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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1899
Page
3
A cat writes from a frame to explain a strange scene where another cat hides behind a frame and seems to mirror every move. The letter ponders who is mocking whom as the feline plays a game of hide and seek with a silent companion.
In August heat a heavily freighted Hive train carries 6000 people toward a perilous mercy mission as wildfires rage along the Wisconsin forest line. Engineer Big Mike and his crew push 60 mph through smoke and flame, aided by a boy who crawls from a water tank to help cool a burning fireman. The pair bravely battle heat and embers as sparks fly and trees collapse, racing to beat the inferno.
An 11 year old boy braces against blistering heat and smoke to control a runaway steam engine as it plunges through burning Wisconsin woods. He halts at a sparsely set track near Stony Brook and guides the train to safety, saving hundreds of lives. The rescue becomes front page news across the nation.
The Rottingdean house near Brighton is Kipling's holiday residence during his Westward Ho era. Villagers recall him as “the little Indian” nephew of Burne-Jones. The two story home sits behind a high wall beside the village green, facing Kipling’s window and the churchyard where William Black lies buried. Nearby are literary figures Sir Bulwer Lytton, the Duke of Wellington, Cardinal Manning, Sir William Burme, and others tied to Kipling’s life. The room overlooks the downs and English Channel with Dieppe steamers seen from a second floor bow window.
In a sparse English home Kipling shows a simple work room with a Burne Jones portrait, no art or knickknacks, a plain table and pages of verse. He speaks of daily task discipline, admitting much of his writing is discarded into a wastepaper basket as he works with brisk energy.
Engineering Magazine cites the Kirronavaara Luosavaara region as a vast iron ore reserve with unbroken magnetic outcrops. The landscape is swampy and difficult, featuring sparse timber and poor roads. Access from Gellivarre via Lappeaswanda on the Kalix river entails a rough 40 mile march, then canoeing upriver through a boulder strewn, jagged channel, making the journey strenuous yet unstimulating.
A veteran journalist recalls Secretary Long as one of the best interviewees, noting he never failed to speak his mind and often pressed for printing only their opinions. The tale recounts how a paper sent a fateful Fourth of July request to the governor, who replied he spent the holiday minding his own business with quiet disdain.
The fragment hints at a discussion about a person named Jones and his dignity and career choices. Brown conjectures about a drastic career move while Sidh remarks on changes in family and communication, ending with a puzzled note about understanding. The text reflects casual dialogue with unclear context.
All emery used globally comes from Naxos, Greece. The ore is so hard that ordinary tools fail to cut it. Workers fire the rock with large furnaces to crack and pry it free using improvised methods and heated iron stages.
A fragment notes a boastful line about visiting and old women busy cleaning, with a sarcastic edge. The Detroit Free Press quote hints at social surveillance and pretended cheerfulness as a form of amusement.
The Linuglu State Journal notes a Maine poetry revival with playful mockery of local place names. A fragment parodies intruding terms like Passamaquoddy and Skoodoowabs skooks while praising Maine scenery from forests to lakes and seas.
An examination of Broadway and Fifth Avenue shop windows shows a new art form from Japan. Dwarf trees trained into decorative shapes are gaining attention among artists and collectors, with rare specimens fetching high prices at auction. A unique 850 year old hokiba sold for $1,200, illustrating rapid fashion in miniature arboreal art.
A brief note traces Dr Ray Palmer’s immortal hymn My Faith Looks Up to Thee and its meter. It cites Theodore L. Cuyler praising the piece as a precious American contribution to hymnology and discusses the same meter used by Come Thou Almighty King and God Save the Queen, noting the older origins and continuance in sacred music.
The article discusses the popularity of patriotic tunes and the origins of My Faith Looks Up to Thee. It notes the influence of the English national anthem on American hymns and traces Palmer’s creation of My Faith Looks Up to Thee in December 1830 when he was ill. It recounts how Lowell Mason and Hastings published the hymn as Sel. Consecrada in 1838 and Mason prophesied Palmer would be best known for this hymn.
In a Magila Bay area engagement Lieut Boyd led 80 troops to intercept rebels. Private Reno dismounted under fire to aid wounded Davicks, hauled him onto a horse, then urged the team to safety as bullets whistled. Reno’s fast ride and courage saved Davicks and preserved the squad’s retreat.
Report notes more than ten thousand villages lack a school. It cites a region described as Ruse and emphasizes the widespread absence of basic education facilities across rural areas. Schools are scarce, leaving many children without local access to instruction.
The author shares casual travel notes about Cuba and contrasts local life with American methods. He argues against sensational tales, notes cool breezes and practical travel tips, and praises improvements in cleanliness and postal service under American administration, citing Havana yellow fever declines and staff like General Rathbone and Bristow.
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