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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1894
Page
7
Knowledge advert promotes a laxative syrup claiming comfort, improved well being, and relief from constipation. It touts taste, cleansing action, and cold and fever relief, listing the California Pig Syrup Co. as manufacturer and urging purchases from druggists at 1 dollar per bottle.
Dun and Bradstreet report commodity prices at their lowest on record with declines in wheat pork and tin shown. March data indicate broad weakness across textiles iron steel and staple foods while retail demand remains limited and shipments lag. Chicago notes a strong week for iron and steel but overall trade shows reduced activity and prices decline year over year.
The article recounts a $200000 shortage in Joan YX MekKane's accounts and a missing near $100000 of Gravesend bonds entrusted to him to pay contractors and creditors. It details alleged use of town funds for political and personal expenses, his contempt trial, large expenditures to counsel, and accusations of steering indictments, with notes on Sing Sing confinement and possible private lawsuits against the Mekane estate.
Washington reports show March sessions where the Senate moved to investigate alleged dealings and heard Peffer's tariff plan. The House debated sundry civil, mining and land bills while voting on measures tied to Canada trade and gold and silver lodes.
A dog owned by M Durov, praised by the Paris Academy of Sciences for hypnotism research, reportedly performed complex tasks under trance. Tests involved audience members, items on a door, and arranging papers and cubes in sequence, with the animal seemingly following instructions without human prompting.
A New York Press verse recalls a naïve bluebird that flies from the southland to the bright north in February and sings of spring, only to be silenced by a blizzard.
A spoof of public notices and letters praising patent remedies and tax topics. Names like Br Pierce D Crown and Mir GQ Be suggest period advertisement style. Denton Texas mentions Bt Jeants Ol as a sprain remedy and toothache relief with frost bite notes.
Extracted steps describe preparing an eggplant dish by boiling mashing the pulp, mixing with onion parsley salt pepper butter and egg yolks, then stuffing the shells and baking until done. The archaic spelling and wording evoke a historical kitchen note with practical directions.
Fragmentary text extols the West as a land of wealth and progress but warns of malaria and exposure. It recommends Higstetter's Stomach Wielder Bitters as a universal remedy for fatigue, nervousness, constipation, rheumatism, and loss of strength among travelers and workers in malarial regions.
A local shop shows artistic uses for paper with pretty crinkled displays. W H Hoskins at 815 Chestnut Street features lamp shades, photo frames, jewelry boxes, and other delicate trifles, offering both beauty and education in paper craft.
A vague promotional note claims John A. Sarzar Seed Co of LaCrosse Wisconsin and Montana grower Frank Winter report yields of Great Northern Seeds. One bushel of seed tilled and irrigated allegedly yields 300 bushels. A sample package and seed catalogue are offered in exchange for postage.
Wash cabbage free of stem cut into quarters boil until tender set aside until cold chop fine stir in butter pepper salt two eggs and cream or milk beat well bake in a pattered dish until brown serve hot avoid burning or scorching
A garbled collage of 19th century ad blurbs and local notices mentions Shilohs Consumption Cure and other patent medicines with prices, alongside scattered items about English baseball, a pastor defending charges, and a suggestion to read the paper for business opportunities. Police concerns, a jail attack fear, and a dental department class graduation are loosely referenced amid stray names and places.
Jamestown Alert reports J W Richter of Cheyenne in Stutsman County plans to convert 700 acres prepared for wheat to flax this season. He will sow 20 quarts of seed per acre using press drills and a press drill to plant while using a clover thresher to reduce waste. Flax ripens in about nine weeks and could be harvested and threshed before wheat if weather cooperates, potentially riding current flax prices higher.
A fragmented verse features Aunt Jemima in Sunday attire viewing a rubber garden-rose on a fence. The quirky text, with garbled lines, hints at playful rural imagery and muddled dialogue about dust, wet ankles, and a posy-bed.
Tupdga Horatio M. Vandeveer died at Taylorville, Al, after a career filling numerous public offices. He was reported a willonaire.
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a universal remedy for catarrh, claiming it cures a constitutional disease by internal use. The makers pledge $100 to anyone not cured, inviting readers to request testimonials and toutting Toledo based Cheney & Co as distributors. In other news, an anarchist who used a bomb to target a church in Paris was killed by the authorities.
The report notes Gov Waite ordering troops to dislodge pollos and restore order. Denver remains in a state of armed peace as officials seek stability amid tension. The fragment references remedies and a product called Brown's but lacks full context.
Readers are told Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription and Golden Medical Discovery remove symptoms caused by womb disorders rather than treating separate diseases. Testimonials from Ida Coventry of Huntsville Ohio and others claim relief from weakness, back pain, and debility, praising the medicines for restoring health during childbirth and beyond.
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