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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1896
Page
7
Household hints cover cake making and egg preparation, tomato salad dressing, parlor furnishing tips, and a poke root pickle recipe. Recipes include a flour-based pastry, fried cake, tomato salad dressing with oil mustard sugar yolks and vinegar, plus harmony in room decor and heirloom furniture balance implied by advice.
An advertisement touts Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a remedy for women’s health issues. It lists symptoms such as irregularities, menstrual pain, weakness, indigestion, leucorrhea, and womb trouble and asserts the product relieves bearing-down feelings and back pain while claiming kidney benefits for both sexes.
At a New England manufacturers meeting the Northrop loom was described as vastly more productive, efficiency improved, and costs reduced per cut. Wages rose for weavers with the new loom, repairs required less time, and over 4,000 looms were in use with plans to expand. Reports from J. H. Hines and H. D. Wheat noted strong performance and satisfaction, while other shops prepared to copy the loom.
A 19th century bicycle tire innovation promises puncture resistance and quick repair. The new compound tire remains inflated after sharp obstacles and quickly repairs itself, reducing dismounts and time lost to flats. Authorities note prior puncture proof wires failed to combine resiliency with cushion. Continuous development seeks universal success.
The piece cites C E Taylor a Black LL BD who asserts earth’s interior lies 2 miles down and 544,800,000 cubic miles in extent contradicting prior calculations. Detroit Free Press notes the rumor and questions the claims while Belgium’s Queen Benniette features in circus exploits including leaping a horse through hoops and a dinner-table stunt.
Peter McGrath longtime Dakota resident and former coach for Horace Greeley died at Elk Point South Dakota at age 75. He had lived in Dakota for twenty five years. Public notices include an offer for a Worcester Parker Dictionary and a summer meeting plan for the State Horticultural Society in Weopaca in June.
A garbled OCR fragment mixes quack health claims and political reference. It mentions a supposed nerve restorer, cleansing the Tink system, and cures for various ailments, alongside mentions of Philadelphia primaries and French statesman Jules Simon. The text ends with a garbled note about a new shah being enthroned.
A Wisconsin report recalls J Blower of Stockbridge who claimed illnesses from diabetes to paralysis, but after taking a patent medicine his wife sent for, writes of regained health and strength. The letter touts pills and tonics sold nationwide, urging others to try. The piece also notes local notices of deaths, political updates, and a brief on Milwaukee crime.
Former congressman P J Somers, recently departed for Colorado, has become a stockholder in the San Juan Gold Mining company of this city and is visiting its mines at Saw Pit Col to verify their extent and value.
The notice extols Dr. Marsh of Quincy for twenty five years of work in treating opium and morphine addiction. He is praised as well known and effective, and the advertisement invites those in need of his service to consult him.
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