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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1908
Page
9
A blend of satirical jokes and short notices contrasts bacteria lore about milk with punchlines on automobiles and social quips. It includes light burlesque exchanges about manners, prices, and a waiter’s misreads, reflecting early 20th century humor and public notices.
A collage of quotes and snippets from various 19th century sources. The item mentions a desire to stage a La Jome dance, notes on decency, a Robinson Crusoe joke, and a Parisian traveler exchange with Puck and Chicago Record-Herald style banter. Includes a college girl dime debt joke.
A Detroit Free Press item recounts a humorous scene where a politician kisses six children and asks the mother to deliver his card to her husband for a vote, only to learn he is deceased. The quips from Puck echo witty social satire about romance and politics.
The Chicago Journal presents a light column exploring humor mechanics and social reactions, noting how perception of jokes reveals cultural sensibilities. It references ongoing city life, timing, and the mood of readers engaging with witty commentary.
Directions for preserving citron using modern and old fashioned methods. Includes steps for citron, lemon, ginger, raisins, and green color from perch leaves. Also covers apple mince meat preparation, a Dainty Pudding recipe, Barbecued Ham with vinegar and mustard, and tips for boiled puddings. Details on quantities, substitutions, and cooking times appear throughout.
Guidance on storing jellies in a cool dark place. If no dry cedar or dark closet, line shelves of a cool closet with black cotton and hang a curtain of fusible fabric over the fruit.
Savory rice dish described by vintage instructions uses half a pound of rice with tender bee pulp from two or three tomatoes, a little butter, grated cheese on top, and pepper and salt to taste.
Mia Enos Sheard of Lew and Washington Streets Centralia recalls years of weakness swelling and insomnia. Three doctors said there was no cure and she was given up to die before using Deans Kidney Pills. After use she recovered and left bed within weeks. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
In a breezy family scene Susie asks about the newborn, Mike confirms the baby looks well, and Sammy jokes it seems the latest thing in babies as Mana beams with pride, delighted by the arrival. The everyday moment captures home happiness and curiosity.
The increasing use of whiskey for rheumatism sparks discussion in medical circles. A suggested formula mixes whiskey with Toris Compound and Syrup Sarsaparilla Compound, dosed before meals and at night, with Toris Compound sold by Globe Pharmaceutical Co. Chicago. Also an anecdote notes a wife’s floor seating post-dinner routine to keep her husband home, hinting at method in her madness.
An old advertisement touts a remedy for deafness caused by catarrh, claiming inflamed Eustachian tubes impair hearing. It offers 600 dollars for a proven cure and urges readers to request a circular from Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio.
An advertisement extols Syrup of Fire and Elixir of Senna as a reliable laxative that cleanses and relieves internal organs without debility or dose increases. It asserts physician approval, warns against non genuine products, and promotes California Fig Syrup Co. as the only genuine manufacturer sold by leading druggists.
A grainy fragment notes a man ruined by a whispered claim of temperament. It compares his decline to a fallen livelihood and cites a Lewin Single Binder Cigar dealer in Lewis Factory Preoris, Il, with a stray remark about New Orleans being the nation’s second largest city by area.
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