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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1896
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR yields a playful verse about two small figures named Harry and Ben plowing a farm. It references Haw buck and smooth harrowing, with exclamations and playful sounds, lacking clear narrative or context.
An English exhibition features Herr Salenlus's butter making machine that turns sterilized milk into butter in about a minute. Milk is pasteurized to 160 degrees, cream is skimmed and churned with rapid rotation, producing granulated butter later worked and cooled. Advantages include pasteurization, reduced germ risk, and labor saving, with use in dairies in Sweden and Finland.
The write up explains that a rank grassy odor in milk comes from intestinal upset caused by abrupt feed changes. It advises gradual, staged transitions from dry to green feed, starting when the stomach is full, and gradually increasing the new feed while reducing the old. It also suggests a method for grading pasture and feeding to accommodate cows.
A Scientific Farmer notes creameries show butter quality improves with fresh cream and high milk flow. He stresses the cow's longterm performance after early lactation, warns against heat and worry reducing milk, and labels ignorance and laziness as major dairy enemies.
A man anxious for a shave meets a parade of friends commenting on his appearance. They tease him about trimming, growing a beard, or disguising himself, while he moves along the hot street. The nudged humor ends with the remark that none of their business.
At Eleventh and Welout yesterday a cyclist wearing a cream sweater and green red stockings collided with a large woman crossing the street. The rider was knocked down onto asphalt but the woman remained unfazed, smiling as the crowd gasped. The incident drew attention from startled bystanders in Koons City Star.
A humorous sketch recounts Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s habit of long talk and a friend who cut his button to end the discourse. The Saunterer notes another loquacious neighbor who shuts his eyes while addressing others, drawing a lunch hour crowd as onlookers conclude he is mad though he has earned wealth in real estate.
A Atlanta Constitution item describes rural Georgia Negro superstitions about lightning struck trees. People avoid burning or bringing such wood into homes as it is believed to bring misfortune. A traveler recalls an elderly man recounting that lightning struck wood used in his house causes him to fall asleep at midday.
The Indianapolis Journal notes a light exchange where one speaker asks if his wife laughs at a funny story. The other responds affirmatively, saying he always warns her before telling the joke.
While in Berlin Ei Hung Chang occupied a suite in a large hotel. The rooms were richly decorated with reference to the viceroy’s taste and each room he used was supplied with a canary, a bird he is fond of.
A narrator recalls a secluded Texas retreat invaded by a lively party. He watches a striking young woman with a demonic smile, recalls a vanished romance, and learns of a past meeting beneath a pepper tree tied to a long-ago rider and a Mexican-tinged moment. The tale hints at a marriage and a memory that refuses quiet.
A narrator recounts a stormy romance with a girl said to be Spanish and 16, plan to run away, conflict with her father, and a clash between desire and career. The tale shifts to a later, cynical view of how the girl vanished from the stage of life, while the man claims she later wed another and lived “happily ever after.”
Miss Maud Davis of Billotaville Maine reports a smoke filled schoolhouse with thick black files forcing pupils and teacher to move outdoors. She describes coughing and a grimy color on her face from smoke as the room fills and the air clears.
A reflective piece on wealth and poverty, noting the blessing of being busy and a philosopher. The narrator recalls a schoolmate's crash caused by a fire alarm, near misses with wealth, love fantasies, and how wealth would alter personal outcomes including marriage, politics, and social fate. He laments how riches might have shaped chance encounters and opportunities.
In a small Kentucky town a new minister condemns carnality darts and dancing then horses racing. The wealthy church member protests, arguing against the minister’s condemnations while noting his own Jewish identity and influence within the congregation. The exchange ends with a wary compromise as the preacher contemplates targeting Jews.
A bewhiskered man in a hotel chair smokes a foul cigar and says he lives for town while recounting that a father two sons and an uncle from the same family ran for office in the last election. a bystander asks which part of Ohio they hail from.
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