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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1908
Page
6
A colonial-era tale of a professor and a deacon's wife eloping amid marriage scandal, mishaps, and resilience, followed by a tribute to George Rogers Clark. The essay contrasts personal romance with frontier courage, recounting Clark’s risky campaigns to seize Kaskaskia and Vincennes, endure winters, and secure the Northwest for the United States, ending with a call to honor his contributions.
The popular comedian J C Lewis and his company bring St Plunkard to the Opera House starting Tuesday July 21. The exchange praises the simple farmer character and the play’s everyday life lessons with Arletta Lewis and a bright country street parade. Seats are on sale at Sextons Drug Store.
The Milwaukee Journal reports D. D. Conway finally carried Wisconsin's standard in the Denver convention procession. Mrs. Conway then mounted the platform with her husband’s help, sharing the honor with a Colorado woman as cheers greeted the display. The account highlights the staged demonstration for William Jennings Bryan.
A Chicago dated letter from 1900 asks for one acre near a lake for poultry with cash in hand. The writer, a bachelor seeking a home and potential marriage, requests help from the Consolidated Farm Co and mentions advertising in the Polish Daily News and a possible commission. Printed as a verbatim transcription.
A letter and substantial subscription check arrive from James P. McPherson of Bentley Alberta Canada. He praises the TIMES and reflects on attending the Dominion Exposition at Calgary. McPherson notes he and his brothers prosper with a lumber business and own the Alexandria Hotel at Bentley.
An automobile party led by Joseph and Philip Ruplinger of r rans Nebraska passed through the city last Thursday en route to Hewitt from Nebraska covering 884 miles. Former residents of this city and Hewitt the Ruplingers moved west years ago. Louis Clark accompanied them as far as Mondays and then departed. The party plans to continue to Milwaukee this week visiting other points before returning west.
A Mora court delays the trial as an attorney argues the human body changes completely in seven years or less. The defense contends the defendant might not have existed at the time of the alleged murder, citing a scientific fact. The judge asks for time to consider the point.
The article notes the first authentic field music in battle occurred at Bouvines where the French, under Philip Augustus, defeated Otto IV in 1214 and later victories at the same site in 1340 and 1794. It records trumpets signaling the French charge in 1214 as the first documented trumpet call in battle.
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