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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1897
Page
2
A provocative poem in London Truth condemns imperial brutality. It argues the England flag is found in exploitation and violence in Africa, the Isles, and the colonial world, contrasting wealth and hypocrisy with suffering and death.
In Butte county, West, county convention stirs as candidates vie for superintendent of schools. Jimmie Van Wert, reluctantly nominated, faces a rival Miss Smith rumored tamed by cowboy supporters. After a dramatic rescue by Miss Smith, Van Wert narrowly wins and offers her a deputy post, which she accepts to salvage the shaken school program.
In a fragment from the New York paper the scene shows Miss Smith receiving a note from James Van Wert offering her resignation acceptances and urging a face to face explanation. Mrs Smith frets about political hades as the daughter contends a forthcoming change could bring work and risk. The impassioned moment ends with Van Wert proposing to take the office and accompany her, altering their fate.
Boers courting from farm to farm begins at age twenty and continues until a groom selects a bride. A young man travels between farms, courts in person, and negotiates with the family before proposing to a chosen daughter. If accepted, a wedding is typically held the following Sunday.
The Cleveland Leader notes Mrs Hendricks proudly showing bloomers to Percy's remark on their effect. The next day a neat package addressed to the distant heathen is sent from the Hendricks home.
A general guide on digestion stresses rest over overexertion, proper feeding, and thorough chewing. It warns against excessive liquid at meals, hot foods, and overeating, and promotes fresh air, exercise, cleanliness, and mild remedies like hot lemon drinks and enemas to ease symptoms.
A narrator travels from a sunbaked Spanish city to Ronda, noting contrasts between old and new, heat, donkeys, and white houses. The highlight is the bridge spanning the gorge, admired by artists since David Roberts, revealing the dramatic depth and views from the Alameda above.
A fragment reports a British soldier was shot for disobeying orders during April 1840. A private of the Fifth Bengal regiment was executed for refusing to take a comrade to the guard room while on duty. The record mentions a corporal and a disputed arm or place name.
Barkeller proclaims he will rest himself out to old maids as a husband compeller. Hartke questions the plan while Harke and Bacheller argue. Bacheller says he will procure husbands for single women by paying them attention, noting that every girl he has known who married did so to someone she encountered.
In a terse exchange labeled by Meveland Leader the unnamed protagonists spar over affection. She needles his reluctance while he probes concern for her welfare, ending in a charged, unresolved moment.
A vivid, distorted travel sketch describes a town near a great bridge in Spain. It portrays savage crowds and dangerous crowds throwing rocks, while praising the scenery, bridges, and valley. The narrator notes discomfort from a boarding house amid the brutal local populace.
A caricatured portrait of a conservative woman clinging to tradition while maintaining charm and etiquette. The piece defends prudence, moral restraint, and measured fashion, contrasting gentility with complaints about progress and modern slang. It praises tactful hosting, prudent spending, and discretion in charity without overtly endorsing reform.
The article lists practical uses for salt in cleaning and household care. It notes salt thickening whitewash and stopping moths in carpets, aiding gardening and stain removal, easing throat discomfort, reviving cold fires, treating bee stings and spider bites, removing tea stains, cleaning willow ware, and preventing soot or scorch marks on carpets and bottoms of tins.
A London Graphic correspondent describes a novelty at Ranelega where 4 Hovel entertainment featured dancing on bicycles. Ten riders participated, eight performing lancers with ease. Dressed in cream with dark red ribbons on sailor hats, they showcased bicycle decor. Two sisters with waists behind excelled. After the lancers they biked a Waltz or schettische, leaving a strong impression that musical biking is prettier than skating.
An employer confronts Mr Cypher about an unauthorised absence after he explains he married unexpectedly yesterday. The exchange focuses on disciplinary concerns and the need to prevent repeats, with paternal formal tone and terse guidance.
When hanging a mirror avoid placing it where direct air strikes it to prevent clouding and fogging of the glass. Ensure the mirror is positioned to minimize direct air flow and drafts affecting its surface.
A humorous exchange shows a waiter asking for the order while an absent minded professor replies he has no time to talk until after dinner. The vignette captures a clash of social roles and a reluctance to interrupt scholarly focus.
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