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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1917
Page
3
The Marshfield Ties states it will not knowingly print false or fraudulent ads and prints every advertisement with confidence in the advertiser. It asks readers to report any failure to honor representations and quotes Stephen Decatur on national conduct.
A wartime appeal urges every citizen to sacrifice by staying healthy and avoiding unnecessary illness to support soldiers and conserve medical resources. It stresses that sick civilians drain food, labor, and medical care, hindering national defense and wartime effort. It calls for individual responsibility and personal restraint for the common good.
Instruction urges trying a wide range of nourishing foods across regions to avoid food ruts and shortages. It notes overreliance on familiar staples causes price spikes when crops fail and points to underutilized starch sources like potatoes when scarce.
A historical guide urges using corn as a breadstuff when wheat is plentiful and cheap. It advises learning to cook staple foods in versatile ways, notes many prejudices against good foods stem from poor preparation, and encourages readers to try and enjoy simple, well prepared dishes.
Gardeners are advised to plant only well adapted vegetables for the area such as navy and butter beans, onions, carrots, peas, tomatoes, cabbage, beets and potatoes if space allows. Prepare soil thoroughly, avoid fertilizer on unplowed ground, use well rotted manure on previous plots, spade deep, harrow smooth, let soil settle after spading and rain, plant in well planned rows with proper spacing and plan for succession with early and late varieties.
A reflective verse praising the steady subscriber who pays in advance at the start of each year. The poem extols the reliable donor who sustains the office with cheerful, timely checks, likening their support to essential care for the publication. It emphasizes gratitude, heartbeat, and continued patronage as the backbone of the newsroom.
The state press notes a rise in marriage licenses after war declared and high prices, while some doubt enlistment motives. Editors urge citizens to support the nation's war effort through production and patriotism, contrasting home fronts with military duty. Various papers reflect on war realism, harvest notes, and medical advances amid conflict.
A compact set of wry maxims on money sense travel love and marriage notes. The passage riffs on human folly conscience and the pull of enthusiasm with a wry Cincinnati Times-Star tone.
A boy asks what a pacifist is and where they live, and a man explains they do not believe in being prepared for attack yet have police, locks, and bolts for protection. The ad at the end promotes Chamberlain's Liniment for rheumatism and notes it is widely available.
In Farm and Fireside a discussion warns readers about the common housefly. It lists where a fly is born and lives, the diseases it carries such as typhoid fever and cholera infantum, and how it contaminates food. The piece urges drastic control measures, urging destruction of filth and use of fly papers or kerosene to kill flies.
A letter recalls a cherished poem and a true friend of mine Abel a dog found during a blizzard. The account details a four footed companion rescued from hunger and cold, shared warmth and love, and the dog’s final days in hospital before burial. The writer muses on a future reunion on the other shore.
A playful query explores odd word forms like duchess and spook, moose and man der, cattle and battle, haywright, quailure, fitten, ritten, spend thrift and dunkard. It ends by asking if a Cork native would be a corker.
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