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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1898
Page
7
In a Nashville Banner piece, John Gray loves Jesse, a tale of affection and conflict set among scholars and editors. The poem-fable weaves romantic longing with duty as characters face trials, love, and survival, ending with a somber farewell and symbolic imagery.
A lively narrator recalls a carriage ride with a striking young woman and two men. She unites with a dapper companion, while another man, Charlie, frets over propriety. The group debates loyalty, secrecy, and a potential romance as the journey winds toward Richmond and Hampton Court.
An unnamed narrator recalls a dusk encounter on a train, a mocked kiss, a chase, and a failed plan to confront a cockney rival named Mr. Wilkins. The narrator also mentions visiting Mrs. Clifford, a pretty widow, the next day and a flirtatious parsormaid named Loo.
The article catalogs several patent ideas including a self cleaning filter with four valves to shut water off and cleanse material, a curved wire wrench for fruit jars, a knee high boot with liquid proof material to protect a leg, a pocket protecting device with metal rings and barbs, an automatic oiling device for axles, an ice breaking vessel feature aiding forward progress, and an automatic rotating fan system on baby carriages to manage smoke or heat.
Appliance note mentions the Farmer's Handy Feed Cooker offered for sale at 1.60 a unit with signal emphasis on value.
By feeding panly and stock with cooked food during the winter meal at least one third of the food is saved and stock kept healthy preventing hog cholera while hens lay freely in winter when eggs cost more. This Cooker pays for itself in one week and is offered by Empire Manufacturing Co at 14 H Street Quincy WL with a full catalogue.
Miss Lyvia Monds in Morrintown New Jersey defends herself against a rabid dog using an umbrella after the beast attacked Miss Meade and others rushed to safety. Citizens later arrived with firearms to drive the animal away as the dog fought back and finally retreated.
A dog was riddled with billets and succumbed to the injuries. Miss Meade survived the attack with her only reason being the storm in shreds by the beast's claws, but she escaped uninjured beyond the initial shock.
A reader of the Weeky notes a October Milwaukee millinery opening organized by the Wisconsin Rainbow sales, drawing six leading milliners and 25 other firms to exhibit ostrich plumes and cock tails. The event, held in a large handsome house, boosted Audubon work in the public eye and proved fashionable in featherless hats, per Harper's Weekly.
Commentary on theater access at court and in London venues noting royal box hire usually costs about twice private rates. Exceptions include Theater Royal Drury Lane Italian Opera and Haymarket. The piece critiques class barriers and privileged seating for elites.
Daniel Webster, while ill, proposed to Miss Fletcher by a skein of thread. He spoke of untying knots and tying one that will endure for a lifetime, framing a romantic vow in a vivid metaphor. The anecdote reflects Webster's eloquence and courtship gesture.
Fragmentary OCR image text describes a disrupted scene with stray phrases about people, places, and events. Many words are garbled, making it difficult to identify specific persons, organizations, dates, or actions.
An old item mentions a shoe and foot powder called To You Dance To-Night Poot Allen’s Poot for soothing feet. It advertises relief for corns, rheumatism, chilblains, frostbite, and sweaty feet with samples and drugstore availability in Olmsted Le Roy New York.
A garbled advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Ease as a cure all for frost bite and foot complaints while a Keokuk court notes Alonzo Robbins is sentenced to life imprisonment for murder. Other headlines reference an engineers strike likely settled by agreement and potential English Russian tensions over Korea.
A garbled ad promises a cure for catarrh with Wats Catach Cy from F Shene y Co Toledo Ohio. It touts internal remedies and powders, claims miracle blood and mucous system effects, and ends with a mention of Mrs Ballington Booth and Julia Marlowe in Cincinnati amid malarial fever rumors.
Burts Scrafford and Charlie Clifford were killed in an explosion of dynamite at Clearwater. N. The incident is reported with sparse details but confirms two deaths and the cause as a dynamite blast at the site signed as Clearwater. N.
Secretary Alger shows slight improvement after transacting business on Wednesday. The report lists Chicago wheat futures for December 96 to 92 and early bids for May July and January, reflecting unsettled commodity trading.
Strong gales prevailed Wednesday over the western and southern coasts of Great Britain. A hurricane blew the Lizard. Forty one days to New Orleans. Florida Queen and Crescent Route from Cancunale. H Mayler, agent for Southern Express at Brunswick, disappeared. $14,000 in currency lost.
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