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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1908
Page
3
A long, disjointed farm notes piece discusses cream work and butter making, feeding and milking, hay quality, shelter for sheep, and methods to improve calf and poultry care. It blends practical dairy and animal husbandry tips with anecdotes and stray crime tale elements, including a ghost sighting narrative linked to the Sutherland case.
In New Brunswick New Jersey Abraham Gulick died in a threshing machine accident. While a group including John McDonald fed sheaves, Gulick slipped and was drawn into the machinery. His body suffered crushing injuries and he died after removal to a hospital.
Two Maigh brothers report seeing a spectral figure near the Sutherland home on Niagara Street. Fred Meigh detailed hearing a bang and spotting a man in a torn shirt, a ghost believed to be Alexander Sutherland, shot by his wife, prompting local excitement and cautious neighbors observing dawn hours.
Agnes Smitson, 16, ran from her husband to reach her parents in the city after a nightmarish escape. She rode steep trails along ravines and forded the Animas River around a dozen times, reaching safety just before her pursuer. She later contemplated returning but reversed, stating she had had enough of ranch life.
Charles Ravemeyer a former wagon manufacturer moved his family from Linth and Athy streets Alton to a nearby house. In heat he helped free a horse by holding the shafts for three hours and making about a dozen trips with household goods. New York notes: city consumes 718000 pounds of butter daily.
The article reports on a proposed third peace conference at the Bague to discuss private property protections and notes tensions in Berlin and Vienna Hungary. It mentions American delegates, Kaiser Wilhelm, and a decorative diamond casket gifted to the Kaiser, plus a mix of demographic, railway, and cultural statistics and several diplomatic appointments.
A Fayette Iowa man reports two years of back weakness and rheumatic pain. After using Doan's Kidney Pills, kidney function normalized, backache ceased, and overall health improved. Sold by all dealers for 60 cents a box. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N.Y.
In Atlantic City the speaker Silas shows rough humor as he tells Mandy the ride makes him feel younger. Mandy questions sexuality while Silas replies with a crude line about the buck and a previous handle, reflecting a tense masculine street banter.
An old newspaper blurb notes whiskey as a near infallible rheumatism remedy when mixed with Toris Compound and Syrup Sarsaparilia Compound. It advises dosing schedules and claims Yoris Compound is produced by Globe Pharmaceutical Co. in Chicago, with ingredients available from druggists.
Reports say several Canton wives have left their husbands declaring independence from subordination. The law backs imprisonment for wives, forcing them to bear the consequences of their rash resolutions.
A farmer voices uncertainty about participating in the next election citing heavy work and reluctance to engage in politics. Local chatter from Peoria and Washington Star era columns hints at political fatigue and general skepticism about leadership.
After seven years of ill health a Pancannla Indiana woman writes that Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound made her strong again. The letter from Abs Sallie French describes long running female troubles, doctors' failures, and recovery after using the tonic. The advertisement touts the product as a standard cure for female ailments and offers free confidential advice from Mrs Pinkham at Lynn Massachusetts.
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