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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1889
Page
3
A lawyer narrates his pursuit of a forged will and the ensuing court case over Elizabeth Morgan and Morgan family property. A persuasive witness, folded into a tale of romance, local law, and a reunion at Oakdale, elevates truth and justice amid long-held grievances.
A fragment describing Londoners at the theatre and streets, noting the crowd’s mix of fashion and vulgar bravado. It paints a portrait of spectators in dated attire, the Bowery-like display, and a critic’s sense of recurring, decayed glamour. The piece surveys male dress, armor of red jackets, and moth-scarred fabrics on showy backs.
A chaotic New York World extract centers on a Kentucky hotel owner in the Hoffman house barroom, mixing barroom talk with odd animal stories and a reporter’s observations. The piece includes a long dialogue about a cat that hunted birds, a plan involving a butterfly and a strange plant, and a burst of assorted local chatter.
The text describes preparing warm clothing for a visitor family and paying coverings for fees. It discusses knitting socks to protect feet from cold, noting knee to ankle exposure and the benefits of home knitting with heavy yarn. It highlights German knitting yarn as strong and smooth for durable wear.
In the store, in knitting thin yarn use large nerdlea and knit it loosely as it will wear long time. Cast on the needle number of aliterioa divirizte by three 16 21 or 24 as size wanted then knit three and purl three through the heel without warver ing. ribbing from alternate purling and knitting makes it elastic. A double boot is worn, the heel on the wrong or puri side etc. In sewing and foot covering care, mothers and wives should knit long ribbed legwear for boys, with cobber bands under the hullow to hold them up, and to be comfortable in cold weather. The piece ends with a long narrative about a lynching and a separate historical note on the idea of gentleness.
A sprawling piece surveys financiers like James R. Keene and Henry Clews as Wall Street barometers while recounting sensational detective anecdotes from Victorian era papers. It details publicity around market speculation, famous bankers, and a vivid host of characters, interwoven with notes on journalism and crime reporting.
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