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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1885
Page
3
A cryptic historical text fragment depicts a grand march and clash of forces amid thunder and wind. It references a commander and a river crossing, with visions of fate and death as part of a long march toward a distant, arduous objective.
A long frame tale describes Arctic ice as vast packs and moving floes where walruses, seals, and polar bears thrive. It chronicles a hunter Shoo Koke near Ludlan's bar surviving a gale, drifting on ice with his dogs, losing his snow house, then reaching land at Southampton Island and meeting Esquimaux friends after a harrowing voyage.
Foreman Gilmour at Market Street Gas Works promotes a homegrown remedy for whooping cough using inhaled gases from lime-purification pans. He claims children improve after breathing ammonia and sulfur vapors, with visits beginning at 7am and repeated sessions of 30 minutes to an hour.
In Bar Harbor, the American girl is depicted as independent, fearless, and self-reliant, pursuing a fuller life beyond marriage. The essay lauds emancipation through education and discussion, highlighting young women shaping opinions, seeking intelligent companionship, and foreseeing social limits.
A long fragment discusses general delivery rules that a letter to a wife must be delivered to her own hands not her husband. Men challenge the rule, admit surprise at wives’ rights, and reflect on marriage power. The piece shifts to a book notes section with nine rules for young readers collecting banks and books. It ends with disjointed medical musings about bodies and liver function.
A distressed parent argues about funding for a German student, claiming education costs will outpace value. The dialogue mentions a mother defending study costs and a father demanding funds, with references to belief and a German student. The pair discuss expenditure, fundraising, and the student’s ongoing studies amid tense remarks.
A London exhibition describes Brien Freres method to extract oxygen from air using an artificial baryta lung. The process builds an indestructible baryta compound, enabling unlimited oxygen production for inhalation, illumination, water treatment, and metalworking, with broad industrial and medical implications.
An Austin school discusses a boy Joanny Frizzletop who read a controversial composition about obedience and parenting. The piece urges children to resist indulgent parents and claims obedience to God as a guiding path, while praising rest and sleep as healing.
The Sunday Herald reports the Hon John Kelly, a respected official, faced extreme mental strain and overwork. He overdrawn his bank account, leading to medical receivership and a warning about the dangers of irregular habits and constant worry on health. Warner's safe cure is extolled as a remedy to sustain strength amid labor.
Ghienge Jourrmt reports a plan for a bronze General Earle statue in Liverpool and Rome excavations yield small ivorylike charms. Paris churches own art valued at 1,015,710 dollars with secular works at 535,600. Bierstadt sails to Europe for Swiss study and commissions. Lille architect Cordonnier chosen to decorate Amsterdam exchange interior amid competition from 200 artists. Vincennes Catholics plan a statue of Father Gibault for the Indiana state house. Guerry of Baltimore summoned to Washington to paint a likeness of President Cleveland. critiques note differences in complexion hair and features.
A half naked Indian tricks Governor Dudley of Massachusetts over payments for fake work. The ruler pays multiple brass pieces and bribes for killings and a forged letter, only to be outwitted again. The Indian ends with the quip head work while the governor forgives him.
A Leavenworth meeting of prominent Kansans Iowans and neighbors to plan a Grant monument at St Leavenworth was announced with invited leading G A R members and Confederate former allies. In Chicago a separate Grant memorial fund committee raised 22000 toward a 32000 goal with further pledges.
Cariaco Aug 1 Patric Condon one of the indicted for the third ward ballot box theft was arrested at Princeton Illinois and a detective was sent to Chicago to fetch him. O Kief another indicted man is serving a prison sentence. Washington Aug 1 an official dispatch from Victoria BC says extradition papers are filed for Hibbs former Lewiston postmaster with $10000 found on him and he will be turned over. New Orleans Times Democrat notes 170000 of the city’s people did not visit the Exposition.
A long miscellany notes a divorcee’s mournful death tied to chloral use, a lunch menu on a Florida railroad section, a Sylvania girl’s apple feat, and a Lakeland man’s grape fruit and watermelon binge. Admiral Alden’s Portland tomb statue is described, Texas grain yields praised, and a Galveston News take on agricultural prosperity is cited. Other items cover patent medicines, a California wagon fall injury, and a joke on insurance. A Boston statistician compares buying power. a British sailor explains weather terms. A steamship for shark catching is noted, along with cod liver oil praise and a Gulf of Mexico matter claim. Also listed are travel ads, a Grand Union Motel in New York and strawberry shipments to Boston.
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