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Newspaper
Monroe Weekly Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1899
Page
8
The Boston Budget outlines spring men’s wear with moderately wide padded shoulders and tailored coats. Preference shifts to sock suits and cutaway frocks, plus longer waistcoats and peg-top trousers. double-breasted tracks remain in style for day dress, while white trousers compete with white duck.
The text presents a series of odd quotes and reflections on life, love, and perception. It hints at satire on hotel landlords, puzzling figurative lines, and opinions about women and genius, with scattered references to March hare, market behavior, and literary effort.
A crowded Parisian fashion note describes jewelry trends including pendants set with stones, glass barrels encrusted with top gems, and writing desk trinkets. It highlights new gold bracelets, double-headed serpent pendants, and pearl pendants as symbols of wealth and style.
Wisconsin items report a dispute over federal antitrust reach with state enforcement pledges. Separate stories recount shootings, a waitress found dead in Oshkosh, a suspected strangling, a wife’s suicide, a man wounded in Appleton, and other local incidents. Also noted are church, agricultural, and civic events across the state.
Madison reports a busy day as the Wisconsin Senate and Assembly pass reforms including a state payroll tax plan, school aid conditions, and life insurance tax changes. A lobbyist registry bill sails through the Senate, while anti pass restrictions face a close ballot, with adjournment set for Wednesday evening.
Washington reports show March receipts from customs near 21 million dollars and from government revenue over 22.6 million, plus 15.4 million from miscellaneous sources, totaling above 37 million. Disbursements total about 42.9 million, yielding a monthly surplus of 14 million and a net surplus of roughly 2.3 million after a Central Pacific debt payment.
A damaged OCR fragment discusses medical notions of 1083 ailments and symptoms such as indigestion constipation and fever, with archaic terms and unclear person references, offering no verifiable context or outcome.
A fragment from a 19th or early 20th century newspaper blends weather chat with consumer ads and quips. It recalls seasonal norms, a judge and old residents, peddles Grain-O drinks, Allen’s Foot-Ease trials, and various patent medicines. Also cites jokes, receipts, cures, and a weather remark tying damp air to rheumatism.
Polemic advertisement extols Synur or Fie from California Fig Syrup Co as a perfect strengthening laxative. Claiming cleansing effects, relief from headaches fevers and colds, and safe kidney and bowel action, with natural senna and aromatic plants. Provides full company name and distribution cities, urging genuine packaging to avoid imitations.
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