19 Aug 1882
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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1882
Page
1
Railway notice for new lines through vast northern forests offers freight and travel tickets, with special incentives for parties seeking to locate manufacturing machinery. Information available through the agent at Whitcomb, Cor Last Wier and Muson, Milwaukee, Wis.
The report notes a Prohibition Stace convention scheduled for November 14 and 15 in Minneapolis with details about speakers and activities. It mentions Miss Nora Landis of York Indiana performing piano recitals after day harvest work and other local notes. The passage also references a $15,000 donation by John I Blair to Grinnell Tennessee and a tornado recovery effort.
A pioneering woman lawyer in Dayton, Ohio, appeared in mayor’s court defending an elderly client charged with disturbing the peace. Her confident speech and poised presence drew attention as she argued the case amid a scene of startled onlookers.
The Ninth District election outlook is heated with Browne favored by Wanpacs and Taylor allies, Webly backers claiming four counties on first ballot, and Stephenson of Marinette touted as a possible Congress candidate. Greenbackers plan a convention next Friday with Capt. Leahy of Wausau as a probable nominee. Democrats may back Judge Gilbert L. Park on Sept 6 while W. C. Silverthorn aims to equal prior success. County delegates to the Congressional Convention were chosen at Attic Hall with uninstruced ballots for Haseltine, Chytan, Cappa, War, Carley, and C. D. Richmond.
A 20 year old from New Orleans and a Philadelphia companion traveled to New York to seek fortune. Hungry, they stole a loaf from a baker’s wagon at a grocer’s loading dock. Despite protests and a magistrate’s reluctance, the baker pressed charges and the pair were arrested. The men were offered a meal at the station, but the baker remained unsympathetic and did not relent.
A damaged OCR fragment describes a wife who saves stamps for hats while keeping five boxes of Swayze's Pills at home to guard against indigestion liver trouble biliousness and other illnesses. The tone is satirical about domestic expenditure and health elixirs.
Mr Hiiles of Pittsville Wisconsin recently bought several thousand acres of land mostly on the east fork of Black River and on Yellow River in Wood county for $100000 from Mead and Ripley of Oshkosh Hiles and Ward also bought pine hardwood and other property at Pittsville and vicinity for $24000
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