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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1909
Page
6
Hundreds of white and brown tents dot lake and ocean shores and mountain valleys. Movable camps offer freedom from crowds with light compact outfits that can be carried by one man and transported by automobile for supplies. Fresh air and clean water boost rest and comfort, while casual attire suits the open-air life. Food tastes best when cooked outdoors under an umbrella during a rainstorm.
In summer, women are urged to avoid wearing corsets that are too tight as they hinder circulation and can affect heart function, stressing the need for comfortable dress to protect health.
Physicians warn that tight belts worn in hot weather can trigger heart palpitations and impair circulation. The belt cramps the stomach and elevates heart stress, leading to headaches and breath shortages. Those with slim hips may need suspenders, as belts often worsen discomfort. Parents should watch boys for belt-tightening and advise accordingly.
Joseph Janette operates a potato bug destroying service on Alton Illinois bluff farmland. He trains ducks to forage potato patches, earning about 15 dollars daily from fifteen ducks at one dollar per duck. Farmers pay up to one fifty per hour for the brigade’s bug control work.
The article claims Madame Recamier Madame de Stael and Madame Lebardi rejected alum in food. It asserts alum baking powders are prohibited in France England and Germany due to unwholesome character. It notes Dr Price's Cream Baking Powder won a top award at the Chicago World's Exposition as a substitute.
Unclaimed letters listed include Mrs Beangean Mrs Jos Berry Box Mfg Co Eliott J W two entries George Emil Keller Mrs Usalla LaFond G Lambertson Mattie Peterson Ed Weber Ada Persons. Callers should say advertised. John F Cols P M
Announcement lists several names including Benson Miss Beck Mrs Robert Burns Mrs C C Faber H Rutherton R D Madlock Joe Stacy Mrs Bertha Schwarze Amelia Ullrich Fred Persons. Postmaster John Cole asks callers to say advertised. A cryptic exchange quotes a young statesman and Senator Sorghum remarking on the unpredictability of a speech.
Brief items note a Ladies Missionary society meeting postponement at Preschurch parlors, Lt Wilcox’s arm injury from a fall while decorating, Sparr Cereal orders from Cuba, a petition for restored Soo passenger service, births deaths and marriages records resumption starting October 1, 1907, job ad for a general horse worker, local teachers visiting Wood county institutes, Case and Johnson livery new barn, and a stray bullet injuring Jos J Meidl at 401 St Joseph St.
To the Mayor of Co Marshfield Wisconsin the common Council of the city of Marshfield requests that license be invited for the sale of intoxicating liquors at 417 South Central Ave Marshfield Wood County Wisconsin. Our bondsmen are Joseph Koholka and John Adler Albert Hehnestur Julie W Rollinhaxen Dated at Marshfield Wis July 26 1909 If you cannot locate any merchant in Marshfield who knows where W A Wesler lives call 306 East Fourth Street He sells wind mills pumps and well drills.
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