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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1899
Page
7
A distorted archaic style fragment depicts a speaker praising death and a grave as rest. The lines mock human folly and murky despair, recalling a poet’s grim jest about life and the grave, with imagined voices urging accepting mortality. The text presents a troubled meditation on death versus life.
An army officer recalls a legendary poker night aboard a U.S. ship visiting Apia. Malietoa, King of Samoa, and three officers play high stakes with silver, island property, and a transfer deed on the table. The game escalates as bets climb to the Royal Treasury and a potential transfer of Manono Island.
An account of a Samoan island dispute sparked by a poker game in which a paymaster disposes of the island deed to an American. German and English consuls intervene, threats of diplomatic action, and an eventual settlement with mats exchanged and the island deed destroyed. Manetoa swears he will never again play poker.
The fashion for refined honeys grows at breakfast tables as affluent tasters seek new varieties. White sweet clover honey leads the trend, while yellow clover and wildflower honeys offer stronger flavors and colors. Producers confine bees to chosen blooms, even netting enclosures to coax specific results.
Patient questions fees and whether charges cover ailments like rheumatism and malaria. Doctor responds with fixed terms while noting hard times and reduced interest. Subtext highlights economic strain in Harlem.
A family quarrel over bravado surfaces as Bobbie challenges Uncle Tom Gen Storrs claiming he feared plum pudding, while the uncle holds that he is one of the bravest men alive.
A Sacramento California editorial note emphasizes that every business faces advertising problems, solved only by experience and close knowledge of local conditions, urging practical judgment and seasoned insight for effective campaigns.
Oakwood Probasco home in Clifton, once valued over $500,000, was sold at auction to Louis D. Reakirt for $367,000, leaving the assets of art connoisseur Henry Probasco and philanthropist in ruin. He built a famed Clifton estate with the Tyler Davidson fountain and vast art treasures, gave away millions, and now faces bankruptcy at about eighty, with wife Grace Sherlock Probasco and a reduced household in Clifton.
Postmaster Davies Warheld, president of the Continental Trust Company, is tasked with signing 21 000 bonds as trustee for a 33 000 000 mortgage by United Railways and Electric Company. If all bonds are issued, he would sign 76000 times, but 20 000 000 will stay in reserve, reducing the load. Each bond worth 7000 dollars, 18 000 bonds issued at once, the 6900 signatures now required accompany certificates for each bond.
Arthur May Knapp in the Atlantic argues Japan favors America as its enduring friend amid wary views of England France and Germany. He cites perpetual respect for British power and a stronger cultural affinity with France, while noting Japan’s strongest potential alliance would be with England and America to prevent Asia’s domination.
A Grand Rapids chronicle describes hosting a poster party inviting familiar poster characters. Guests dress in simple, inexpensive costumes, sharing cost and enjoying light refreshments. The piece notes costume parties are widely approved when participants engage in the spirit of the event.
Rabbits avoid gnawing wire and cloth when wrapped around trees. Coal ash at the base of trees and berry bushes may help. Gas tar on trunks could deter bark gnawing, used lightly. Professor Got believes we may breed scab proof apples. Keliole grew scab free apples in an orchard.
A fragmentary verse fragment shows a sentry’s vigil amid tents with sunlight on his face and a distant shore. The text references Jo and a dawning empire, ending with a citation to John James Mecitum in Leslie's Weekly.
A Worcester contributor traces the origin of Dixie Land to 1830s songwriters and early performances in New York and New Orleans. The piece notes misattributions to Dixon and explains how the term gained currency via minstrels, bank notes, and a Arkansas general’s use, shaping its enduring regional label.
A historical account describes the Citizens' Bank of Louisiana notes known as dixes and dixie bank notes circulating along the Mississippi and its tributaries. The piece notes how these denominations, especially the ten dollar note, gained fame among river pilots and steamboat crews, shaping a southern identity connected to Dixie land and southern commerce.
The squabbling neighbors Browne and Towne debate music healthfulness and air quality as two muses, with a manager figure posing as bandleader. The dialogue reflects a humorous, wary view of cultural imposition and communal tensions.
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