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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1911
Page
10
Representative Underwood visits Bibb county to stump for votes among farmers in a manufacturing district. An old man asks him to sign a petition supporting a young lady postmistress, insisting his name would still matter as strangers sign too. The farmer dismisses his residence and urges the signature.
Miss Etta Narber of Spring Lake Michigan testifies that four years of eczema on her hands cleared after using the Cuticura Remedies. She purchased a complete set and reports full recovery after three days, noting that three doctors offered no relief. The notice promotes free samples of Cuticura Soap and Ointment by mail from Cuticura Department 3L Boston.
Al Ryan a Lockport glass worker, once a local organizer, receives a Christmas gift of a $100 check from his uncle in Timt. The note asks Al to cash the check and send back $4 for a pair of shoes, as recounted in The Coming Nation.
Mrs Clarence H Mackay praised the working girl at a Hampstead party. She extolled choosing love over money and cited a girl who left a good position to marry. A chum voiced cynicism about wealth, while the speaker admitted loving a different fortune defined as seven million dollars.
A humorous fragment recalls a wife calling for her husband and a man named Sig paring a tale of dreams and delayed plans. The scene hints at domestic banter and small domestic misadventures within a family setting.
A Poston woman speaks about food and health changes from knowledge. She describes spine injury headaches constipation and improved sleep from Grape-Nuts and Postum. She claims better health at 63 than 40 and endorses the product strongly. A publisher note says new letters appear occasionally and are genuine.
A French battleship Liberte capsized and sank in the roadstead near Brest after a sequence of catastrophic blasts. 256 crew perished as fires, explosions, and collapsing compartments cut off escape while nearby ships attempted to aid. Questions linger over ignition and why magazines were not fed.
Charles G Gates married Miss Florence Hopwood of Minneapolis last evening at the Hopwood home in Uniontown. Rev Dr d Ln Avane of Port Arthur officiated. The couple, son of the late John W Gates, received many costly gifts and left for a tour in the southwest with relatives and intimate friends in attendance.
In Omnibus Falls Puig Sept 28 a crowded closed motor bus carrying about a dozen women and others plunged from the Artheveche bridge near Notre Dame. Fire and wreckage left passengers trapped as rescuers pulled twelve to safety. Several others feared dead in the disaster.
Italian warships have left Palermo to watch for Turkish transports bound for Tripoli, with Rome warning the Porte that troop or munition consignments to Tripoli will be treated as unfriendly. The Young Turks fear encroachment as Italy aims to dominate the Mediterranean and may provoke a holy war to resist Italian footholds in Africa. London reports Ottoman mood desires stable claims if tensions ease, while Italy denies seeking protectorate.
Judge Charles Remster ruled the 1911 Indiana General Assembly act proposing a new state constitution unconstitutional and void. An injunction prevents submitting it to a vote. The case advances to the Indiana Supreme Court as John T. Dye sues as a taxpayer amid partisan opposition to the draft.
A plot to abduct the infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Nathaniel Jowdrey, prominent Pennsylvania family, was thwarted by the arrest of Anna Bundock alias Winnifred Davis, a 19 year old Englishwoman. She confessed saying she acted with an unnamed male accomplice in Canada. The child is an heiress to a sizable fortune.
San Francisco voters choose James Rolph Jr as mayor by a substantial majority over incumbent P H McCarthy. Rolph wins backing from Republican and Democratic groups while McCarthy runs on the Union Labor ticket. Under the new law the mayor will serve four years.
In Lovingston on September 26 Dr J A Perrit of Governor Mann's staff was shot dead on the street by Hen Hubbard. Five bullets were fired into Perrit's head. Hubbard was jailed. The motive remains unknown.
Washington September 28 Private Frank Bloom Battery C Third Field Artillery a young Jewish soldier who failed in his first efforts to secure a commission and to whom President Taft showed a second examination publicly censuring Bloom's commanding officer was ordered promoted to second lieutenant.
Former Governor Fincher D. Proctor of Vi died at his home after a long illness. Born November 7, 1890, he was the son of Redford Proctor a ten year United States Senator from Vermont and once secretary of war.
Ming Annie Crawford, 25, is accused of murdering her mother, father, and sister to collect life insurance policies. Police say Elsie Crawford warned of the killings. a post mortem found opium in Lisle Crawford’s stomach. Another sister sought police protection after Blaine’s death.
London reporters recount three courts handling the Johnson Wells heavyweight clash. Judges deem the proposed bout a breach of rules. injunctions against venue leases are granted with damages potential. Johnson defends rights but appears in person with sparse preparation.
New York, Sept 27 Postmaster General Crank 4 Hitchcock demonstrated his ability as an aerial mail carrier on Long Island. He rode in an aeroplane with Capt Paul Beck of the U S Army to Mineola carrying 78 pounds of mail. He dropped the sack to a carrier and returned to the aerodrome amid cheers. The crowd hailed the potential of air mail as a coming development though not yet practical.
Alexander Tracey of Port Huron Michigan was found guilty by the general sessions court of criminal negligence in operating an automobile. He faces a life term after a September 4 collision at a crowd injuring four or five people who were hospitalized. Tracey claimed brake failure but witnesses doubted his account.
Frankfort Kentucky Sept 28 A Kentucky court of appeals decision freed John Beeler Jr from a theft charge involving green corn from a neighbor’s field after the indictment for corn theft was knocked out Heeler was later accused of damaging vegetables and held to the grand jury for consideration
Reports from railroad circles indicate A A Ab jen, president of the Missouri Kansas Texas railroad, is chosen to be elected president of the Texas Central. The move reflects ongoing leadership reshuffles within Western rail interests.
Paris reports Germany agrees to accept French settlement proposals on the Morocco question. The diplomatic note was conveyed to the French ambassador in Berlin by German foreign minister Herr von Kiderliewechter.
A rejection of clergy who refuse visits or adapt to local needs. emphasizes calling as the key to success for ministers. Argues seminary training should stress practical sermon-making and shaping men to fit communities to reach souls.
A former Ohio House member displayed a large roll of pills in the Neilhowss lobby, causing awe among observers. He described wealth with a hurried remark about selling and driving hogs, then hesitated before confirming agreement with the implied boast.
In a Sunday Magazine snippet IL White Busbey defends Speaker Cannon, noting he did not smoke as much as thought and joked he could get away with about 20 cigars daily though he eats half. Another item touts Mrs Whaslow’s Scarting Syrup for teething, claimed to ease gums, reduce hiccups, and cure wind colic as a comforting remedy.
A Chicago reader touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for female weakness and stomach troubles. She recounts buying it after initial resistance from a clerk and asserts the remedy has helped many women, urging others to insist on this product over substitutes.
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