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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1906
Page
11
San Francisco eyes federal backing to fund rebuilding after the quake. James N. Phelan heads a finance plan urging low interest credit secured by city improvements. Officials foresee a fifty year mortgage and government endorsement to access world markets for funds. Debris clearing and street reconstruction gather pace as workers prepare plans for streets, boulevards, and renewed industry.
Phelan outlines a plan to issue four city bonds endorsed by the United States Government. At a meeting including James C. Chelan and several lawyers and bankers, the financing scheme is discussed and hoped to gain general committee support. The city faces a flood of losses and a lack of funds to rebuild San Francisco, with conventional borrowing risking high interest and heavier taxes.
A San Francisco fire’s devastation is estimated at about ten thousand acres with 150000 displaced yet remaining homes. The report notes 700 to 1000 expected deaths and lists major factories yards and districts spared or lost. May Day in Paris shows armed police action as printers clash with authorities. In Russia, elections favor the Constitutional Democrats across provincial and municipal conventions.
United States runners Pilgrim Lightbody Friend Leavitt and Bonhar led a day of remarkable success at Athena Athens May 1. The U S team is regarded as perhaps the best all round combination in the world at this event.
A Boston trained nurse with thirty years experience endorses Vinci cod liver oil after severe illness. She reports restored appetite sleep and strength and urges patients to use Vinci over traditional tonics. Local druggists Sexton Brothers offer a money back guarantee if it fails.
A jumble of bids is requested by the Marshfield city clerk for lumber supplies with varied lengths grades and durations and for city printing of ordinances resolutions and council items. The notices specify bid deadlines May 12 1906 and May 15 1900 with right to reject all bids and separate awards for each spec. Also included are drug advertisement notices and a reward notice for catarrh cure with testimonials and wholesale druggists endorsing Hall's Catarrh Cure.
Post office records up to May 1 1906 show unclaimed letters for Elmore Dean Chas Ecker Jennie Johnson Thersia Multra Geo Packard and others. Addressees or guardians are asked to say advertised when calling for these letters. Joan F. Coxe P. M.
Advertises LAX-ET candy as a pleasant surprise for those unsatisfied with other laxatives or who have built up tolerance. Claims no pain or discomfort even in severe cases and notes price at 5 cents, sold by R. J. Strauss.
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