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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1905
Page
5
An advertisement extols Cole's Original Hot Blast as the cleanest stove, detailing an ash pan elimination method, dustless ash cover, and side feed door that minimizes smoke and soot while keeping rooms warm. It claims reduced labor, no ash spills, and fuel savings each winter.
C Williams and Alfred Trumbull are noted as callers in Marshfield and Colby. A wedding united Grant Heath and Ella Stoltenow with Rev Imm officiating. Numerous updates cover residents’ health, employment changes, farm animals, and community events including a school meeting and livestock acquisitions.
Don’t borrow trouble. at Sexton Bros. drug store a 50 cent bottle of Electric Bitters promises relief from dyspepsia and other internal disorders. The ad guarantees relief and freedom from symptoms, appealing to weary and worn customers seeking a permanent change.
A seasonal note urges readers to stock Chamberlain Cough Remedy now for winter and to take it at the first sign of a cold for best results. The piece asserts the remedy is widely known and preferable to others and lists Sex ton Bros. and H. A. Schumaker as sellers.
The Methodist Church presents morning and evening services with topics The First Game of Hide and Seek and Gods Dead Letter Office. Special music at the evening service. Sunday school at noon. Prayer meeting Thursday at 7 50 o'clock. Pastor A B Soure invites all to attend.
An old medicinal advert promotes Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar cough syrup containing pine tar and honey. It claims soothing cough relief and laxative effect aiding stress prompt bowel evacuation, marketed as ideal for children and praised by mothers. Sold by R. J. Strauss.
Program notes list October 23 with figures such as Washington Irving 1783 1853 Mrs Heaton 1789 185 William Cullen Bryant Bayard Taylor and others. A section highlights a recitation Around the Camp Fire and remarks on insomnia and indigestion cures attributed to Chamberlains tablets with a testimonial from John Dixon of Tullamore Ontario.
A long list of hotel guests and names from Milwaukee Sheboygan New York Chicago Green Bay and many other cities appears under Sunday occupancy at Hotel Aloidgett and Thomas House. Notable names include Carey Terry Madison Sherman Price Bevering Hillenkamp Clarey Born Stein Klahn Vestal Goebel Markland Moeller Fletcher Brown Rosen stock Tooker Purvis Smig Aurley Wood Perkins Engel Wilkins McConnell Brody Hoffman Palmer Albany Bohenstein Gunther Hansen Rudberg Walton etc. The roster reads like a cross section of travelers staying across the region.
A Duffield Virginia man Jas Walters reports Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured a long standing lip cancer described as incurable. The ad claims surface cancers are curable and offers the salve as a guaranteed cure for cuts and burns at 25 cents.
The Kennewick Irrigating Canal waters twenty thousand acres on the Columbia River west bank. Kennewick opens Yakima Valley with an earlier season than the upper valley and high market prices for alfalfa peaches pears berries and melons. C W Mott Northern Pacific Railway St Paul MN offers free pamphlets and information on lands and business openings and will visit upon request.
Advertises DeWitt’s Little Early Risers as mild effective pills suitable for children, women, and the weak, praised by strong users as the best liver pills. Sold by R J Strauss and others. Also promotes a custom California tourist train departure on Oct 7 for 20 days with daylight mountain rides and stops, with meals and sleeping car reservations via agents.
Long ad text extols Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as preventive cure for menstrual and uterine disorders, nervousness, headaches, backaches, and childbirth preparation. It targets mothers and young women, claiming safety, vegetable ingredients, and universal benefit for female health.
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