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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1895
Page
3
A lyric fragment titled Love and Longing in Gerald Missey’s verse laments gloom and pain while praising love’s power to brighten days. The piece explores love as a force that endears hearts, inspires bold emotion, and offers solace as life’s trials persist.
Creed Harmond, chief counsel of the Southern Pacific, recounts a haunting tale from his youth. On a mountain express run, he encounters Maggie Rodden at a deserted camp and later learns Rodden killed himself after a fateful night with his wife. No other clues solve the mystery, and Harmond never confirms the ghostly visit. The case ends with Rodden’s death and Mrs Rodden’s disappearance, leaving Harmond with a single, unsolved ghost story.
In a note from the St Louis Post Dispatch the report states that tre believed until his death that the murdered Mr Rodden had appeared to him on the trail. The item frames a ghostly encounter amid the ongoing murder case.
An American traveler, accompanied by Minister Hubbard, recounts his dental visit in Japan. A bamboo chair, a Japanese dentist, and a boy pulling wooden pegs with fingers illustrate local practice as contrasts with American tools. The story underscores the learning path for young dentists in Japan.
A fragmented, archaic recipe describes mixing orange pulp with sugar and ollies, boiling and draining to syrup, then chilling with ice cream and candards opened briefly to aerate. After three hours, add oranges and serve in punch glasses.
The article discusses mansplanting trees, detailing preparation, root development, and winter survival. It warns against transplanting after mid November, advises on selecting stock, and stresses thorough rooting and site preparation for longevity and vigorous growth. It emphasizes careful handling to avoid damage and to ensure successful relocation.
A scrambled set of quotes from The Gentlewoman discussing women's roles and independence. Phrases critiquing traditional femininity appear alongside contrasts of gender expectations and the idea of modern womanhood.
The passage claims cheese aids digestion after meals and repairs digestive waste. It notes physicians rarely oppose cheese cravings, while Burgundy lovers pair it with wine to enhance bouquet. the tone suggests a rustic, anecdotal view of cheese as valued nourishment.
A survey of diverse facts and old world trivia covers hard coal prices in Winnipeg, phonographic clocks, pulp paper, population trends in the German Empire, grain origins and cultivation, spice and wheat facts, and ancient education systems. It mentions tobacco, alligator hides, Cape Cod mill lore, and early tobacco seeds. A mosaic of notes on food, flora, anatomy, and travel rounds out the compilation.
Guidance on repurposing worn cotton garments into bed coverings. It advises wives to discard old clothes, wash and starch fabrics, cut into strips, and sew them together into long, striped pieces for a DIY comforter cover using a sewing machine.
A note on repurposing old pillow slips sheets and wrappers into covers and aprons. It suggests darkening with cotton dyes and using scrap fabrics, even gingham skirts, to create kitchen aprons and similar items in an economical way.
At Park theater in Brooklyn a rat scampered through the box and across seats during Made Line or the Magic II. A frightened woman screamed while her escort and the crowd reacted with laughter. The rat jumped among the audience, eventually landing on a fat woman who fled with her party. An attempt to recover the rat’s body followed the curtain.
Queen Ranavalona of Madagascar governs 2 500 000 subjects with a lazy mien. She enjoys Paris gowns and betel, gossip with court ladies, and plays with cats. Though handsome and intelligent, her rule shows little active ambition amid leisure.
A needlework project describes a long oblong piece of dark green fabric to be placed on a writing table. It details a right end jacket, a design of pretty flower blossoms in ribbon embroidery, silk color coordinated to the blossoms, and a narrow binding with a green fringe finishing the piece.
A fragment notes that a social cadre in New York includes a young society of the Four Hundred wearing various shoe heights. Mrs. Ferman Guirehs is described as having very pretty feet and a slender silhouette while a Mr. John Bloorgood is said to wear a cork heel inch thick to gain extra height.
A short health note argues perfect health requires free perspiration. Perspiration carries waste via skin pores and must be aided by frequent bathing to keep this drainage system effective and clear.
A playful, rhymed line appears in the Washington Star with a poet claiming joy in morning rise. The fragmentary verse shows fevel head spelling and creative misspellings as a stylistic device.
A collage of scattered tidbits covers ports, protection of dignitaries, and weather lore. It notes Cape Conception in California, protective measures for the French president, and a wet surface’s cooling effect. Historical curios reference court, constitution authors, Atlantic currents model, and an Australian player. Also mentions Bangor and a psalm tune, a fatal fall, rapid mind action before unconsciousness, alizarine imitation, England’s death penalty history, and snow protecting crops with freezing then thawing details.
The article outlines two new respectable occupations for refined women. One is Miss Shippen of Philadelphia who entertains children as a party conductor, planning ages appropriate games and German and French lessons. The other is a shopping and marketing aide who handles wardrobes and errands for busy women, delivering completed outfits and coordinating home needs.
A fragmentary verse opens with a maiden on a wheel and exhortations to rejoice in a steadfast suitor who will surely love her, with archaic wording and a melodramatic tone attributed to M. S. Bridgon.
A fragmented verse describes autumn scenes and social mood. It contrasts the rush of modern wheels with a shy maiden and rumors. The poem paints November as a party of falling leaves, nut trees, and dancing winds under a scientific weather personification.
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