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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1890
Page
3
A long fragment narrates a swarm of faded notables in a magazine project. The tale centers on a fictional Goose Club portrait and its fallout, revealing vanity, rivalries, and artistic pretensions within a circle of writers and artists.
The article argues climate in Siberria and Greece has varied little over millennia. It cites Brown and Siberria once ice covered and tropical, yet evidence shows Rome Athens 2000 years ago similar to today. George Kers suggests climate 3000 years before Christ resembled Cairo now.
A reported tale describes clever gloves smuggling by Russians and Jews at two frontier posts. Each parcel contained five pairs, a die marked at auction, but none claimed. Left and right handed gloves were sorted after time, with right-handed gloves sold cheaply and left-handed bought by conspirators, evading tax.
The text blends mythical voyage with agricultural guidance and a biographical sketch of Joseph Brant. It traces a fantastical land, notes old farming practices on washing cattle and hay handling, then shifts to a portrait of Joseph Brant,Thayendanegea, highlighting his education, religious faith, missionary work, and wartime leadership.
A travelogue describes a long railway journey from Athens to Pyros and Patras, passing Epirus and Corinth before reaching Olympia. It notes famed sights along the way, including Mount Parnassus, the Alpheus River, and the Hera and Zeus temples, with emphasis on Pausanias and the Nike statue in the Olympia Museum.
A writer cites a form of prisoner transport within the Russian Empire where aggrieved residents, expelled workers, and families of exiles are moved under guard. In transit prisons enforce brutal conditions, with harsh weather, crowding, and abuse. Elderly and women suffer, while deaths by despair are noted as a consequence of lack of passports and forced relocation.
Advice on dusting a room to keep it pleasant and airy. Start at a corner and move around, dusting every chair table and woodwork, wipe windows daily, avoid over-sweeping, use a feather duster carefully, open windows to air the space, and train children to dust properly for a cleaner home.
A misstep on a ferry ends in a comic scene as a portly man struggles to light a pipe while a tiny boy, concealed by a neighbor, flicks away the flames. A sudden explosion follows, sparking laughter as readers recall the famed syrup’s pleasant effects praised by many.
The Massachusetts Plowman disputes the belief in aging seeds improving over years. He argues that oil gardenery seeds such as cucumbers and squashes remain vigorous when fresh but lose vitality with time, becoming uncertain after several years.
A fragmentary old item recounts a Lottery drawing with a Chicago resident named Andersim, a claim of big winnings and disputed details. It weaves via a travelogue voice and local gossip about crop advice, Sapollo soup safety, a mule incident, and comments on cattle trade across the Atlantic.
A garbled 19th century column offers a string of oddities, local lore, and tainted transliterations. It mentions Europe tied by diaphone lines, cities Paris Prague Budapest, a Norway lake with quagmiva, and curiosities like alexandrite and eye water. A violent incident in Prague Washington is sketched, with two preachers in a mutinous dispute ending in a knife attack.
An advertisement appeals to women to trust Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription, claiming it has cured thousands of delicate women. It argues doubt harms healing and promises a money back guarantee if the product does not perform as represented, urging readers to try it.
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