New Books Wide Range of Titles Reviewed in 20th Century Press
Brownell surveys American prose masters including Cooper Hawthorne Emerson Poe Lowell and James. Twain Captain Stormfield’s Visit to Heaven features space voyage and a wrong gate. Other titles cover travel Italy Paris and health education, with character sketches and moral themes.
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Gale, Zong
Friendship Village
Faney
Wisconsin
Lucas
E. V
Paris
Martin
M. E
Mason
C. A
Italy
Wisconsin High School Basket Ball Tournament at Appleton
The Sixth Annual Wisconsin High School Basketball Tournament at Lawrence College in Appleton runs March 31 to April 2 with eight top teams chosen by season record. A new seven game schedule aims to reduce endurance tests and favor skill, with initial pairings by lot and four teams eliminated after opening games. Northern teams from Superior and Eau Claire areas vie for two western slots. southern and central contenders include Janesville Jefferson Waukesha and Appleton along with Vesper area growth and hotel construction by M Ehrhardt and John Lepien.
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Lawrence College Athletic Association
Appleton
Couvt Catlin
Baling. High School of Superior
Eau Claire
Lacrosse
Sparta
Menomine
Janesville
Jefferson
Waukesha
Antigo
Weyauwega
Waupsaca
Merrill
Tax Delinquency Notice for Marshfield 1909 Roll
City treasurer S Vedder warns Marshfield Wisconsin residents that the 1909 tax roll will close March 10 1920 and demands prompt payment of all unpaid taxes. Dated February 21 1910. Also mentions Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets offered by druggists.
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Marshfield
Wood County
Wisconsin
Pacific Coast Tours From Chicago in Pullman Cars
Low colon!st rates to Pacific Coast offered by Union Pacific and Northwestern Line. Personally conducted California tours in Pullman tourist sleeping cars leave Chicago every Tuesday and Thursday. From Chicago to the Coast $7.00. For full particulars contact S A Hutchison Mer Tours Dept 212 Clark St Chicago or ticket agents Northwestern Line 21a.
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Union Pacific
Northwestern
California
Chicago
Donole Berry Chi
S. A. Hutchison
Mer
Clark St
Northwestern Line
Notice to Milk Dealers Proposes City License by May 1
Public health notice requires milk sellers to obtain a license by May 1 1220 and keep cows tested, barns sanitary, with Board of Health order. Also advertises Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets as safe reliable praised by many women and sold by all druggists.
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Chamberlain
Board of Health
Schedule of Passenger Trains in Marshfield Wisconsin
Schedule of passenger trains lists daily services to Minneapolis Milwaukee Fond du Lac and Oshkosh with several via routes. Notes include Ma$hfield connections to Chicago and St Paul. Sundays show limited services and trains making up at Marshfield for through runs.
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Omaha
Minneapolis
Milw
Boon
Uy Bert
Fond Dur Lac
Miln
Green
Morrillan
Wausau
Taaven
Con
Chi
Miun
Train schedule fragment from Milwaukee area lines
A fragmentary timetable lists Milwaukee area rail services including main line trains between Chicago Milwaukee and Minnesota and branch trains to Greenwood Loyal Nekosa Grand Rapids and Nekoosa. It notes daily and Sunday exceptions and connections with Ashland Eau Claire Grand Rapids and Milwaukeer routes.
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Minnepolis
Chi
Miln
Dally
Minn
Ashland
Greenwood
Loyal
Chi' and
Nne
Milwiuckee
Nekoosa
Grand Ravida
Nekooux
Chia Mil
Claire
Mal
Poise and posture lessons urged for children at Jevat
The guidance says a mother should teach children to stand, walk, and move with correct balance. It notes that many start with weight on the heels, a habit that becomes apparent in adults on the streets. Observers see this tendency in both young and older people as they carry themselves.
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Enrs Tren
Seventy-seven Cold Remedy Promoted for Early Coughs
A historic ad touts Humphreys Seventh-Seven as a preventive for colds and grip. It claims early use halts coughing and weakness, restores circulation, and dissolves stubborn colds. Portable pocket size advertised at 25 cents.
