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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1903
Page
6
The February 13 1983 issue notes a strong winter aiding farmers and loggers in central Wisconsin with easy hauling and a lively wood market. It forecasts a boom in northern Wood county with more homes and red barns, and expects land clearing and farm improvements to surpass previous years.
Representative Jenkins pushes a joint resolution to amend the Constitution prohibiting bigamy and polygamy with penalties for second marriages. The measure, tied to two thirds votes, seeks to bar any person from office if a second marriage exists. Meanwhile catalogs flood mail order houses as merchants push high quality goods, warning against distant merchandise unseen.
The Kingston Spy published a new advertisement last week that altered the paper’s look so drastically that its advertising columns became nearly unrecognizable.
Philip Breneman Breseman a longtime Wood and Clark counties resident died in Lynn Clark county on January 3 from heart disease brought on by a severe cold. He was 75 years old and had lived in the area for 52 years. A cabinet maker turned farmer, he held public offices as treasurer supervisor and chairman and was a staunch Republican. He leaves eight children H J Breseman Philip Martin Theodore Jacob Breseman Mrs W Yorkston Mrs A Lindo and Mrs Caroline Tanke. Funeral was held at Lynn on February 4 with many friends in attendance.
The Milwaukee Sentinel plans a two month Southern letters feature by G Vandercook, describing race and politics, Manners and customs, and life beyond Mason Dixon line. Readers urged to subscribe. High School Notes cover Dooley popularity, debates on Cicero, and student election of officers.
Church Notes announce morning service at 10 30 with Rev L C Smith of Waukesha preaching both morning and evening Bible school at noon Junior C E at 3 P M P S C E prayer meeting at 8 30 with the sermon on Lessons from Benhadads Defeat from I Kings 20 12 20 Pledges for Home Missions at the morning service Special services next week Rev S N Wilson D D of Wausau preaches Tuesday through Thursday nights Feb 17 19 at 7 30 cordial invitations
The passage paints the desert's harsh beauty in Arizona and southeastern California. It reflects on lizards like chuckwallas thriving where others perish, noting their drought resistance and the paradox of a life-giving land often seen as barren. It contrasts animal tenacity with human adaptation in the arid expanse.
Reported observations describe a Cape cobra coiling on a branch to mesmerize birds, swinging and waiting for hours while the prey remains unable to flee. The note contrasts snakes’ fascination with musical sounds, stating they prefer instrumental music and dislike human singing. It also recounts a Dutch belief about the first Koran and a Virginia tale of Ben the bell ringer at the University of Virginia.
Bavarian officers test a balloon at height around 6000 feet. An observed weed and a black speck were believed to trail reports until a barometer showed the balloon rising. A sudden chirp revealed the speck to be a lark frightened by the ascent.
A fragment notes Basaseachie as a possibly world’s highest waterfall in Mexico. Located about 190 miles west of Chihuahua city near the Sierra Madre summit at 6500 feet, the cascade reportedly drops 978 feet.
Regular patron asks if the pie is real pumpkin as the austere waiter replies the offering is the punkest they have, in a terse Chicago Tribune moment reflecting a stark dining scene.
A brief exchange ponders whether being born rich or lucky is better. Wage favors riches, arguing luck eventually follows wealth, while the other speaker asserts luck is independent of wealth. The caption hints at a larger debate on fortune and destiny.
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