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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1882
Page
2
A Blayshfield Times report describes a Quebec party where a friend asleep with mouth open had whisky poured down his throat and died. It also notes the president’s speech on roguery in Arizona with cowboys dispersing as Apaches took the war path, leaving the cowboys quiet when threats arise.
Californians pursue raw vegetables with Burford leading the movement and a Virginia man Mack and his sweetheart Laura figure in a poisoning incident. The piece cites Civil War era battles as rhetorical backdrop, Virginia reapportionment, and a long survey of miscellaneous political and cultural items including telegraph pole nuisance reports, party shifts in Virginia, and local curiosities.
A series of incidents reports fires at Cox’s carriage shop and five other buildings in Middletown Delaware with combined losses around £10,000. Other items note deaths and injuries from various causes, including a diving suit accident at Port Baron, a severe Aberdeen market fire with £100,000 in damages, sawmill and lumber losses in Wisconsin, a jail break in Winchester Indiana, and multiple business cuts and perjury bribery inquiries.
A fragmented report notes a Fuxneil cutter seized by pirates off West Africa, while a full-rigged ship was wrecked at Swanage with all aboard drowned. Other items include a murder in Arkansas during supper, a Turkish intervention briefing, and political shifts in Britain.
A confusing mix from a New Orleans weekly notes a writer accused of false reporting, while a post office robbery in Oberlin, Ohio nets 200 dollars cash and 2000 dollars in stamps. Other items mention a town marshal race in Andarson Indiana, a Findlay merchant entering Fort Defiance business, and a New Mexico wanderer with a thousand dollar draft. Also reported are hollowed mail packages worth 3.5, a Santa Fe rail line heist, and a large gunfight near Horseshoe Canyon with multiple casualties including John P. Risque and Cavisin Lawson. Ends with a prison escape and chaos at an Iowa penitentiary.
A broken entry describes a getaway through an iron roof and prison wall breach. An elder died from chloroform exposure during the escape attempt. A posse formed in pursuit of the trio following the incident.
The article notes the theft and return of a Bible from the Senate chamber in Washington, while quoting proclamations ordering dispersal of White Outlaws in Arizona and the use of regular troops to restore order. It reports on fraudulent survey certificates, public debt totals, and various political appointments and postmaster changes, with mentions of the Peruvian investigation and canal debates.
In warning against Disease as a common threat, the text promotes a patent remedy called Hostotter's Stomach Bitter as a popular tonic for conditions like dyspepsia liver complaints and rheumatism. It asserts the remedy’s broad efficacy and urges obstinate patients to try it for reportedly favorable results.
Carr J B Moor of Concord Massachusetts cites a Salem man who uses manure and water to raise napara wus peay corn and other vegetables for a family of seven. He keeps two cows, hay, and mangel wurzel enough for winter, all on one acre. Mr Roberts of the Miltoasiers Wix Sentinel endorses St Jacobs Oil as the best remedy.
A massive fire in Racine started by a steamboat spark burned the Goodrich warehouse area and vast lumber yards, spreading to the St Paul elevator, Jones Knapp & Co yard, and Racine Silver Plate Works. Milwaukee and Chicago engines aided as flames jump across blocks, with total losses near a million dollars and insurance around two-fifths.
Victor Hugo has sent the unreleased manuscript of his drama Torquemada to the printer after deciding to publish one of the plays he previously kept locked up. The move signals a shift in the author’s approach to his controversial works and anticipation grows for the public release.
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