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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1912
Page
5
From The Times files 1883 Marshfield news reports a busy week with a tax fair netting 556.65 dollars, local political chatter on city offices and mayors, a magnetic meteor tale, fires and dragnet arrests, a marine of city events, and a comic witness exchange at court. The piece notes crowded work for doctors and lawyers, possible future growth, and civic concerns as residents debate protection against fire and upcoming elections.
An old style plea promotes gifting a year subscription to The Youth's Companion with a window calendar offer for 1923. The text blends subscription info, gift benefits, and a sales pitch, alongside an unrelated advert for Hall's Catarrh Cure offering a money back promise and drugstore sales.
A detailed description of a large sectional picture exhibit by the Chicago and North Western Railway. The multi state display shows the railway’s Chicago terminal, a two hundred foot main line, and miniature scenes of agriculture, industry, and transportation across nine states. It is mounted on movable trestles and can be assembled or disassembled quickly for exhibitions in Chicago and nine state regions covering Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, the Dakotas, Michigan, and Nebraska.
The Christian Citizen argues that every Christian must embrace social leadership beyond private virtue. It urges baptism into a new sociology, aligning faith with modern reforms and movements, and warns against a sociology that ignores the soul. The piece questions goals of materialism and stresses guiding light for a just civilization.
Zemo from EB. W. Rose Medicine Co. claims to clear skin issues such as pimples, eczema, rashes, dandruff, itch, liver spots, and rheum with a simple skin sink in action. Sold widely for $1 per large bottle, with a guaranteed trial bottle of 25 cents from RJ Strauss’s Drug Store.
Sexton Brothers advertise in town with an ironclad guarantee for D D D Prescription skin remedy. They urge customers with eczema psoriasis or tetter to try a bottle, promising immediate relief and lasting cure, backed by the manufacturer and shop staff. They claim the remedy, made by P D B D Laboratories of Chicago, uses thymol glycerine and wintergreen and offers a 30 day guarantee if not effective.
Madison bureau reports corn shredders cause more end limb injuries than powder mill or boiler explosions. Bulletin 5A by the Industrial Commission reviews 1911 accidents, prevention tips, guarding methods, and urges owners of pre law shredders to upgrade safety. Copies available on request.
Washington reports rising American consumption of alcohol and tobacco. From July 1 to Oct 1, 1912, Americans smoked over 3.5 billion cigarettes, a one third rise from the prior year. Whiskey intake reached 33.15 million gallons, up 45,000 from the prior year quarter, with nearly 1.95 billion cigars and 19.805 million beer barrels consumed, 320,000 more than 1911.
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