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Humphreys
Belief in witches echoed by Thomas Browne
The author of Religio Medica, Thomas Browne, asserted he has always believed in witches and that those who doubt them deny not only witches but spirits, implying atheistic consequences for skepticism.
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Strhomas Browne
Preventives Candy Cold Cure Tablets Promised Safe Relief
Threatening feverishness with children is calmed by Preventies. These candy cold cure tablets should always be at hand for promptness. Preventives contain quinine, nothing harsh for sickening. Carried in pocket or purse, Preventics are a safeguard against colds. 23e, sold by Sexton Bros.
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Sexton Bros
Distant Relative Quip From Elmer With Opera Glasses
At distance, Elmer played with his mother's opera glasses and cried out to his mother that she looked like a distant relative through the big end. The playful scene was recounted by the Chicago News.
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Small Elmer
Jack
Chicago News
Health and happiness the greatest gift to share
An old advertisement urges giving ollister's Rocky Mountain Tea to unhealthy friends as nature's iron remedy. It promises to drive out disease and restore health and happiness, with Sexton Bros as the sellers.
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Ollister
Sexton Bros
Some Men and a Call for Rocky Mountain Tea
Dishonest habits noted as a triumph for cheaters. Winter dread and constipation praised as solved by Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea. Sexton Bros and Palace Meat Co. call for dressed pork and poultry at top prices. Catholics in Germany rise from 6 million in 1800 to 22 million in 1910. Rosary Magazine.
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Palace Meat Co
Wm. Wenzel
Mer
Germany
German Empire
City Population Through the Ages in the United States
The text traces urban share of the U S population from 1780 to 1880 showing declines then steady growth. It notes 1780 one thirtieth in cities and towns over 8100 inhabitants, 1800 one twenty fourth, 1840 one twelfth, 1850 one eighth, 1860 one sixth, 1870 one fifth, 1880 one fourth, and asserts today over one third live in urban areas with a steady climb.
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United States
Angele
Dr Shoop Restorative Aims at Failing Nerves
A vintage medical advertisement asserts sickness stems from hidden nerves that control stomach, heart, and kidneys. It credits Dr Shoop and claims Restorative targets these nerves rather than merely toning organs. A five to ten day trial is urged, with Sexton Bros selling the remedy.
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Dr. Shoop
Shoep
Shoop
Sexton Bras
Secret told warned not to tell again
A fragment remarks on a secret shared among three speakers. One person warns another not to relay the secret, while a third is involved in the confusion. The tone resembles a chatty overheard exchange in a Boston Transcript style.
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Boston Transcript
Dr Shoop's Cough Remedy Offered as Safe Choice
A local pharmacy advertises Dr Shoop's Cough Remedy as a safe home option with no opium or stupefying ingredients. The product is described as using leaves of a mountain shrub and is promoted as a trustworthy prescription available through Sexton Bros.
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Dr. Shoop
Jess
Jung
Over-Modest Lover Admits Engagement Breakoff
A modest suitor confesses he will end the engagement after long reflection. He says a woman capable of loving an idiot like him must lack taste and intelligence. The admission signals the dissolution of a planned marriage and reflects his self- critical view.
Dr Shoop's Hesten Coffee Substit ute for Real Coffee
Advertises Dr Shoop's Health Coffee as a cheap substitute made from roasted grains malt and nuts. Claims 25 cent pound package yields 100 cups and requires only 2 to 30 minutes to prepare. Sold by Rose Bros with note there is not a grain of real coffee.
Knoxville hunter seriously injures self in Missouri incident
Seriously injured man Edward Sweeney of Knoxville Tennessee was hunting near Switzler when he accidentally shot himself in the right lobby bykyemmwyandroll. The Columbia University Missourian reports the incident occurred this morning and authorities are investigating.
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Switzler
Edward Sweeney
Knoxville
Tenn
Columbia University Missourian
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