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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1897
Page
2
Patrice and Sholto plot a sheltered future as Patrice longs for a cottage near London. She finds a Berkshire village ad promising, while Sholto secures a £3000 London stipend and a bijou Victoria flat, favoring a compact home for two with two servants.
In a tense family scene Patrice Langhemne faces pressure from Ned Thorburn and her mother Mrs Thorburn about her engagement to Sholto Graham. Jealousies flare as Sholto doubts his future with Patrice while Patrice insists on independence, revealing strain over money, living arrangements, and loyalty within a fragile romance.
A brief passage shows a character nearing departure, feeling awkward about bidding farewell. The woman experiences a subdued sense of belonging unsteadily shifting as old bonds remain painful but not fully resolved. (To Be Continued.)
A New York World report quotes Dr I L Washing of the city explaining that medical science may foretell the approach of fatal diseases months or years before symptoms, through blood examinations and microscopic signs. Early detection could revolutionize treatment and prevent illness.
A spokesman among a bevy of ladies tells General Sugde that meeting him is a great honor for his wartime service. The general replies modestly that his impact was small, a mere patch on the seat of the war.
In a conversation Mabel notes the Czar of Russia has a throne valued at 20000, while Adelaide adds a much higher cost for his seat in the future. A new Paris employment for attractive girls is described as being displayed in shop windows to draw attention, signaling a forthcoming spread to this country.
The will of John Brown, sexton of the Assumption church, was admitted to probate by Surrogate Abbott. Dating from November 19, it stands as one of the shortest wills on record, bequeathing the house to his wife, amid a courtroom scene full of jokes and dramatic quips.
A collection of light verse and jokes on engagements, disguises, and social missteps. Witty quips feature a Scotch tailor, chemist retorts, and conversational misreads about love, manners, and churchgoing in a playful Victorian tone. Includes exchange sketches about longing, consent, and matrimony.
A fragmentary column quotes Ruskin Goethe and others on ethics duty and character. It discusses consideration of others, consistency of purpose, and the value of everyday good deeds over grand gestures, noting that true happiness comes from steady effort toward goodness. It emphasizes compassion in leaders and humility as goodness grows.
The passage discusses comparing mercy to mere willpower, noting strong feelings may resist effort. It argues that what precedes such feelings can be controlled, and urges acting with justice and generosity. It emphasizes distinguishing between inward sentiment and outward duty.
A miscellany of notes reports legislative moves and social issues. Topics include Texas Sunday baseball ban proposals, Pennsylvania anti football agitation, a defeated woman suffrage bill in Oxls meitorial legislature, Massachusetts school funding at 11.83 million dollars total, many U S cities owning water plants, college fraternities, newspaper circulations, North Dakota divorce law reform, Greece teacher salaries and state support, buckwheat crop notes, Michigan flour prices, and 19th century English apoplexy mortality trends.
The article notes Madame Emma Eames-Story, nicknamed the ginger, has had a surgical operation that will prevent her from staging performances. It also reports large eastern iron companies have cut wages by ten percent, signaling broad labor-cost pressures.
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