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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1882
Page
3
A long humor column parades jokes about theft, courtship, marriage, and farm life. Tales range from a widower boasting four wives to a hotel keeper turning trunks into a brick yard, with quips about editors, alligators, and winter fashions. Various snippets include a preacher’s quip, a farmer’s wager, and social mishaps among neighbors. Names and places drift through a carnival of lighthearted vignettes.
The account describes Dr. Mann and colleagues attempting resuscitation after Janes Tracy was hanged in Chicago. They applied electrical currents to the spinal cord and heart, observing muscle twitches and facial expressions as the heart beat faintly. The report discusses potential methods to revive or restore life after hanging, noting the neck was broken and resuscitation was unsuccessful.
Instantaneous photography favors camera motion over object motion and a gyrograph device tested by Dr Crurdoze enables landscape images from a train at over forty miles an hour. The copper tube holds lenses, a double aperture shutter, and a spring mechanism to expose for 1 100th of a second, producing unusually distinct views from a moving train, as reported by Learn Time.
A lengthy note describes the St Bernard dogs near a monastery on the St Bernard pass. It reports abundant canine breeding, pedigrees, and training to aid travelers on mountains. The dogs are fed thrice daily with vegetable and animal foods and show exceptional smell and loyalty tied to monastic routines.
A Wyoming Journal account recalls a perilous Saturday evening descent from Hancock on a gravity powered spur car over an 11,000 foot summit. Superintendent Wilbur leads the party including Licratary Morean Mrs Morgan and daughter Gertrude with reporters from the Sun and Leader observing. The thrill comes from sharp curves and the looming abyss as the wooden car hurtles at high speed, the crew breathing as the two by four supports groan with each drive wheel. The ride remains vivid in memory as a grand but dangerous venture in the pines and peaks.
A Western oma reports a female officer who dresses in trousers to aid a kidnapped bridegroom. She tracks a bigamous husband from Kansas with a special commission, returning him to the county jail. The piece argues for capable women in policing and notes moral benefits of vigilant female officers.
The Detroit Free Press recounts an old club scene where Elder Toots dreams and members discuss lineage, wealth, and crime. A professor faints after a sharp retort about race and status, as rosters, insults, and mock genealogies surface amid a noisy, satirical debate.
A dramatic description of Northern Pacific railway laborers blasting through Montana terrain near Clark's Fork and Cabinet Landing. The piece portrays a perilous ascent, massive rock blasts, and the relentless push to complete 14 miles of track despite natural barriers and harsh winter conditions, underscoring railroad ambition and human labor.
A young man on Broadway stands silent as passersby stare. He earns twenty five cents an hour by using his eyes watching a window performance, while two men inside swing tactics and chest expanders. The scene mirrors a curious crowd and local street theater in New York.
A fragment discusses a surge of misfit goods flooding stores nationwide. The speaker questions how widespread incompetence fuels a multi million dollar misfit industry producing carpets coats hats and other items. The text hints at a growing chaos as unreliable workmen generate endless misfit products.
A fragmentary eyewitness scene shows a crowd questioning a harmed man Jim and reacting with color and confusion. Bystanders speculate about the dog, a shoot, and the victim's condition as an elderly man moves off to his own business.
The piece lists fourteen common errors in living, urging readers to avoid self serving judgments and overconfidence. It cautions against judging others by one’s own standards, assuming uniform opinions, and demanding perfect understanding. It emphasizes patience, kindness, and not overreaching to preclude relief where possible.
In Loborough Canada a man named Magee claimed a Virgin appeared and described a sea where a just man could be found. After several days of fruitless search, Magee guided the party to the missing man, who was recovered following the apparition report.
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