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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1887
Page
2
A collage of notes covers frog spits and arbalanos chemistry, irrigation successes in parts of Victoria and Murray lands, a Missouri probate anecdote, a baby custody dispute in Canada, bronze casting advances, and physiological notes on inflammable breath. It also reports on brain function and 1880 gold production versus prior years with silver imports and exports data.
The telegrams report 1885 United States gold production around 35 million dollars and silver yields near 45.9 million. Laws and vetoes dominate Congress with the house passing the diplomatic bill while the tax bill fails to override a veto. Discussions include Chinese restriction limits, post office funding, and canal surveys. A large factory fire in St. Louis causes substantial loss. Other notes cover exports, abstinence trends, and assorted political gossip.
The article discusses malaria prevention via landform and housing conditions. It cites Norma, Lezzo, and Sermenestis on hilltop sites resisting fever, notes pot cultivation spreading malaria, and recounts a Cleveland doctor’s demonstration with a malarial room. It emphasizes air, cleanliness, bathing, warm and cold baths, hydration, and sturdy clothing.
Scribal garbled items report demands for a 100 000 ransom by Abyainians for a Tralian prisoner and mention Australian government planning an international corn desert opening at Milton Stay 1. Australia’s advisers note sixty years lost in Brisbane floods with massive property damage. New Ross Workhouse unrest is cited as persisting, while Lazarkehire miners resume talks. Lava from Mauna Loa reportedly traversed a long ascent, and Canadian elections yield a Conservative majority. Nova Scotia and Ruyavia relations tense amid frontier measures.
A string of criminal cases fills papers from New York to Illinois and Indiana. Victims include a fatal stabbing in New York amid Italian rivalries, East St. Louis officers charged with murder, a widow reporting threats, and a jailed man tied to bigamy. A Boston lawyer faces embezzlement charges, while a Michigan treasurer reports $6000 robbed. A mutilated body from Cincinnati is found shipped from a mystery, with authorities unsure who Osborn is.
A found goat in Jacksonville D4 at 161 feet brings joy to the city. An earthquake shock hit Charleston and nearby towns causing alarm but no damage. A search near Mount Menard and Alda of Marquetts, Michigan, found nothing conclusive. A railroad worker death in Iowa totals 131 more than 1845. The widow of Confederate General Johnson dies in Washington. Davenport hosts the fifth annual session of a local association. Honey production ends a long season. Local students finish studies at a manual institute and will return to Indian Territory to manage schools or farms. Lookout Mountain is tied to a battle site festival. A company plans a railroad by July 1 and an ambitious southern hotel project advances. Railroad construction starts immediately.
OCR fragment reports Ayia at Hannibal Missouri destroyed lom ner and box care worth 200000, three men killed at Levant Ontario with two injured, a workman fatally injured at Clinton Illinois by a falling wagon wheel, Hannon Loss in Attica Texas burned, 84 0005 injured, tax business blocks in Richland Center Wisconsin valued 40000 burned, Daxst Co candy factory Baltimore destroyed after Friday morning, causing losses.
The poem Longfellow received a pair of letters from an admirer seeking a passionate valentine. The writer urged the poet to imagine youth and enduring love, asking for a personal verse to win the beloved. The requester added a final note: P.B. Send bill.
A chaotic OCR fragment recounts medicines and claims about rheumatism cures, a talk on Dr Blank as physician, and references to Hustetti’s Seomach Ritlers. It mentions a Baltimore doctor and a centennial birth anniversary, with letters praising health and longevity.
Widespread tremors from an earthquake caused fear and damage across Nice Cannes Avignon Geneva and Milan with fatalities and many injured. Reports say the Prince of Wales was in Cannes and received assurances as streets emptied and residents fled for safety amid collapsing walls and wrecked buildings.
A Washington correspondent describes Mrs. Cleveland and the executive mansion staff guiding visitors through the state conservatories. The main room measures 165 by 43 feet with a 600 foot promenade, housing thousands of decorative plants including orchids and rare palms. The conservatories, under the gardener Habis Etats, enrich state dinners and levees, drawing praise for their floral displays and historic plant specimens.
A report notes ostrich farming extending from the Cape of Good Hope to India, South Australia, the Platte River region, New Zealand, and California. It also highlights dairy practices, coddling moth control with Paris green, and remarks by Sophie farmette on sustainable labor for rice fields in South Carolina.
Frightful disasters report a steamer W. H. Gardner burned on the Tombigbee River near Gainsville with twenty lives lost, including a young farmer and his team, plus a Dakota blizzard killing a mother and son. A rail accident near Londonville destroys a wagon and kills Bender and horses. The Dakota storm paralyzes lines, blocks tracks, and halts through trains from Winona to Lake Benton. other incidents include a University of Michigan lab fire causing substantial losses and a large wholesale hardware firm fire in Alton Illinois.
The Milwaukee labor unrest widens as newspaper and job printers walk out after publishers reject wage demands. About 290 printers joined the strike, blocking Daily Journal and Evening Wisconsin offices, while publishers insist on solvency and prepare for supply by non union staff. The protest echoes broader Indiana style labor tensions with talks of extra sessions and mobilization.
The report covers Cardinal Gibbons weighing the Knights of Labor with neutral church policy, a murder case at the Husband Hotel in Heaxnam, and a sensational confession by Mrs. Box ine Drose detailing the brutal 1884 murder. It also notes stock market and commodity listings, and local market prices amid a chaotic, fragmented page.
In Victoria British Columbia the legislature suspended the city charter and handed emergency power to the government to quell Chinese outrages. A special force is to proceed to Vancouver armed with revolvers. Three ring leaders are arrested, more expected. Chinese were driven to inlet waters during the assault. remaining residents left indoors as authorities promise protection and a summary of offenses.
P D Armour, famed Chicago packer, said to reporters a new company will form in Chicago with multi million dollar capital. It aims to build twelve large cotton seed oil mills nationwide to supply its own factories and lard operations. Major soap makers and stockholders will control the enterprise to counteract a recent trust action by American Citizen 671 Trust Co and other lard interests.
Fatal outbreaks linked to measles sweep Taewss on February 28 as officials report widespread infections across several neighborhoods. Health authorities urge vaccination and prompt reporting of new cases to curb spread.
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