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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1890
Page
2
Turbulent session reports a sharp two to two vote on abolition of imperial duties and a sweeping public budget. The article notes the United States revenue and treasury figures, calls broad political signals from Congress, and critiques governance patterns. Historical figures and policy impacts are debated within a broad, critical tone.
Mixed telegrams report Lily Rosecrand wedding to Montana governor Toole and notes on General Wagineton, several biographical items. Also mention of Chicago carpenters union peace treaty resuming work, wage changes at eight hour day, Fiji satire, tribal and labor news, and a city license sale in Wisconsin with bids of 200 or 100 dollars.
A sweeping blaze and related disasters strike multiple sites including masons, textile works, and a Singer sewing machine plant. Losses run into hundreds of thousands with thousands of dollars in content damage. A bridge collapse and river-borne destruction compound the chaos as injured and missing are reported amid a night of turmoil.
Disjointed reports from London, Lille, and Berlin cover strikes, legal actions, and political tensions. Key items include a libel case involving Lord Salisbury, a Prussian parliament dispute over Bismarck, and a bank teller’s arrest in Louisville. Reports also note a near train wreck in Ohio and a shooting incident in California. The era's chaos reflects rising labor unrest and political maneuvering across nations.
A period study shows rising Japanese suicides from 400 to 500 yearly during a six year span to 1888, with a drop to 200 300 later in the year. A woman, fond of Nikko shrines, killed herself at a temple after spending days visiting sites, leaving a simple note. The report also notes a new hotel lighting feature using incandescent carbons for dimmable rooms and a planned lighting system for the hotel.
A London to New Orleans exchange over manifest phenomena recounts Foster and Leigh inviting a writer to observe alleged occult powers. The piece details experiments with ink, a wall of knocks, and a tale of Vera Sassaliteh, a jailed editor’s lover turned conspirator who allegedly harbors and directs plots against the czar, involving dangerous letters and threats.
An eclectic article by M Clotlure on heredity and heraldry is set beside notes from Eugene Sivid in the Chicago News about Gol. Elliotbw and Shugard Mave York Janmalizk Tenens hab Un, intertwining literary speculation with a sensational tale of religious conversion claims in Constantinople. The piece references 18th and 19th century figures, a German sculptor style, and remarks on the American hemp and glass trades plus local colonial commerce. It mentions a dramatic public interest in a robber’s lineage and the cultural fascination with ancestral lines.
A convoluted report shows Pratt's wife seduction case near acquittal as IxsvecTon Bransom of the Chicago Police Department narrowly survives a torpedo explosion on Wednesday night. A similar attempt by unknown parties followed days later. Ellwood Lancaster, a local real estate agent, has vanished and is accused of embezzling funds from multiple investors, with amounts ranging between 60,000 and 875,000. Warrants are issued and detectives seek his arrest.
The Senate announced the death of Senator Beck and adopted resolutions to appoint a committee to supervise the funeral in the senate chamber at one o'clock tomorrow. Several colleagues were named to attend the funeral and related ceremonies. Debates continued on Oklahoma bills and other legislative business as the session proceeded with routine measures and committee reports.
The clone which wrecked Alton Saturday night visited Limaville in the county's north. Six houses were unroofed and others badly wrecked. Mrs. Amos Hart and her daughter were fatally injured and a baby was killed.
A long, garbled account recounts alleged intrigues around Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, detailing a hidden iron cupboard, a double layer of deception, and a pension tied to a supposed plot. The narrative traces Garnin’s alleged involvement, a supper interruption, and a destruction of incriminating papers after the fall of the monarchy.
May 10 Pittsburg reports many seek the whereabouts of Miss Frans ees Cusae, the Nan of Kens Miss Cesacle. Newspaper men and Presbyterian ministers press for her, as she contemplates leaving the Catholic Church. A book planned for publication and profits await delivery in March. Some who aided her face diplomatic predicaments, while one gentleman says she was called an infidel and would reveal scandalous things about priests nuns and convicts, tarnishing her grandmother’s honor.
A distorted OCR passage relays a courtroom scene where a witness hesitates over kissing a Bible and jurors object, challenging credibility. The judge orders the jury to continue, amid inflammatory rhetoric about witnesses, religious symbols, and harm to personal dignity, ending with a verdict of equity and a wary discussion of evidence and pain as factors in guilt.
A violent tornado tore through Avenos Ohio on May 10 causing extensive destruction. Wards Fifth and Seconl suffered the worst damage with many buildings demolished and residents injured or missing. Families faced displacement as fires broke out and utilities failed. rescue efforts and a race to account for the missing continued amid widespread debris and property loss.
A 20 year old woman in the Winterport and Miss Mason of Frankfort were traveling with Rich, a 28 year old man. A quarrel arose and she shot Rich multiple times, hitting him in the mouth and face. he is in a critical condition. The woman, about twenty, fled the scene. The article also notes Germany’s artificial coffee made from linseed meal.
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