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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1896
Page
7
Agricultural notes discuss nutritive ratios in cow feed, praising early cut timothy and June grass for milk yield. Advice covers balanced rations with hay, bran, and meals, plus cautions on timing, with other items on butter purity laws and farmending guidance.
The article outlines husbandry steps for premium pasture grazing and clean, ventilated dairy housing. It stresses even temperature during cream ripening, strict cleanliness in churning, careful butter handling, and tidy packaging. It notes cows need gentle treatment and steady, quality feeding to avoid milk loss, urging careful management before milking. It cites Farmers' Voice guidance on feed and stall conditions.
An antique weapon once worn by Napoleon I is now displayed at the Val de Grace military hospital museum. Baron Larrey, the emperor’s surgeon, once received the sword after losing his own during a harsh campaign. The sword passed through Larrey’s heir to Milo. Dodu, who helped the Franco‑German war effort, safeguarded it and hid it in a chapel. A tag and inscription on the hilt mark its provenance.
Orders issued to replace the long straight “cut and thrust” sword with the New German cavalry pattern sword leave most troopers with only steel helmets. The move signals a trend toward standardized equipment across the German army.
A widowed socialite with a $3000 yearly income, known for attending fashionable weddings and stealing gifts, was found to have committed sixteen thefts including four jeweled pins from the dowager countess of Malmesbury. She was arrested after police matched two wedding reception descriptions to her.
A Vermont farmer disputes a claim about land productivity in a sunlit summer exchange. The aggrieved discussion centers on a field with about 400 bowlders per acre where the farmer insists he gets ten bushels per farm, not per acre. The dialogue contrasts Western yields with local conditions.
A nostalgic poem contrasts farm life and city girls, praising the diligence, beauty, and wholesome traits of country maidens. The verse celebrates rural virtues through vivid scenes of milking, housework, field chores, and playful country imagery. It claims one country maiden rivaling many city girls.
Jenny Hilton 28 reads a local newspaper ad seeking a marriage match with a gentleman of means. She writes to Leonard Gordon with a photo, hoping to escape her dreary life. A week later Sir Leonard Gordon arrives, revealing a startling, imposing presence and intent.
Jenny confronts Sir Leonard Gordon about a misread advertisement and a hasty letter. He admits past folly and urges sobriety before softly offering friendship. Jenny, torn by poverty and pride, finds solace in Patti’s concert tickets his gift revives her hope and focus on dignity amid hardship.
A tale of Sir Leonard and Jenny unfolds as he seeks a life with her. He confesses past heartbreak and asks if Jenny can love him more than anyone else. She hesitates, then they affirm friendship as the base of love and share a first kiss, beginning a marriage built on trust.
A Bangor letter carrier describes twenty ways to ring doorbells to signal mail delivery. He explains variations for electric bells with single or double tones, knob-activated bells, and old wire-connected belts, noting the difficulty of consistent signaling and how residents identify the mail carrier or a book agent at the door.
A Parisian finds a novel use for baldheaded men by placing a hairless pate with an advertisement on the theater parquet where it draws more attention than the performers. The practice caused no ejection by managers and recalls a coronation gala in St. Petersburg where military guests saw a bald A formed by heads. The tale shifts to Jenny and Sir Leonard, as he courts her with music and walks in exclusive woods, noting her mix of awe and growing esteem.
A delegate confronts a political hustler over a letter in which the writer claimed patriotism. The delegate asks for an explanation and questions spelling, while the hustler defends the remark and asks if the delegate is ignorant or joking. The exchange highlights tensions and questions of honesty in political rhetoric.
A Paris tale from the Qua aux Fleurs market day recounts a trio of men pursuing a ravishing Indy, with the Paris papers claiming they are harmless fools amid the latest social gossip.
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