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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1909
Page
4
In a scene of high romance and danger set after a house party in England, Lord Carrington and Lord Strathgate duel over Debra and Ellen while a pursuit by Seton, a naval officer, and marines unfolds. A later arrest halts the chase as Carrington confronts Seton about his wife.
In a tense park scene Sir Charles Seton confronts Lord Carrington over the fate and whereabouts of Lady Carrington. McLear, an officer, arrests Carrington for disobedience of orders and threats, ordering him to ride to the Britannia with Sir Charles as the scene ends with the two carriages departing.
The text states 106,090,000 horses exist globally. 80,000,000 live in temperate zones, with most among Western populations. 20,900,000 are tropical, used mainly for temperate visitors or residents, and are weak representatives of the temperate horse. It details per capita horse ownership by country and typical load capacities for Nama, people, donkey, ox, horse, elephant, camel across regions.
A town woman famed for her entertaining plans a luncheon with all dishes described as bright and cheerful in tone. A London expert supports the color idea, noting people react to color more than taste, preferring red or pink hues and avoiding overly colored, dull meals.
Column notes ongoing debate in magazines over whether women are more responsible than men for the low tone in modern literature. A writer argues novelists should be licensed and prove wholesomeness of thought before the right to publish is granted.
A western Ward county farmer in Minot sent his elderly mother on a Chicago trip with strict instructions and a single return ticket. The mother boarded the wrong train and rode past Chicago back to Minot before being identified. Relatives in Chicago learned of the mix up, and the mother now plans to try again with renewed caution.
William E. Coursen, laid up at his home in Succasunna, survived being struck by the same locomotive twice within seconds near Nolan's Point on Lake Hopatcong. He walked on between rails and was knocked 20 feet, then hurled again when the engine passed, landing on grass and sustaining a sprained ankle and bruises. Friends rushed to aid him as he recovered from the unusual double collision.
The study estimates moonless night sky light at 0.001 candle foot and moonlight at 0.014 candle-foot, with daylight between 8 am and 4 pm ranging from 2,000 to 9,000 candle-feet. Cloud cover increases or greatly decreases light intensity.
Immigrant letter from Lorens Bisser describes arriving in 1893, homesteading near Wolseley Saskatchewan, building a farm, hiring workers, and expanding to a 160 acre quarter with barns and a threshing outfit. He notes 27 to 35 bushels per acre yields, 100 acres in crop, and selling wheat for a few cents per bushel. He praises the West as free with good government and crops.
Ravald recalls a country visit and tells of meeting a boy who claimed an Old Testament name. He wavers between Father William and William Father, unsure which. His mother corrects him saying William is modern and not in the Bible, then Donald insists it was Bildad, a name he recalls from Youth's Companion.
The note blends whimsy with a boastful line about a family orchestra and even a dog wearing a brass band around its neck as a humorous aside.
A fragmented critique on living away from home for social events and services. The piece satirizes the shift toward hall rentals, hotels for dinners, church weddings, hospitals for illness, and undertakers for death, noting the loss of home life and the emboldened public float. It references Allegations and Debutante banter in a sharp, period voice.
A late example of a patent style remedy shows a recipe using whiskey and sweet syrups with directions to take ten spoonful doses before meals and at bedtime. The text credits a universally available pharmacist as source for procuring the components.
A man burst into an English inn claiming two ghosts in his yard. Fourteen men stayed inside while the landlord’s 14 year old daughter confronted the specter. She found the apparition was merely a May white shirt flapping on a clothes line in a strong breeze. The men muttered disbelief as the tale unravelled.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Marine Eye Remedy and Mucine support with phrases about health and character. It references a Lewis factory in Peoria and a Chinese proverb praising a good citizen. The passage is disjointed with garbled words and lacks coherent events.
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