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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1905
Page
10
The Marshfield Times reports New Orleans under quarantine with 21 new cases and 5 deaths, while 62 deaths total and 40 local fever foci are noted. Chicago trade unions plan strikes. police target wrecking crews. various crime and wartime developments fill the page, including Russo Japanese War updates and the Kaiser’s reforms discussions.
Domestic items report wives of eight Kansas farmers arrested for arson at Abilene. Roosevelt hosts Bishop Hood of Orta Catalina at Sagamore Hill. Labor strike looming in New York City painters’ union. Notable deaths, graft probes, and legal actions punctuate a wide, disjointed local and national news snapshot with names, places, and events spanning the United States.
Fragmentary Washington dispatches recall Bennington pension matters and resignations in agriculture. Mentions Secretary Wilson, geological survey ties, and international events from Marseilles funerals to Tangier talks. Also notes a Liverpool express collision and Lima congress opening amid political notes.
The report credits American investment for agriculture and mining growth in the republic. News notes royal marriage talks, Swedish parliament debate on union with Norway, Zionist Basle congress rejection of East Africa offer for Palestine project, and a near finish by T. W. Burgess in a English Channel swim.
A flood of obituary notices from various cities reports the deaths of prominent figures. Commander Theodore Gurgdorff died in Philadelphia Naval Hospital at age unspecified. Joseph Eakins longtime editor of the New York Evening World. Daniel Tang主演s funeral in Louisville. Judge Louis P Parey of New Orleans. Bishop Z Joyce. William B. Pisehy former state senator. Louis P Parety and more. The notices name locations, roles, and affiliations, reflecting a broad range of public figures from military to journalism to culture.
Secretary Willem B Loeb Jr travels through Madison aboard a private Northwestern line ship. He rejects a cabinet post, preferring his current role as President Roosevelt's secretary, noted for efficiency. The article shifts to barrel making with machine advances improving speed and accuracy, stressing watertight staves, hydraulic shaping, and rigorous testing for oil whisky and paint barrels, plus the need for carefully air cured hard wood.
In Chicago on July 20 Chandler Began of Exmoor successfully defended his western championship by defeating his cousin Walterean at the Glen View links 2 up with two to play.
Washington on August 1 1st secretary of the interior designated Commissioner Richards of the general land office John Dern of Untab and Irving Howbert of Colorado to supervise the disposal of lands within the United reservations at Tad.
A fragmentary reminiscence describes Secretary Loeb’s planned Yellowstone Rockies vacation with the president’s confidence in him. It recalls Loeb as Roosevelt’s trusted aide and touches on his possible future roles, including speculation about a cabinet portfolio and a move toward a colonial department.
A historical note describes growing Garrets demand and the rise of modern machinery in barrel making. It explains how packaging forms evolved as the oldest coopers’ art changed with techniques for shaving, stave cutting, and assembly, highlighting skilled craft and apprenticeship requirements.
An anecdote from Groton Mass recalls a young Theodore Roosevelt facing a closing exercises recitation. He chose Marco Bozzaris, but forgot much of the poem, repeating Greece, her knees. The teacher prompted the line, offering gentle guidance as the crowd watched.
Unclear OCR text reports deputies Musiicgee Lop Noble and Edwards allegedly killed J Coleman near Deep For river 24 miles west of Ghecotan while alleging horse theft. At nearly same time Deputy Grant Johngan killed Jones McIatush two miles east of DBulergrise during a murder arrest attempt.
At an Actors' Fund of America meeting Tanier Frohman urged that drama must have snap not rhetoric. He described a one act play with a drawing room scene where a husband returns to find lovers, a murder follows, and a twist ends with the line I’m on the wrong foot. The example stressed vivid action over literary flourish.
Byngsboro TM endures a cat overrun blamed on visitors from Lowell amid fears of rabies. Hundreds of felines prowl the town grazing on poultry and wrecking pigeon lofts, prompting calls for action to curb the nuisance.
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