Odd Bits From Marshfield Times On Weather Woes And Quips
The Marshfield Times lampoons the era's chatter about climate mischief in Nebraska, elopements, and gossip about Ice Trusts. It notes a New York ice joke, mentions a Dorchester couple renting a whole house for keepsakes, and mocks optimistic, far flung forecasts. It references a tree felling contest in London and prehistoric bear bones found in a Pennsylvania cave, with playful quips about Nova Scotia insects and a bounty program for brown tailed moths. It ends by lampooning pay scales for nurses and medical staff in New York papers.
Hoosier Cassell Bears a Charms Life After Civil War
Hartford City resident Samuel Cassell aged after enlisting in 1861 survived 16 battles and multiple near death incidents. He was wounded in battle and captured, endured two days in a morgue, and was pronounced dead twice more before returning to health. Cassell, a Blackford County native born April 25 1843, lived through a near-fatal tree collapse and later life of honest work and steadfast spirit.
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Indianapolis
Samuel Cassell
Hartford City
Ind
Cassell
Eighty-Ninth
Indiana Infantry
Cassel
Tn Nashville
Ms. Cassell
Cas Sell
Nun Dies After Refusing Actor Lover in Convent
Washington obituary notes a nun who died recently after refusing Richard Mayfield and being engaged in earlier days. She was known as devout and beautiful and received flowers from Mansfield with convent approval. Also mentioned are Mrs. Sarah Harriet Siwyn, widow of New Zealand’s first bishop, and the Duchess of Manchester denial for being queen’s lady in waiting due to birth.
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Washington
Sarah Harriet Siwyn
New Zealand
Clothes Stolen During Baptism at Ohio River
At Cairo New Jersey while about 40 church members were baptized in the Ohio River, a thief raided a nearby barber shop where their street clothes were stored and stole the entire wardrobe. Police and officers rushed to the scene, stores were closed, and replacements were procured from up town. Many victims endured embarrassment and discomfort as services could not continue that night.
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Cers
Waitig
Umbrella Mishap Highlights Power at Home
A congressman and his wife travel to Baltimore and back. On returning to Washington the wife discovers her umbrella is missing, and the husband apologizes that it may still be on the train. She scolds that national affairs are in the hands of a man who cannot guard a woman's umbrella.
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Thiok
Success Magazine
Roosevelt
Virginia
Charlottesyillé
Aegra
White Horse
Succesa Magazine
New York Insurance Law Backed For Thorough Trial
Gov Hughes influences Legislature to avoid radical changes. New law already reforms policyholder benefits and caps mismanagement costs. Equitable Life shows big savings and rising dividends. 1908 dividends total 7,289,784. Law remains largely intact while expenses improve. Also recounts Roosevelt’s Virginia trip basket fruit note and Orchardist’s letter reception.
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Gov. Hughes
New York
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Io the Equitable
Equitable
Preacher Survives Pulpit Desk Collapse at Sayville
Rev J Hammill of Hanson Place Methodist in Brooklyn was preaching at Sayville from the text Look to your foundations when the pulpit desk collapsed and fell over the altar rail. He nearly toppled into the front seats but escaped serious harm, with Bibles and notes scattering among pew holders.
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J. &. Hammill
Hanson Place Methodist Episcopal Church
Brooklyn
Sayville
J. 1
Tea replaces coffee to ease health issues in Maryland woman
A Salisbury Maryland woman reports severe dyspepsia from coffee and weight loss. She switched to tea then Postum Food Coffee, regaining 25 pounds and improving health. She praises Postum as wholesome and nourishing and urges reading The Road to Wellville.
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Salisbury
Postum
Ag UI
Wellville
Plign
Sailor Prince Louis of Savoy Leftmark in Americas Visit and Feats
Prince Louis of Savoy Anke D'Abruze, son of a former Spanish king, toured America as Italy's representative at Jamestown Exposition opening ceremonies. He is praised as the first to scale Mount Elias in Washington and to conquer remote peaks in Central Africa, with a chivalrous, modest nature noted despite royal birth.
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Spain
America
Mount Elias
Washington
United States
Prince Louis of Savoy
Anke D'Abrugzd
Italy
Norfolk
Piloco
New York
Prince Laula
Mount
St Eilas
Ars Duman
Central Africa
Riwenzert
Peary
Abrozal
Edward
Royal Geographical Society
London
Mount Ruwen
New Swedish Envoy Lagercrants Presented to President
Washington-Herman L. Fabtan Lagercrants, a famed Swedish businessman and former president of the Svartalf railroad, was formally presented to the president as the new minister from Sweden. Born in 159, he trained for the army and served as a Royal artillery lieutenant before switching to manufacturing and other ventures. This first diplomatic posting is viewed as a tribute to his abilities.
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Washington
Herman L. Fabtan Lagercrants
Sweden
Svartalf
Royal Artillery
Kr. Lagercrentz
Washington Post
Lagercrante
Dick Turpin a Plain Ruffian in History
The Westminster Gazette portrays Dick Turpin as a romantic ruffian who first appears around 1725 in Loughton threatening an old Mrs. Shelley for money. It notes his true mythic ride to York may belong to Swift Nick Nevison, who robbed a sailor in 1676 and appeared that same evening at York’s bowling green.
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Dick Turpin
Istory
Loughton
Swift
Nick” Nevison
Gads Hil
Bowling Green
York
Editor's Credibility Question Sparks Western Paper Debate
A dialogue between a Weak Editor and a Westerner critiques a paper out west run in the name of morality and good government. The Westerner notes the editor has never faced danger or gunfire, contrasting beliefs about editorial motives.
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Scribbler
West
N. Y
Centennial memory of Agassiz celebrated in Boston
Boston marked the centennial birth anniversary of Swiss naturalist Louis Agassiz on May 28 with scholarly interest centered at Harvard University where he worked from 1847 to 1873. The observance highlighted his role in Harvard growth, the museum he founded, and Agassiz’s grave at Mount Auburn. In Cambridge, his family remained, including his son Alexander Agassiz, a wealthy scientist, and his daughters Ida Higginson and Afra Shaw, notable philanthropists closely tied to Boston’s cultural and educational institutions.
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Boston
Lows Anassiz
Agassiz
Motler
Switzerland
Harvard University
Harvard
Wasue
Rabka
Europe
Camotidge
Dorialace
Mt. Auburn
Aar
Alps
Cambridge
Ilves
Elizabeth Cary Agassiz
Alexander Agassiz
Lves
Quincy Street
Daughers
Ida Higginson
Maj
Henry L. Higginson
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Feld
Harvard Union
Afra
Quincy
Paullu¢e
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