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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1897
Page
14
New bicycle game imported from London excites New York readers as women join in nine a side play using wheels only to propel the ball. Gorham pioneered the sport here teaching women, now playing on lawns across country places. Scoring rules vary up to 100 points, with five points per seat order and fouls for hand foot or wheel contact.
The speaker mocks a misjudgment by locals who suspect a country man, recounting a farm visit and a crude episode at a hotel. He then describes a controversial cosmetic or pressure technique involving finger strokes around the eyes nose and jaw to reduce wrinkles, ending with notes on fat under the chin.
The article introduces Royal, a pioneering bike polo style game played on a court with a central playwheel and ropes forming dual alleys. Two teams of nine riders chase a goal while performing specialized shots like the pick-up and counter, with mixed teams praised for broad appeal and safety compared with older biking games.
The article explains facial massage as essential for preserving beauty and achieving smooth, thin skin. It instructs a self performed routine after washing, detailing finger placement behind the ears and across the forehead with repeated strokes to improve complexion.
In a Dodge City Republican interview Mr. Juneau, founder of the Alaska metropolis and long a Kansas resident, recalls early transits from Atlar Ling to the Klondyke via a 400 mile Chilkoot pass route. He warns of grating moss and devil's club, noting 2 inch prickles cause excruciating pain and entangle walkers.
A fragmentary social critique questions public obsession with counts, titles, and fashionable leaders. The speaker laments the Beardsley craze, Knickenbecker bloomers, and a host of fads, expressing fatigue and rebellion against the reformist zeal. The refrain ends with a defiant Gretzky-like jest.
A new tariff clause targets goods entering the U S via Canada and Mexico with 10 percent duties added to all imports through contiguous countries. The provision could harm the Canadian Pacific and Japanese Chinese steamship traffic at Vancouver while boosting revenue for Great Northern and Northern Pacific railroads. Federal officials, including Special Agent C S Crane, await Washington guidance as the issue tests enforcement.
The famed plunger Lucky Bald denies bankruptcy rumors and asserts he is not broke. He cites personal assets including the Baldwin hotel mortgage, Santa Anita ranch, and eight other large properties totaling about 7 million dollars, maintains income from San Francisco rents, and recalls past poker winnings and a major stock option bluff.
A man recounts planning an injunction serve at 11:20 for 11:30, securing control and making 3,000,000 by a bank scheme. He cites 1875 losses, brokers Glazer Bros., and a 14,000,000 bank failure. He claims after twenty-two years he recovered 2,500,000 and bank stock rising to 254 per share. Names include Jim Keene, D.0 Milly, Senator Sharon, and R. H. Lloyd.
In Lock Springs area farmers faced weeks of poultry raids by a giant snake. Newton McCrary tracked the creature to Grand River, fired buckshot after it disappeared into water, and killed a sixteen foot reptile. Neighbors aided in confirming the death. the species remains unknown. Early spring reports placed the beast upriver, but were not widely believed.
In Vanceburg Kentucky C M Shaw a former county resident now in Indianapolis created a sensation by swearing out a warrant against his wife for bigamy. Shaw had wed Miss Bertha Dunham in 1803 and the pair left for Indianapolis. Six months ago Shaw returned claiming a divorce, and she then married Oscar Grey of West Union Ohio. He to charged the woman with bigamy by affidavit triggering a sensational local case.
A Detroit Journal blurb notes a person intent on weight loss by riding a wheel and describes a pink chiffon sweater being tailored. The tone hints at determination and a brisk, fashion minded approach to self improvement.
In a Cleveland Pain Dealer cartoon style snippet, Robson is depicted as daft about life and a joke about missing the duty on catnip tea. The dialogue pokes fun at tariff talk from last Saturday's office chatter with a single quip by Bobson.
A Chicago Post reading argues the world is a stage yet most men and women are mere supes, not even counted among the company supporting the star. The gloomy speaker claims about 999 of every 1,000 are plain, ordinary figures in the scene.
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