aix, enclosed in a cork framed body with papered mouth and a goat’s stomach. The device is claimed to resist railroad and automobile accidents, boat wrecks, subway crashes, and doctors’ bills, as per Mig-Kensad City Independent.
The piece blends a quoted view on Napoleon and Grouchy at Waterloo with an advertisement for Dr. Shoop's Restorative from Racine Wisconsin. It discusses defeat being due to night talk and possible treachery, then shifts to urging readers to request samples and a free book on dyspepsia heart and kidneys, touting the product as addressing inside nerves and offering it via Sexton Bros.
A clipped quarrel in town centers on a neighbor warning to whip the son for misbehavior as another man defends his dog. The exchange ends with a judge's interjection and a tense vow to curb further trouble.
A humorous compare and praise for a cough remedy, claiming quick relief and cure for colds. Julie Ryder Paine of Truro Massachusetts endorses the product, and the ad asserts the remedy works where others fail. It is guaranteed by a local druggist in Sleland with a one dollar price and a free trial bottle offer.
A fragmentary London note discusses bequests once used to fund fagots for burning heretics and jokes that rents from a widow of a city freeman funded burning. It claims the clergy once kept the money, now used to warm the poor, with a quip about coal for warmth. The item includes an unrelated ad for Dr. Shoop's tablets promising pain relief.
In a terse exchange at a well set table Joia tells Mrs Jutea Bo could not bring a friend home for dinner this evening. The moment tempers flare as Bo excuses himself and Joia calmly answers, ending with a wry New York Tribune reference.
Mr. F. M. Hamilton, Cherryvale postmaster, also runs a general store and stocks Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. He states it is standard in his line and never fails to give satisfaction, noting they could hardly afford to be without it. For sale by Sexton Bros.
Willie, a writer and mother's boy from Chicago, makes a rare request for water at his father's bedside. The father, proud, asks why he did not call his mother. Willie replies he feared pins or needles left by a dress maker might injure his mother’s feet, revealing a gentle, innocent motive.
A mother alerts visitors to her three year old playing with a dolls house on the hearth rug. Mr. Baker, the wooden master of the establishment, is found under the fender after a ten minute search. The wooden couple faces each other as the child mocks them with sarcasm. The nurse is summoned.
The passage extols that charm lies beyond looks, praising neatness, clear eyes, smooth skin, and sprightly health. It claims weak women lack attraction and that Electric Bitters restore strength, nerves, and complexion, as advertised by Sexton Bros druggists.
A Bodmin town document from 1526 grants the burgesses the right to bear and carry away wood in the prior of Bodmin’s Dunmeer wood using hooks and crooks. The record notes lopping and cropping timber for the poor of the manor under prior concession.
Mrs. Robert Mytton of Hamilton Ontario praises Chamberlain's Salve for quick relief and healing of her daughter's knee burn. She reports instant pain relief and a beautiful healing, with Sexton Bros. selling the product.
The snippet quotes Nerbert Spencer on publishing and readers, then shifts to an ad offering a Dr Shoop Health Coffee imitation. It promotes a free sample at a store, claims it mimics real coffee in taste but contains no actual coffee, and notes quick preparation and a sales link to Sextor Bros.
A fragment reflecting on how diplomacy with the piano yields varied tonal gradations. The writer compares force and restraint in handling the instrument, arguing that respectful control allows the piano to sing with infinite nuance and sonority.
Amos F. King of Port Byron declares Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured a leg sore after eighty years of struggle. The 85 year old tester says he is now healed. Sexton Bros. Druggists offer the remedy for 25 cents with a guaranteed cure claim.
A visitor arrives at the Parseassua editor with a manuscript claiming it is the only poem the author ever wrote. The editor jokes that he won’t deprive the poet of his work, adding a light local-tone exchange.
A light remembered day praises Dr King’s New Life Pills billed to cure headache and biliousness and keep bowels right, priced 25c at Sextons Drug Store. The scene shifts to a humorous exchange where Rev Goodman jokes about a wig, Caroline responds with mock sympathy as Avery reassures.
Piles get quick relief from Dr Shoop s Magic Ointment with positive action. Itching and painful piles disappear like magic by its use. Sold by Sexton Bros in large nickel capped glass jars 50 cents.
For PILES external or internal blind or bleeding itching or burning one application brings relief For Burns Scalds Inflamed or caked breast and sore nipples Salt Rheum Chapped Hands Fever Blisters Corzis Sontag Sample mailed free A Cater is Co Cor William en Homeo an agar Streets New York 7
The text promotes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and Favorite Prescription as cures for numerous ailments from catarrh to weak stomach and blood purification. It cites authorities in materia medica, mentions all-sealing salve, and urges readers to obtain authentic compositions from reputable druggists, warning against substitutes and unknown mixtures.
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