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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1896
Page
7
Mrs. Barris of Beaver Falls Pennsylvania narrates suffering from ulceration of the womb and hysteric symptoms. She credits Venable Compound and Sanative Wash plus Liver Pills for relief after four bottles, allowing her to resume work and life.
A crowded New York City elevated car incident centers on a man who lights four cigars, provoking grim stares and medical-grade discomfort among fellow riders. A bystander questions him, and the scene ends with the smoker accepting a offered cigar, lamenting lack of air on the farm.
Experiments at the American Wheelock anglee works in South Worcester describe an air motor intended for hackney carriages heavy wagons and private vehicles. A New York engineer leads the design with secrecy and limited staff observing tests on Park Avenue and in the yards. The Metropolit an traction company has no stake in the project though some stockholders show interest. Trials show initial success with speeds around 26 miles per hour and ongoing hopes for a simple durable economical carriage motor.
The article discusses a potential perfected meter to supersede horses for carriages in large cities. It notes backers planning a stock company to run motor cabs, with Worcester producing the first compressed air powered carriage and others using storage batteries or miniature engines for propulsion.
The article highlights new China ware and glassware items such as crinkled neveut pate cups, ruby glass centerpieces, Bohemian glass with gilt ornament, mint en ware, bullion cups, and a mammoth cigar jar. It notes ornate mounts, gilt adornments, and delicate claw supports, plus a shift toward lighter crystal and pale tinged glass.
A Pelham Pharmacy owner states No-To-Bac cures tobacco use after a customer letter from Olive of Pelui’s in Asheville endorses the product. The scene includes a police officer and townsfolk reading a guarantee booklet promising money back if not cured, with the Sterling Remedy Co. behind the claim.
A fragmentary period description outlines corduroy use in autumn and winter gowns. Dark green and gray shades with brown cloth trims are highlighted, along with tailored redingotes and cape collars. Mentions moss-green outfits and contrasting fabrics, plus a stray line about Duluth terminus and Gen Joseph Torrence’s death in Chicago.
Poem reflects on lost youth and fading beauty with lament for days past under a June sky. The speaker mourns youth as time passes, noting good fortune may come but cannot restore youth. The piece references fragrance charm and the lyric of last year's thread, concluding with a wistful sigh.
A jagged string of proverbs and aphorisms appears, including mispelled lines about wisdom from misfortune, foolishness, speaking well to bad men, tears drying faster than salt, and other scattered sayings. The text resembles a garbled historical snippet with many transcription errors and incomplete phrases.
A patchwork of verse comments the beauty of a country girl, then brief notes report Sir Isaac Pitman’s strength, Jay Gould’s market quip, Kansas normal school students, Missouri politics, a long church absentee, a threat to Leonard Courtney, London’s new lord mayor, a St Louis Republic claim on Bryan, Kaiser Wilhelm’s clothing taste, and John Hopkins resignations.
News from Pittsburg reports orders for immediate resumption of Painter & Sons Iron Mill and Jones & Laughlin Mill, with about 500 workers employed. Pennsylvania Railroad shops at Walls, Pa, shift to ten hours daily five days a week, paid by the hour. Poyer Higbee & Co plan to restart their glass plant Monday and Fairlins & Co orders to ready their factory for operation at once.
Rome November 4 Cardinal Satolli issued a covert statement denying Buffalo’s elevation to metropolitan see and Rochester Syracuse and Kimira as suffragans. He termed Bishop Kesne’s successor speculation premature and rejected reports of an extended apostolic delegate jurisdiction or Archbishop Macchinielli summoning a new Baltimore council.
A quirky exchange shows Mr Gotrox offering Johnny a choice between a gold dollar and a silver dollar, with Johnny preferring the gold. The scene hints at a playful or satirical tone and a portrait of a small interaction about money.
In a Philadelphia North American style note, the column jokes that the idea of two becoming one through marriage collapses in real life. The piece suggests that in supportive households a single idea quickly becomes two, undermining harmony.
A fraudulent health claim promises a $100 reward for proof of a universal cure Catarrh. The ad touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a proven remedy, claims to restore constitution and health, and urges readers to send testimonials to J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio.
The note urges cycling as a treatment for certain insanity forms and calls for a proper track to be laid out on asylum grounds. It also mentions engaging the right person to provide instruction and oversee the program.
A garbled mix of patent medicine pitches, health claims, and scattered notices. References to malaria prevention, childbirth tonics, and men’s health tonics populate the page alongside reports of a deadly gas explosion injuring four and a register’s death. Also mentions royal household retirements and a cholera of dubious tone.
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