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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1898
Page
15
The fragmentary passage references John Gray, Handsome Jessica, Pedagogue, and a Pennsylvanian marriage, with unclear names and events. It appears to describe lovers, a rough confrontation, and a local notice in the Neahville Banner, but many words are garbled, hindering a coherent summary.
In a rambling first person tale a passenger recounts a river trip with a pretty woman named Loo and her jealous companion Charlie. A nonchalant day out becomes tense as loyalties, secrets, and a scolding kiss collide aboard a late train toward Hampton Court.
A physician counsels caution as a terrified patient seeks relief from persistent ailments. She seeks comfort from morphine tablets, misled into believing pain will fade, while the doctor warns of dangers and moral concerns surrounding the drug. The column portrays the woman's shrinking terror and the ethical tension in medical care.
A collage of patent notes describes a self cleaning water filter with an inline shut off valve and reverse flow cleanse, a curved wire wrench, a fibrous snow‑proof boot with iron shoe and medicated lining, a pocket watch grip device, automatic axle lubrication via a rear wool reservoir, an ice breaking prow design, and a baby cooling carriage fan system powered by a front wheel shaft.
The Farmer's Handy Feed Cooker sells for 12.00 and holds 26 gallons. Feeding cooked food in winter keeps at least one third of stock healthy and hens laying, with egg prices high. It pays for itself in a week and is promoted as the best and cheapest on the market. Catalogue available from Empire Manufacturing Co. 14th Street, Quincy, Illinois.
Lydia Meade of Morristown New Jersey faced a mad dog that attacked pedestrians. She struck repeatedly with an umbrella, repelling the dog for ten minutes until bystanders arrived with guns and clubs to pursue it.
Fog filled with bullets as the beast struck and he succumbed. Miss Meade's dress was torn in shreds by the beast's claws, leaving her seriously shocked and injured.
A Milwaukee reader notes a October millinery opening in the town, hosted in a large house by a director of the Wisconsin Audubon Society. No sales were promised, but six leading mills were invited and twenty five firms sought space. Feathers were limited to pat nic plumes quills and cock tails. Invitations were issued and the reception drew fashion attention and public interest in Audubon work.
A 19th century note discusses theater box hire and a supposed unwritten law restricting royal boxes. It states most boxes are not reserved for royalty and can be rented by paying high prices, with few exceptions including Theater Royal Drury Lane and Haymarket. The piece observes social divide as wealthier patrons avoid ostentatious box seating.
Daniel Webster proposed to Miss Pletcher while asking her to unravel a skein of thread. “Grace,” he said, “we have been waging knots. Let us see if we cannot tie one which will not tie in a motion.”
Fragmentary OCR reports the treasury balance with a cash amount in the high twenty millions and a gold reserve listed, suggesting a substantial public fund total. Names, dates, and precise figures are unclear due to text damage, but the notice notes a balance mix of cash and gold holdings.
A jumbled aged report mentions a curfew ordinance in Quebec and town talk of Mrs Whealow and a sausage vendor. It notes John Bergman, ex-Chicago figure, committing suicide in New York after financial losses amid speculative Peters. It also references various names tied to mining talks in the Canadian northwest and quack cures.
Ad promises relief for tired feet and new shoes with Allen’s Foot Powder 1¢ sample offered. Mentions cures for corns bunions chilblains frost bites and sweating feet at druggists. Includes address and claims to mail samples free. Also notes George J. Fritch a St. Louis businessman mentioned in a Virginia senate bill context.
An OCR filled page notes a cold cure with Garative Bromo Quinine Tablets and a claim about warming feet. It reports the London engineers’ strike unlikely to be settled by an agreement and mentions tensions between England and Russia over Korea. Keokuk man Alonzo Robbins is sentenced to life imprisonment for wife murder.
A dubious notice offers a reward for cases of Catarel cured only by Halts Catarel J. Carney & Co. Totoro and associates. It claims universal testimonials and cites various figures and individuals, including Mas Ballington Booth in New York and Julia Marlowe in Cincinnati, as context for the alleged cure and fever-related illness. The phrasing resembles a sensational medical solicitation common in historic papers.
A dynamite blast in Clearwater, WN, killed Burts Scratferd and Charlie Clifford. The incident appears linked to nearby SHAMO product handling as authorities investigate the explosion. No further details on motives or others injured are provided in the readable text.
In Chicago, December wheat traded at 96 9 tenths cents, May at 92, July at 334 dollars and January at 9 slash Lane's Family Melidye Moyes reported. Gales hit western and southern Britain shores while weather and shipping notes mentioned Florida and New Orleans routes. A Southern Express agent from Brunswick, Ga. named H Mayler disappeared with about 14000 dollars in currency.
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