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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1912
Page
9
A vintage ad suggests grooming tips for women over forty focusing on health and style. It promotes Paxtine Antiseptic for dental care and breath hygiene, claiming antiseptic cleanliness prevents disease germs. The ad urges readers to mail for a 250 box or request price by mail order.
A playful squib notes Mrs Bul Hon declining a luncheon with a sharp retort about etiquette. The exchange hints at social rivalries and expected routines before tea time, marked by a quirky vendor name Warper a Bazaar.
A column notes singing can exercise the lungs and aid breath control, with doctors cautioning it is not a cure for consumption. It promotes deep breathing to deter lazy breathing and mentions a town where ads offer to sell fish direct to consumers, including a humorous exchange about sourcing seafood.
Reader letters praise Grape-Nuts and Postum as aids to sleep and digestion. A sufferer reports relief from indigestion and vomiting after using Grape-Nuts, notes family stomach weakness improved, and credits better sleep. The letter mentions The Road to Wellville and Battle Creek statements.
July 18 1862 reports Morgan irregulars terrorizing Cincinnati and a Confederate attack at Fayetteville Arkansas. Union fleet bombardment of Vicksburg. Halleck leaves Corinth. Gordonville destruction. Denmark-US slave trade agreement. Butler emancipation policy in New Orleans. various skirmishes, captures, and mobilization across Kentucky Tennessee and Virginia.
A homemaker designs a bedding airing device to sun dry sheets and other fabrics. The apparatus features a four pair frame with canvas strips forming a rack that hangs over a window. Chains and hooks suspend the rack, allowing bedding to air in spaces with limited window room.
A historical recipe for almond tartlets uses half pound puff pastry or paste, ground almonds, castor sugar, corn flour, butter, nutmeg, egg and yolk, jam, and fondant or icing. Roll to fifth of an inch, cut rounds, fill with jam and almond mixture, bake golden, brush with water icing while hot, serve cold.
Instructions for making spun sugar by boiling lump sugar with water to 980 degrees, adding lemon juice, and boiling to 310 degrees. Remove from heat, cool rapidly, and cool the syrup on wooden spoons to form long threads. Threads are cooled on a table and cut into lengths to twist into baskets or vases for serving ice or cream.
Apricot Snow recipe instructs soaking gelatine in water, heating apricot syrup with sugar, dissolving gelatine, adding lemon juice, straining, then folding in mashed apricots and lightly beaten egg whites. Whip until thick and set in a mold to chill.
Scald milk and mix arrowroot with sugar then cook ten minutes. Beat yolks with salt, pour milk mixture onto them, return to double boiler and stir until thickened. Cool, flavor with vanilla and mint, then serve in custard cups.
Cream one third cup butter and add one cup powdered sugar beating gradually. Then add three tablespoons cream or milk slowly and half teaspoon vanilla extract. Beat thoroughly, add to sauce and heat over hot water stirring frequently. Serve when very hot.
The saying suggests reversing the IAAF for sharper, more uniform cuts. It implies a method to improve slicing by unsettling conventional approaches, using a playful metaphor to urge redefining standards.
A humorous era piece recounts Charles Dickens wandering London penniless, a beggar boy asking for a penny, the boy later sharing buns, and Dickens taking him in. Another vignette shows a father teaching his son the Golden Text, but the boy misquotes it as Whatsot yera man pewa always rips, prompting a comic mispronunciation.
A fragmentary note invokes defense by study of nature and laments political upheaval. It contrasts an airship accident with a fall from a political wagon, suggesting injury or peril amid public turmoil. The source wording is obscure but centers on defense, fate, and upheaval in a metaphorical frame.
A fond mother scolds her battered boy after a street fight. The boy asks what to do when struck and she answers to avoid conflict. He retorts that the other boy will avoid him next time. The scene captures a child’s cheeky logic and parental guidance.
The piece reflects on how sympathy toward animals and nature shapes real relations, arguing that active interest in life beyond oneself fosters empathy. It notes that romantic partners cannot replace practical support as a family provider, and that political candidates who also run must explain their motivations.
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