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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1894
Page
3
A fragmented quatrain mocks mourning for a dead comedian urging merriment and performance. The speaker instructs song dance and noisy display, naming symbolic instruments and characters in a surreal tribute. The stanza shifts to a mock heroism celebrating jest over death.
On a Calcutta bound voyage, a white female body drifts aboard the Canterbury after a moonlit sighting. The crew, led by Captain Carter, rescue her as she clings to life, and suspicions fall on Mrs. Cole, wife of Captain Charles Cole of the Hindus Todbuietit, amid jealous accusations and a spell of nautical danger.
A tangled tale from a ship in mid ocean follows Capt Carter and crew as a cable murder inquiry unfolds. The narrative recalls a drowning, a sailor’s poisoning scheme, and a widow's fate as authorities board a port vessel.
Dr Beeson of Fond du Lac Wisconsin operates a large vaccine farm described as the West’s largest, claiming he produces pure vaccine virus from cowpox. Report details process of harvesting points from cows, the staff, and equipment used, noting 100 cattle and daily shipments of vaccine.
Veteran Boston lawyer Henry W Paine traveled to a Maine town where a boy faced arson charges after a trial without counsel. Paine told the court he adhered to Maine and U S law while noting the boy’s youth and alleged vulnerability. The judge questioned Paine who stated he had secured wage protections for the boy.
Don Gaspar Nouek de Arce the famed lyric poet of Spain receives high tribute from Madrid and Toledo circles. A wreath of laurel and gold is presented, a 400 leaf album of autographs and letters is offered by Mercury artistic societies, and noble names from Spain and colonies attend the ceremony in Jaudingham.
A Spanish Lent festival in Coruna features a yearly procession with a giant car drawn by dull oxen, comic funeral figures, and eerie effigies. Dressed as inquisitors, heathen gods, and Roman soldiers, participants parade through the town while lanterns, mermaids, and fish costumes embellish the spectacle. The event includes a sardine being paraded to a theater for a concluding comic play.
The excerpt compiles figures on European debts and military losses, colonial trade costs, and old monetary measures, noting Austria's murder rate context and the British 1683 debt. It also mentions a value of German army expenses in 1880 and lists various obsolete currencies. Mrs Corrie Lane Chapman of New York is named as the new national organizer for the National Woman's Suffrage Association.
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