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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1898
Page
7
The article surveys mantel and bookcase design, silk and voile care, and new dress and veil fashions. It highlights a Guibinition mantel concept, shirt waists, new veiling, handkerchiefs, and exotic fabrics like kid cloth, with notes on accessories, trimming, and care tips for silk.
The illustrated feature shows fourteen Biffington and Crozier disappearing carriages for 1h inch guns under government contract by Niles Works at Hamilton Ohio. The article details carriage components, weights, and assembly steps, with notes on metal production and expert supervision. It also discusses life extension ideas via health science and microbe awareness, and lists coastal gun locations and related remarks.
A gown crafted in China silk features a Wattean back pleat and two full plaited Hive front panels sweeping to the floor, edged with fur. It sports a silk lace collared shoulder wrap, a long waist, and a loose front shirt with a smooth underarm, using madras cheviot sprints cotton hues and gingham in its materials.
A dialogue fragment shows Mr Degredoodle challenging Mr Spratts about English being a dead language. Spratts replies that English is not dead, calling the question strange as English is described as murdered more than any other tongue.
The report notes Prof Virchow and Nikola Tesla speaking at the Moscow congress in August about life’s origin and the possibility of extending human longevity. Virchow argues life arises from life and hopes biology will solve life’s final mystery before the current generation dies. Tesla weighs in on the same theme.
Yesterday near Wheeling a man overbalanced from the Seventeenth Street bridge into a deep creek hole. A shaggy Newfoundlander dog leaped in, seized the man by the coat, and pulled him to shore. The crowd cheered as both survived and walked away. Neither man nor dog was identified by witnesses.
A report recounts Secretary Alger taking the throttle in a presidential train ride to Syracuse. He climbs into the engineer’s cab beside Gene Tourey, drawing crowds as farmers and travelers cheer the hands on deck. The scene casts Alger as a practical, every day man, with Depew and the press noting the dramatic, almost theatrical thrill of handling the locomotive at speed, likening it to famous engines of legend.
A prominent Basen Lounty Chm member in Igast Orange New Jersey was arrested for cruelly mutilating a horse by docking its tail and fined 100 dollars. Eyewitnesses report the horse cringing as hot irons cauterized the wound while strapped to a door.
A short verse tugs at parental fear and hopeful trust in a child. The speaker speaks of a child’s innocent gaze and the ache of potential sorrow, wondering how life may unfold and whether pain can be shielded by love. The poem, titled Dear Little Face, reflects on living, giving, and the ache of knowing life’s dangers.
A fragmentary poetic passage reflects night near a child’s bed, with imagery of snow-white pillows and star light. It mentions lullabies, prayers, and dreams guiding a child toward sleep, with references to a dreamland and protection by guardians.
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