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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1895
Page
2
A sprawling, garbled telegram of brief items reports prizefighting plans in Louisiana and various criminal incidents in Mackeysville and other towns. It cites political shifts, bank troubles, fires, and international rumors, naming multiple places and people with little coherent context.
Mr Worth a renowned avest maker of Paris is dead The Colombian insurgents were defeated at Bocas del Toro Catarina Goren their leader was killed
In Madison, a house panel concurred on a $2,000 annual appropriation to the Dairy Association and rejected a measure to ban certain vinegars. A judiciary committee report on McGillivray's conciliation bill No. 999 caused a furor but was tabled. Debates covered voter deception, streetcar vestibules, sales frauds on youth wares, and appointments to state commissions. The assembly also passed budgets for normal schools and rules for the state teachers association.
Fragmented legislative notes show bills on road and waterway improvements, forest protection, and fire guard duties. An historical commission was authorized to collect biographical data, with various appropriations and governance changes discussed, including penalties and public safety measures.
A late 19th century report details the Duke of Argyle's son and his marriage prospects amid political pressures. The queen's consent is discussed with constitutional considerations and the influence of financial strains on estates. The piece notes Roseneath and Dumfries houses and the shifting fortunes within the Argyle family.
Washington dispatches describe an account attributed to Douglass of a journey to Maryland's Tathyt county where he recalls being born enslaved and sold, with references to racial prejudice and a colored boy whose parents died young, illustrating the era's harsh social boundaries.
The readable text sketches a boy living in dire conditions sleeping on straw and ashes, scrounging meals, and enduring cold. He learns from an old spelling book, works in barns and cellars, and is described alongside references to a presidential elector and notable figures, hinting at a wider historical context.
An unreadable OCR fragment discusses Austro-Hungarian figures, royal marriages, and political entanglements. It references Cont. Tsongrstein, Misa Puliman, and a supposed perpetual union plan, with scattered names, dates, and places, but the text remains garbled and unclear about events or outcomes.
A New York Press summary notes the Washington convention on suffrage reveals how modern women may adopt masculine roles and attire, with speakers like Ballado and references to Curtis. The piece suggests agitation continues as conscience drives reform and New York Recorder voices support for suffrage as a national matter.
Two men dismiss the idea as unserious, noting serious matters overwhelm play. The fragment cites Tointo Blade and imagines women leading a rival government, but the plan is deemed unlikely.
A pasted collage of quotation snippets and street banter from a late 19th or early 20th century page. The text interleaves misread lines about Congress, fortunes, courts, weddings, and local gossips with scattered names and places such as Chicago Indianapolis and Cleveland. Content is fragmentary and stylistically fragmented throughout.
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