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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1914
Page
6
An odd air boast adapted from the Dunne biplane features a tailless V shaped craft with automatic stability. It is being constructed in America for experimental use and could mark a new approach to aviation design.
The United States sees minor shifts in aeronautical manufacture. Wright patents influence, with pontoons replacing running gear, as a new flying boat from a factory once building Wright biplanes emerges as not infringing. Wings’ construction keeps air stay nearly level, with illustrations in September Popular Mechanics. Also notes the French army ration list for soldiers in defense.
The Dorchester Herald reports on common life absurdities from envy between farmers and businessmen to the misfortunes of farm life. It recounts jokes about crops, livestock woes, and a household kitchen misstep, ending with Sammy earning 100 in school split between reading and arithmetic.
A Fifield origin tale via a Park Falls paper recounts a phone call from Dr Harrington of Phillips to his son in Butternut. Through Fifield, Abe Wiley coordinated two men. The caller identified as father and son and heard a cryptic response, “this is the holy ghost. Go ahead.”
The dispatch describes a soldier's daily food allotment including soup, biscuits, rice or beans, meat, coffee, and sugar totaling nearly three pounds per day with occasional extras of vegetables and wine. It also notes Sudhindra Bose planning to teach at the State University of Iowa and his intention to return to India as a newspaper man. He thanks the recipient for information on American newspaper work and encloses stamps.
A reader in Iowa City asks the local paper to send copies of an article about a Hindu, believing the story may be about him. He writes to the editor dated September 6, 1944, seeking confirmation and copies.
Leading French doctors have long used a prescription of vegetable oils for chronic stomach trouble and constipation. One dose often convinces, with severe cases benefiting within 24 hours. Many people report surprising results, so sufferers of constipation, lower bowel, liver, and stomach troubles should try Mayr's Wonderful Stomach Remedy, now sold here by R. J. Strauss.
Mrs C W Florence of Rockfield Indiana cites twelve years of use and a single dose of Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy curing her summer complaint. Sold by all dealers.
Mrs M J Gallagher of Geneva New Jersey describes long standing acute indigestion and constipation improved after four months and two bottles of Chamberlains Tablets. She says she can eat heartily with no bad effects and notes the product was found effective by her druggist. Sold by all dealers.
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