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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1907
Page
4
A collage of whimsical quips and anecdotes from The Marshfield Times. The column parodies advice, fashion, and travel lore while poking fun at public manners. It catalogues curious incidents from daily life, including a milkman victim and stray observations on society and travel.
A concise critical note on people who see themselves above national institutions, predicting that tuft-hunters and self styled elites will persist in exhibition and opinion despite changing princes.
The Japanese Yokozuna Hidachiyama, famed for his size and strength, tours America with hopes to prove Japanese athletes can defeat perceived American weaknesses. He discusses sumo and jujitsu, his invitation from the late Prince Konsue, and plans to bring fellow wrestlers across the Pacific.
William Peterson Sende, a Northwestern engineer, is said to have received a check for 10 008 for saving the life of his sister in law at Devil's Lake during a boating accident weeks ago. Pranklyn and his wife vacationed at the lake as other relatives stayed nearby. Miss Jenkins, sister in law, clung to the boat as Miss Jenkins slipped and fell into the water. The craft capsized and drifted from shore. Despite her efforts to grab the boat, her strength failed and she nearly drowned.
New York report on Vesta La Viesta a mystic cosmologist who after two years of silence describes the soul kiss as a perfect delirium of ecstasy. She claims breathing through the skin, cellular respiration, and wireless transmission to a chosen affinity, with solar plexus arousal guiding higher realms. Her tour of the planet includes teachings on occult development and mind enhancement.
Fragmentary line suggests a reference to a soul kiss taught by affinity on the planet Neptune. The text is incomplete and lacks clear events, dates, or identifiable persons or organizations to anchor a fuller summary.
Milwaukee leader L J Petit joined Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway board as director. At the meeting A J Earling was named president with B W McKenna as first vice president J H Hiland third vice president F G Ranney treasurer and George R Peck general counsel. Also BE W Adams secretary J H Merkinley assistant secretary.
The diver C B Ganey in a new heavy iron suit reached 230 feet off Eaton Point aboard a six mile scow run. The suit weighed 54 pounds and the diver, aided by a telephone link, reported feeling light and cool while planning an expedition to Venezuela for 3 million dollars in gold and jewels aboard the San Pedro de Alcantara, which sank in 1815.
Enos G. Petrie invented a diving suit built to withstand immense water pressure by its own strength rather than relying on air pumped from the surface. The device is described as thick iron and locomotive in sturdiness, contrasting with ordinary diving outfits.
Torny Trangke lies in St Marys hospital in dying condition with three stab wounds to the chest, one to the neck and one to the head. George Qbrenski is in county jail on a charge of the cutting. The incident occurred at a boarding house where an attempt was said to drive Wrankob Ronak away. Gorens Kl allegedly tried to commit suicide by stabbing himself in the head before police arrived.
A man seeks relief for sudden pain and tells a doctor where it hurts. The doctor measures with compasses and tapes, tabulating many figures to verify the precise location. The exchange ends with a retort about quacks as the patient insists on his specialty.
The caller pleads for truth about a boy's condition. A doctor bluntly says the boy is not dying, noting the car wheels did not touch him and that the rear platform was at risk. The line ends with a light rebuke for the scare caused.
A witty debate unfolds between a smitten swab and an obdurate maid as Mr Smith counsels patience and practical talk. The exchange uses playful, period style phrasing to tease romantic ambitions and social propriety.
A fragmented Chicago Journal poem fragment recalls a woman’s shifting gaze and a nuanced scene of detigi and gleaming. The piece hints at romance and deception within a phainiom mood, capturing a fleeting impression in terse, era-tinged diction.
In a brief Chicago Record-Herald joke, Mrs Henpeck notes the book was very interesting while Henry admits he has glimpsed the ending and jokes that the couple do not marry after all. The exchange reflects light literary humor.
In a witty Bas column from the Chicayzo Record Herald a speaker questions age as a factor in marriage. The piece jokes about beliefs that a woman’s age equals what she says, challenging the idea with a bantering Q and A format.
Fragmentary chatter from multiple papers notes Oldbach declining to buy a fare in a cemetery with a quip about being lost and needing it, a pangram of summers changing, a memory of peek a boo waists, and a grim dig Diggs remark that dead men tell no tales. The terse items mix humor and oblique references to cases.
A humorous Blactter riff questions how Frau Bumrell learns town scandals. She retorts that with women cab drivers she can ride along on the box and hear everything. The piece uses satirical tone to poke at gender roles in local transport and gossip.
A garbled OCR passage from a Washington Star item features disjointed lines about private prayers and a weary view of money spent. Phrases reference a costly lifestyle, a reactive remark about waste, and a dreamlike nocturnal mumble, with scattered names and fragmented sentiment.
A Baltimore American item recalls a student claiming a tutor was actually a chauffeur, after the governor allegedly arranged private coaching at college. The exchange implies unconventional help and curiosity about the tutor’s role.
The Cheago Daily News notes a folk rumor about Hustler Warix-Heow returning to the city after long absence. Oatcake-Party approves the idea while Harix wonders if he is starting his own venture. Oxteake says he claims to work as a former waiter at a restaurant.
A Yonkers Statesman quip recalls a Woman's club president asking a voter if she voted. The reply notes she intended to vote, but on the way she argued with a man about women's suffrage and found the polls closed.
A fragment from the Chicago News notes a chronic kicker irking residents with complaints about board and mood. The piece hints at continuing weather trends and a Washington Star reference, suggesting a broader foreboding about public sentiment and climate.
In Yonkers a man clashed over a church end seat described as hogging the space. Witnesses recall he tried to move the end seat away from another attendee, prompting a tense moment noted by the Yonkers Statesman.
In Yonkers States a playful exchange unfolds with Mr Jolt-He unable to see through jokes and Mrs Jolt-Because they are his jokes. The lighthearted dialogue presents a cheeky back and forth between the two figures.
In a lighthearted exchange, Gyer and Myer debate the season’s highlight with a proverb about pride before a fall. The Chicago Daily News captures the witty back and forth about who or what defines the season’s peak.
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