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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1888
Page
2
In a mixed, garbled dispatch from New York City, readers glimpse a Salvation Army rally described with chaotic spelling. Publisher Thomas S. Norton notes the event as a vivid public bustle with figures and proceedings sketched in uncertain terms.
Fragmented telegram style report notes railway, fuel and wheat figures, court cases, and local incidents. Mentions Michigan Prohibition, Kansas City theatres, Maryland trade, and Milwaukee lottery fears. Contains scattered names, places, and dates with wide-ranging topics and chaotic OCR rendering.
Fragments describe arrests in Clinton Iowa for theft and barge robbery tied to a gang. Mentions of a Winketlwa bank, a tipped trial for Coy and Bernhauwer, and a May sentencing for state pen. Also notes a New York hospital admission, a Rock Island circuit court verdict against Dr. Vinton, and a Kentucky shooting incident involving Migs ONeill and Spawlding.
The article lists widespread destruction from fires and explosions affecting multiple towns and facilities, including powder works and mills. It cites losses in hundreds of thousands of dollars, with injuries and fatalities reported, and notes insurance covering fatal damage.
A jumble of fragmented notices describes European and South American affairs, trade data, military bills, and diplomatic moves. Amid noise, references surface to Uruguay, Austria, Russia, Germany, Britain, and the United States, along with market receipts and local anecdotes from London and Minnesota.
Rupresenative Auderaco of Towa introduces a bid to institute judicial proceedings against multiple Dacia rail firms. The Mealy resolution directs the attorney general to sue to enforce pre existing fixtures while naming defendants including Leland Stanford and Sidney Dillon. The attorney seeks receivership to manage the trusts and protect assets.
A sweeping proposal for amending the Constitution to extend presidential terms is discussed in the Senate and House with concurrent measures. The article outlines legislative actions, pending amendments, and notable incidents in the congressional lobby, including a violent altercation and a fatal fire in a home, plus various appropriation and pension bills and calendar items.
The New York Court of Appeals upholds limits on the superintendent of public works power and denies a request by Thomas G. Killeen for a civil service examination. The opinion states the attorney general’s view bars competitive appointments and emphasizes the superintendent’s sole responsibility for work and personnel decisions.
A detailed record shows a special five member committee appointed to probe the Reading unit and company's failure to transport cargo and its impact on interstate commerce. It covers mining interests in Lehigh and Schuylkill regions, bribery inquiries, and recommendations to the house.
Fragmented OCR text recounts a survivor’s reflections on a Confederate or Federal camp scene. It references troops marching along a base, federal officers occupying a depot, and a woman narrator describing wartime shelter, surveillance, and improvised defenses. The passage blends personal recollection with period place names and military terms, suggesting a Confederate home front or field encounter.
A fragmented Victorian-era piece recounts a street scene where a man seeks lime water aqua calcida for a sick child. The draggist offers bottles, charging forty cents, and an onlooker notes lime water can be made cheaply at home. The passage illustrates folk remedies and common chemist terms of the era.
The young editor quips that since leaving college in Anzoad he has gained twenty eight pounds yet appears thinner. His old classmate notes the paradox while the editor predicts a heavy weight surge before the fourth of Daly, as he contemplates health trips abroad.
A writer articulates a bleak view of urban poverty and failed homes, contrasting a decaying domestic scene with a call for genuine shelter. The piece interleaves domestic distress with sharp critique of capitalism and media, then shifts to observed dinner-table luxury in Washington and brief notes on Uruguayan export duties and a treaty-based market reaction.
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