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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1910
Page
4
A collage of humorous observations and short items from May, including quips about hookworms, auctions, and writing in New York, plus notes on booming topics such as fish weighing devices, a Chicago taxicab strike, royal curiosities, edible berries on roses, airship plans, and weather shift hopes. The column touches on politics, industry, and social scenes with brisk, dated tones and local color.
In Glenarm, writer Laurance Donovan uncovers threats linked to Mina Patricia Holbrook and her niece Helen. A web of deception involves Reginald Gillespie, an Italian boatmaker Hartridge, and a voiced appeal from Rosalind. Donovan races to Red Gate to confront danger and protect Helen.
A tense conversational scene unfolds at a dining table where Donovan and Gilespie discuss a proposed truce regarding a certain lady. Gilespie reminisces about travels and a boastful scholar, while the pair ponder Henry’s decline from drink and contemplation, predicting confinement in a brick building.
Narrator nears the canoe maker’s cottage after a rifle shot spooks his horse and doubts about Helen Holbrook flare. He reaches Red Gate, observes lanterns on the Tippecanoe, notes Holbrook and a stranger guiding a boat, and steps into the shop as lights reveal two men. TO BE CONTINUED.
The article describes the sickroom bugbear as monotony for patients and outlines nurse strategies to prevent boredom. Methods include re arranging furniture, refreshing decor, swapping magazines, and changing pictures to brighten the room and lift spirits.
A Denver veteran recalls severe kidney trouble after the Spanish American War. He stayed with doctors for months, worsened to incontinence and back pain, and credits Doan's Kidney Pills with quick improvement, noting the product offered by Foster Milburn Co. and sold everywhere for 3 cents a box.
In a brief exchange Edstor reveals the latest trouble is not death but the return of his old Jol in the department store. The line hints at a literary or surreal scenario with Edstor retelling a mislaid possession and its domestic setting.
An old advertisement touts Cuticura Soap and Ointment for skin care, promising clear skin and healthy scalp from birth and worldwide availability. The piece also recounts a humorous desert combat moment where a British gunner pleads he did not intend to damage government property after a rammer accident.
A chaotic scene emerges as a witch escapes a near miss with a joyriding pilot aboard an aeroplane. She laments the invasion of her field by men and declares the centuries of women’s monopoly on magic. The pilot is heard muttering a crude taunt as he passes.
A child quotes her mother rebuking a boy for making faces as she explains she merely noses up and acts indifferent. The exchange shows early social scripts for handling teasing with polite dismissal.
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