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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1912
Page
9
In a ship bound from an English port, five men play a poker game in a smoking room. After cashing chits and determining seating, one man notes three funny four bald heads, sparking a joke about baldness. The youngest, less bald, wonders aloud why Mr. Blank fled, implying he wore a wig, and after that the man is never seen again.
A Haverhill Massachusetts shoemaker obtained patents for a vegetable fiber material intended as a leather substitute for shoes. Early samples show the woven fiber makes warm weather footwear breathable and vamp capable. The inventor claims the fabric can be vaporproof.
In a western town two Chalmers brothers lived with a minister and a physician. A map caller asked for Mr Chalmers. The physician answered I am he. Youve changed considerably since I last heard you preach said the amused visitor. Oh its my brother you want he preaches and I practice.
Fragmentary quotes reflect on human nature and fate as a man named Sima plows a steady path. The piece juxtaposes Harrowing language with choices between two evils and two goods, hinting at a moral test and a payment of the freight.
A survey of global railroad mileage shows the United States leading world totals. North America accounts for over 44 percent of global rail, with U S mileage surpassing Europe and Africa combined. The period 1840 to 1890 saw the greatest gains, followed by 1900 to 1920.
Locomotives completed for a Virginia railroad are claimed to be the world s most powerful weighing 752 009 pounds and able to pull 153 loaded fifty ton cars at ten miles per hour.
A veteran recalls early 20th century capstone by the Cape Vincent line. He describes named passenger engines L. C. DeWolf and D. Utly, wood burners with engineers Caney Endred and Chris Delaney, and notes sixty to seventy mile per hour runs with stops at Brownville Limerick Chaumont and Three Mile Bay. He narrates a president’s inspection trip, a derailment near Delalb Junction, and a dramatic rescue as a fireman saved a director from a window.
A passenger on a Hungarian state railway near Neutra pulled the emergency cord to stop a train and rescue a drowning man from the Woog river. Despite his bravery the guard arrested him for acting when no danger existed, as fellow riders offered him dry clothes while the train continued.
A historical note describes perilous tobogganing on a cog rail line where riders slide from summit to saddle house two and a quarter miles away. The unsafe practice has caused several deaths and many injuries despite authorities efforts to discourage it.
A western Colorado line near Pike's Peak introduces a toboggan style railway for transporting workers down the mountain. The ride covers roughly nine miles at speeds around two miles per minute, offering a thrilling alternative to the climb. The apparatus measures about eight feet long and a foot wide, with a slender cleat engaging closely spaced cog rails.
A compact guide to starting the day with cooking ideas including beaten biscuit dough, a rice and egg dish, Abbie's Rice Cakes, a breakfast coffee method, and a breakfast dish using minced tongue veal and grated bread. Details cover ingredients amounts cooking steps and serving notes for a hearty morning meal.
A fragmented home canning recipe lists tomato, vinegar, sugar, and various spices. Instructions describe four quart portions, stepwise mixing, boiling, and bottling, with uncertain quantities and several misspellings.
A vintage recipe item describes Walnut Lettuce Triangles using crisp bread lettuce cloves of walnut and a mayo dressing with oats or graham. It includes steps to fill toast triangles decorate with walnut meat and serve on lettuce. Also notes a Molasses Pie with eggs sugar butter flour molasses sweet milk soda and vanilla baked until golden brown.
A fragment outlines a pepper and pickle recipe with green tomatoes peppers onions salt sugar and vinegar boiled 16 minutes then sealed in jars. The second fragment gives ironing advice for linen tablecloths advising folding once rolling and tying with tape to reduce creases for a flat smooth lay.
A compact home canning note describes pare peaches bake them layer by layer with sugar, repeat until quantity is reached, cover with sugar, refrigerate overnight, then cook in the morning until done. If juice is low add a small amount of water and pack in a jar for preservation.
A damaged OCR snippet describes hot fricasses chopped meat cooked in a pan with salt pepper and cold water served with mashed potatoes. It also references sardine sandwiches made by mincing meat, adding lemon juice, and spreading between buttered bread.
An old advertisement touts Peruna as a cure for chronic catarrh and constipation. It claims the formula evolved to include a laxative element, now called the revised Peruna, promising rapid relief and permanent removal of both constipation and catarrh with no need for cathartics. Manufactured by the Peytona Company in Columbus, Ohio.
A collection of quirky schoolboy lines and misheard phrases from newspapers. It riffs on the saltiest aphorisms and famous quotes, noting misprints and humorous twists about Caesar, bridges, and algebraic symbols.
A traveling observer notes American athletes introducing yells heard throughout Sweden. He recalls phrases like Woe and Of Course and mentions a suitmade man and a wife who will insist on alterations.
The Loch Dochart Castle, a thirteenth century island stronghold linked to Red Roy, has been taken in hand by the Scottish Historical Antiquarian Association for renovation to ensure its permanency.
Fragmentary lines quote James discussing hairdresser with light hair and Winslow's syrup for chicken teething and wind colic. A Rev J R Miller sermonizes on benevolence while obscured references to cures, carbolic preparations, and admonitions mingle with garbled names and phrases.
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