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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1910
Page
4
A miscellany of quips on daily life and industry from The Marshfield Times. Topics include tobacco, coal, cement, bananas, telephones, and a humorous look at rural and urban life. Notes on New York coal prospects, banana trade, and imperial debt relief hint at broader economic currents of 1910.
William Douglass of Eustis pursued a record 18 day moose hunt in Maine. He tracked a monster bull for 12 cold nights and 18 days, finally killing it with a precise shot after exhausting his last cartridge. The 1225 pound animal ranks among Maine’s largest moose on record.
A London manor tale recalls a phantom coach foretelling a death in the family. The 1864 Sea Flower ship legend follows a captain’s ghost aboard and a mysterious death ashore. Greek health efforts curb malaria and tuberculosis. Athens to host a tuberculosis congress with physicians and mayors invited.
New York club women debated a resolution about the woman’s page focusing on fashion and complexion care. They differed when discussed and it hints at many readers seeking more information through personal letters to editors to learn how to improve their appearance.
From the New York Graphic a beauty expert endorses a dry shampoo recipe mixing four ounces of orris root with four ounces thorox, brushing through hair weekly to keep hair light, fluffy, lustrous and promote growth. The passage also includes mixed humorous vignettes from Success Magazine and a rustic family anecdote about pantry loss and a burned wardrobe.
A Paris dispatch notes a fashionable restaurant tableau with an old lady, a middle aged man, and young women of the “secret” age at a table. A man orders milk for his mother beer for himself and absinthe for his daughter, illustrating contemporary social mores.
A Wisconsin mother cites relief from headaches and irritability after switching from coffee to Postum. She notes her husband and daughter also improved, with better health and less bilious attacks, arguing that coffee harms mood and family harmony.
Geo H Sue of Omaha announces a corn tester that enables on site testing of seed corn. Offered in 200 car and 10Gerar sizes with prices $3.50 and $5.00 respectively. Write for circulars to compare costs before purchasing testers.
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