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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1899
Page
7
A descendant narrator recounts Sir Walter Scott and Williamina Stuart as the Scottish romance, arguing Scott misread signals and Williamina’s loyalty lay with William Forbes. The piece traces 1795 events, Scott’s poetic rise, and the choked love that shifted to Forbes, amid social pressures and misinterpreted letters. The narrative pairs historical reflection with letters and social context.
Colorado officials plan to display a solid gold miniature of Pikes Peak at the Paris exposition valued at $1,000,000. The nugget will weigh about 126 tons based on a gold value of $602,928.50 per ton and will travel under guard to New York.
Advertisement style notice promising cures for rheumatism lip pain and toothache with a mail order offer. It mentions a Sanne Botle ct our and other dubious remedies, instructing readers to send four cents by return mail to Lake Street Chicago for a “cure.” The fragmentary text lists names and vague product references and appears as a late 19th or early 20th century patent medicine pitch.
The article contrasts Philippine women with European standards, noting aristocratic mothers prefer leisure while peasant wives share labor in fields and boats. It highlights neat nipa homes, insists on cleanliness, and describes pina fabrics and manta weaving by native women in cottages and factories.
A weary prospector, exhausted and near starved, contends with fate and urges belief in divine mercy after sliding the last of his strength into lifting a heavy stone. He reveals a single, solid nugget found through sheer endurance, having searched other nearby sites without success and facing a long return with modest spoils.
An informal account describes a prospector escaping famine and thirst to reach Perth by first steamer after hardship near the coast. He had £300 advanced on wages by principal banks, likely to repay many times over. He plans to return to England or settle among his own people, leaving the narrator lamenting the loss of a decent man to champagne and gaming among early gold seekers.
The article traces John Jacob Astor’s land buying on New York Island at century’s start, noting his foresight in property expansion. It highlights farms converted to housing as growth, cites a 1811 purchase of a farm for 2000 now worth about 1.4 million with improvements, and criticizes the belief that descendants would not part with the estate. William Waldorf Astor provides the commentary in Pall Mall Magazine.
A collage of humorous exchanges and quips from various writers and periodicals. Bits include Abner Appledry debating love, a music box nuisance, a couple discussing a wheel ride, a stranger questioning a performance, and a wife gossiping about a husband’s finances. Other items touch on literacy choice, a jacket-splash romance, and a classroom anecdote about walking the world, all framed as light entertainment.
A collage of jokes and quips from chicago record indiana papers and village characters. It features lines about a snece a man with eyesight, a perjury joke, a pink hat remark, fist fight banter, and a postmistress noting confusing mail and sealed envelopes. The piece mocks local humor without a single prominent figure.
The Nile remains a river of silence and mystery where camels avert intruders with soft, beautiful eyes. The text notes the camels’ gaze as uniquely appealing and conveys a mood of limpid softness and plaintiveness.
The text reflects a narrator who feels guilt and self doubt when reminded by a mother in church during a sermon. It references a hunchbacked look and a harsh inner assessment of missed life opportunities. The voice conveys inner conflict and unease during spiritual moments.
Miss Nathalia Schenck of Babylon New Jersey sparked a nationwide chain letter craze linked to a supposed ice plant for soldiers and a 4000 dollar goal. The hysteria overwhelmed the post office and home, with letters flooding mail and thousands donated to the government after the public finally quit.
A volcanic eruption returns to life at Mokuoonongo near Hild Hawaii, following years of dormancy. Reports indicate renewed activity with signs of a significant Hawalian volcanic event as observers note rising steam and ash.
Fragmentary notes describe counterfeiting activity and legal actions with references to courts and fines. Mentions of individuals, unnamed testaments, and possible charges imply a civic proceeding, though details are obscured by garbled OCR. The piece references medical gags and digestive complaints as side discussions incidental to the main matter.
The report claiming grasshoppers were destroying North Dakota wheat proved unfounded. No evidence supported the agricultural pest claim and authorities retracted the alert, noting normal crop conditions.
G. T. Corson of Ghio was elected president of the National Educational Association at the annual meeting. The event marks a milestone in educational leadership as delegates from numerous states gathered to set policy and priorities for the coming year.
In Woonsocket and North Smithfield mills workers struck after another rise in wages for weavers and loom operators proved unsatisfactory. The higher pay did not quell discontent among Sinrersville mill employees, leading to a walkout and labor tensions across the textile plants.
A testimonial from Mrs Ep Devers of Devers Texas praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She reports long illness after confinement, pregnancy following treatment, easier labor, renewed strength, and gratitude for the product. She states the remedy helped return her health and allowed her to work again.
Mrs Evixte Schneider of 1244 Helen Ave reports terrible fainting before using Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Blood Purifier and Liver Pills. After the remedies she says she feels wonderfully strengthened and the fainting feelings are gone.
Amid chaotic garbled text, a 3 cent fare system for the Detroit Street Railway is noted, with unclear health and political references. Mention of Samuel J. Tilden's estate valuation appears in an executor's report, while other fragments reference Aryan presidential nominating talk and a private physician warning of death.
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