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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1896
Page
6
In a swift turn of events a police-seized escape ends with Lord Harborough rescuing Sadie and Mr Havesdean from a hidden luxurious room. The trio recounts a staged abduction scheme involving a private carriage and a decoy couple at a London hotel. They depart for the Langham Hotel after a tense confession and a generous gesture to the rescuing sergeant.
At 3:30 a.m. Lord Harborough climbs to the Langham Hotel seeking Mr Hovesiloan after walking from St James. He has shaken a night of doubt and plans to repay debts including 48,000 pounds while considering Sadie and her father. A violet note to Sadie signals his uncertain path ahead.
Lord Harborough confronts Mr. Hoverdean at a breakfast meeting about Closton and Movesdean & Co. The talk reveals a failed estate transfer, a large debt, and the possibility of fraud. Hoverdean casually admits knowledge of financial trouble, hinting at a concealed sum of £100,000 and a path to Barings for resolution.
In a deteriorating scene at breakfast, Lord Harborough confronts John Hovesdean about a troubling affair tying to a man who met him at Euston. Hovesdean describes a red oval-stone ring as a key clue. Harborough realizes a hidden connection and resolves to go to Scotland Yard for answers as the suspense continues.
A Harpers Bazar excerpt argues women are unfairly labeled unbusinesslike for petty money matters. It cites missed change, unpaid small debts, and forgotten dues among two companions, noting education and habit shape financial conduct and business reputation. It contrasts careless conduct with writing letters and requesting favors, urging stricter personal accounting.
A vintage verse notes a milking machine shown at a fair that milked ten cows in five minutes. It laments the loss of pastoral charm as brass, zinc, glass and tape replace the dairymaid with a contraption, conjuring Arcadia and fading idylls for butter and well shaped ears.
Louis Robison argues in a North American Review essay that cats were forest dwellers by instinct, noting their tree skills, mottled coloring, and solitary habits. He suggests humans are seen as a moving tree, a comfy seat with occasional gifts, and that cats remain largely independent, masters of their own methods.
A four-set play titled La Cubana by Widard, a noted writer, explores Cuba's revolution as backdrop for an engaging plot. The production closes to mixed reviews, with emphasis on its political framing and theatrical craft.
Farmers urged to early control chinch bugs by plowing furrows or laying tar lines between the bugs and grains. Tips cover dust barriers on dry ground, tar use when wet, hole digging to trap bugs, and kerosene treatment. The piece also discusses corn shallow cultivation, colt care, weed control, late sowing millet, and extra milch cow feed.
After two years of resumed digging at the Acropolis in early February 1885, archaeologists uncovered fourteen female stucco statues between the Brechtelhon wall and the northern enclosure. Eight were nearly intact, with fiery coloring, eyes, hair, and ornaments vividly highlighted. The statues share strikingly similar postures and drapery, each with a right arm extended holding a fruit, suggesting votive offerings rather than a single personality, and were likely placed near the goddess’s temple for protection and remembrance.
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