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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1893
Page
6
Fragmented notes recount the Briggs trial and a flood of items from political shifts to local deaths and trials. Names and places blur under OCR dust, but references to Briggs, Ton County, and a variety of officials hint at a broad wartime era press jumble.
A damaged OCR fragment recounts a perilous sea voyage where a crew battles mutinous weather, fatigue, and near despair aboard a ship named under distressed conditions. After a grueling 190 days to free the craft, they reach a harbor but face renewed dangers and strained leadership.
The article notes the anniversary remion of the 11th Wisconsin infantry at Bagortan on August 31, 1893. It mentions no general railroad rate cuts, only targeted reductions if ten or more travelers depart from a station with advance prep. Edgerton committees seek funds for a dinner at twenty five cents, similar to last year. A man named Maurice Birboau, claiming to be from San Francisco, was found wandering Ashland streets and locked up. He was deemed insane by physicians and will likely be sent to the northern asylum.
Fragmentary OCR notes report prisoner counts across western and middle areas and reference Archie Duby of Florence. A $50 gad cast appears tied to a charge of general license selling, with unclear context and wording.
The Plankinton and associated bank closures prompted a dawn suspension after failed reorganization attempts and deposit withdrawals. Officials said plans favored winding up and securing deposits, with a potential assignee to manage assets and settle claims. Depositors faced uncertainty though officials hoped no losses beyond the suspended institution.
The Washington General Assembly debated Dr. Briggs and the Briggs heresy case through the day and into evening. Votes showed 383 to sustain the appeal, with 298 to sustain in part and 85 to not sustain, ending the session with pending explanations and possible penalties. A separate notice reports Mrs. Inte Parks’s disappearance from Kenosha, stirring suspicion.
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