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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1898
Page
7
A fragmentary passage reflects on anxiety and fate as a lonely woman mourns what could be loss. It notes continual fretting over future events that have not occurred, a maiden lady speaking of her children and enduring dread. The tone resembles a reflective, moralizing excerpt.
In a clipped dialogue from a 19th century scene, Mr. Clayton proposes marriage as a condition for partnership and an abroad life, while Alicia Searles weighs finances and family consent. Uncle Jim’s influence frames the plan as a new, unlikely profession for a well educated man.
An appeal urges mothers to emphasize physical development and sexual health with young women. It endorses frank sharing of symptoms and experiences to aid understanding, inviting readers to contact Mrs. Tinkiom in Lyne for guidance and to provide complete details if comfortable.
Mica Huma Stoddard of Canton Mass wins the Canton Ponkapong mail route contract through 1901, underbidding veteran carrier John Abbott who had held the post for sixteen years. She will make two trips daily over about eighteen miles, pleased with the pay. Stoddard was born in Canton June 24 1875, daughter of Elijah and Mary A Stoddard, with notable family ties to Ponkapoag and Mrs Mary G Hunt.
In a tale from Youth's Companion, Triboulet the king's fool wields influence during Francis I's reign. He distracts peers by scribbling on a register of fools while the emperor Charles V plans a traverse through France. The sovereign questions him as Triboulet warns of danger, offering sly counsel on mercy and timing.
A London chloroform expert reports that anesthetizing the nasal mucous membrane with cocaine before chloroform reduces dangers to heart and respiration. In fifty cases cocaine aided anesthesia by limiting movement, easing excitement, reducing vomiting, and avoiding post-anesthetic distress. The prep involves blowing the nose and snuffing a cocaine powder before proceeding with general anesthesia.
The Peabody Museum under Charles B. Berwdtch acquired Honduran antiquities and began work on Copan ruins. In the central area the King of Copan features pyramidal foundations and a main irregular structure rising in terraces. The tallest summit reaches about 120 feet above the river, with foundations and lower walls remaining and weathered by time.
Sur rounding temples and palaces within a mile show hieroglyphic inscriptions and remains of stone homes likely for nobles, with countless stone foundations beyond them. It is conjectured poorer classes lived in wooden houses once standing there, now disappeared, according to Harper's Weekly.
Disjointed text references Cuba, stock market strain, and Wall Street tensions amid unclear events. Mentions Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a general remedy amid digestive and other ailments, with fragmented and confounding phrasing.
The South Carolina legislature begins its session after receiving Governor Wuerh’s message. The New Jersey legislature also opens its session, signaling a busy period for state government.
A compact medical publisher advertises a 10 000 word dictionary from Dr Williams Medicine Us Schenectady N Y claiming concise accurate definitions and useful information. It omits no common words even when space is tight and promises to expand with usage. Readers are invited to send two stamps for details and sample pages.
In Copenhagen Denmark authorities enforce a rule requiring cyclists to walk their bikes downhill regardless of incline under penalty of fine. The measure applies to all riders around the city limits and aims to curb speed and noise on slopes.
The Monon through sleeper to Washington and Baltimore via Cincinnati proves a great success and will operate all winter. The Dearborn Street station in Chicago prepares at 2:30 am with a sleeper ready and arrives in Washington at 6:47 pm. Also noted: thirty-five Mexicans drowned when a mine was flooded.
Turbulent classified style misspelled notice offers a free bicycle for selling $190 in goods. The copy proclaims a reliable time and first class bicycles, while a macabre line mentions the Newton family murder in Brookfield Maga.
Forty people killed and property valued at 4 million dollars destroyed by a tornado at Fort Smith Arkansas. Reports mention daily trains and a mix of scattered items including names and places. Other notes include individuals from Minnesota and Crete, and a reference to a commerce commission election.
Fragmented reading from the Daily Herald Clinton Iowa item covers liquor appetite as cause of wealth decline, a gold cure, and a public lecture. It cites a Mississippi-like medical testimony, mentions De Wilma and a staged interview with John B Conk of Lyons Iowa, and notes W J Bryan regarding a possible run for Congress.
Edited text markets Grain-O as a healthful drink replacing coffee, claiming it aids digestion and strengthens nerves, not a stimulant. It is promoted as suitable for adults and children, with pricing notes and mentions of political items and Cuba's colonial ministry sworn in at Havana, reflecting a scattered newspaper page.
Fragmented item notes Kenso's Balsam claims to stop coughing with a sample offered. Mentions New England mill workers facing potential strike and invites to settle in the south. Also reports a Gulf Service Commissioner Rice resignation and routing details to Tampa.
A garbled 1695 era ad collage promises cold cures and tonics while noting lacey claims and a tennis ranking surprise. It mentions the Rothschilds plan to invest in Klondike mining and political tension among Mary and Republican legislators over a senatorship.
Fragmented OCR notes describe Lane's Family Medicine daily routines and bodily care. Meridian residents held a banquet celebrating escape from yellow fever. Mentions of travel distances to New Orleans and Crescent Route, plus M Jules Cambon as new French ambassador to the United States arriving from Havre.
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