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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1899
Page
15
A fragment from a recipe column describes preparing a blackberry and apple fool with lemon rind, juice, leaf sugar, water, and a pink cream topping. It mentions sieving the pulp to thick cream consistency and serving with whipped cream, then hints at optional vanilla and additional sweetening.
The verse counsels on hunting the chamois and beastly foes using odd rhymes. It mocks stereotypes and urges caution, preferring study at home to dangerous fieldwork, ending with a dated signoff A.T. 26.
A garbled jumble of aphorisms and musings on love, memory, weather, and gender roles. It critiques cynicism, examines manners at boarding houses, and unfolds humorous yet scattered observations about women, men, and social life.
A fragmentary review notes how pencil and paper activities aid eye hand coordination and joy, urging mothers and teachers to provide simple, ongoing art for children. It discusses children's independence, imagination, and temper, contrasting self guided play with parental guidance and nursery routines.
The article discusses children's activities avoiding forced pursuits and describes safe ink play with gobvel inks. It explains a simple picture ink drop craft called genel ink, created by folding paper to form amusing shapes, suggesting mothers can turn these into entertaining stories.
A preview of upcoming winter gowns features tea dresses in black satin with tight fronts and full pink lace underskirts. The standout is a hand embroidered gown from Herner's Bazar with black satin, pink rose accents, and high collar. The look signals Paris influence but may not become widespread.
A Georgia note from the Savannah News discusses overcrowding at Milledgeville State Insane Asylum and Trustees’ resolutions limiting admissions to those deemed most urgent. It cites frequent insanity arrests in Chatham County and states the majority of inmates are black and harmless, with new admissions prioritized by condition and staff discretion.
A fragment from the Atchison Globe discusses women, fashion, and domestic duties. It reflects on skirts, social expectations, and the notion that a widow’s wealth can lead to restlessness and dissatisfaction, with casual references to preacher life and general concerns about happiness and complaint.
The passage mocks European pretensions to nobility and stock dilution, noting misuses of titles in France and rumors around a Paris Jew who styled himself Count Chabot de Liege. A Cologne banker remarks that such self-styling invites reciprocal pretensions, illustrating disdain for aristocratic pretenses.
Fragments note that titles largely disappeared with the advent of the republic though some families retain disdain for nobility. The text hints at ongoing social tensions surrounding heraldic status within France and mentions Harper's Bazaar.
A Louisville Times vignette quotes a Black cook and an upholsterer asserting dignity against a wealthy man who insulted them with coarse language. A Chicago man is fined for throwing his wife down stairs, prompting a call for crusade against tyrannical courts and liberties.
A garbled set of items mentions sheet music, Milwaukee addresses, a fatal shooting in Oshkosh, school ads, a moving train accident in Wisconsin, a Racine funeral, a patent medicine claim, and a village incorporation vote. Names and places include Milwaukee, Oshkosh, Racine, Eagle, and Captain Darwin May.
Robert G. Poster named post master at Soms Lincoln county replacing George Patterson who resigned. An advertisement circular promotes Spencerian Business and Shorthand College Milwaukee. B G Weerleid, Decorah National Bank cashier, to open loans at Blair around Oct. 1. Nagal Catarrh Cure touts Ecyn Cream Balm with mail order Draggists selling the 600 size at 10 cents. Cream Balm nasal liquid form offered as 23 Fly’s Liquid Dream Balm with tube included. A Ellwood Sycamore, former Illinois Odd Fellows grand master, dies in Chicago of meningitis at 76. he was brother of late Congressman HR Eling.
The article surveys historic rewards given to military leaders and others for service to empires and republics. It cites Lord Kirthner, Lafay ette, Marlborough, Wellington, Napier of Magdala, Wolseley, Roberts, Spieuben, and Nathaniel Greene, detailing annuities, land grants, pensions, and estates across Britain, America, and colonies. It notes significant sums, manor grants, and long-term pensions, plus state land grants in colonial wars and King Philip's War ancestry references.
A jumble of observant quips and aphorisms on manners, appetite, travel, and social behavior. It pokes fun at habits like hiring a watch dog, preferring the slow train with sleeping cars, and the idea that tea stains and green corn reveal character.
An odd, fragmentary report from New Fork Jornal recounts a prisoner’s remark about being drugged and a comment on whiskey reportedly from Colonel Pike’s stock. The transcription blends questions and accusations with disparaged phrases.
A Civil War era custom in eastern West Virginia centers on a Shepherdstown picnic called soups. Hosts provide vegetables while poultry is cooked in large kettles. girls and young men stir with iron spoons, trading kisses when spoons click. Ex-Confederates from Stonewall Jackson’s era keep the ritual alive with annual rounds.
The article discusses the nests of the edible swift and Chinese demand, noting the nests form from secretion and become firm when exposed to air. It also cites Ella Wheeler Wilcox on teaching kindness to animals and praising freedom, urging daily lessons of compassion for creatures dependent on humans.
Mrs. N. J. Locxmeanrr of Extra-Bern, Pa reports relief from years of female trouble including swelling, pain, and weakness after five bottles of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills. She thanks the product for saving her life and notes ongoing improvements. Mrs. Pinkham offers free responses to letters from suffering women. Address is Lynn Mass.
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