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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1896
Page
7
A letter from Mrs Anna Ivon of Pittsford Mills Rutland Co Vermont extols Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. She claims it cured womb and ovarian troubles irregularities and related pains after childbirth and helped her regain strength and health. She urges afflicted women to try the product.
Smithsonian experts debunk a Cher okee strip fossil claim as a modern whale jaw and skull misassembled for exhibition. The tale recalls 1843 fraud by Albert Koe in which three whale bones were joined to imitate a giant ocean monster named Hydrarchus attracting crowds and later exposed.
A Mexican special dispatch reports a Sumaiuater death sentence for stealing kerosene oil. On execution day, troops fired at a blank wall, firing squads delivering five bullets to the man as he lay prostrate, with the body later left for pickup by a prison wagon.
A fragment recounts a Paris hotel meeting with Charles Spurgeon during a religious conference. The tale sketches Spurgeon under watchful elders, a humorous exchange about becoming a whipper-in of souls, and a father's advice to embrace tobacco as protection against feverish colds. The anecdote blends memory, humor, and Victorian manners.
The article explains mountain sickness from altitude, noting lower atmospheric pressure at elevations like 20 000 feet alters human function. It cites observations by Kronecker that onset varies by individual and age, with risk increasing after 3000 metres and differing by mountain type while healthy individuals tolerate passive transport to about 4000 feet.
Mr. C. C. Baker of Scranton Iowa visits his father Mr. J. G. Baker in the city and greets numerous friends and schoolmates. Gs was raised in Madison and knows everybody here.
Ex Congressmen Peter J. Somers has invested in the San Juan Gold Mining company at Saw Pit in Colorado with Milwaukee interests and partners such as Keller and the Buckley brothers. Somers calls the San Juan country the world's greatest gold field and notes ore values ranging from 600 to 1100 per carload with a 200 foot tunnel and a productive Little Acme shaft.
A Memphis Commercial Appeal excerpt reflects a contemplative scene where nature is mournful yet sweet. The speaker describes silhouettes, a crane passing, a moonlit sail, and insects singing as part of a broader burden described as a hymn that fills God’s church with immensity.
A garbled advert promises Hostetter's Stomach Bitters cures biliousness constipation malaria rheumatism nervousness and other complaints within an hour. It mentions a Vigo Ohio man hanging himself after crape on his door and includes various misread place names and events such as a mayor’s wife killed in a runaway accident and a Milwaukee special train bringing guests.
An OCR fragment presents a scattered mix of promotional offers and notices. It mentions a Dobbins product offer with free pocket dictionary pages, military retirements of Col Thomas Wilson and Capt Doug Scott, a claim about Dr Kine's nerve restore, a George Bartelme bathing incident in Two Rivers Michigan, and a teething remedy from Mrs Winslow. It ends with Cardinal Gibbons preaching at Archbishop Hitler's golden jubilee in Cincinnati.
Patrick Shannon alleged bicycle thief arrested to Peru Ill and taken to Dalesburg.
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