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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1903
Page
11
A Honolulu Commercial story notes sailors aboard the cruiser New York include skilled musicians beyond the band, with many capable of playing accordions and a wide range of tunes. It highlights singers who adopt popular songs of the day, while whistling remains discouraged except for boatswains.
A retired Brussels officer, now near Charleroi, spent ten years shaping hawthorn into a living statue. Neighbors and visitors travel far to view the tree that now resembles a mounted soldier, nicknamed Gepera asthorn.
A historic tavern on Wyeh Street in London is being demolished. It hosted the early idea of a new weekly comic and counted Henry Mayhew Sterling Coyne and W H Wills among regulars. Mark Lennon, a steward editor, helped run the public house with his mother, inspiring the quip the literary pot man. The bohemian era saw taverns as liberal protest hubs and clubhouses. The proposed paper name evolved from Peo and Palette to its present title on Henry Mayhew's suggestion.
The Paul Revere homestead at 19 and 21 North Square, Boston, built about 1680 and owned by Revere until 1770, was recently purchased by John P. Reynolds, a physician. The report notes its historical significance as the site from which Revere set out on his famous ride on April 19 1775 and mentions his family life there.
Ladysmith prepares another audicopter for the history scenes around her as Brussels is for Waterloo. A regular coach service will run to Splonkop, passengers then rest at the Splonkop hotel built for the Vavith on Three ree Dill after crossing the fatal gummnit.
Richard Strauss interviews in the Musical Times of Wonton describing a forthcoming symphonic work. He says it will be partly lyrical and partly humorous a triple fume with three subjects representing pips mamma and the baby and the baby's voice to be prominent.
A New York Post excerpt mocks Bagdad’s postal system describing two routes for letters, one by camel to Dumagous then Beirut by steamship, the other via Mosul to Constantinople. Letters to Constantinople once took twelve days, later forty six. a mail carrier misreads addresses, dumps bags on floors, and please readers with naive charm and comedy.
A new European cannon is tested by Chinese military officials on Hainan. After a first shot missed the boat and fell into the water, they moved the boat to the impact spot and fired again, this time punching through the vessel. They failed to consider adjusting aim rather than the boat, finding it easier to reposition the boat to ensure a hit.
At a Party Academy of Sciences session A Verneuil described a new fusion method yielding artificial rubies from 12 to 18 carats. The stones split into half spheres after cooling and resemble natural rubies in hardness and polish, though large examples often show internal discolorations and bubbles. Verneuil hopes further work will remove these defects.
The unhappy people of Finland face a new calamity as famine follows the loss of liberty. Crop failures in the north bring starvation and disease to thousands, a tragedy not equaled since the 1868 famine which claimed about 100,000 lives.
Mercer county inspector KK Adams warns the United States may mine coal until 2033 if the current Inat jump trend continues. He notes US coal stocks could last 700 years at present use, but demand could double every sixteen years, risking exhaustion within about 150 years if the trend holds.
The piece notes that books are made marketed and sold like everyday goods such as breakfast foods and patent medicines. It argues that the term literature has become empty and the notion of authorship and publishing lacks dignity, reflecting a populist critique of modern literary culture.
A correspondent in the London Opinion describes the water shrew as a small, adept creature of both land and water. It quietly emerges from shore, feeds on aquatic insects, and moves rapidly underwater aided by air-adhering pearls on its fur. The animal is not a mouse and sports very sharp teeth.
The text traces how William and John have long dominated English naming. It cites the Doomday Book showing counts for Williams Roberts Walters and Johns, a 1173 William St John dinner for 120 knights, and 1847 London census with Johns and Williams as top names. By 1985 the Guild of St George Norwich lists many Johns Williams and Thomases, confirming John and William as the prevailing baptismal names in England.
The Lion of St Mark in bronze, famed symbol of Venice, is said to have diamond eyes though actually white agates. Its elaborate mane and open mouth reflect multiple epochs, possibly origin in an Assyrian palace. it may have stood on the ground originally to reveal the evangel beneath its fore paws. Also noted is an ancient Virginia statute exempting grist mill owners from grand jury service, surviving long after its usefulness.
A Washington era item notes a sober dealer in parrots offering semireligious birds with the most profane one priced at 200. The piece quips about a parrot that says good gracious and mocks promotional tricks. It also mentions a burglary headline and a quip about fiction reviews from a Baltimore paper.
A fragmentary quote from the Washington Times describes a humorous dinner moment where Johnny mis identifies a red sauce as tobacco and Tabasco. A later exchange at a mixed dinner features a guest remarking on familiar faces and a host confirming introductions.
A fragment from a Princeton Liger piece overhears a line about a brunette in a household joke. It mentions married constables of the London police and a weekly coal allowance of forty pounds, hinting at a social setting and labor context.
The ad extols Paine's Celery Compound as a cure for rheumatism caused by uric acid, promising strong nerve and blood cleansing effects and muscle rebuilding. It cites a testimonial from D. Conway of St. Louis who attributes a permanent recovery after prior doctor failures and urges others to try the remedy.
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