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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1891
Page
3
Fragmented OCR tale recounts wedding superstitions and omens from past ages. It mentions it being unlucky for the groom to see the bride before ceremony, shaving vows, water spirits, and refusals to meet certain deaths, all wrapped in archaic ritual language and imagery.
Fragmented OCR text describes large scale agricultural and transport activity across a Southwest frontier area. Mentions corralled machinery, plows, and irrigation efforts, with references to farms, pasture, and roadways. Names and places are garbled, but indicate a historical survey of rural development and infrastructure.
A garbled narrative blends names and places in a dramatic scene featuring a mother figure, a daughter, and a distant court. It hints at a dramatic suitor, a yearning for status, and a perilous romance set amid a troubled lineage. The passage mixes exotic settings with personal conflict and unresolved loyalties.
An oblique, profane screed attacks modern authors and readers, railing at perceived moral decay. The text cites unnamed figures, mocks publishing figures, and laments bans on controversial works, framed as a protest by a writer or editor within a period printing context.
A New York sister will make only the work kind of cigars because he face with Wacuvnd go hand in hand with bad luck.
An anxious editor-in-waiting, smeared with mud and hay, asks a reporter for news. The man, in shabby clothes, recalls a story about a local affair and promises exclusivity if paid back with favors. The scene shifts to a clerk and a board director, revealing tension over a forthcoming print.
An injured worker is carried from a damaged carriage as a conductor and bystanders react. A compassionate woman in an apron appears on the platform, singing to the wounded, while the group reflects on church reform and social unity. The piece blends a railway accident vignette with a church scene and a promotional note about an electric carriage.
The Reverend Gunsaulus wore a vivid red necktie on a Arizona journey, dazzling onlookers as he travels with his son. A free pass earned via church influence led to ticket trouble with a one eyed conductor who demanded payment. After a lengthy, comic exchange the conductor relented, praising the preacher’s presence and collecting the required fare.
A Florida writer explains a long held theory that underwater caverns near Myakka Lake, connected to iron pyrites and sulfur gas, poisoned gulf waters by artesian vents. He notes a large hole, its dimensions, and past fish deaths linked to gas seepage, citing local observations and a lack of recent fish kills.
A Detroit Free Press correspondent surveys Brazilian society, noting upper class beauty masking limited education, arranged marriages, and strict social rules, contrasted with lower classes’ austere lives. The piece then shifts to Washington high society, where salons hinge on hospitality, money, and influence, revealing how politicians and officials court social access and public favor.
A sensational description notes Aaron Brown of the Georgia plantation near Giovania as the state’s largest woman. Reported measurements include a 600 pound weight, 7 feet 2 inches height, 60 inch waist, and 60 inch hip circumference. The text claims rapid recent weight gain and extreme physical size with dramatic claims of strength.
A fragmentary society column lists a sarlalftuld Lodge meeting each mut evening with officers Upham and Marahfeld, Loyal Temperance Legion and Workingmen’s Aid Association gatherings, Marshfeld Lodge No 190 meets every Toreday, church services at Presbyterian, Episcopal, Catholic, Lutheran churches, and local town officials including mayor, clerk, treasurer, and committee members.
The article notes talk of forming a pardons board to relieve Governor Peek from labor, with remarks from Thos O Connor of Marathon County as the lone legislator able to speak on the issue. It mentions the Wisconsin Legislature’s figures, party figures, and references to other states and opinions on coinage and politics, with a wary view of reform and money matters shaping public policy.
From Our Exchanges reports a plan to form a new county from parts of Wood, Clark, and Marathon with Marshfield as seat. Opposition is strong in all counties, and uncertainty remains about Marshfield’s ability to secure the seat if chosen. The Kilns contract and funding are near, with political maneuvering noted and Vandercook reportedly backing the scheme.
Fragmented text shows discussions of railway service between a big city and Marshfield with Ouaha company planning a line, tentative spring start, and traffic justifications. Mentions gauge of time, public notices, and several unclear names amid a broader transportation debate.
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