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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1894
Page
2
A sprawling list of late 19th century crime and political items. Reports mention Mayor Dinan of Indiana postponed matters, a Brooklyn election case, bank cashier suspects in Lebanon and Milwaukee, murders and arson attempts, court actions, lynching threats in Charleston, and robberies in Gallpolis. Names like J. Haley, McKane, and depp appear amid varied incidents across places including Denver, Brooklyn, Milwaukee, and Lehigh Valley.
A string of fires and accidents caused extensive damage and loss across several states. Triaols Conservatory of Music in Jacksonville burned to ruin, Prisonton Nebraska wiped out except for one putting, an insane asylum near Boone burned with nine inmates safe. Whittaker content works in North Dakota suffered $50,000 in fire damage, insured. Delaware Lackawanna and Western rail line victim D H Greer killed in Alabama lumber mill collapse. A Benton, a Black boy, fatally struck by a hammer, and Frederick Whor and wife near Findlay Lake dragged into ice while traveling on a hand sled. High winds hampered rescue efforts and missing persons searches continued.
Disjointed reports indicate Grand Duke Michael's health improving, Emperor William and Prince Bismarck reconciling as Germany rejoices, and a new Serbian cabinet formed with Simitel as premier and foreign minister. Other items note India bonds issuance, industrial fires, arrests, obituaries, and various political shifts across Europe and America with fragmented details from the era.
A chaotic digest of Senate and House actions features debates over Hawaiian affairs federal election law and tariff amendments. Lawmakers clash on income tax reciprocity and iron ore duties while pivotal votes shape future fiscal policy and enforcement.
A disjointed scene unfolds at a village church service with a stranger amid the congregation and a gambler by the aisle. The usher notices the man and the crowd’s reactions as the event moves toward an uncertain outcome.
In a vivid cabin scene Colonel Throckmorton, a Kentucky gentleman, calms peers aboard a waterlogged ship during a violent storm. The captain urges prayer as the vessel lurches toward disaster, while the colonel asks about rescue options amid the chaos.
A fragment recounts Colonel Throckmorton of Kentucky raising his hat to a scowling sky and a speaker urging mercy, ending with the claim that the story shows no man should despair before a possible pardon.
Two city men deceive a green farmer in Washtenaw County by staging a pendulum counting trick to win money and horses. After a long ruse, the victim exposes the swindle with a pistol drawn. the con artists flee, paying $25 to avoid harsher action. Detroit Free Press reports.
The brief lists varied earnings across regions and occupations. It notes a German weaver at 20 cents per day, Indian motive palater at 20 cents daily, Belgian farm laborers at 46 cents daily, Moroccan mule drivers at 10 cents, Mexican mason wages from 7.5 cents to 19 cents, a Turkish railway conductor at 272 dollars per month, Saxon policemen at 60 dollars per month, Ceylon masons at 20 per week, Permian uxke printer from 1.25 to 1.90 dollars daily, Hamburg music teachers at 21 cents hourly, and a Bavarian king’s annual salary of 1,412,000 dollars. The piece provides a cross-section of early wage scales and living standards.
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