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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1898
Page
2
Review notes Frederic's The Damnation of Theron Ware tops a list of his works including The Valley and Marsena Other Stories of the War 1895 and The Copperhead 1894. It portrays two religious ideals clashing in a provincial American setting.
Town Topics reports Lady Curzon of Kedleston ordered forty gowns and carriages in Paris for travel to India in a display of imperial splendor. The bills may reach about $60,000 with gowns priced up to $2,500 each, excluding lingerie and jewelry. The piece notes such lavish attire surpasses any prior royal wardrobe and signals a new era of Indian ceremonial style.
A fragment recalls a Chippewa woman known as a patron and wanderer who endured 59 years of hardship. She tutored young women in embroidery with beads and quills, and made garments for Hakada and her son’s father. Her singing comforted Hakada at dawn, urging courage against foes.
A garbled extract lists various quotations about nature, virtue, prayer, and motherhood. It references Anerbarh Beocher Howels Emerson Leerher and Alcort, with misspellings and disconnected phrases, suggesting a clipped page of aphorisms. The text lacks a coherent article or clear event.
The Marquise de Fontener notes Sir Charles Tennant aged 73, father of Mrs. Asquith, plans marriage to a woman 55 years his junior. The move provokes displeasure from his daughter Margot, who is depicted in a famous novel as “edo in the well-known story.”
A garbled passage presents a father recounting a scolding moment and a child reply, with later lines mentioning a Goar and Dryden. The text reads like a confused transcript or badly OCRed quote, lacking clear context or complete sentences.
The column discusses saving coal ash as a dust bath for fowls and contrasts it with sand. It covers plant repotting, using chicken manure via steeped tea, kerosene emulsion for blossoms, honey handling, and quick food prep like pork in batter. It also suggests maple tree planting, grafts, and starting a maple grove. ends with sheepstainage cleaning tips.
The article offers farming guidance on soil types for vegetables, packing methods, and storage. It covers fertilizer options such as sod ashes and stable dung, discusses onion, bean, potato, and celery crops, mentions the benefits of alluvial soils, and warns against unreliable artificial manures. It also cites seed selection, sowing rates, and recommendations on equipment like a lowe mower.
A scrambled calendar note lists New Year’s Day on Sunday and various weekday shifts for holidays and events. It mentions walls must be made on Monday, night services in May, Washington’s Birthday on Wednesday, Memorial Day on Tuesday, Christmas on Monday, Ash Wednesday in February, and Easter on a remaining date. It also notes new congressmen assuming prerogatives on Saturday in March, with May Day landing on Monday and other unclear references.
A playful verse listing many vocal birds and their imagined instruments, celebrating a courtly chorus of thrushes, finches, bluebirds, robins, waxwings, and more as a meadow concert begins. The poem closes with a note of joyous reaction to a friendly voice.
In court a prisoner demands his photo in the papers and vows harm to the photographer. The magistrate questions whether Louie Rood will release him, revealing the heated exchange during the hearing about the assault and a threatened act following the image.
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