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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1885
Page
2
A patchwork of editorials and notices debates imperial policy and justice. Victories and sentences in Canada cloud the era, with Ribault and Riel cases stirring opinion while Britain’s telegrams reveal telegraphy costs and colonial tensions. A report on coal origins and future supply closes the item.
A chaotic teletyped summary reports delayed executions in Italy, a sixth annual Spiritualist camp at Cassadagh Lake in New York, Grant’s state viewing drawing huge crowds, Civil War prospects in Columbia, and various crimes, robberies, and political notes across the United States and abroad.
A writer in the Post discusses seasickness and belief, recounting anecdotes from ship voyages. Observations include a captain who eats heavily on every voyage day, a passenger using red yarn wrist ties as a remedy, and a voyage near Boston where a traveler slept through warnings before realizing the ship had not moved from anchor.
A foreign note reports the Egyptian cabinet may be reduced to four members as part of economy measures. Other items include impending English elections in November, Gladstone likely to campaign in Midlothian in October, and military reorganization affecting native infantry and cavalry units.
Accidents and fires flood the week with Park Hall in Minnesota burned for a loss of eight thousand dollars. Ticknor planing mill at Elgin destroyed by fire. Shamrock steamer owner drowned after falling overboard near Ports. Newport Vermont mill of International Lumber Company burned with over thirty thousand dollars in rock. a Pittsburg and Lake Erie brakeman killed near Youngstown. Phenix distillery fire tied to a one hundred thousand dollar loss. Marinette Wisconsin property worth fifty-one thousand destroyed. Maurice Daupheimer drug store gutted in Baltimore. civil service rule changes aim to exempt and appoint medical examiners. Cyclone across Philadelphia Camden and surrounding counties causing significant damage and loss of life.
Secretary enpicoTrard Whitney and Postmaster-General Vilas plan summer at home while Secretary Waltnty forms a naval officers commission to study navy department operations. Also reports include a wrecked steamer Humacoa, gas strike near Hallsville, and various legal and diplomatic notes from Washington.
Reports from Plymouth region warn of a severe dysentery outbreak in Plymouth Kingston and nearby towns with over 150 cases under treatment. Paris and Granada face cholera outbreaks while London notes no imminent risk and memorials mark General Grant's memory abroad.
A miscellany reports on General Lew Wallace two points of view, future coal supplies, Baxcroft roses, Rossini laziness, glass eyes crafts, and bank deposits in Massachusetts and New York. It notes electric lighting in Algiers, newly married Drake couple in Kansas, Ohio’s tallest youth, Saratoga Indians selling silk handkerchiefs, and Moors studying breech-loading guns. Also mentions a New York college fund dwindling after litigation and a San Francisco marriage born from education and reinvention.
The article argues no clear link between health and presidency by noting in 28 years five of seven elected presidents are dead, while five defeated candidates like Fremont McClellan Seymour Tilden Hancock and others remained alive. It cites two deaths by assassination among presidents and questions vigor of defeated contenders.
A Bridgeport crowd follows a widow in a Brewster victoria at Seaside Park. Her newly revealed blue kid boots become the talk as a buggy accident spills mud and exposes her shoes, then retreats under a robe as the carriage departs. The widow, renting a cottage at Southport, vanishes from public view after the scene.
A folksy tale from Maine recalls a bashful suitor who tries to buy a farmer's dog with a bold gambit, ending in a humorous lesson about propriety. A New Orleans note touts St Jacobs Oil for a health recovery. A Washington report describes warm weather tar on asphalt trapping sparrows, with a rescual chorus of distressed birds seeking aid.
A leading city theatrical agent describes a shift from star-led tours to a routable, company-based system. He explains centralized booking across circuits, a personal ledger of dates, and a large network of theaters enabling rapid route layout for stars and combinations.
The steamer Zealand arrives in San Francisco with Maxwell on board after his return. He confesses knowledge of Preller but withholds further details, claiming to hold his peace as the case continues.
An interview outlines a dramatic tour route through multiple northern and southern states, detailing stops in New York cities and Washington for holidays. The organizer explains booking sixteen attractions in December for the next year, with emphasis on route variety, latecomer challenges, and lucrative urban markets. The piece also covers advertising contracts, wages, and logistics for transporting actors, crews, and equipment.
A detailed account outlines Joseph M. Duncan’s patented salt-making method at WFarrow N. ., featuring a tall airtight retort with dual valves, a steam drum, and an evaporator. Brine is sprayed at 90 degrees, crystals form and settle, with crystals moved through mixer and centrifugals, then dried in heated air before packaging. A separate note mentions Philadelphia horseman Bonner criticizing horseshowing practices.
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