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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1897
Page
7
In a Lucas Avenue home two young women redecorated and varnished chairs. A visiting young man sat on a newly varnished chair and, after a warm day, could not move. He endured an awkward scene until help arrived and he left in embarrassment. The incident sparked laughter and the sisters seek a way to apologize.
A St Louis representative voices outrage at trusts overpowering small dealers. A grocery man condemns price cutting by dominant firms to push rivals out, recounting a tobacco sale where a ten cent price becomes the standard. The exchange highlights fears of market domination and forced price wars in local commerce.
A young Lincoln responds to a voluble opposing attorney by likening his opponent to a misfiring steamboat. He calls out unfounded assertions and explains the source of the mental energy behind loud rhetoric, using a Sangamon river boat analogy to illustrate the interruption caused by every boastful whistle.
A concise item notes American trade expanding beyond steel and tin plates to butter exports. It highlights growing American product reach in England and Wales, and Australia, signaling shifts in postwar commerce and market diversification. The brief mentions new commodity flows and international buyers observing these openings.
Miss Barber of Du Pace, a well known local music teacher, endured a year of severe chorea or St Vitus dance. After overwork and nervous strain she took treatments and regained health. within weeks four boxes of medicine eliminated the symptoms, restoring her to prominence among residents and local families.
The Yukon is closed to travel except in summer when glaciers loom above fields of flowers and moss. From mid June to early September vast scenery captivates travelers while heat can reach 120 degrees in the shade and pests like horseflies and mosquitoes torment wildlife and camp life.
A. J. Smith group uncovers six delta claims on a sixty five acre ore body in Hugged Top near Deadwood. Ore assays 10.48 dollars per ton in gold. Owners include A. J. Smith Dr. J. A. Paddock John Musselman Tobias Caster. Eight cars shipped yielded profits, with a single miner extracting ore worth 609 dollars despite expenses.
Force of manera at work for months yields richest find in Trinity Center area. Ground offered to buyers, but owners keep it. Squire Kimball reports vast treasure near Weaverville California. John Graves and partner pulled $71,0000 in four days from Coffee Creek claim. Gold dust weighed heavy chunks, surface deposits without bedrock visible.
A Few Poets notes Union Pacific advantages for western travel. Double daily service via Omaha or Kansas City to Denver Cheyenne Salt Lake and Pacific Coast points. Fastest times to Utah and California by several hours. The Overland Limited runs daily and reaches San Francisco in about six days from Missouri River, five from Chicago, and similar from other eastern points. For more details write GL Lomax Omaha Nebraska.
A backhanded editor note critiquing a manuscript for a spelling slip and a jarring misprint. The writer defends realism, claiming the line To Be Continued In Our Necks reflects how writers and critics push for vivid, gritty detail.
Sydney NSW reports a bold advertisement extolling Allen's Foot-Lase as a cure for painful feet and corns. The copy boasts swift relief and easy shoes, urging readers to try it today. The notice also mentions a news item about the governor of German New Guinea being killed by natives on August 21.
Grain-O marketed as a coffee substitute claiming rich brown color and no stomach distress. Priced 16¢ to 25¢ per package, promoted as a cheaper alternative. Also notes about local berry crops, a medical remedy, and an auction in London where a Stradivarius sold for 5050 dollars.
The notice extols Stomach Bitters as a universal remedy for stomach and bowel woes, claiming it strengthens the intestinal membrane and relieves dysentery and allied ailments. It also notes Lieut-Gen. G. Dailey Barter, governor of Bermuda, visiting New York en route to a broader tour of the U S and Canada.
HALI and a Virginia figure Thomas Marshall are linked to claims of important gold discoveries in Venezuela. The report mentions scalp treatment unrelated to the claim and references Hall's Vegetable Sicilian Hair Grower and Cherlea M Charley of Chicago as a treasurer accused of misappropriating sixty thousand nine hundred dollars.
Mrs B A Lowpann of Westdale Massachusetts reports a fibroid tumor in the womb vanished after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She had poor health and painful periods, doctors offered no cure but the remedy restored normal flow and relieved the dull ache.
A sensational claim promotes Flood's Sarsaparilla as a cure for nervous trouble scrofula sores rheumatism dyspepsia catarrh and other diseases by purifying blood. The ad asserts Hood's Pills aid the system cleaning and restoring vitality.
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