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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1896
Page
7
An estimate of Huérfana County coal reserves places 40 100 acres at 100 000 tons per acre, totaling about 4 090 000 000 tons of coal, illustrating the vast mineral potential in the region.
A woman testifies that Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured her female ailments after childbirth complications. She describes prior suffering, examination, and treatment and credits the remedy for restoring health, urging other afflicted women to try it, signed Jony OsTraronin of New York City.
The article argues brushing as the main hair care method, notes baldness as linked to intellect and age, cites a French doctor on baldness statistics, and recounts a Nebraska horse theft case with a judge delaying sentencing to avoid sentencing his own horse thief.
In Grant County a rancher reports 1900 sheep. three carcasses found with throats pierced near Tron Mountain. A coyote trail led from mountaintop to a rock shelf as the flock was driven to the cliff edge and many animals fell or were pushed over. The incident is detailed in the Morning Oregonian.
An eminent Nebraska judge faced a money lender case where a homesteader pledged nearly all possessions except the farm. The jury found for the plaintiff despite the judge’s instructions favoring the defendant. The judge then set aside the verdict, stating it took thirteen men to decide the matter.
Old Saybrook residents report a strange wind driven event along the Connecticut shore. Hundreds of soft-shell crabs lined the beach at Stenwick Hall as fishermen, farmers, and children gathered them for a feast. Some crabs were sent to New York markets at 75 cents a dozen, while battered crabs sold for less. An elderly mariner suspects gale forces stirred the Sound and an undertow pushed crabs ashore, a sight never before seen by locals.
Women race to wear snakeskin as a luxury item. Snakeskin appears on bags purses card cases and gift books backs and accessories. The trend values the skins as durable and polished, with snake farms becoming strong revenue sources near Russia leather pricing.
The article notes the high prices of mull and cambric jellicoats and those made of silk. A compromise gown combines tucked white mull and lace for a ball gown look. Silk skirts, with wire flounces, are sturdier but dear, while mull skirts are soft and require starching to hold shape.
Grease stains are removable by heating a red hot poker near the mark and absorbing melted wax with blotting paper. When fabric is stained apply blotting paper, then rub with tissue. For velvet or cloth, drop a small amount of turpentine, rub with clean flannel, dry, and finish by dampening the wrong side and flattening the fibers.
A garbled text mentions rheumatic issues and bitters as remedies. It also alludes to a Mexican Nicaraguan revolution plot aimed at undermining U S authority. The fragmentary items mix medical advice with a geopolitical claim without clear context or attribution.
The article reports that General Weyler will issue a proclamation granting insurgents fifteen days to surrender. It also notes a pathogen cure and a patent medicine advertisement claiming a cure for disease with testimonials. The Florence, South Carolina business district suffered a fire causing $100,000 in damage. printer George Williams died in the blaze.
A distant travel notice blurs into a jumble of names and places. Fragments describe train routes from Louisilly to Tennessee and Mississippi, with fares, dates and shifting destinations. Amid advertisements and oblique notices, scattered names of biographers, doctors, nobility and political aims surface briefly.
In Christelé Ma, three young children of Nelson Parker were locked inside a room and perished in a fatal house fire. The blaze left authorities investigating the cause as neighbors mourn the loss of the Parker family.
The fragment reflects on how people claim creed yet reveal flaws. It warns that youthful zeal to reform others fades as one ages. At 21 a man seeks to fix the world, at 25 he shares the burden, at 30 he faces himself and learns the task is to tame his own flaws.
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