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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1899
Page
3
A reprinting voice presents a muddled monologue about identity and national conflict. It references a changing name from Yam to Bin, mentions Russia and England, and alludes to gunpowder and European power. The piece reads as a historical dialect sample with commentary on shifting loyalties.
A mixed British and American force, supported by friendly locals, held off a large Mataafa assault on a German plantation. Lieutenant Lansdale and Ensign Monashan were among the wounded and missing as the retreat hardened. A sailor stayed behind to aid the survivors.
An ensign and two officers die while resisting Lae rebels. Lansdale suffers a shattered leg and a bullet through his heart as he and comrade stand firm. A rifle or revolver may have felled three Samoan assailants. The nation honors a heroic but deadly encounter in history.
The piece recounts the waning of the Wunder Tul Wizard’s career after a failed gun act in Kentucky. A brutal mishap during the finale left him bleeding and forced him to quit, despite earlier fame. He recalls a life in show business, the lure of the stage, and a final performance that ended with an audience’s shock.
A Birmingham man recalls a strange revenge tale from the Free Press. After a heated exchange at the gate a rival rider pursues the narrator down the hill, then charges back up in a show of bravado. The confrontation escalates as the horse rears and stops at the gate, the caller denying any dog sighting and claiming innocence.
A congressman questions a constituent who says the salary is fine but remarks he expects to earn the job. The dialogue centers on the tension between government employment and perceived earned compensation.
A fragmentary verse recalls a waterfall as elfin music. Elfin mistresses dwell where water falls in rainbow sprinkles and drops stars, while water elves play on their spray.
In a crowded scene a well dressed young man is quizzed about King Oscar. A quiet observer explains he is the King of Sweden, while others joke about a possible twist to favor Oscar and make him umpire the match. The exchange hints at playful envy and national pride.
A fragmentary reflection argues that vast gold exists close at hand and in oceans, more than miners ever found, suggesting even coastal waters and sea life hold traces of the precious metal. It links imagination to wealth, noting oceans and lands harbor abundant retinal metal amid metaphorical abundance.
The piece notes large egg production figures and industrial demand in a country, mentioning Calleo print works and other industries. It then recounts Dr. Weir’s Dawn of Reason anecdote about a large black Lycosa spider living in a piano, reacting to music with leg movements and retreating when marches or galops begin.
The article notes that influential English books are largely fiction and suggests this will persist. It argues the public pulse is best measured by studying free expression and reception of these works, implying fiction shapes culture more than non fiction.
A fragment discusses fiction’s grip on readers, noting sarsaparilla claims and library returns from major centers. It critiques novels’ power for good or evil and hints at a London mutiny context within a vague historical sweep.
Dr Felkin recounts a tale of a fakir wizard who claims to transform into animals and to travel vast distances at night. A party member reports a recent message from Lado about steamer arrivals and a mysterious English passenger with papers for a mission, with dates and locations noted in the report.
Fragmentary text mentions rows of unclear names and places with odd phrases. The readable bits reference Bieh-Yot, Daetons, Torrente, Una, Dina Pedy, and a bar Stati with scattered capitalized terms. No coherent event or outcome can be determined from the garbled OCR.
A report describes the sons of Hetty man drawn while at Kewnuree. their bodies have not been recovered, with few other readable details available from the damaged text.
A weathered testimonial describes years of dull back pains heavy menses and leucorrhea leading to infertility. After consulting physicians and trial of medicines the writer followed Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound guidance and reports pregnancy and renewed use with strong praise.
A testimonial from Mus. 8 Basxeant of New Castle describes severe illness after her marriage seven years ago and multiple childbirths including miscarriages. She reports falling of womb, leucorrhea, back and leg pains, dyspepsia, and nervous stomach tremors. After using the advertised medicine she says all troubles vanished.
Arnold L. Gesell of Alma, a graduate of the Stevens Point normal school, has been engaged as instructor in Hing y in the high school at Stevens Point.
An OCR fragment shows a Chicago to Boston round trip fare of 19.00 via Wabash with travel details and agency references including Alfred J. Westlins and others. It mentions a veto by Mayor Barker on an electric and gas franchise tied to Jackson Milling. The passage is garbled with names and transit notes, reducing clarity of exact dates and routes.
Fragmentary OCR reports events in Beloit and surroundings. Mentions Mrs William Feefler and a clerie of Chicago with unspecific illness, a fatal shooting near city outskirts injuring a man named Hardy, and a wedding in Deloit with Amy Wright marrying Adam Bowers a Greenland Michigan pharmacist. Fragmentary names and places reflect scattered notices in a local paper.
Frederick Winkel named as farm administrator at Ashippis Dodge County replacing John Vossi who resigned. In Janesville, Mrs Emil DL Alvis, wife of John Alvis, dies at age 35 after long residence in Rock County.
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