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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1907
Page
4
Fragmented OCR text cites a mix of opinions and allusions from a 19th or early 20th century paper. It mentions San Francisco needing Bibles, a Connecticut flyer seeing a redheaded devil, reactions to German tuberculin work, and notes on figures like Mark Twain, Henry James, and Jay Gould. Content shifts rapidly between anecdotes, satire, and miscellaneous notices, with no single clear event.
Caldwell New Jersey reports a farmer recounts how mixing chicken feed with Dobbin's oats caused his horse to scratch the ground with all four feet and crow like a rooster. The tale credits a green Swede helper and a missing literacy misread of feeding instructions for altered hens and eggs. The horse shortly refused plowing and persisted in crowing as the farmer struggled to repair the situation.
The Eastern District of the Norwegian Lutheran Synod elected officers including President Rev. J. Nordby and Vice President Rev. D. D. Kyasse. Secretary Rev. R. O. Brandt, Assistant Secretary Rev. G. K. Ramlerg, Treasurer T. T. Eide. Nordby won 34 to 19 over former Bishop J. Kalvooreon.
On the second day of commencement week Kemper Hall staged a military drill with five companies directed by Maj. R. P. Davidson of Highland Park. Maj. Janet Bishop of St Paul led the battalion with Adjt. Beatrice Underwood of Chicago. Afternoon gymnastic exercises drew large crowds.
Thrusts head into action as a man named William Waite aged 45 commits suicide on the Great Northern road eight miles from Superior. He kneels on the track and uses his neck on the rail to hang until the approaching train decapitates him. The incident occurs in front of a crowd.
Record of a 3 am intrusion in Clearfield where masked burglar coerces mine superintendent Pat Wallwort to open a library safe. Only $1.50 found as family watched. Burglar escapes after threatening death. Separate note: dog saves Beattie family by alerting neighbors with a dinner bell rope. A young girl reveals her father is an aeronaut.
Eau Claire reports indicate the local post office will be elevated to first rank following July 1 as receipts have surged in recent years. A Racine case notes Chiia Sorensen, wagon maker, seeking a legacy from a relative estate valued near $25,000 after a dispute with Mr Denmark.
George Grant Mason heir to the Smith fortune explains his calm choice to remain a railroad man after learning of a massive inheritance. He recounts Yale days, early rail work, and a life spent on the road from Green Bay to Aberdeen while planning for his sister and brother. He notes his unexpected wealth arrived after his uncle’s Japan tour death.
New York reports Cardinal Rafael Merry del Val, papal secretary of state, plans to visit the mid dle and western states soon. Born in London in 1865, he rose to prominence after 1903 and has previously served as papal delegate to Canada and secretary of the sacred college.
London reports a sand writing tablet used for early schooling. A smooth long board with a sand rim served as a chalkless lesson surface. A plasterer's trowel smoothed the sand between pupils as an aged sexton, now eighty four, recalls learning to write after morning services in churches.
An account from Italy describes poet Gabriel d Annunzio chased by a spook table during a séance at the Margata Origo villa near Florence. A spirit claiming a recent fatal motoring death condemns him before the table bursts into violent action and the table is calmed by the Biarqule Origo. The spirit then proclaims d Annunzio's literary merit will be quickly forgotten amid smoke. Pilpay notes a familiar saying about inherited traits.
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