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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1889
Page
3
The tale voice warns children about wolves and danger as it blends a moral about obedience with a jumble of home canning and baking instructions. It also lists kitchen tasks and a motherly admonition on table manners and polite behavior for children.
An article explains weed control through early soil preparation and regular cultivation to reduce labor. It covers planting rows, seed depth, thinning, and timely harrowing. It also mentions nutritious crops, winter storage, and home remedies for ailments and food preparation.
Readable segments recount a traveler and a curious tale of a watchmaker, a police plot, and a clever contraption designed to trap a thief. The narrative merges a wandering diarist’s impressions with a detailed account of Hondin and a Count of Comte, and ends on humanitarian questions about marking a thief.
The piece surveys wealth across eras, comparing old empires and modern magnates. It highlights Houdin the magician as a cultural figure, recounting his rise, ventures, and the wealth he amassed through performances and inventions. It notes critics' views on wealth distribution and the influence of American and European fortunes.
A rambling discussion praises carbonic acid gas as a quicker humane death method and criticizes electric executions. The article also reports Titonville Pennsylvania floods with church river overflow and drowning escapes, plus unrest in Haiti and social commentary on American plutocrats and wealth.
A fragmentary piece attributed to Josh Billings offers satirical maxims on pride envy and human folly. It mocks overconfidence in virtue and the ease of moral judgment, noting adversity reshapes esteem and cautioning against hypocritical pieties.
A fragmented reminiscence contrasts politeness and social manners with 1800s travel by stage and wagon roads. It recalls early transportation, inns, and hospitality, noting roads from Boston to Maine and the 1826 rail milestone, while touching on slavery era advertisements and petroleum industry debates.
The report details Herr Eril Fischer’s success in obtaining a compound called avcbasegar capable of fermentation like ordinary sugar, but optically inactive and thus nonpolarizing. It notes a missing element to enable full practical fermentation as a dietary sugar and discusses its potential impact on science and industry.
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