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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1902
Page
11
The London Tablet notes Kombaré Architecture blends Lombard with Norman influence, highlighting thick walls with large blank spaces and prominent ornament as subservient to form. Deep recesses, paneling, beveling, and circular arches express strength, while walls recede or vanish in other styles.
The horn nut or sacred hut of Japan fascinates travelers and collectors. Rich in oil, it burns hot with a blue flame and emits a unique odor, used in certain Japanese religious rites on altars as incense. The nut grows underwater with a leaf like an American ivy, and its shape resembles an Asian puffball's head. Raw, it is hard. when cooked the flavor resembles pollinated chestnuts. Edible quality endures for over twenty years.
The London Chronicle questions whether the Crown ruby is a ruby or a spinel. It notes spinels over three and a half carats may surpass diamonds, while larger sizes elicit unpredictable prices. The piece contrasts spinel and ruby hardness and mentions rumored lower spinel in the royal crown.
The Sabbath In Puritan New England described a deacon duty to walk the aisles after services and give metal checks to those deemed fit to commune. Those receiving checks could join the next Lord's Supper, and deacons collected the checks from communicants before distributing bread and wine.
In Hoth Enda Nova Scotia two village churches, North End and South End, announce Sunday services. The North End church will hold preaching at 11 o clock on the west Sunday morning and the South End church at 4 o clock in the afternoon. Infants will be baptized at both ends.
A playful exchange features a younger speaker insisting her husband only visits clubs with her, praising him as splendid and asking when they wed, with a teasing nod to a future date phrase.
A university professor, famed for absentmindedness, sits in a barber chair and suggests keeping his hat on because the room feels cool, creating a humorous miscommunication about his baldness.
Mrs. Gilley notes a couple wed in St Louis recently who could not understand each other’s language yet Mrs. Gilley and Mr. Gilley jest that they are likely unthinkably happy. The remark appears in the Detroit Free Press.
Fragmentary letter exposes a distressed speaker pleading for love while confessing he would kill himself if betrayed. The missive, attributed to Philadelphia print, hints at intimate turmoil and a vow to act if the beloved departs. The archaic spelling reflects 19th century vernacular and emotions in personal correspondence.
Jones asks Fogg for his view on the argument and is told the argument is sound, with both parties expressing satisfaction at the validity of the reasoning. The exchange centers on the notion of soundness and concludes positively.
A study of the Quartier Latin praises its danger to youths, noting the seductive, sugar coated immorality that corrupts young men and women more than overt vice. The piece contrasts its allure with genuine virtue and warns of lifelong ruin for those exposed. It also includes snippets on the origin of sea coal and a Lancet author critiquing arbitrary dietary advice.
The article traces Ponce de Leon's 1512 Florida discovery near St. Augustine after sailing from Puerto Rico, noting possession for Spain. It then outlines treaties that shifted Florida between Britain, Spain, and finally the United States by 1810, with Spain receiving 9 million dollars in the purchase.
A conductor on a front bus removes his badge and flaunts it in the air provoking a rival driver as a passenger questions the act. The remark reveals a taunting display connected to a disputed incident between the drivers.
A fragment shows a quarrel about a missionary box and saving money for heathens. One side accuses the other of being a heathen, claiming stinginess and arguing over who should receive the funds first. The exchange reveals family tension and religiously charged motives.
A fragment notes a debtor complaining his ten service coats cost 50 marks and a wife warns a fainting spell could cost more, while Filegende Blatter is referenced in a whispered line. The text reflects a melodramatic dispute over payment in a historical setting.
A brief moral reflection from the Atchison Globe argues wisdom lies not in stockpiling facts but in selecting actions that most surely lead to lasting happiness and true glory. It notes people often fail to act as they themselves believe.
A discussion of how U S presidential pay varies by month due to unequal month lengths and overpayments from prior months. It cites a Cleveland era incident where three monthly warrants were issued for 4 166 06 and a penny warrant was sent to the White House that Cleveland never cashed. The piece continues with a humorous tale of a professor colliding with a cow and later mistaking the professor’s colleague’s wife for the animal.
A incident describes Professor William Archbald Spooner of Oxford famed for spoonerisms at a church service and dinner table. His humorous misstatements like asking to sew lunes into sheets and offering fleas as fruit illustrate his well known linguistic misprisions.
A brief overheard exchange in London shows a passerby mistaking a stranger for an Earl and apologizing when corrected. The two men exchange cordial remarks about the weather and part with good mornings, illustrating a courteous social misrecognition in town.
A Baltimore doctor rushed to help a sick infant of colored parents. He gently explained the child’s few hours remained. The mother nonchalantly replied that there was plenty of room for him up yonder and they were dreadful scrouged down there.
A dramatic dialogue centers on Neo denying more cake as a father warns of consequences. A sobbing girl pleads for cake, insisting on her right to have more, and the exchange ends with her insisting she is right.
Fragmentary OCR notes recount the old Norse warriors crying Far, ale as they swept into Britain. The phrase is linked to appealing to Thor for battle aid and evokes a legendary clash between Vikings and peaceful Britons.
A brief transcript fragment shows Mrs Brown asking about a girl leaving, Mire confirms the departure was for nothing, and Mrs Brown recalls prior statements about the girl not leaving for anything. The exchange captures a domestic moment with terse questioning and resigned responses.
An antiquated note describes a negro preacher dividing his sermon into two parts, first the text and then what lies outside it, with exhortations to wrestle with the second. It mentions fertility symbolism through Bice as emblematic and a couple’s wish for a large family arising from the custom.
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