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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1905
Page
8
A mass meeting in Wausau discusses protecting shade trees especially maples from the cottony scale. Prof. R B Johns explains how bugs infest bark and sap, with remedies using whale oil and kerosene emulsions. Prevention includes burlap soaked in kerosene. Also included are the Hall family remedy ad and a notary statement from 1886.
David Harum will be presented at the opera house next Saturday evening by the Curts Dramatic Company. Mr Curts is praised as the most fitting David Harum, a sharp, shrewd and witty down east banker and horse trader with a kind heart. Seats 25 35 50 cents, on sale at Sexton's drug store.
A Rat Portage Ontario resident praises Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets for stomach trouble and constipation. The maker is WH A Scha, and Sexton Bros. sell them. The testimonial notes mild physic effects and recommends the product to others with stomach disorders.
The article lists exemptions from jury service including officers of the United States and state, judges, clerks of court, city and county officials, constables, state institution staff, fire department members, National Guardsmen and veterans with five years served or injured, attorneys, physicians, surgeons, dentists, ministers, bank officials, university and college staff, teachers, millers, foremen, druggists, embalmers, telegraph workers, railroad and canal company workers, convicts of crimes, and those summoned for juries, all disqualified for one year except as talesman or by special venire.
An advice note urges thrift and frugality, arguing saving ten percent of earnings is hard but possible by cutting unnecessary costs. It highlights small investments like seeds for the garden saving larger future expenses and promotes Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as a cheap precaution, offered by Sexton Bros. and H.A. Schumaker.
The school enters its fourth year after three profitable years teaching practical farming and home economics. It enrolled fifty seven students last year and graduated eight from the two year course. Programs include crop care, orchards, livestock judging, dairy work, carpentry and blacksmithing. Girls study housekeeping, sewing, cooking, nursing, clothes making and purchases. Arithmetic, history, language and bookkeeping are taught. Fall term opens October 2 1905. Tuition and books are free. Write principal R B Johns for blanks.
An advertisement touts Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar as the original laxative cough syrup for coughs colds croup and whooping cough. It claims no opiates pleasant to taste suitable for children and adults and notes the bottle bears a red clover blossom and honey bee motif sold by R. J. Strauss.
The Marshfield post office reports uncalled letters through July 25 1905 for Mrs M F Baker Dr W N Bailey Wm Bobbe Miss Mayme Holzer Will Mack Miss Annie Melston Art Reichert Miss Gerry Stukey Mrs Elvira Wheeler Raymond Wege. Persons calling for above should say advertised. Joan F Core F M
Wenzel and Wenzel advertise a full meat supply including fresh and salt meats, sausages, and fish with clean, fresh offerings. They claim complete facilities for handling all meat types and invite inquiries by telephone.
An advertising notice from Wenzel and Wenzel promotes a complete meat line with goods in prime condition. It states they handle only the best and provides the phone number 36. 31d.
Excursion tickets to Camp Douglas Lake Chevele Chataurina and Toronto offered by Chicago and North Western Ry. Dates include June 18 1921 June 24 Aug 2 and 13 with favorable return plans. Low rates to Denver Detroit Niagara Falls and other destinations through various sales to support convention meetings and dramatic orders. Apply to Chicago and North Western agents for details and booking windows.
The Wisconsin Central Railway lists various excursion tickets from July August and September to destinations including Waupaca Portland Denver and Seattle with round trip fares. Special rail passes and return limits apply and further information is available from agents.
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