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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1911
Page
9
A user recounts years of stomach catarrh and multiple doctors. After Chicago specialists said no cure, he notes Peruna relieved symptoms and claims a return to health, keeping a bottle at home as a remedy.
The fragmentary text riffs on a variety of odds and ends including eye salve tinkering, comic asides about collectors and wives, and a satirical jab at a comic actor Frank Melntyre. It mentions a boy paid 60 cents for a vaccination and a lingering wish for more money. The tone skew is episodic and loose.
A deadly fire swept city hall floors four and five filling rooms with smoke. Two women Miss Florence Two and Miss Margaret O'Brien were led down four flights by rescuers, eight lodgers at the city mission were found near death but expected to live. Damage pegged at $2000 as oxygen was exhausted by a nearby blaze.
A Canadian pavilion at the Chicago land show displays Western Canada grain and produce. The exhibit promotes homestead lands in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta and showcases vegetables with notable yields. Government reports on crops will be available through Canadian agents after publication.
An old-fashioned ad touts Dean's Kidney Pills for kidney troubles and urinary disorders. A testimonial from David P. Corey in Ionia Michigan describes long bed confinement and cane use before recovery, urging readers to recall the brand name Doan's.
A fragment from Lip pincott's Magazine denounces the saying two and two make four as a platitude and mocks arithmetic as demagogic and manipulative. The text juxtaposes false claims with numbers, calling it high fluence.
The fragment mentions Castoria as a longstanding infants remedy and Fletcher's Castoria branding. It also alludes to teething syrups and soothing brands, with garbled phrases about self defense and a ministerial warning about battling enemies. The text includes stray remarks and misspelled terms, reflecting OCR errors.
The Wisconsin Railroad Commission rules against a rehearing in Neenah versus Wisconsin Traction Light Heat and Power. It upheld a 25 percent rate reduction from August 4, and valued the plant at about 200000 dollars, rejecting claims of a 500000 dollar valuation despite requested adjustments. The decision forecloses further hearings on the matter.
United States Naturalization Examiner R. K. Doe of Duluth grilled saloon keepers who testified as witnesses for citizenship applicants. He stated he will not recommend citizenship if a saloon keeper is on the witness list. Judge Wickham supported Doe. Of forty six applicants, twenty were admitted.
Judge Higbee of La Grosse resolves a year long dispute over which village board held lawful authority in Kilbourn. The 1910 election was invalid but later corrected by legislative action, affecting most Wisconsin villages without special charters.
After a long conference with Mayor Love and District Attorney Evans, the state case against Simon Latter a saloonkeeper accused of selling liquor on Sunday was discussed. The judge warned saloon men that Sunday closing laws would be strictly enforced.
Mrs. David Brainerd reports her three year old daughter, a victim of an overdose of morphine, died. The child’s mother is said to have suffered a mental shock from a lightning incident last summer.
Irven Kroehnke, age 2, was instantly killed after falling from a telegraph pole in Cedarburg. He served as Superintendent of the Grafter Light Heat and Power company.
John Collier of New York's board of moving picture centers criticizes objectionable plays and says they are often pushed by perverse writers. A humorous Uncle Jethro Husk anecdote follows about dialogue and erosion of time.
A brief exchange notes the speaker’s surprising relocation from Chicago to New York. The other character wonders if leaving Chicago is unusual and reflects on who can afford to live elsewhere, suggesting only those on low ground complain about crowding.
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