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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1883
Page
2
Reading through a jumble of 19th century items, the report mixes odd incidents and far-flung names. It references Wilkesbarra, Philadelphia, and Chicago tied to strange events, concerts, trials, and curious local tales without cohesive narrative.
In Maine, fifteen cotton produtors with capital of 10,840,000 and fourteen woolen firms with 82,14,000 capital operate. Many woolen mills are run by individuals, employing workers expected to toil eleven hours daily. A strong movement targets enforcement of tariff laws. About 75 percent of woolen and 33 percent of cotton workers are American, with foreign workers also present. Woolen mill average wages range SB to 42 monthly, spinners earn 8.50 daily, day labor about 2.40 to 1.60 daily, while cotton workers are paid similarly.
Brent Hox and Grovak F. Hoar were reportedly re elected as United States Senators by the Massachusetts Legislature. The day carried broad notes of severe cold in the Northwest with 20 to 34 below zero across Dakota and northern Minnesota. Funeral rites for Bishop Talbot in St Louis drew notable attendance.
A garbled report details multiple crimes and incidents including a treasury official accused of defalcation after years in New York, a farmer Nesbitt murdered in a barn, and printer Palmer wounded and his wife injured in St. Louis. Other items note imperial deaths, emigration trends, Italian budget surplus, and shipwreck losses near the German coast with high casualty estimates.
In Toronto area residents face deadly inductions amid river damage along the Appomattox and Roanoke. A bridge near Niagara collapsed, tearing away forty feet of railway on the American side. A member of Congress dies in Washington as officials report the loss of sixty five lives in unclear events.
The narrative describes discontent with a national committee action on a former senator’s resignation and lack of acknowledgement, followed by heavy tariff agitation. It notes lawmakers, laborers, and manufacturers pressing for duty changes on various articles, with petitioning campaigns and endorsements dating from the postwar era, and lists prices and market references in dense OCR prose.
Congressional notes from January to February cover Senate and House actions on the post office, naval appropriation bill, and tariff questions. Debates center on letter portage reduction dates, timber protection concerns, and proposed commissions. Senate measures include a rule to forbid broad amendments while the House advances naval funding and tax-related issues.
A San Francisco Chronicle item cites Asst. Chief Engineer Matthew Brady describing a long chest pain life. After trying many remedies, he began using St. Jacobs Oil two weeks ago and reports improvement.
A woman at a Philadelphia spirit séance followed directions to dig in her collar area and uncover a supposed cache of gold. She opened an old well and fell in, narrowly escaping serious injury as rescuers attended to her.
Fragmentary OCR reads as a garbled report about Kelly and McLane occupying a dominant position in a major era. The piece hints at explanations and recommendations and mentions a committer taking the right action, but lacks clear names, dates, places, or outcomes to establish a definite event or context.
Washington report notes a pivotal question on Indian land rights as the government faces pressure to modify exclusion policies. Tribes seek land leases amid white encroachment, with chiefs proposing joint use and revenue from schooling and stock purchases, while Secretary Teller weighs options with key advisers.
A Colorado editor bids farewell in a valedictory note admitting past injuries or offended feelings, offering to compensate any owed parties, and expressing pride that the newspaper enterprise endures beyond its staff. The writer asserts the newspaper never dies and is glad to exit the profession.
Senator Lankin backs a bill to prevent further acre loss in New York Adirondack lands. Readouts show county by county acre totals including Clinton 5,006. Lycoming? 173,161. Franklin 163,981. Fulton 15,496. Hamilton 260,1010. Herkimer 18,192. Lewis 164. Montgomery 16. Saratoga 10,450. Warren 24,407. Washington 757. Total 160,236.
The proprietors of a popular remedy claim widespread endorsement from women for a medicine said to relieve dysmenorrhea and general fatigue. Dr George M Beard, famed New York physician, testified amid the Guiteau trial and died yesterday of pneumonia, remarking to colleagues prior that further effort would be futile for him.
A fragmentary report describes a court reception in Megrid where King Alfonso confirms receiving a formal marriage proposal from Prince Louis Ferdinand of Bavaria for Marie della Paz, said to be the infant daughter and sister of the king. Marie is noted as born June 28, 1862.
A jumble of gossip items reports on a high society romance involving a British minister's daughter linked to the President, plus a college cadet incident at the Pennsylvania Military Academy where students fled to a theater after permission was denied and an officer delivered a dismissal order at home.
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