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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1898
Page
15
A vintage observant piece advocates Japanese lifestyles as a model of calm, simple living. It extols minimal furnishings, shoe removal to curb dust, and cost effective housekeeping, urging teachers of cooking to seek efficiency over new recipes to ease home labor.
The Advocate of Rats recounts Chasseneuz defending rats asked to appear before a bishop’s court. He urged reading summons in every parish and argued against trying the entire multitude at once. The tale notes delays were forced by dangerous roads and rat sentries, ending with a dramatic appeal for individual trials.
A young man, exhausted after six days of toil, returns home Sunday night and laments the need for rest. He had taken a short afternoon sail, faced empty winds, and pedaled long distances by bicycle to reach home before relatives gather for Sunday socializing. The piece muses on whether work is rest, noting only a few believe in this counterintuitive theory.
British detachments guard fortified posts as tribesmen from the Afridis and Crakzais threaten raids. Garrisons retreat to safety amid rising strength of hostile bands. Peshawar remains fortified. Ameers strain amid uprising rumors as British plan potential punitive actions and corridor access for troops through the 600 mile Punjab Afghanistan frontier.
The readable fragments discuss harm to innocents amid a broader crisis, noting a fourth of downed men dying due to rigdeone and climate-related effects. Names and clear events are obscured, yielding a partial, uncertain picture of casualties and societal strain.
The Philadelphia Press notes the Archbishop of Canterbury desires to ride a bicycle and keep passions calm to strengthen Christianity, facing potential punctures or falls along the way.
The Afridis hold the Khyber passes and threaten to close the route to Kohat. The rugged passes are narrow deep canyons in the Magurmins range facing the Purniad region near Afghanistan, restricting movement and heightening border tensions.
The readable lines mix names and phrases with no clear event or context. It mentions Walsh and various nonspecific groups, asking disjoint questions and offering no coherent report or identifiable outcome.
A Macomb Iowa alderman Laula W Camp reports gaining 22 pounds in five weeks, claiming William’s Pink Pills for Male People cured a stomach ailment. The affidavit and physician’s certificate back Camp’s improved health, though the notice includes unrelated notices about soap, seeds, and a Siamese expedition.
Fragmentary items report talk of a baldness cure and medical claims. The note mentions John F. Farrell’s death at Terre Haute and references individuals tied to railways and towns, with unclear dates and locations, reflecting a miscued wartime bulletin.
An outbreak linked to yellow fever causes injuries seen in People Who are injured by the use of vultey. A new grain product replaces corn in grocery stores, selling at about 25e per package. Ostrich thrive on arid alfalfa in Arizona.
Prominent claims tout a local application as ineffective against catarrh and a system cure via internal measures. The ad cites testimonials and names Dr. J. Curn, sale through Hidl’s Pills, and references to other remedies. Also mentions floods on Grand and Thames rivers in Ontario and a Paris birth date in 1940.
The article discusses Suecessful Seed Growers and an “enormous” potato variety touted by James 1M Gregory & Son, with Mr d. J. A. Gregory credited for careful supervision. It notes extensive seed-house activity over 43 years, a policy against pests, and the stock catalog highlighting numerous varieties and their potential, urging cautious consideration by purchasers.
A German captain of customs guards and a subordinate were forced to withdraw by French workers. Disjointed items mention imitations of Walter Baker products, a market sting, a bicycle firm, and a bank robbery in Braceville Illinois. John E. Kirk dies in Gridley California at 48.
The notice describes Allen's Footelase a powder to shake into shoes. It mentions effects on sore feet and describes a sample set. The text also notes Russia withdrawing advisers to the Coresa government at Corea's request.
Fragmentary OCR style item mentions cough and consumption with stray phrases about a speaker and a Republican convention. Reads like garbled notes from a political medical column with unclear names or dates. No coherent events or identifiable entities to lock onto.
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