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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1908
Page
5
Jack London recalls his first huge wave off the coast in rough water. He describes paddling for life as a towering bore lifts his board. He tells of losing sight and breath, then riding the frothy crest before a fall.
A May see romance that began in Pajin Austria ends in marriage for Antonio Hervatin and Joana Rumin after arriving on the Sofia Hohenberg. The couple wed at St Louis Cathedral with Stephen Jossa assisting and then moved to Laurel Hill in West Feliciana to work on Henry Stewart’s sugar estate.
Puritan sermons stretched for hours not by time but by hourglass turns. One preacher humorously reset the glass noting halfway point, another tale has a clerk waiting as most congregants left. He asks the minister to lock the door and slide the key under it as the remnant prepare to depart.
The article notes long curved eyelashes and "pearling brows" as marks of character and brain power. It describes mothers in Circassia Persia and parts of India trimming lashes with scissors while children sleep to promote growth. Shaving thickens eyebrows.
A grieving poet explains that true Good Morning carries sympathy not rote civility. He recalls a harsh greeting that unsettled him, contrasted with a warm, feminine voice that soothed him. A Broadway encounter with XY left a lasting impression of daylight kindness.
A London literary circle hears a tale of a popular poet who writes at night and wakes his wife with lines like Maria, get up I have a word. She notes the word then an hour later he seeks a better one. An American guest quips if he were her husband she would retort with Alpheus, get up I’ve thought of a bed word.
In Paris a disputed mummy lies in the morgue after a flat fire. Police insist it is a corpse while the owner claims it is furniture. Firefighters found the mummy in a ruined cupboard and sent it for identification. The owner pleads for return but police demand a yes or no answer.
The passage laments shrinking dinner elaboration as restaurant dialogue simplifies menus. It notes cafe hosts inviting two vegetables steak salad cheese and coffee while home dinners drop formal courses. It suggests fewer formal constraints ease hosting among acquaintances.
Three Chicago businessmen, including a man described as close in finances, are approached by charity sisters during a luncheon. Each donates, but a second request to the frugal man prompts a polite protest for already contributing. A whispered belief of unseen wrongdoing sparks doubt among the other two as they move on.
In a wry aside Mr Sirius Barker notes that uniforms dominate society from the army to railways and theater staff. He asks why plain citizens clothes exist at all and suggests detectives need disguises in plain sight.
Sealed bids for loading hauling and delivery of 000 cubic yards of decomposed granite from the S W of Sec 2 Town 3 Range 3 on Central Avenue between A Street and the Chicago and North Western crossing near Eighth Street for 10 Oct 1st. 10H will be received until Aug 22 1906. Bids must include two certified checks for 3100 and the envelope marked Bids for delivering genom peat granite. The Board of Public Works reserves the right to reject any or all bids. City Clerk Fleckenstein dated Aug 1 1906.
Notice to bidders announces bids for digging and laying 1880 feet of 6 inch water pipe on McGee Street and S Vine Frost with hydrants. Bids due August 1908 by 5 PM to Marshfield Water and Light Commission. Each bid must include a certified check for 1% of bid. Commission may reject any or all bids.
Public auction of mortgaged premises in Wood County Wisconsin to satisfy a judgment in a foreclosure action. The sale to be conducted at the North Door of the City Hall Marale on September 10 1908 at 10 o clock in the forenoon. The property is described as the southeast of the southeast quarter of section 96 township 25 north range 3 east, fourth principal meridian. June 28 1908. J T Walet Sheriff. Fred Warsingkn Deputy. Suem W Aund Pors Attorneys.
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