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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1891
Page
5
The narrator recalls a muddled visit to Laneville involving Bessie Blake, her family, and a mistaken house guest. Amid awkward questions about marriage and pasts, a tense confrontation with a jealous suitor unfolds. The scene shifts to reflections on courtship in literature and real life, ending with playful literary examples of declarations of love.
Fragmentary tale recounts early Dutch roots with Batavians and their clash with Romans. It traces migration, territory, and tribal bravery, noting Roman interactions and shifting alliances before the decline of the empire and the Batavians gaining relief from taxation.
A string of incidents and local notes from Wisconsin papers reports barn fires at Oshkosh and Racine with mentions of possible arson, a prospective move of a factory to Indiana, mayoral actions against street blockades, a mentally ill man in Menasha, a missing business associate from New Berlin, a drowning in Kewanee, a creditor settlement rumor in Bartord, a Shopiere grocery fire with close escapes, granite finds near Little Pople River in Marones County, a severe injury in Belgium, Palmyra's newspaper change, eight criminal cases in Prairie du Chien, a forged express order conviction in Milwaukee, many saloon licenses checked, a Stoughton accident, veteran burials in Sheboygan, a police wagon crash injuring Officer Spencer, and a fraud arrest in Dubuque tied to G R Groves.
A colonial era sketch notes Uruguay’s refined crop of people contrasted with primitive living among vast landholders. It argues creole estates deter subdivision, delaying progress, while land reforms and inheritance laws may break up estates over time. The piece shifts to La Crosse Wisconsin reporting on the May 28 W C T U convention, detailing appropriations for state work and district contributions, plus delegate selections for the national convention.
A Boston correspondent describes Algiers during a winter visit. The journey from Marseilles, chaotic baggage demands by Arabs at the quay, and a tour of the Arab town reveal crowded streets, Moorish and Arab houses, a lively but perilous street life, and vividly described climates, plants, and markets. The narrative contrasts Arab life with French occupation, noting a hilltop Arab city, mosques, a Moorish school, a trip to the English church, and glimpses of Atlas views and exotic commerce.
The report describes a method by M G Bruylan to detect alterations in documents. When paper moistened and dried, iodine reveals wet areas in violet while dry areas turn yellow or brown. Color density varies with exposure time and paper quality, with thicker sizing or aging reducing contrast.
The Ladies’ Home Journal touts hot water as a minor simple remedy for headaches neck pain and colds noting hot applications ease tension and aid digestion. It also endorses fresh air and open-air living as essential to health urging daily lung use and proper ventilation to sustain vigor and longevity.
A mammoth skeleton fragment was found along Buck Creek near Perryville Wisconsin about twenty miles north of Osnes. The skull is well preserved with eye sockets sixteen inches across. A boot is being made for the skeleton and its exact family remains unknown as no naturalist has examined it yet. May 28 Osnasa Wisconsin reports and notes on Civil War veteran reunions and political unrest in various places are included with scattered, unclear items.
A chaotic street incident on Jefferson Avenue in Wayne County erupts as a man wielding a hatchet and umbrella goes on a rampage, crashing through a telegraph line, toppled bystanders, and prompting a second assailant to flee. The report mixes scattered details about witnesses, aftereffects, and a stream of seemingly unrelated advertisements and notices from the era.
A Newark New Jersey Methodist pastor recounts over fourteen years of relief from throat and bronchial troubles after using Boschee's German Syrup. He crediting quick, permanent help and urges others with similar symptoms to try the remedy.
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