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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1907
Page
9
A Victorian style blurb extols home laundering for fine wash goods highlighting starch as essential. It claims proper starching with Defiance Starch stiffens fabrics without thickening, improving overall appearance. A curious aside about men and romance appears in the fragment.
A testimonial from Mrs. Harriet E. Porter of South Medford Mass describes paralysis fears and neuralgia as she credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with restoring strength. The ad touts benefits for anemia rheumatism after fever sickness and neuralgia and offers home treatment literature and mail order options with prices.
83 year old Mrs John Mansell of 614 South Jefferson Street New Castle Pennsylvania reports long kidney trouble improved after a week of Doane Kidaty Pills and several boxes. She says urinary pain swelling and heart palpitations eased and she is strong again. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY. Corporations Oust Minors. Klondike dredging expansion reduces miners and provisioning needs near Dawson Yukon. Defiance starch advertises laundry benefits for shirts.
A humorous exchange questions a legal career versus military service. The lawyer asks why choose law given high fees, suggesting many would be left of the enemy. The ad mentions cures for pain and swelling with odd, garbled phrases and a price listed as 25. Sold by Allen at an address.
A garbled catalog of old time advertisements touts Defiance Starch promising non stick ironing and novelty products. It includes health quackery for nervous disorders, tonics, and potions with names like Dr. Kline Great Nerve Restore and Kraneo Gold Sura. Numerous claims target men and women with cryptic advice and tease purchases for pennies and circulating products.
A guide to improving dining room design focuses on optimal light from east, south and west exposures, avoiding plain shapes, choosing carved wood and substantial furniture, and using flexible curtains and lighting to end glare. It also includes a method for aging lace using newspaper and a tip to remove finger marks from enameled woodwork with kerosene and hot water.
A vintage instruction for making a rich chocolate beverage. Dissolve half cup grated chocolate in little cold water to smooth it, then stir into a cup of water. Add a quarter cup sugar, boil one minute, then whisk in three cups of scalded milk and boil five minutes. Serve with whipped cream.
If a lamp wick fails to burn brightly, place the burner in a pan of boiling water with a half cup of washing soda. Boil for 20 minutes, remove, dry thoroughly, and set back on the lamp for continued use.
A jumble of spoof ads and humorous notes appears, including a defiance starch pitch, a mock engagement scene at an electric doorbell, a patent cure claim for catarrh, testimonial-like stubs, and a joke about American humor. Also mentions a Columbia Chapel arch widening due to a fat visitor, with quirky anecdotes from newspapers.
A suburban employer’s warm lecturing question to his Irish worker Pat prompts a sharp, humorous retort. Pat, known for heavy drinking and limited income, replies he can keep drinking for his life unless the whiskey kills him, highlighting stoic wit amidst hardship.
A Piermont New Hampshire mother recalls her nineteen year old son once aged four months to three years and four months plagued by severe eczema. After trying patent medicines with no relief she used Cuticura products and his condition improved within two months and cleared in six months.
Fragment discusses Lewis' factory in Peoria Illinois and a tagline about AE men and common sense. It reads like an advertising fragment urging preference for a brand over cigars. The tone is promotional and mentions amokers and equals until found out in a terse style.
An Oklahoma editor recalls his sickness and credits Grape-Nuts with restoring his health, gaining 25 pounds, and boosting strength and brain power after trying the nutritious food. He endorses it as a reliable, tasty aid and urges readers to consider it. The message ends with a plug for the slogan There’s a Reason and the book The Road to Wellville.
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