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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1916
Page
2
A collage of old notices and ads includes an apocryphal Catarrh Cure claim from Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio offering a 500 dollar refund, diverse farm and machinery for sale around Grand Rapids Wisconsin, dairy stock listings for Linda Vista and May Rose herds, mortgage buying, fresh milch cow wanted, church services notices, Triumph Pills marketing, and a general small ads page with varied items and contacts.
A June Woman's Home Companion essay condemns wives who pad bills and conspire with dressmakers to fund spending. It contrasts country wives unable to secure basics like running water or modern kitchens and lacking appliances, noting they lack even household funds for essentials.
Fragmentary OCR lists prices and weights for hay, potatoes, butter, boots, seeds, and livestock terms. Key figures include Timothy hay at 22.00, and various undefined weights and per unit prices. The text is garbled and references farm commodities without complete context.
Sparr Cereal Company releases a price list for flour feed and grain items. The document lists items such as wheat, oats, barley, rye, corn, feed, bran, red dog, hominy, best flour, middlings, oil meal, pig feed, and ground cow feed with bulk per ton or per bushel prices. Names and prices are present but OCR quality is inconsistent and some figures are unclear.
In Brooklyn a marine recruit was admonished for carrying a contraband umbrella during a rainstorm. Older marines confiscated the umbrella and lectured him on military proprieties. There is no regulation against umbrellas, but an unwritten Marine Corps rule brands the item as feminine finery and taboo among veterans.
Ernst G. Theohalis of the First National Bank in Oconomowoc and John Dietz and Charles Prot, cashiers, were arrested by federal officers in Milwaukee on charges of misappropriating about 10,000 dollars of bank funds. The denial cites Gov sy that any divorce filing could affect a pension. Nettie A. Aker of Indianapolis is involved in a separate probate matter in Portage county.
Monthly statement showing balances on hand at April 1 and a list of disbursements including tuition to multiple towns Kemp Sherman Rock, county school tax, damages to board, and numerous suppliers and labor charges. Names include Upham Meg Co Carver Hag Wegener W F Malo Normington Bros Md Hdwe & Auto Co Ketel Mog Co Flanagan Co etc. Total listed as 24 100.37 with various credits and payroll entries.
An ad touts Humphreys Homeopathic Medicines revised manual celebrating sixty years. It lists remedies for fever, grippe, asthma, kidney decay, piles, throat, urinary incontinence, nervous debility, and more. The advert claims availability through druggists and postal receipt pricing.
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