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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1890
Page
2
The piece presents a chaotic, garbled analysis of wartime politics with references to war profiteering and intellectual decline. It mentions New York authorities, foreign parents, and public policy while discussing societal impact, taxation, and governance, framed as a period newspaper critique.
The latest telegrams describe a planned lecturing tour to Africa with a high profile bride, amid reports of broad funding from pilgrims and large crowds. Separate dispatches note Vatican offerings and large-scale movements in Europe including Austria and Germany, with mentions of population estimates, city directories, and policy debates in Washington on currency, taxes, and trade.
A weekend fire in Susceiti Washington destroyed a town block with a slaughter house and bonded structures, leaving fifteen to twenty dead and damages estimated near 810,000. The blaze, starting Saturday night, also damaged a jewelry shop next to St Catharine’s, with residents displaced. Firemen quenched the flames but many buildings burned.
Fragmentary dispatches describe a hurricane striking a northern city park, casualties and property damage, plus reference to a conspiracy or plot against a woman. Reports mention Armenia destruction, rising costs, and a national theater funding need. Overall tone reflects urgent, chaotic world events with unclear specifics.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions delays in a confirmation or action tied to a wall, extended by pro longed measures. It notes a report to a suite by July 1 and describes mixed reactions in Mexico about silver shipments to the United States Senate. It references a discussion of a filibustering scheme against Lower California and conservative journals framing the affair as a pretext for attacks on America.
An arraigned man faces charges for allegedly selling votes in Lincoln during the April election. Twelve warrants issued for additional suspects. O A Thomson, cashier of the Owego National Bank, is accused of misappropriating funds estimated between 20 000 and 70 000. He threatens to expose two prominent Owego citizens tied to the case.
Senate debates include Burlington protest against changes from Mexico and a $10,000 appropriation for Margaret Hennedy. A $200,000 grant to complete the Grant Monument in New York is proposed. Liquor bill discussion continues, with a substitute from judiciary committee awaiting action tomorrow. In the House Speaker Reed presided as Vaux took credentials and was seated as representative of Pennsylvania's third district.
On the Southern Pacific railroad a heavy train accident occurred as a seven car train and three sleepers lost control on a steep grade near Tetchupie Pass. The runaway train struck a truck, derailed some cars, and sent passengers into panic while descending at high speed. Remarkably no one was killed though several were seriously injured and one was taken to Denver for treatment by the company.
Reports from Washington show the stalled opening of about 200,000 acres in Wisconsin due to claims of valuable mineral deposits. Secretaries and officials anticipate a six month delay, with McCord opposing longer extensions. The article also notes France’s Carnot shaping public perception and includes a grim Corydon attack story followed by medical notices and patent remedy pitches.
A voice recounts an African voyage with vivid rites and danger. The narrator describes a Voodoo priestess rite in a Southern Louisiana plantation haunt, a Gettysburg sojourn, and a river hunt for a hippopotamus with clashes against local Mbunga warriors over a hippo carcass. The piece blends travel narrative, occult visions, and colonial confrontation, ending with a wary moral about trust and power. The author, E. Z. Glaya, frames these recollections as episodes from Central Africa and the Americas, with a reflective closing note on savagery and exchange.
The text recounts disjointed remarks about Manning and others, noting deaths years ago and a lack of descendants. It cites a trial or prize involving a prize of 100000 and mentions reporters, family concerns, and long odds of seafaring losses in various countries. The fragmentary article hints at social columns, court notes, and wartime or maritime statistics without a clear cohesive narrative.
A long excerpt discusses modern education shifting toward practical skills for breadwinning. It notes Greek being replaced by modern languages, schools of journalism, technology and domestic arts rising, and women gaining tool mastery and independence. The piece contrasts past female roles with a future where women excel in carpentry, metalwork and related trades, while praising evolving curricula and citizen duties. A stray anecdote about a goose and rat appears among broader comments on education and public influence.
Fragmentary notes describe brutal acts against an alligator carcass and postmortem desecration by locals. Accounts mention officials catching alligators, hunters targeting the species, and a broader claim that alligators are increasingly scarce in regional waters due to sport hunting and neglect in tracking.
Police chase leads to a bridge confrontation near Weidge, with an armed fugitive firing at officers. He is cornered in a storehouse and subdued without further shots. The pursuit began after a crime earlier that morning involving a purse theft and a young man fleeing toward the river. R100 recovered, suspect from Spokane.
A row over a paper by Archbishop Ireland at the St Val meeting provoked strong Catholic protests. Lawrence NFA president refutes the plan while accusing the archbishop of disloyalty. Local clergy and parishioners decry the insult and call for unity amid rising tensions.
May 28 report from Dimnorv notes the governor’s faction and various lottery candidates contending for the nomination. The death of Dr. McGollough of Tonsas opens a vacancy filled by lottery selection. Debate continues with an investigative committee holding preliminary hearings and no action taken as legislature adjourns for Ble Wiles Elopement. Dimnorv also mentions a mad husband case and a Scotch-fesh convention, with speakers including John Wall of New York.
The report details a pistol attack on livery stable keeper Transon at Hope, Arkansas, where his daughter intervened as a would be attacker named Senuff fired. Transon was wounded in the right lung, the assailant fled. In Lincoln County John Horville, an overseer, killed Gold Woodman, Martin Ruck, and a man named Mesfil lon. Horville fired from behind in a woodland strip and escaped.
A garbled late May dispatch reports multiple crimes and disasters. Arrests for counterfeiting and burglary surface alongside a brutal home invasion and assault, a fatal shooting set off by a bitter feud, a treaty ratification notice, and a fatal earthquake shock affecting Armenian towns with casualties and a bewildering village storm of confusion.
Tyrrel county resident Tunes Dillon insured for 24000 with Connecticut Mutual Life. He allegedly staged a drowning in Alligator River, returned alive, and deceived his wife and insurers. A found body later resembled Dillon, yet he confessed to timing a plot for the payout. He hid in woods five months and swapped corpses to imitate death. The case sparked local debate on deceit and law.
In May 80 at Lerms in Tinson Sulgarion, Maj Pan and nine co defendants were convicted of attempting against Sale vended government. Maj f obket and Maj Rizal received varying prison terms, while Prince Ferdinand of Bul-Yuria faced possible sentencing. Kalobalk and Amandof got nine and six years respectively. Six others were acquitted.
In May at Laddonia Missouri 23 year old Miss Eusie Richardson daughter of Mr and Mrs Richardson committed suicide by taking strychnine. She had been married to William Dauder and was partially dressed for a veil or wedding dress. Her mother opposed the marriage and the motive appears to be pressure for the union. Friends watch the fiancé who may attempt self harm as well. Reverend Eddie Hitt prepared to perform the funeral sermon.
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