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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1912
Page
5
Humphreys Specifics has served the public for more than 80 years, with a free medical book sent to interested readers. The advertisement emphasizes lasting satisfaction and invites inquiries about its remedies and guidance.
A spinster Miss Wilkins observes her neighbor Mrs What's-her-Name and speculates that a late husband’s gambling drives her sorrow. Years later Miss Wilkins marries a steady man named Smiley, whose calm life reveals her prior misjudgments about men and marriage.
Train arrivals and departures at Omaha detailed with numbers and routes. Mentions connections to Fond du Lac Merrillan Oshkosh Wausau and Chicago. Notes Sunday exceptions and terminations for several services.
Local rail notices list Velvet Special service from Chicago to Dakota and Milwaukee routes, with daily or Sunday exceptions. Multiple branch lines include Nekoosa, Greenwood, Loyal, and Grand Rapids connections, detailing limited and mail trains between Chicago, Milwaukee, Duluth, and Minneapolis, plus other regional run days and stops.
A spy is jailed before Marshal Bissemyplere. The spy jokes that either he or the marshal must be hanged, prompting the marshal to smile and release him. The jailers, impressed by the wit, arrange an audience granting the spy a chance to speak. The spy insists the fate hinges on the marshal’s decision, leading to mercy.
Rumors describe a huge bowlder perched on a cliff edge at Kelusn eighty. Local superstition holds the rock was placed by Buddha and worshipers have built a twenty five foot pagoda atop it. If the bowlder falls, worshipers fear divine wrath.
A London Globe note recalls Thames watermen of old who wore a distinctive uniform with a plate on the arm showing fleet status or employer badge. They could row any boat only after seven years as an apprentice, under a £10 penalty for violations, reflecting early rules and pride in service.
The article notes snuff use in Arabi as a pill sized robin egg placed between the lower lip and teeth. It characterizes common use among laboring glass workers and street laborers, with many workers puffing their lower lip by a ball of snuff behind it. It also mentions a special Arabian snuff made from powered tobacco, unrefined sugar, and pois.
A silvery bell on the Vela tower at the Alhambra in Spain is heard thirty miles away. A maiden who rings it is believed to secure a husband before the fete ends, and a loud song promises a lucky match. On certain feast days the bell is especially lively.
An indignant citizen questions ticket prices in a county treasurer’s office while a clerk whispers that they are near the money, reflecting tense financial concerns in a Chicago Tribune scene.
Dialogue records a brief exchange where two speakers reference a prior remark by Ethel-Magd about someone named Jou. The conversation implies uncertainty about the content, with one speaker claiming to not know and the other affirming that Ethel-Magd did indeed say something.
Fragmentary quote attributed to Chesterfield and Hesiod reflecting on how elation and companionship shape identity from adolescence to early adulthood. The text appears as a salon or literary aside with no clear event, date, or location.
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