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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1899
Page
3
An entangled archaic verse depicts a village idyll with vows of marriage, welcome meals, and singing at the porch. The imagery centers on Lucey at her wheel and the village church where marriage vows are spoken. Samuel Rogers is named, with lines expressing hope for family lineage and a simple rural life.
Evelyn Carpenter, a determined young woman, encounters a lark caged by a humane society president seeking to raise funds for its charity. She argues the bird should be freed to sing in the sky, while the old cage owner recalls his late son and the cost of keeping the bird. The scene juxtaposes a zealot for compassion with a practical survivor.
Evelyn confronts a cobbler over a singing bird sale and chooses to redeem her pride by returning to apologize and reflect. The old man accepts, and she witnesses his quiet sorrow as the dawn passes, pondering the birds duty and moral duty in a changing world.
A late 19th or early 20th century notice reports H J Maeok regier of Union Oxford leading a six man Alpine style expedition to Mount Kenya in East Africa. With Swiss guides taxidermists and Royal Geographical Society backing, the group aims to map the mountain from 10000 feet, study glaciation and flora, collect specimens, and compare equatorial climate history with past glacial extent, following Dr J W Gregory’s earlier height record.
The article discusses numerous lakes carved in hollows and rock basins fed by springs. It notes lake Alginet at a high altitude of 12 980 feet, 1 800 by 3 200 feet, and describes large basins on the Mighty tanntary mass with ice skim each night. It mentions a long main axis of the Moukivin, summit plateau at 18 000 feet, and attempts by explorers like Mackinder and Kath to study and map atop high regions in Africa.
A historical sketch traces soft felt and derby hats from medieval to modern times. It credits Kossuth era influence for soft hats, notes English stiff derbies, and highlights early American makers like Stetson and Waters. It recounts preindustrial handwork, nap hats, and the rise of U.S. hat production versus European imports.
Instructions describe making soap bubbles using Eagle soap dissolved in distilled water, cooled, filtered, then shaken with glycerine in a bottle. The mixture yields clear liquid that becomes turbid with a white precipitate, which is siphoned off. Bubbles four inches across can last up to three hours on iron rings or wool, longer under a glass shade or with tobacco smoke, as reported by Denver Republica.
A playful exchange between a star centerfielder and an umpire ends with the umpire charging a $25 fee. The exchange, captured in the Philadelphia North American, shows the humor and tension of the ballpark as the player disputes a call, and the official calmly records the amount in his notebook.
A distorted historical tale recalls Carlotta daughter of Leopold II and sister to the Belgian king. It describes her 1860s alliance with Arch-Nuke Maximilian, the Mexican empire, and the collapse of their regime. The piece notes her later life near Brussels and her enduring fantasies of empire.
The article explains the oak flowering and acorn development cycle, noting that most oaks require multiple seasons to mature nuts and that the timing of catkins and pollen affects crop success. It mentions white oaks maturing in one season and regional variations across winters. Meehan's Monthly.
A fragmentary reflection on apparitions and mortality by Thomas Bailey Aldrich. The speaker questions fear of mockery, wonders at the dead walking and the quick dying, contemplating doubts about belief and fate in a nocturnal frame.
A humorous montage cites misheard lines about ruins and marriage, with jumbled dialogue from a British scion, an old man, and scattered lines. References to Washington Star and Stiegunde Elvetter appear as misattributed snippets. The piece mocks language slips and social pretensions in playful, collage fashion.
Fragmentary OCR mentions General Miles to command the army under War Department administration. References to wartime cures and patents appear garbled but indicate a shift in military leadership and a government war effort. Entities include General Miles and War Department.
A visitor claims a local shoemaker’s wares are misrepresented and overcharged. The erroneous claims center on a $1.40 fee for a routine service, with the complainant alleging deceptive pricing and substandard goods during the stop at Alton.
A garbled 1885 railroad ad mentions an excursion to Boston via the Wabash priced at 19 dollars round trip from Chicago. The fragmentary text names various cities, dates, and names but contains many misspellings and unclear items.
A jumble of names and places appears with Garavel Cure taken and a 72 year old Fort Madison resident, a Detroit firm proposing a dam, and scattered references to people, towns, and events, all rendered in garbled OCR style with uncertain details.
A lettered testimonial cluster touts Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. It claims dramatic relief from female ailments, ulceration, dyspepsia, and nervous symptoms after using the product and Liver Fills, Sunative Wash, with a stated weight gain and overall improvement. Personal names and locations appear as readers endorse the remedy.
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