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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1899
Page
7
Fragmentary verse narrative shows a speaker lamenting lost love and death. The speaker longs for reunion with loved ones, pleads for strength, and recalls kin and duty as a storm of emotion and memory unfolds in a rural setting. The text references love, death, and implied sacrifice within a family context.
Ned recounts his tenth birthday marked by family strife over a dog named Lear. A holiday treat turns to peril when Lear falls through thin ice. Ned dives after him, nearly drowns, and Lear saves him, prompting a grateful family reunion. Ned vows to be better and to celebrate next Monday.
Reports from Madagascar indicate the government considers creating a central emigration office in Paris with branch offices in agricultural districts to recruit and assist French women for colonial marriages. Approved candidates would receive dowry help, free passages, training, and aid to find employment, with annual costs projected at 100,000 francs to support about 200 willing brides.
The article argues that Scapa vont Le P landscapes used by advertisers disfigure scenery, especially in New York. It notes editorial calls to curb such ads, including restrictions on elevated railroad advertising. It cites heavy spending on this advertising and urges courts to restrain corporations.
In Bath England a dentist famed for extractions stalks a bar alone and orders a man to open his mouth as two forceps are driven between the jaws. The scene allegedly ends with the removal of a ninth molar amid rapid activity. Chicago is reported to be cooling toward the same issue.
An old verse reflects on siblings buried far apart across forests, streams, and seas. Mothers’ vigilance remains while the graves span the West, the South, the sea, and Europe. The poem mourns a departed family, noting beauty, memory, and distant resting places.
A dated New York World excerpt surveys punitive and compensatory damages in accident deaths from 1890s rulings. It cites Graham vs Jersey City Traction, Petrillo death, and high awards to relatives, noting debates over caps and factors shaping compensation.
The article discusses wheat bread as a staple at Vegantle Foods, praising its fame and detailing preparation. It notes fermentation, thorough baking, and serving timing to avoid indigestion, while attributing digestion benefits and risks such as flatulence and wakefulness.
A discussion on rye bread souring the stomach due to acidity and fermentation, unsuitable for frail temperaments and digestive ills, contrasted with corn bread from maize meal that suits many, and buckwheat flour used in some nations. It notes caution about long term use of buckwheat batter cakes with ragged evidence from Evans in Ippincott’s.
In a dramatic encounter near Gerrien’s Mountain West Branch guide Uncle Ben York fought a bear with a small pocket knife after striking with an axe. He escaped while the bear was buried under a landslide avalanche that crushed the animal as York reached safety.
John E. Bennett notes in Lippincott's that coal mine fires burn in Smuggler Mountain near Aspen Colorado and in California. Underground workings spanning forty miles are consumed, carburetted hydrogen explosions feared, and attempts to extinguish these vaste blazes abandoned as walls isolate districts and smoulder.
An odd exchange between Deaton Johnson and Jim Sackson revolves around support for a marriage proposal and a deacon Johnson, with questions about consent and secrecy. The phrasing suggests a fragmented record of a local discussion or overheard remarks. No clear outcome or full context is provided.
A collage of humorous quips and cartoon captions from various papers. The pieces feature exchanges about civility and work, light verses on Helen’s teeth, and snippets from the New York World, Washington Star, and other outlets. Sprightly, era-tinged humor with playful misprints and social gags.
An Indian native entered an elephant shed and pulled six hairs from the animal’s tail to fashion rings and charms. The mahout seized the hairs and the culprit was whipped twenty lashes as punishment. A stage line comments on the plot’s progress with a witty exchange from the gallery.
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