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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1889
Page
2
The article surveys broad themes from rail system hopes to global migrations, noting looming railroad consolidation and better networks. It critiques political shocks, considers presidential legacies, and touches on labor, coal monopolies, and judicial salaries while contrasting global affairs and domestic policy debates.
A flood of fire and railroad incidents tolls many lives and injuries across cities in Auburn, Denver, and beyond. Destruction hit gas works and hotels, with several ships and trains wrecked, multiple fatalities reported, including at least seven lives lost near Mex. Mary Porkine and Willie Honatuo among named victims, while crews work to assess total losses and safety.
The report mentions a secret treaty alleged between Ronaie and Japan LAVG against Boyland and others of the Russian army, with death at age e1. It notes a gunstrike or assault, labor disputes at a cotton mill, and various international items including Haitian revolution implications, Cape Hastian bombardment, the Pope aiding Italian emigrants, and French soldiers debating a Seine seat vacancy.
A garbled OCR page reports diverse items: a natural gas company formed with capital of 50000 at Detroit Illinois, a 100000 worth of grain traveling to Trela gd, and American wagons moving through South America. Minnesota production figures show 1480 barrels versus 64500 prior, while wheat totals reach 17885060 bushels vs 84851000 yearly. Fire damage hits the Kate Adowns steamboat near Gumi Meroe, with thirty hogs perished in the blaze. The miscellany mentions Ohio whitecaps in Highland County, a patent grant for stray wearing, and a gold conversion feat by a Cincinnati firm.
A chaotic, OCR filled report describes alleged robberies and jail escapes across Wisconsin Missouri and Minnesota. It cites Bond robberies at Chisago and a hunt for Walter Chook while noting a foil and a $10 000 package recovery attempt. Several named but garbled entities point to a spree linked to a wider crime wave.
A terse report notes U S authorities ordered action amid a Vermillion district incident. It mentions Mia Ho Kuo Engies Chicesp brant as a rising figure and suggests growing public attention, with limited factual detail available from the fragment.
A Swiss Mississippi steamship disaster near Pingaeming kills many as flames engulf a cargo of cotton bales. Passengers leap to escape while crews rush ashore. reports place deaths in the hundreds with several burned or drowned. Local authorities investigate the blaze and rescue efforts continue.
A wartime style report outlines Capt. Durant and lieutenant Che Weitze running a bold opium trafficking syndicate with roots in Victoria and Vancouver. A daring undercover pursuit near Sandorky uncovers counterfeit notes and a leader nicknamed Sam Dizon alias Sip Som. The raid ends with a capture and the gang evades immediate arrest as the case unfolds.
A long, garbled excerpt mixes a Persian voyage description with smuggling exploits led by “Boss” Harris, detailing mule transport costs and harsh travel conditions, plus a digressive United States border crime note about opium shipments, agents, and raids. The passage also touches on eccentric provincial families and rural life, ending with a stray human-interest note about four sisters near Belfast.
A garbled segment describes a counterfeit operation run from Sandunky and a spy’s undercover stakeout at a drug store to trap suspects. It mixes a tale of fake one and two dollar notes with a digression on global population estimates, claiming 1.5 billion people with 100 million counted as Negro and Bantu races, plus 560 million white faces and 635 million Mongolian people.
Jon Bernier, a 35 year old French Canadian, was convicted of wife abuse and murder. He allegedly threatened to kill his wife and later beat and forced her outside, where she later died from poison. Three young children survived the deceased wife.
The Oregon Secretary of State and federal authorities issued a ruling in the long running land fraud matter. The decision concerns about 1.80 acres in Lake Viewland Meadow, involving large tracts fraudulently certified as public domain.
Two masked men boarded a moving Wells Fargo overland express near Clipper Gap California and robbed the baggage car of gold valued at around 820,000. Express messengers Johnson and Carpenter, aided by a guard, confronted the bandits who seized the strongbox and escaped as the train slowed. Police issued alerts along the line, but no arrests reported days later.
An analysis estimates 50 tons of solid carbon and 250 tons of hydrocarbon from smoky emissions affecting 6 million people costing millions in street cleaning and property damage. In Indiana, Elijah Berkel killed Delilah Ailieon and then died by suicide after a failed marriage proposal.
Fragmentary OCR of Lincoln draft text discusses cabinet debate on organizing black regiments and timing of emancipation. It outlines a preliminary proclamation to deny rebellion support, seize rebel property, and consider gradual abolition, declaring slaves in states against the United States would be freed on January 1, 1863.
Fragmentary remarks reveal a heated council session on a controversial proposal with two members concurring while seven dissented. The scene references the president and cabinet, a slaveholding state, and a controversial figure Mr. Ganee. The record shifts to a chaotic public column featuring Preserved Liberty rhetoric and a police incident involving a man with a skeleton prop and a burglar’s tool, along with social distress over bread scarcity and ritualized public warnings.
The text reflects on Archibald Guikie and a study of planetary evolution. It discusses how realms of hills and valleys formed, the slow forging of land and life, and the idea that current life arose through successive stages past and present. It notes progress from simple foraminifers to humans, shaped by nature’s forces and human endeavor.
A chronicle recounts a famed clock peddler who sold cloaks and jewelry before amassing wealth. An old man tells of three brothers who planned to buy clocks for each brother struck, then set a trap after dinner leading to three cloaks each for two brothers. The tale ends with the gentleman awarding a cloak as commendation.
A brigantine arrived from Montego Bay via Porto Rico and New York reporting missing twenty packages of contraband goods on its manifest. Spanish authorities seized the vessel after a $4,000 fine and demanded restitution as officials pursued redress for the alleged misdelivery and insult to the Josefa’s owners. James Brett of New York, managing owner, filed complaints with Secretary Bayard as the case drew government scrutiny and possible naval action.
The Northwestern Traveling Men’s Association held its annual meeting in Cinona on December 27. James H. Miller of Chicago served as president, with a slate of officers including W. H. Critten Mlinois and C. M. Hinsdale Minnesota. Treasurer Hinman reported $152,290 in affairs and $158,000 allocated for benevolence, while total benefits since founding reached 1,060.5% and membership declined by thirty. State secretaries were elected.
A historical gathering in Washington featured papers by A McLaughlin of Michigan on Governor Cass and frontier development, J Turner on linguistic diversity in the Americas, and W F Allen on the role of education in general history. Powell showed a language map of North America. 23 language groups were noted with vast time spans. Numerous age estimates of trees and forests in Europe were discussed, with remarkable lifespans cited for pines, larches, oaks, and other species, alongside notes on historical tree dating. The latter portion recounts the 19th century Sacramento murder case involving Tro Dye and a gang, detailing alleged motives and outcomes.
Fred B. Bobbard, a druggist of this city, fought an eagle last night after it attacked him and clamped talons on his shoulder. He wrestled the bird, which bit his hand, causing several wounds before the eagle was subdued.
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