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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1882
Page
3
On plant health and pruning a white leafed shoot signals decline. Linseed oil mixed with whitewash is advised for pear blight by a Kentucky grower. Ground leveling, durable fence posts, and proper manure make winter feed and soil prep key. Breeds like Leghorn cross hens excel for winter laying.
A Quaker confronts a petty thief who steals pork from a neighbor. The thief is pressured to confess and return the meat, then kept from stealing again by social shame. The act ends with the thief bearing the pork home and a lasting, secret lesson.
An East Lockport man awaited his daughter’s return home for holiday vacation after sending her to a female college months earlier. He stood at the depot with his horse and delivery wagon to bring her and a friend back to the house as the train arrived. A stray gust of dry gossip followed the arrival.
Dr BR B Burton discusses the Dog Star Sirins as a fixed star and proposes an imaginative large scale distance thought experiment. He compares New York City's population and geography to universal distances, calculating vast sums to illustrate celestial scale and human numbers.
B O Carr supervising inspector of tenements in Louisville has sent his resignation to the president and will retire to the estate he recently purchased in Colorado.
A Chester Va dispatch reports an explosion at Prof Jackson’s pyrotechnic works in the old Admiral Porter homestead. The blast shattered the building, sparked fire, and numerous deaths and injuries followed as a crowd watched. Relatives seek aid as inquest testimonies detail the cause linked to detonating stars used for flares.
The Wisconsin Legislature debates and passes measures including funding for a state hospital, library improvements in Watertown, and road and property tax reforms. Key figures vote on appropriations for the state treasury, education, and infrastructure while committees review pending laws and adjourn for the day.
Amid a storm of amendments and readings the assembly adopted key measures including fiscal protections, tax proposals on church property, and elections rules. Several bills advanced or postponed, with discussions on liquor licenses, court procedures, and state building plans continuing through a tense session.
In Manchester in 1745 a police officer named Robert Robern, after six years service to Joseph Hume, is declared the legal heir to a £250000 estate. Now 72, he stays at a Newcastle inn while relatives and supposed wives visit, all seeking a share of the fortune.
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