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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1897
Page
3
An advertisement extols Kickapoo Indian medicines to combat exposure illness from severe weather. It claims remedies cleanse the blood, strengthen liver and kidneys, and prevent hot or cold related ailments. The copy touts Sagwas and Oi tonics, asserts safe, affordable cures, and urges early use for lifelong health.
A fragmentary literary piece mocks arrogance and fate, contrasting mood and ambition. It invokes dismissive lines toward a person’s excesses and reflects on love, luck, and the wheel of life through a sequence of terse, reflective notes. The tone resembles a late 19th or early 20th century introspective lyric.
A collage of humorous lines from various papers features exchanges about biting threads, theater sticks for pretend strolling, and fashion inquiries. Highlights include Ethel retorting on eyelid biting, a theater manager’s joke about golf sticks, and a fashion editor stumped by a woman asking the right dress for carrying bouquets to a condemned guard.
A Dundee News item recounts a railway carriage encounter on an Edinburgh bound train. An elderly Peebles worthy and an English woman exchange awkward phrases as rain delays the train. The man tries to pay late but air of embarrassment remains.
A poet objects that a recent composition was distorted by the compositor. The editor responds that the compositor has vast experience with poetry and that criticizing is unfitting from a novice, noting the craft spans many seasons and styles.
Two Irishmen known as friends pass each other without greeting on the street. Mulcahy explains the coolness is insurance of their friendship. Both men admit they are quick tempered and vow not to speak to each other to avoid a quarrel.
A landman tourist or commercial traveler rushes across a tempest, aided by Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. Four thousand yacht lovers and businessmen know this, while a fire in Pittsburgh kills a fireman and causes three million dollars in property loss.
A correspondent recalls a twenty year struggle with drunkenness and describes Antidag as a miraculous remedy promoted by The Reine Chemical Co. The author claims a wife’s unknowing aid transformed him from a worthless felon to a respected citizen and notes availability in plain wrappers for one dollar. The piece also oddly mentions an eclipse of the moon in 1897.
A four color ornamental brochure from a large Chicago wholesale cleaner is offered for free by Kobo Bros in Chicago. The item titled From Fold to Solons invites readers to request a copy. A seven inch tarantula was recently killed at National City Cal.
A learned professor in Edinburg on a wet Sunday hires a cap to go to church. At the door he questions paying two shillings, and the cabman replies that they wish to discourage traveling on the Sabbath as much as possible.
The passage extols St Jacobs Oil as a great remedy, claiming it cures pain swiftly and worthily. It argues delay worsens suffering and asserts the oil saves money by ending long aches, promising rapid relief within twenty four hours for a large army of disciplined men.
A 19th century style ad extols Grain-G breakfast cereal as rich in color and nourishing, likening its desiccated corn base to a superior grain mix. It markets multiple sizes at one price, urging readers to ask grocers for packages priced at low per cup rates.
A garbled note claims Denmark’s national flag dates from 1219. Also mentioned are Parlor names like Adolph Meyer and J. G. Thompson with vague positions. no clear events or dates. The passage includes scattered names and terms with no cohesive report.
The Winchester Hepenting Aras Co of New Haven promotes its gas and ammunition quality, claiming great care to deliver perfect goods. The firm states every cartridge load is tested before market release and offers a free 186 page catalogue upon request.
An old newspaper fragment advertises Grain-O as a coffee substitute at 15¢ per package, claiming it tastes like rich Mocha and Java yet is made from pure grains. The rest is a garbled news roundup mentioning British imports, arbitration with Great Britain, a warehouse fire in Minneapolis, and a death by suicide among a business figure.
An unclear report notes Chicago Mayor Harrison described two Republican civil service commission members. It mentions John Waterman, a longtime Danville resident, who died by his own hand while insane.
An 1900s testimonial promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Broad Purifier as cures for womb displacement and related symptoms. The letter claims dramatic recoveries after doctors failed, urging readers to write to Mrs. Pinkham for free advice.
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