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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1902
Page
9
A device called Cyphone lets users hear and see by telephone. Dr Sylvestre showcases illustrations of the visual telephonic machine, using a mirror, tiny light, and phosphorescent vapor to project a view of the caller onto a screen, but he will not fully demonstrate its operation.
In a moonless outpost Wade and Osbourne debate a brutal fate as enemy fire crackles. They draw straws to decide who must face death in single combat, the survivor earning grim relief while the other lies dead and the living man faces an uneasy, haunted moment.
In a tense late night scene on a trench line, Western volunteers endure gruff orders and rifled chatter as officers guide signaling, safety checks, and cautious movements. Two nervous sentries echo warnings while veterans brace for dawn as volleys echo and discipline tightens.
A lantern for the Scotch Caps government lighthouse was completed by an Atlanta factory. The Baron de Hirsch school fund in Galacta supports fifty schools with 247 teachers and 5,634 pupils.
New York August 23 J Pierpont Morgan rejected calls to settle the coal strike by issuing an order. He declined to talk and said it is not the proper time to comment. Operators boasted Morgan could end the strike, but he would not state any plan or stance. Treasury officials and others suggested no immediate arbitration, while some believe a swift return to work is preferred by most strikers.
New York police arrest a 60 year old woman alleging she posed as the widow of a Chicago board of trade member to solicit funds. She traveled from San Francisco to New York, collecting thousands with claims of aiding ailing relatives. Ball bond set, she faced questions as authorities note years of similar visits to brokers’ offices.
Supplemental affidavit for United States Steel Corp filed in chancery court. Suit by J Aspinwall Hodge seeks to stop conversion of $200 million preferred stock into $204 million five percent bonds. Morgan firm figures prominently in the financing plan and $10 million commission to J P Morgan & Co. is discussed amid testimony on corporate cash needs and fees.
Laingville Ky August 22 The Times reports Charles D Gates president of Turner Day and Woodworth Handle Company returned from New York where capitalists push a 25 million trust to seize axe, handle and grindstone factories in US and Canada. Plans include New York investors funding up to 23 million if needed with options on most plants.
Fragmented report from St Paul Aug 24 describes a heated session at the Commercial Congress with a proposed resolution denouncing trusts. The debate centered on the president’s power and the influence of rail and trade interests. The vote showed a split result with tensions over appropriate anti trust measures and state book laws.
Late last evening Terre Watte reports an armed confrontation with Gee police resulting in Olinvo Tierce killed and several officers wounded. A wounded barber shop worker and others suffered injuries as officers fired pistols and beat feet. Police rushed to the scene. Pierce was taken to a local box pitch for care amid uncertain prognosis.
Fort Scott reports detectives probing a derailment near Risraws Junction when a switch half opened by a spike caused a fast train to derail. The engine and baggage car partly derailed but passengers stayed unharmed. crew and detectives working the case.
Benningford Nebraska August 22 a tornado swept along the Midbrora river eight miles north of town with a terrific run and hail. It passed through a sparsely settled area and is believed to have caused extensive damage though communication was poor. Several residences and other buildings in the storm path were demolished.
Floughton Mich Aug 22 Special George Bahr a lineman narrowly escaped death by electrocution yesterday while trimming are lamps at Lake Linden A heavy voltage passed through his body and he hung limp and unconscious until rescued by fellow workmen He was severely burned
London reports actress Bessie Bonehill known as Ars and Williams Seeley died in a British hospital following surgery for stomach cancer. The August 25 note confirms her passing after the procedure.
After two weeks of inoperation from a washed out dam, Sparrow Kroll Lumber Company plant work has resumed. The dam rebuilding is understood to have cost about $10,000.
Mayville Wisconsin August 23 Special Mrs Ferdinand Schoen killed herself this morning by cutting her throat after a fall weeks earlier that resulted in a broken leg. Authorities say the injury may have driven her to take her life, leaving a will and belongings.
Fox Lake August 23 Elias Kennedy, likely the county’s largest landowner, died after a paralytic stroke on August 10. He was 81, among the region’s oldest residents, owned about 1200 acres in Dodge County, valued at $125,000.
Prairie du Chien Wisconsin August 2 3ira Louis Cayo committal death by own action by swallowing carbolic acid. She was about twenty years old and a young daughter had died days earlier. The child's death appears the sole known cause for the act.
Prairie du Chien Wisconsin August 23. Tenry Deiter received a letter demanding $100 under threat of violence if he did not comply. A trap is set and he is heavily armed while the writer plans further actions. Joe Helekys of Castle Rock also got a letter and threats to demand $100 in a bottle at a designated spot. The note warns to remove watchers and hints at more tactics.
Racine Wisconsin August 23 Special By direction of Judge Smieding in the outhical court today all contracts of the Standard Manufacturing Company of Decatur Illinois with Wisconsin grocers are void. Local merchants signed for about 2000 dollars of bonds and claimed payment upon sale of goods. The court ruled the company had no payment arrangement with the secretary of state and could not enforce collection in Wisconsin. The firm reportedly holds around 12000 dollars in uncollected accounts in the state.
Tanesque Wisconsin August 23 Special Locked in the jail Mayor David S. Rose of Milwaukee was fined one dollar by the justice of the local lodge court after a carnival night in the police court district. He paid with a bill of exchange and tipped the judge fifty cents after securing counsel from U S District Attorney W G Wheeler. Mayor Richardson of this city was also taken to jail during the same incident.
Kaukauna Wisconsin August 23 Special Next Sunday Evangelical Lutheran Trinity Church marks its twenty fifth anniversary. The nucleus was organized by Prof Pieper in ILU and the church has grown into a prosperous congregation under Pastor Rev oniem Binneuthal who arrived here in 1S.
In Fond du Lac Wisconsin on August 23 authorities released George Bell Avery Clow and Ea Ma honey after eight hours of detention on suspicion. They are wanted in Merrill for larceny and have vanished.
Green Bay Wis Aug 28 Special The River Electric Street Railway company will complete an interurban line to Duck Creek by the river and the first car is due to run over the Mad September route after construction.
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