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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1882
Page
3
A garbled column of home cooking tips covers molasses candy, fritters, fruit cake, curtain starching, lamb flavoring, shad and fish preparations, orange fritters, curls, and pie toppings. It blends practical steps with odd phrases and errors, noting butter, cloves, cinnamon, flour, and frying methods.
A devastating city fire in Eau Claire Wisconsin began at 3 pm in a barn behind the Pioneer block in the Fifth ward. Flames fed by straw oil and powder gutted multiple buildings, destroying a broad block and threatening nearby districts. The fire department saved much property, but losses run high with insured values not covering half. A mass meeting was held and volunteers were pledged to aid for two to three months.
A Saffords correspondent recounts a brutal assault on a sheep camp near Stevens. Stanislaus Westac, 9, describes the attackers slaughtering five campers, torturing the father, and killing his mother and two younger brothers with shockingly vivid detail. A Chirahuahua warrior band, including five men and a squaw, vowed to kill whites in the valley and head to San Carlos agency for more fighters, citing retaliatory motives for recent Fort Grant executions. A later report mentions a 300-strong force of Indians advancing.
A surveyor hired to mark township boundaries in a new county clashes over fence placement with two neighboring farmers. After a disputed stroke, the line is deemed settled with the fence two feet on the other farm. A boastful outburst precedes the resolution as both sides threaten quarrels and the use of force. A later problem asks to divide ninety one sheep eighty seven calves and thirty five pigs among three children with various losses and thefts.
Old act allows claim of seventy years for the General Armstrong owners and crew. Captain Sam C. Reid commanded the brig during the War of 1812, attacked Fayal and fought a British flotilla before burning the vessel. The case links to Jackson's defense of New Orleans and notes sugar and candy health caveats.
A long discussion links various deaths and illnesses to Bright's disease, arguing that many conditions labeled heart disease or fever are kidney ailment. It extols Warner's Safe Kidney and Liver Cure from Rochester, claiming widespread success and listing numerous prominent adherents and advocates. The piece urges prompt treatment at the first symptoms to avoid irreversible damage.
A Dublin chambermaid fabricates a ruse of eleven separate bedrooms to accommodate eleven travelers in one rooming scheme. The piece follows a clever but flawed setup with ten rooms filled then a final “empty” room reveal. It ends with a parable about not judging by appearances and hints to seek independence in everyday spaces like the kitchen.
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