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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1896
Page
3
A lyric reminiscence expresses yearning for the touch of beautiful hands from a past romance. Vivid imagery recalls kissing gloves, whispered lines, and dreams of comfort, with longing for a single warm touch to ease weariness. The speaker envies distant beloved and longs for solace amid alien lands.
Adventurers led by Denviers and Kass trespass into Kor a hidden city ruled by Cal the Egyptian queen. They witness a colossal temple, unravel mystic symbols, and face a perilous fate as Cal commands deadly rites and seals their doom with a staged rite in the idol’s chamber.
In Kor the queen Cai lies slain by the Wadigo spear as slaves flee the temple. The party learns the Arab ruse designed through fear, and the restored queen is borne out as Hegsan greets them. Denviers reveals a curious gift and the brazen snake of Cal.
The father praises Mabel as a superb housekeeper, insisting she wastes nothing and keeps an exacting standard of eating. The young man, unsettled, jokes about averages and the family’s ironic pride in her household economy, amid misgivings about her abilities.
A quirky tale features an inventor selling a water filter using two glass globes. The lazy friend feigns interest while inspecting clear and dirty water, finally requesting labeling. The inventor grows frustrated as the gag hinges on which globe holds purified water.
A Spencer station house register records eleven lodgers who gave names Dusty Rhodes Weary Rags Foot Soar Light Seer Foot Train Track Walker I. N. Specter Reade Agent N. O. Hobo Hand Gul Tour Int Lambert Nau Green Bay businessman died in the line.
A sheep rancher near Ash Fork Arizona recounts raising a wildcat as a domestic companion and protector. The animal, after a dramatic hunt and cave discovery, bonds with the rancher’s hound, helps guard sheep, and draws curious crowds in town. The tale ends with the wildcat reportedly thriving, wary of strangers, and devoted to its woodland family.
A society gentleman pressures a hotel waiter to craft punch without champagne or claret for a wife’s party. The waiter vows to create a suitable nonstandard punch, noting most mixers only handle whisky punches while hotels guard their secret blends.
Practical tips cover polishing brass with flour and newspaper, making a potash soap mixture, and scent sachets from orris root and tonquin beans. Remedies include chloroform vapors for earache, and a Turkish bath style steam method for colds and rheumatism, ending with post bath rubbing.
A fragmented poem reflects on writing like Shakespeare, comparing modern wit to Billy’s fame, while a stray line notes Fred Trotuth’s death by a Chicago and Northwestern train at Midway Town. The piece blends literary ambition with abrupt tragedy, signaling the writer’s unease with originality and memory.
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