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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1907
Page
9
In Middletown New York a newlywed couple become the center of a comic scare. The nervous wife, wearing her husband clothing to deter a presumed intruder, mistakes a real burglar for her husband and causes a chaotic scene. The husband bursts in to defend her and both reveal their fears. Names are withheld.
Three New York officers from the steamship Bradford faced a perilous scramble while turtle hunting near Montego Bay Jamaica. A rope entangled around a turtle, pulling them into mud as they tried to free themselves. Captain Meinheit cut the line then swam ahead to free the others, later rescuing six giant turtles weighing about 1,400 pounds in total. At 20 cents a pound, the crew stood to gain a tidy sum for the catch.
London society women favor toads as decorative pets with hundreds bought recently. Dealers note many are imported from abroad, especially Italy, with toads prized for their russet markings and trainability. While popular, snakes and lemurs also attract attention among fashionable pets.
A Balmore American brief notes a witty exchange about a girl described as a model not of virtue but of a cloak manufactory, reflecting local humor and social chatter.
In Chicago Duly News Edyth Say comments on young Poppen calling him a corker while Mayme counters that he is an uncorker. The exchange suggests playful banter over the nickname and persona of the rising figure.
St Paul April 24 1907 Word has arrived that seeding has begun across Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta after a harsh winter. Ground is in great shape for sowing with mild weather leaching frost. Farmers expect large crops of spring wheat oats and barley. Newcomers unload stock and set up farms as they race to make 1907 a banner year in Western Canada.
Reynolds hopes to mend a mishap with a rich gesture but the poor family declines the money saying legal counsel should handle it. The tale ends with a curious remark about the family’s gratitude and a quip on the lawyer Bir.
Mrs Hwin Williams, English army leader, spoke in New York at 4 dance about riding astride becoming popular among English equestriennes. She warned many young women dress like men with hunting coats riding breeches and top boots, a costume both handsome and attention grabbing. A London tale mentions an English girl riding astride asking an artisan if this is the way to Wareham. he bowed and replied yes you have them on right.
A reader recounts relief from long standing coffee related ailments after replacing coffee with Postum Food Coffee. She cites improved digestion, heart, stomach, asthma and chronic dyspepsia, noting friends and a state president of the W C T U also benefited. She endorses Postum as a wholesome alternative and urges readers to try it, hinting at The Road to Wellville.
A Iowa City family reports eczema on the wife’s face clearing for four years after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. The husband praises renewed hair growth from Cuticura, and they claim the remedies helped a baby’s heat and skin issues as well.
An old advertisement promises a $100 reward for a cure to a digestive ailment. It markets a proprietary remedy claiming to restore strength and health, listing a physician or caregiver and a drugstore in Tulsa for constipation and similar conditions.
Relief centers employ 3,000 men to combat famine in China as the English American relief fund totOS $250,000. An advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Tase as a cure for hot or swollen feet and other foot ailments amid a mix of promotional and typographically garbled text.
A garbled mix of patent medicine pitches and product slogans appears, touting Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup, Putnam dyes, a fly killer, Garfield Tea, and various cough and laxative cures. The text also includes a xenophobic remark about Japanese workers and a grim quip about neighbors after an undertaker.
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