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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1913
Page
8
The Marshfield Times lists subscription rates and contact details including annual advance payments. It provides telephone numbers for the Times Office at the Armory Building and for editors at their home lines.
The Independent Voter notes that campaigns rely less on walling and backbiting and more on clear issues. It cites Senator La Follette as proving voters back a genuine man on a real platform, preferring open discussion over skulk and gossip to influence ballots.
A reflective snippet notes politics as occasional needed, recalls Confederate scrip affidavits, and observes winter job ads at street corners reading Men Wanted to Work in the Woods.
Quartermaster Bryan stands by in troubled days and has more experience in real international politics than he dreamed after the ballots were counted in the fall of 1891.
A fragmentary column from an Iowa man mentions a three weeks old calf that is giving milk. It lampoons farmers in Wisconsin and cites editor McKee of Pittsville. The text quips about beds and bed-related dangers and ends with a money joke about garage tires.
Charles J. Taggart headlines Marshfield Hib school lyceum at the New Adler opera house this evening. The veteran performer, once based in New England, brings a program titled The Map from Vermont with a slice of Yankee life near Pineville. The item notes political quips about Bryan and Wilson, local public works debates, and a push for city manager reconsideration amid tax and paving concerns.
A timid man in a drug store confesses his lair is falling out and asks for a remedy. The obliging clerk recommends a box for Hing. The brief exchange reads like a quirky misheard line and hints at an offbeat, local flavor.
The Youth’s Companion plans a 1914 program with seven college presidents and various instructors including former president Tall. Contributors include Gene Stratton Porter and Kate Douglas Wiggin, with excerpts from Arthur Stanswood Pier’s His Father’s Son. Fall 1914 announcements urge sample copies and subscriptions of two dollars, plus The Companion Practical Home Calendar and all issues for the year.
The National Good Roads association urges vast road expansion from coast to coast with federal funding. Proposals call for a Department of Highways headed by a cabinet member, federal and state engineers, use of prisoners and veterans, pension reforms, and labor to build rail, road, and river corridors under government direction.
Vinol combines cod liver oil and iron, touted as the world’s two top tonics for blood, nerves, and body strength. French chemists separated active elements, now rejoined in Vinol. Endorsed for feeble people, old folks, children, coughs, bron chitis, with a money back guarantee if it fails. Sexton’s Prescription Store, Marshfield, Wis.
A Comfrey family credits Dr Miles Nervine with ending a three year epileptic ordeal of their daughter after trying multiple doctors. Mrs Frank Anderson of Comfrey, Minnesota endorses the remedy and notes ongoing health. The advertisement asserts thousands of U S children suffer seizures and Miles Medical Co sells Nervine with a money back guarantee if unsatisfied.
Advertisement suggests starting treatment with Dr Miler Laxative Tablets when the liver is balky, claiming they weldom fall.
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