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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1908
Page
9
A 19th century report outlines radium production from pitchblend residues at a large factory. It explains costly, lengthy treatments, from gross processing in wooden and iron tanks to fractional crystallization yielding tiny but highly active radium bromide. The process also highlights a specialized laboratory for analyses and emanation measurements.
Washington reports the rapid rise of Drig-Gan Thomas H. Bang, recently named major general, succeeding retired Geo. O. B. Hall. Born October 1865 in New York, he graduated from the Military Academy in 1877 and has served in cavalry, infantry, and the adjutant general's department. He held brigadier general in the regular army since 1903 and commands the Cuban pacification force, with retirement unlikely before 1919.
John R. Wise, longtime Washington resident, is appointed by Secretary Garfield as superintendent of the United States Indian school at Chilocco Oklahoma. Wise, UW graduate, served in government and Indian Affairs offices before taking charge of the Indian congress in 1898.
A Country Life in America essay argues Americans fail to value gardens, blaming low pay for landscape talent and cheapness with nurserymen. It notes wealthy men should invest in outdoor living like yachts and houses, citing a $7000 Pittsburgh garden for illustration. Also, Mrs. W. S. Penhody of Colorado honored for promoting Mesa Verde relics preservation.
The Housekeeper offers two sweetbreads recipes steamed white and brown. First uses veal broth mace white pepper salt and a splash of cream with eggs, butter and flour. second braises sweetbreads in brown sauce with tomatoes, finishing with pressed cuts and garnishes of ham and parsley.
A collection of home remedies and cleaning tips covering ink removal from cloth, safe washing of delicate items, oil spill extinguishing with flour or sand, insect deterrence with salt or alum, starch and starching notes, and hints on boiling clothes pegs, bran in cake tins, and repeated boiling for longevity.
A compact method for Italian cakes with butter sugar eggs and pastry flour beaten together. The batter is baked in a shallow tin for 10 to 16 minutes in a moderate oven, turned to cool and spread with strawberry or raspberry jam, then covered with firm chocolate icing and cut into varied shapes.
In a brisk DIY note, instructions describe making a rag carpet without sewing by weaving fabric strips through holes, then crochet a large tidy edge for a durable, washable piece. A separate recipe offers green pepper halves stuffed with grapefruit pulp celery apple and pecans, finished with mayonnaise dressing as a garnish.
A narrator describes a method for packing china and fragile figurines by wrapping each piece in paraffin paper and sinking it in a flour barrel. A Wedgewood china item and a piece of statuary survived intact, illustrating the technique’s potential effectiveness when the barrel is reasonably full of flour.
Instructions advise sprinkling a preparation called thenuine to deter moths from furniture without staining delicate colors and note the odor dissipates quickly. It also suggests burning a tablespoonful of gum camphor in a closet to treat clothing after moths are detected, with the room sealed and clothes left inside the fumes.
Instructions advise adding a handful of salt when burning vegetable refuse or rubbish in a stove or furnace to prevent unpleasant odors. The guidance notes this simple remedy aims to neutralize smells during burning.
An American magazine piece recalls a respectful father who taught his sons to honor the sources of wealth. He once praised a pork-packing fortune, noting how he and his children would halt, stand at attention, and remove hats when seeing hog drives on the road to acknowledge the origins of prosperity.
An 80 year old man describes a three year battle with hemorrhoids, bleeding and prolapse. He avoided surgery by using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills with a Cuticura Suppository Syringe, reporting improved health after a month of treatment and continued use over months, noting the cost and relief.
A jumble of captions and phrases appears, featuring memory jumbles about a caller who cannot recall the name, a moonlit road scene with talking animals, and assorted ads and quotes. The miscellany touches on Castoria, Rodin frescoes, Allen's Foot-Ease, Burns library noted, and various product pitches and aphorisms, all in a scattered 1920s newspaper style.
The advertisement argues Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna are preferred by the Well-Informed and urges buying the genuine product manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. It warns against imitations and notes the price at fifty cents per bottle.
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