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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1898
Page
14
At Ostend private casinos lure outsiders with entry fees and strict betting caps while croupiers tax the house edge. Reports describe roulette practices abroad, safeguards, and a German baron’s collapse amid gambling ruin. The piece notes Belgian patrons and local evasion of direct restrictions, highlighting high stakes and mathematical tricks behind the game.
A farmhand delivers a request from his employer to meet Cleveland in Prineatont for a duck shooting arrangement. Cummings visits Cleveland, is warmly received, and learns Cleveland plans several days of shooting later next week, sending regards to Mr. Robins.
A misread name exchange leads to a staged visit by former president Grover Cleveland to the Robins farm in Cranbury. The Democratic party hosts a lively day with hunting, dining, and playful gossip as locals struggled to believe the guest was indeed Cleveland.
The department of agriculture notes a trolley field in Canada with fifty six miles of rail length operated by electricity, highlighting regional progress and infrastructural scope.
Pierre of Tortuga leads a bold pirate raid on a Spanish pearl fleet near a river mouth. He and his buccaneers seize control, overpowering the Spaniards and taking command of a ship, after disguising his approach and exploiting fleet vulnerability.
A fragment from Camille Plammarion recounts a strange tale around a volume titled Buvenie dine Morte. The anecdote links his admired shoulders to skin used for binding, linking the tale to his scientific writings and a later mysterious binding.
A proposed Colorado tunnel would become the longest in the world upon completion linking Colorado City and Bumnel. It would span twenty miles with subsidiary tunnels extending total length to fifty miles, pass under Pike's Peak at seven thousand feet deep, and maintain an average depth near three thousand feet.
Lennon owns a cat that prefers a warm spot near a power station. The feline naps calmly as machines churn around her, operating at about 2,000 revolutions per minute within six feet.
A collage of comical exchanges and sports quips from several papers. Jokes about theater seating etiquette and husbands, a remark on Williams in a rough game, ears and noses mentioned, jokes on bluster and vulgarity, plus a noon quitting war joke and a whistle punchline.
A fragmented report notes a new trolley line between Alexandria and Mex, offering three compartments including second class and ladies only. It promises a scenic ride through deserts beside caravans, yet raises concerns that this fusion of progress and tradition may threaten ancient customs.
A motor bicycle article describes a unique design longer and lower than common machines. The rider sits midway between the front and rear wheels on a very low seat, diverging from standard rear overhang and providing an unusual attachment arrangement.
Portable trolley taude are now designed for use as contractors and pi Angers OSC lz in sections. The roller wire supports form an arch fastened to a bed wire or sleeper so no holes need digging. Gauges of roads range from 20 inches up and locomotives are designed for 110 volts.
An English firm demonstrates the merila of leather tires for motor cars. The tires are built from sections of leather pressed together, offering elasticity and noted for great durability.
A proposed feature in a new electric carriage design uses a balance gear and a peculiar arrangement of chain and driving pulley to allow chain slipping when needed, indicating an experimental mechanism under development.
General Electric shops at Schenectady will harness waterfall power after completion of a transmission line. The project will drive power across eight to ten miles at 12,000 volts alternating current.
A critique notes millions invested in colleges to educate the brain while little is done to educate the heart amid calls for moral and civic formation in American higher education.
A call has been issued for a national convention of stock growers to meet in Denver on January 25, 26 and 27. The gathering aims to discuss industry issues and set policy directions for the year. Delegates from major associations are expected to attend.
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