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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1896
Page
2
Marshfield Telegrams in Brief cover a rash of scattered items from politics to accidents. Roving notes include a fatality in West Virginia, circuses in Austin, and various state political shifts. Reports touch on crimes, storms, drownings, and notable deaths with multiple named places and persons.
Foreign flashes report London beset by forest fires with fields believed destroyed while a British official is arrested in Venezuela. Sir Leonard Tilley dies in St John’s New Brunswick. Fire governance in Canada loses votes. Turks clash with Americans. Oxford professor Sir Joseph Prestwich noted. Herbert Broadley named British consul in New York. Cuban troubles see a mostly American expedition landing. Dr Jameson indicted in London for neutrality law violations. Pratoria rumors claim Salisbury seized by rebels.
A detailed era report of a dramatic whale hunt near Bermuda, describing a whaleboat chase by Joseph C. Fox and crew aboard Shaturack, harpooning a sixty foot sperm whale off a coast near the Tropic, with Isaac Nadale hailed as hero after riding the whale’s back. The rescue and pursuit continued over two hours, ending with carcass tow and a projected value around £200.
In Leeds Center Maine the postmaster's wife Mrs. Francis suffered heart trouble and collapse but recovered after using Dr Williams' Pink Pills. She credits the remedy with restoring vitality and independence, aided by neighbors and the town report. Mr. Francis and the Postmaster G DE Foster endorse the pills after observing Mrs. Francis and Mr. Foster improve significantly. The article notes Pink Pills are sold by dealers or postpaid from Williams Medicine Co.
An experienced mendicant on Eleventh Street last night rapidly assessed nine men and secured lodging from six, using swift character study. The street figure, adept at reading vanity, treated everyone as potential targets, a display noted as remarkable for its speed and accuracy.
A skilled beggar on Eleventh Street employed social manipulation to charm a young amateur actor into revealing vanity and trust. The ploy involved flattering lines and staged familiarity, culminating in a near-scam before a companion interrupted, warning that the target was a newspaper reader.
A miscellany of notes covers Arizona Indians belief in a second deluge and a fire sparked by sunlit reflections, Brangon craft and Argentine beer production, Col. Bliss’s timber ambitions near Hot Springs, Japan’s dual thermal springs, Balvajore caverns, a peculiar New Bedford will with charitable bequests, Tsarist gift plans for Moscow festivities, and a two language coronation program.
Lausanne hosts a cat boarding house offering meat, rofl, nourishing aid, washing and brushing for six cents per day. The article draws a contrast with European human care, where poor villages often pay far less for public care, highlighting the disparity in welfare generosity.
A crowded curb side scene in a wartime text shows Riley and Dogan debating if the United States would act after major war talks end. They mock official orders and wonder who will lead troops, amid a city hour and a rising sense of national urgency.
Report on Miss Brown overcoming audience disappointment at an amateur performance. Elsie reflects mixed expectations, noting initial doubt she could appear but confirms she did take the stage in May.
Two Belgian journalists were jailed for advising troops to observe the old commandment “Thou shalt not XII.” This appears to be an early recorded case of punishment for urging compliance with a religious or moral mandate.
A fragmentary item notes an amount or heading related to phosphorus. No clear event, date, or full context available. Named entities are missing or unclear due to damaged OCR.
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