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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1896
Page
14
A chaotic roundup reports a dangerous hotel keeper’s condition, dramatic weather and wrecks, multiple deaths from trains and accidents, political campaigns, court actions, and notable obituaries across many states. Names include Chamberlain, Payne, Bryan, Morian, and Mitchell, with events in Alabama, Ohio, New York, Illinois, Wisconsin, and beyond.
In Springfield Ui on an unspecified date Roberta captain 5 1B salutes ex mayor Frank Kramer. The ceremony acknowledges Kramer contributions to the city and local governance. Community members gather to celebrate his public service and memory.
Reports from across Europe and the Americas include Britain planning a 30 million naval postwar push, Ireland and Belfast unrest over amnesty, the Montenegrin royal engagement, Berthed troop embarks for Cuba, and Spain's possible damages claims against the United States. Also notes are exile penalties, a Moscow arming shift, and a Montpellier fire damaging art and papers.
Charles Challand of Geneva invents a bicycle with the rider seated in a chair like posture and back support, pedals forward, and inflatable tires. Benjamin Ridgely, U.S. consul at Geneva, sent sketches to Washington. Swiss machine is said to rival the safety bicycle and may offer greater uphill ease and reduced fatigue.
A Berlin museum secures possession of Luther's Bible once used in his study. Margins bear notes in the reformer’s handwriting. Printed in Basel in 1500s, it remains in excellent preservation.
R G Dun reports week shows political events influence business prospects and sharp variations in exchange while gold imports rise due to excess merchandise exports. Wheat carryover questioned by farm movement, with heavy receipts and low prices, yet not signaling deficient yield. Wide market mood includes lumber, iron, steel, wool, and goods demand mixed. Bradstreet notes staple-focused trade, tighter credit, and higher mercantile discounts amid drought and regional weakness.
A collection of brief curiosities and quotes from abroad. The queen receives a playful petition about a lost doll and distant lands. Graf Munster and a Paris editor debate Alsace Lorraine. Conan Doyle reports on the magazine rifle as a tool for colonial conflict while in Egypt.
A quirky medley of bicycle proverbs and malapropisms mix humor and homegrown wisdom. The phrases riff on riding, gear, repair, and cautionary advice, with playful misprints and coinages about wheels, belts, locks, and companionship.
The Chicago Times-Herald quotes a folksy maxim about bicycles and life saying a fool may make more breaks in an hour than a wire man can repair in seven years. It cautions about cheap gear and warns that experience is the best spoke in a rider’s wheel.
A essay notes that poverty worsens from improvidence and ignorance, not just lack of money. A New York physician who has served congested communities cites four hundred families and argues reform must begin at the table, improving food and nutrition to lift physical, intellectual, and moral conditions.
A Baltimore Sun report describes a mother cat at George J. Appold & Sons on Water Street feeding two missing kittens through a wire tray after the kittens crawled into a long-unused coal trap beneath a platform. The kittens, now grown, had been missing for about a month until the discovery.
Analysis of Russia's path after Nicholas II's coronation weighs internal tensions between restraint and liberty, mysticism and practical religion, and Russia's future global relations. The piece questions whether Russia will act as a cautious, constructive power or a reckless giant with influence over statecraft.
A Review of Reviews excerpt recalls Czar Nicholas II’s favored authors and tastes. It notes his preference for French literature with Hugo and Verne among favorites, Shakespeare Dickens and Scott among English writers, and a habit of teasing German figures with light humor.
The blackberry crop in Marinette county is the largest in years with wide stretches of old slashings now bearing fruit heavy pushes.
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