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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1898
Page
7
A garish display blends red white and blue candies with wartime symbols. Decorated bases and toy soldiers march past guards as spectators admire festive booths. The scene features varied patriotic sweets and campy emblems, reflecting a public celebration of national pride.
Prof W K Brooks of Johns Hopkins explains in the Baltimore Sun that birth rates and sex ratios adapt to environmental pressures. He notes humans and animals show more boys in dangerous or harsh conditions and more girls where care and survival are higher, with variation across species and generations.
An officer insult leads to regimental court and duel after a quarrel between two officers in the Russian army. One officer slaps the other, later forgives him, but a duel is arranged at twenty paces. The assaulted officer is hit in the hip and crippled for life. The Laterden Linden in Berlin is lit by electric lamps. Pastor Knemp's My Hydropathic Cure has sold over 400,000 copies in eight years.
A reader recalls a near fatal neuralgia episode in which frequent pain relief via pills led to collapse. She credits a newspaper notice of a cure and subsequent treatments with restoring health after a two year struggle. The account highlights relief found through a pensioned remedy discussed by a doctor and pharmacist.
A Temple Magazine writer calls Dorothea Tennant Stanley the artist laureate of the street arabs wife. Dorothea, once painted by Millais as Yes or No, studied under Poynter in Slade Parisian teachers and Bastien Lepage painted in her Richmond studio. She pursued painting early, built a glass studio with her own means, and after marriage gave up art per her husband’s wish but later resumed it, maintaining ambition to produce something splendid.
A fragmentary account notes a historic clock bell linked to the 1776 declaration and a bell foundry fate. It recalls a Philadelphia relic reportedly destroyed after the Revolution and later pieces sold or kept by firemen. Iowa’s capacity line on wartime manpower appears in contrast.
A humorous dialogue describes a confident modern girl boasting smart attire and athletic interests. The speaker admires her style yet resists sharing leisure pursuits, noting his fatigue with social performances and fearing her formidable nerve may win him over.
Fragmentary piece describes sailors grievances with authorities at porte of entry and condemns violence. It references medical concerns and urges use of a remedy, Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters, in a satirical or instructional tone. The text mixes humor with critique of oversight and bodily discomfort.
A brief note indicates peat is widely used in Russian hospitals as a disinfectant material. In France, it is said that peat fabrics are being woven into hygienic outerwear and clothing.
An old advertisement promotes Allen's Poot-hasa powder to shake into shoes for swollen tired feet and headaches. It also markets Allen's Font-Ease to cool feet, relieve pain, and restore rest. Claims include thousands aided and a trial offer through druggists, with package pricing.
Mrs Wish and Mrs Mary Ann Cobb both died in New York. Cobb was born in Virginia about 101 years ago. The notice records their ages and deaths in the city, recognizing their long lives.
Letters from Mrs Mary Ronningke of Chicago and Mrs Rexuy Dorr of Cincinnati praise Lydia E Pinkham and her Vegetable Compound for curing long term womb illnesses headaches and weakness after failed medical care. Both women credit the remedy and express gratitude to Pinkham for their recoveries and urge others to try it for similar ailments.
A fragmentary dialogue features Vramp and Lunina the maid discussing baths and a silver teapot, hinting at a burlesque or village exchange. The text reads as a quirky accent driven censored snippet with unclear context and no clear event or setting.
Fragmentary notice mentions Mrs. Martha L. Crawford and Commoaure Vanderbill 14, with garbled phrases about visits and lines. No clear event, date, or location readable. Entities are inconsistent and OCR errors hinder concrete facts.
Fragmented OCR reports coughing linked to consumption and a list of misc items. It notes the New York presbytery accepting two Union Seminary candidates, Vassar students celebrating Dewey’s Manila victory, and a War Department request for a large ordnance appropriation.
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