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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1892
Page
4
A fragment from a 19th century style prose piece depicts Queen Guinevere and Lancelot tangled in a private, tense conversation about love and marriage. The scene unfolds in a library at night with Arthur at his club, while a nursery cry hints at an impending rift.
A nostalgic piece traces early spring bird arrivals like the robin the song sparrow the meadow lark and the redwinged blackbird. It notes urban residents miss the annual chorus while rural observers anticipate warblers the Baltimore oriole and other species as nature reawakens.
The article surveys the origins of the piano, crediting Bartolommeo Cristofori of Padua as inventor with four instrument demonstrations in 1709. It notes competing claims from Marius of France and Schroder of Dresden, and cites an Italian 1711 document by Scipione Maffei confirming Cristofori’s 1709 exhibition and detailing the instrument’s hammer action.
A historical note recounts the shifting belief on world’s highest mountain. Chimborazo long cited as top, then Pentland's Bolivia observations reveal Sorato and Wimani above 24 000 feet. The Maimainga peaks show many over 20 000 feet, including Jawabic and Goseingthar. Everest later tops 29 000 feet, and Captain Lawson reportedly finds another peak on Papua showing 132 763 feet, named Mount Hercules.
A fragmented extract argues that a sister's presence and conduct in the home profoundly shape a brother's view of women, tempering character and elevating standards. It asserts winter’s refining influence, spiritual love, and moral guidance through a sister’s care.
Readable excerpts describe farm advice on grape vines, orchard value, cow calving, calf care, and poultry needs. It includes notes on maintaining clean milk storage, drainage, sheep manure, and optimal forage. The piece closes with reflections on grape mildew and vine health.
Excerpt blends agricultural notes on milch cows and beef value with poetic reflections from The Atlanta Constitution and The Workman. It rounds with moral maxims on temper, envy, and virtue, weaving religious imagery and social counsel through scattered prose and verse snippets.
Observations by Prof. Wilkins discuss color inheritance in horses noting that English thoroughbreds transmit color about 586 times in 1000 and Arab horses about 837 in 1000. They warn of scarce black mares, white Arabs, and discuss watering places for traveling horses. The piece then shifts to farm guidance on turning cattle onto new grain and green pastures, feeding during the transition, and recommendations for dry cows and steers, including hay, fodder, and seasonal grazing strategies.
The preliminary arraignment of Dr. Scudder on a murder charge was held today in Chicago. He remained largely stuporous as a section of the murdered woman's skirt was shown. Tests by F. H. Dunton and Dr. Palmer were presented, noting blood on Dunton's nightshirt after learning his wife had been injured. Palmer testified Denton’s death was from a fatal head pounding. a further hearing is set for tomorrow.
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