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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1896
Page
14
Beaver Falls Pennsylvania woman reports severe hysterics and nervous symptoms easing after using Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound and the Vegetable Compound wash. She credits relief to the remedies and says they helped her perform nearly all her work and saved her life.
A New York Journal excerpt describes a ride on a Broadway smelting car where a traveler lights a cigar and proclaims its superiority, provoking reactions from fellow passengers. The scene captures local humor and social tension as others debate propriety, with a farmer observing the scene and offering tobacco to calm the crowd.
Experiments at the American Wheelock engine works in South Wor nesies reveal an air powered carriage capable of 25 miles per hour. The device, resembling a standard four wheeler, was shown on Park Avenue with President Hoadley and a select party aboard. Progress is closely held, with metropolitan traction interests distant from full involvement.
The article discusses potential impact of perfected motor carriages on urban transport and notes plans for a stock company to operate motor carriages in large cities. It mentions Worcester as the first to construct a motor carriage using compressed air as the motive force, with other designs relying on storage batteries or miniature engines.
The article outlines new novelty in china ware including crinkled pate cups modeled on Minton and in Primrose yellow, along with bohemian glassware featuring gilt ornamentation. It highlights centerpieces with raised silver stands and crystal balls, new dinner sets in green glass with gold relief, and a revival of Minton ware with bullion cups and pate cups. It notes a doveily mold jar with a damp sponge chamber and a hanging flower jardiniere for drawing rooms, plus light crystal patterns in gold and a trend toward Venetian and Behemton glass for wine.
A Pelham Pharmacy debate centers on No-To-Bac tobacco cessation, with a customer praising the remedy and others listening as Hawkins explains the product. The Sterling Remedy Co markets No-To-Bac in Chicago Montreal and New York with a money back guarantee and a free sample offer.
English corduroy to enter late autumn and winter day gowns with dark crocus and gray shades paired with brown cloth and black trim. A redingote over a corduroy skirt, cape collar and cuffs in corduroy, and a tan corduroy ensemble with a moss green accent feature in a blue cloth redingote.
A fragmented verse laments days gone by and the fading youth under a June sky. The speaker recalls the flaring cheeks and tremulous touches of youth, its fragrance and charm, contrasting with aging and nostalgia. Ernest McCann is noted.
Pittsburg on November 5 reports immediate resumption of Palater and Sons toa mill and Jones and Laughans mill, together employing about 500. Pennsylvania Railroad shops at Walls Pa notify a switch to ten hour days seven days a week for roughly six hundred workers paid by the hour. Boyer Higgins and Co plan to start their glass plant Monday and Phillips and Co ordered to ready their jewelry operation at once.
A fragmentary collection of aphorisms on wisdom from misfortune, greed, and social conduct. Phrases advise speaking to bad men, weathered by time, with a mix of proverbial humor and caution, including a note on neglecting sour grapes and resilience.
A mixed page of verse and short notes describes Phyllis as the pride of the countryside and envy of the town with praise for her beauty and grace. It also reports on various notable figures and political mentions, including Kansas state normal students, British leadership talk, and university faculty changes.
Cardinal Satolli said there is no foundation for making Buffalo a metropolitan see with jurisdiction over Rochester Syracuse and Elmira. He called premature any forecast of Bishop Keane’s successor and stressed no confirmed plan to extend the apostolic delegate’s jurisdiction or convoke another Baltimore council.
A dialogue scene shows Mr Gorrox pressing Johnny with a demand to choose between a gold dollar and another coin. Johnny prefers the gold dollar, claiming it is easier to shake out. The exchange is tense and suggests coercion.
A Philadelphia North American criticizes the idea that two parties can unite into one through mistriage. The critic argues that in supporting the union, the huskind soon finds that one den becomes two, revealing practical faults in the theory.
A local ad proclaims a $100 reward for any case of catarrh that fails to cure by a claimed constitutional remedy. The pitch asserts the remedy, advertised as a blood and nerve tonic, can cure chronic ailments and improve health, urging readers to send for a brochure. The text markets a product allegedly effective nationwide and lists a Toledo address for B J Chesey Co. and a local retailer.
The document notes that a plan or “eyeting” could cure certain insanity forms, arguing for a proper track laid on a saline or saylum ground and that the right individuals should be engaged to provide instruction.
A garbled OCR leads with health remedies and ailments, then reports an explosion injuring several at Ashland Pennsylvania, notes Captain Dunlave death, and hints at national events and Cuba. The piece blends stray names and unclear details, offering a snapshot of chaotic reportage and unreliable fragments.
A vintage advertisement urges quitting tobacco with No-Tedtag promising renewed vitality. Claims include rapid weight loss and cures, with a guarantee and free booklet sample. Contact Sterling Remedy Co. in Chicago or New York for details.
In the soral household of Mog jland maids may remain in their posts as long as they stay unmarried. There is no fixed retirement age for their service.
The New York attorney general has decided to prosecute the gas trust. The brief notice mentions legal action against the utility combination, with no further details on charges or defendants provided in the readable portion.
In a brief dispatch the Interior Secretary rejects Duluth as the eastern terminus of the Northern Pacific. The note cites unsettled conditions and unproven claims with no official recognition granted. A partial obituary mentions Gen. Joseph J. Torrence dying in Chicago, with sparse details.
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