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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1896
Page
2
The Marshfield Times prints telegrams in brief with scattered reports from across the country. Highlights include immigration figures, weather incidents, deaths, marriages, fires, accidents, political notes, and various local notices. The item catalogues diverse events from Parkersburg to Indianapolis, New York to Chicago, with names, places, and dates embedded in the condensed chatter.
Foreign affairs items report a string of brief notes across countries. Dickens’s son dies in Jagiagd, a temperance figure dies in Voronio, Jameson raid trial opens with not guilty plea in London, and Leo XIII grants audience to Professor Schroeder. Other tidbits mention Burns centenary in Dumfries, Yen telegraphs frontier violence in Turkey, English parliament session outlook, alleged brutality in German Cameroons, Li Hongzhang signaling a future loan, Norway’s petroleum tax bill, and a murder at sea aboard the Her bert Fuller.
A survey of scientific curiosities notes voiceless animals like the igbatie armadillo and porcupine. It cites watches that keep time within ten seconds a month and a steam rover speed of twenty six miles per hour. February births peak while Oscarhe fowest occurs, and Quire lies on the equator where the sun never wobbles. The Pelangie Tablet suggests a four year cycle with a 35 day year. Aluminum soldering is solved by silver chloride, while language evolution accelerates like biology. A cow is found to have citric acid. earthworms regenerate heads and tails when cut. boiling water is vital to most microbes but some tolerate extreme cold, revived after thawing.
A 1900s fashion note details hat crown height and ribbon changes to vary gowns. It recommends white summer gowns, Persian tawn and organdies, and a Marie Antoinette fichi for slender figures. Instructions describe flat sleeve cuffs and a rosette method using bon net wire for a soft, bobbing rosette above the hat crown.
In St Louis on July 16 William Jennings Bryan was named the Populist standard bearer after a rancorous session marked by scuffles and a rival rump convention. The motion to grant plenary powers to the national committee intensified the chaos. Bryan later said his acceptance would depend on conditions attached, and Georgia's Thomas Watson won the vice presidential nod in a late close vote.
The Tondon Spectator warns of rising anti immigration sentiment and faces a looming surplus population issue. It predicts worldwide immigration bans within twenty years and urges European powers to prepare for population growth without emigration. The piece contrasts Sierra Leone coast fears with the hinterland offering fertile opportunities for Europeans.
Earliest report from St Louis notes the national populist convention opening with 1,900 delegates and 60 spectators. Senator Butler of South Carolina named temporary chairman. A Bryan ally led the crowd after a Bryan speech. The opening session ran 112 hours with Tavheneck as initial national chairman. Thursday Allen of Nebraska became permanent chair and urged Bryan endorsement. Committees were not ready to report, but several contests were settled.
Notes cover otter pets in Chinese culture, London restaurant menus, shahs symbols, coal prices, Swedish tree planting, Iran and wine manufacturers import totals, English coin dates, White Mountain forest preservation, California wine production, New York charity spending, and 5000 donor families.
Parkersburg July 24 The republican state convention nominated G W Atkinson of Wheeling for governor and L M LaFollette for auditor.
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