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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1906
Page
2
A jumble of classified notices lists wages per unit, rental offers, horse and Livestock buys, piano sales, medical and professional ads, and lawyers and doctors with addresses and phone numbers. The notices mimic a midwestern town classifieds section with various items for sale and services advertised.
Reports from Wisconsin discuss a controversial hour law for women, its enforceability, and a commissioner's inquiry. A letter questions constitutional limits on requiring work, with debate over four day limits and consent.
Governor Davidson seeks inquiry into the Northwestern stock issue. A letter to the Wisconsin railroad commission requests investigation and guidance on subscription rights and validity of the stock offering. The article notes storm effects on Milwaukee and mentions related local events and figures.
A distressed letter laments medical quackery in London and mocks regular physicians. A woman boasts of herbal plasters and remedies, claiming she could have saved relatives’ lives. A king’s attorney and a surgeon figure in a tale of pride, debt, and contested cures.
A fragmented report surveys woolen production flaws and animal fat residues in wool fibers, noting how fat clogs pores and greases touch. It contrasts shop methods with knives, then shifts to assorted curiosities about clergy offspring, a Russian grant duke, and shadeless Australian forests. It ends with a brewer selling sour beer to cement makers.
A mangled telegram reveals a proud father announcing a new responsibility to his brother about a handsome boy claiming to be his nephew. The brother misreads the message, calling the boy an apostor, misunderstanding the claim and creating a moment of humorous miscommunication.
In a playful exchange a child asks about twins and siblings. Dorothy answers with a humorous progression from two babies to centipedes, using playful mispronunciations. The passage blends a child’s joke with a quotation about liberty and obedience from William Penn.
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