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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1898
Page
14
The narrator endures a night of mixed memory and disquiet after a theater outing. A rose given by his wife triggers recall of past betrayals linked to Gildo Ferrari, fueling jealousy and inner torment. He leaves the theater in a haze, haunted by scents and memories as he returns to an exhausted, dreamlike sleep.
A vivid scene unfolds aboard a villa veranda in Southern Italy as Cesare, a poised aristocrat, plans a grand wedding while revealing a suite of priceless jewels to his fiancée. She revels in wealth yet seeks genuine affection, while Cesare plots a dramatic finale to his vengeance with the looming nuptials and a secret treasure.
The article recounts cases where innocent defendants were hanged after confessed murderers claimed innocence or where victims appeared alive after execution. Examples include Hale’s cited cases of a niece, an obstinate juror who was the real killer, and a Danish pastor tale later echoed by Mark Twain in Tom Sawyer, Detective.
A cautious look at Shoreditch in England reveals a new waste utilization system established by Lord Kelvin. Garbage is burned in a dust destructor to generate steam that drives generators, lighting streets, baths, schools, and shops while storing energy for night use. The plant reduces waste by about 70 percent, saves transport costs, and lowers heating expenses, with electricity sold at a fixed rate.
A reader letter argues for charging centa per unit by day and eight cents by night to yield large profits. The funds, it claims, would finance a public library, museum, and technical institute at a total cost of half a million dollars, to be funded from two years of first receipts.
A young man buys a $32 pair of shoes and marks them $6 to gift his beloved. The plan backfires when the girl suspects the ruse and returns to the shop. She swaps for a better bargain, gets $2 back, and leaves satisfied. The man pays the extra difference of $4, thinking the girl clever.
William E. Claudio of Greenport and Miss E. L. Worth of Southold wed after a plotted ruse to evade a spying brother. Claudio, bound for New London, rode a sharpie aboard the steamer, escaped observation, then hurried to a livery stable and returned with his bride to be married by Rev. Beebe in Cuichogua before leaving for Brooklyn. The couple met recently at a firemen’s tournament and fell in love at first sight.
Berlin's Neue theater to be run for ten years by Frau Nascha Butze in a strictly women led enterprise. She plans family comedies as staple repertory and will perform on stage herself. The venture opens next September under this new management.
A curiously described weather omen, England’s natural parameter foretells rain before storms, while fair skies show white spots. Ex Police Inspector Williams, once in York’s Tenderloin, pushes Tammany to appoint him to the new police board. He praised the night stick, claiming a song’s end brings more law than a supreme spur.
Governor Lowndes of Maryland exits the race for the U.S. Senate, signaling a major shift in the political landscape and prompting reactions from party officials and supporters. The move reduces the field and concentrates attention on remaining candidates as party leaders reassess strategy.
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