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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1896
Page
7
A flood of letters from Atlantic to Pacific praise Lydia E. Pinkham and her Vegetable Compound as a salvation for bodily ailments including displacement ulcers womb pain backache and fear of calamity. The notices claim widespread relief and happiness through the remedy, portraying it as a trusted cure.
A discussion contrasts American and British humor with a tale of Artemus Ward in London Punch, noting Britons’ subtle humor. The piece describes a Nisqually and Puyallup finger game with bones and beans, detailing the ritual, betting, and a final draw response in Tacoma lodging.
The annual gambling and horse racing gathering of the Puyallup, Nisqually, and White River Indians took place on the Nisqually reservation from Saturday to Monday morning. Thirty Puyallups, Sve Wake River Indians, and thirty Nisqualltes participated in the slahael game with stakes of seventeen ponies, one cow, and ten pigs. The event, described with vivid images of fires and kneeling dancers, drew attention as a striking, Remington-like scene of indigenous ceremonial gambling.
Private letters from Japan praise Steimatz Rama Kana, wife of Marquis Oyama, as a noble, educated leader. A Vassar alumna educated by the Japanese government, she champions education for Japanese women, balances refined Western influence with Japanese tradition, and uses her status to push reform. During the war she aided relief, sending carbonized gauze and supplies, and she continues philanthropic efforts aimed at elevating women through education and policy. Her early American schooling informs her push for liberal changes in Japanese society.
Chinese warriors are described as out of sight while Yamagata, a Japanese field marshal, complains about missing reports. The piece notes men showing unexpectedly strong performance, with references to ties and a matrimonial halter in a wordy, period-tinged summary.
A fragmented note recalls the marriage of the Duke of Magenta, eldest son of the late Marshal MacMahon, to Princess Marguerite of Orleans. It mentions the marshal winning Magenta, asks if he won Magenta, and notes a girl’s quip about Sedan. It also mentions Lady Randolph Churchill and Mrs Finero as skaters in London.
An advertisement notes John M. Smyth Company will mail free their 400 page illustrated furnishings catalogue. The firm, based in Chicago, is billed as the largest furniture and house furnishing house in the world with a wall encyclopedia of home and hotel fittings.
Mr and Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt Ty sail for Europe for two months as part of a international travel plan. The note records a voyage by the couple and mentions a medical or cure context in a fragmentary way.
In a fragmentary medical note, a disrupted passage describes a digestive system effect where appetite and digestion improve with certain tonics. It references a Chicago figure, Leonard of Chicago, noted as father of Lillian Russell, who suffered a stroke-like illness in Detroit.
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