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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1906
Page
2
A garbled classifieds section lists numerous one cent a word ad notices. Entries mention sale of furniture and pianos, wanted help, rent, money loans, real estate, and odd job offers. The text is fragmented with many misspellings and unclear names but signals typical small town ads and employment inquiries.
A fragmented survey of travel and cultural quirks. Burmans navigate by direction with instinctive needle references, while North South sides label streets and trees by light and shade. The piece also covers varied anecdotes from Heligoland cookery and Vienna begging, plus jokes on pawnshop sales and a street-phenomenon about a bread crust.
Residents of Adams county fear a leopard and a large lion escaped from a Neccish circus roaming the area. Though the leopard has been shot, hunters have not seen the lion. Hunting parties formed on Tuesday Sept 4 in Friendship to kill the beast blamed for cattle and sheep killings across the region for weeks. Reports describe many carcasses with missing entrails and missing heart and liver as frightened cattle fled fences and chased by the beast. A thirty man field party and others with hounds pursue the animal, with over forty cattle said dead. Public fear has prompted wide effort to capture or kill the creature. The rest of the item promotes Clark Nerve Tonic for nervous complaints with local sales notes.
Very low round trip air fares advertised for travel via a North Western line. The copy references cheap first class air service to San Francisco and Los Angeles with promotional terms and agency contact hints. It includes unrelated praise for a health tonic and a merchant ad ending with a price of 35 cents for Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea.
Fragmentary ad text describes a sale and product claims. It mentions a nasal balm with eucalyptus thymol and menthol, promises soothing healing and relief. The ad invites readers to call at the store for a free trial box and is signed by R. J. Strauss.
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