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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1908
Page
9
A humorous fragment shows a jesting wag guiding a man to a hardware shop for “geegsood ttn tt-s-tacks” and then testing the shop’s wares with stammering questions. The scene ends with the man puzzled by the gag and a flurry of unrelated light verse and cartoonish dialogue from period papers.
A garbled collage of jokes and quips from Life, Home Talk and New York Weekly features a pig market mishap, a child misplacing geography, and humorous exchanges about bathing suits and mistaken rescuers. The snippets showcase light humor and old newspaper whimsy with mischief in language and misread certificates.
A husband laments many garments need mending while his wife asks for her mother’s help. The mother is described as a superb sewer who can stitch buttons. The piece reflects domestic roles and household duties in a 19th century New York weekly item.
Clarence recounts how his father Reginald funded college after a threat to stay home and help run the business. The decision shifted to college as the cheaper option, allowing education over work at the family enterprise.
A witty exchange on cook books in which a bookseller notes high sales to husbands, not wives, with Marvin's vast yet humorous insight into women. The dialogue highlights gendered purchasing during a lively newspaper quip.
In Boston a man requests eliminating the courtesy closing Yours truly from all correspondence, arguing superfluous phrases clutter communication. The whim reflects a broader habit of trimming polite forms in pursuit of blunt efficiency.
A fragmentary dialogue features a child asking why she stays muddy after drinking while the mother and judge respond, reflecting a courtroom or domestic scene with a dust metaphor and a parental inquiry. The lines show a simple exchange about cleanliness and identity.
A survey of continental salad ideas and kitchen tips. Italian chicken salad uses minced white meat with vegetables then oil and vinegar dressing poured over the tossed ingredients. German salads feature kartoffelsalat and herring salad with oil vinegar dressings and additions like gherkins olives and capers. Dutch lobster and cheese salad combines lettuce with lobster and grated cheese. Also notes on sulphur preserves for fruit, poached eggs with macaroni, lemon pie, Nothing Fussy pudding, vinegar in frosting, and an oyster cocktail sauce with a furniture duster tip.
Five years of severe kidney trouble left Nat Anderson of Greenwood near incapacitation. After repeated treatments failed, he credits Dean's Kidney Pills with restoring strength and curing his kidney issues. Sold by all dealers at 50 cents a box from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY. Also notes unusually severe drought in Lake Champlain with boats limited by low water and dry streams affecting agriculture and river beds.
An old advertisement touts a “Cavarrh Cure” as a universal remedy. It promises a $100 reward if it fails to cure catarrh, declaring the cure constitutional and effective by cleansing blood and mucous surfaces. It urges readers to request testimonials from F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio and notes the product is sold by druggists for 78 cents.
A fragmented editorial note argues that civilized society can harbor cannibals, claiming New York hosts more cannibals than Pacific islands and warning that reliance on such support could empty cities. It references Henry Ward Beecher and includes miscellaneous ad-like lines about medicines and products.
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