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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1897
Page
12
A judge ruled that any person reaching a stream from a highway and fishing from a boat is not a trespasser within the boundary lines of landowners. The decision came after a Willow River club of Hudson sued Frank Warle over trespass.
President McKinley sent Myron H. McCord nomination to the Senate as territorial governor of Arizona. McCord, former Merrill resident and former representative for the district, built a career in Arizona after moving there four years ago. He later served as secretary of the territorial board of control and rose to governor with wartime duties behind him.
A Constantinople correspondent reports the Turko-Grecian War has ended. Greece stood firm with German backing to demand Thessaly and heavy indemnities, but Russia’s intervention prompted Edhem Pasha to halt hostilities. Peace appears likely unless new power conflicts arise.
The state board of land commissioners led by Secretary Casson and Attorney General Mylrea met Thursday to appoint appraisers for estimating lumber on the Spooner lands and the suc nik heads under a legislated procedure. Appraisers must be independent of lumber firms and will be backed by reputable lumbermen who agree to buy on their appraisal. Names will be published after qualification by the 25th, with estimates likely ready in about thirty days and timber sale in ninety days. The panel may limit action to selling the timber now or hold lands until-value rises.
A farmer, Martin Wicks, left his three young children ages 7, 5, and 3 locked in the house while he and his wife cleared brush nearby. The house and the children’s bodies were found burned to ashes when they returned late in the day. The tragedy spurs renewed calls against locking children indoors for any reason.
The body of William Pouch, alleged murderer of the Harris family, was recovered from a mill pond near Waukesin last Monday. A bullet hole in the neck indicates he shot the Harris family before his death, with the motive of vengeance by the people.
A young man named Pough died by his own hand in a pond about a mile from the Tard farm. He tied a note to his neck and waded in, then shot himself. His body surfaced after submersion, and little motive or background information could be learned.
A Milwaukee Telegraph excerpt argues weekly newspapers deliver superior advertising value for merchants in country towns versus dailies. It cites broad reach, cost efficiency, and steady brand presence as key benefits, noting many prosperous merchants in small towns rely on weekly papers.
In this notice A. Horn touts One Minute Cough Care as especially effective against Gripp. The promotion claims rapid action and prevention of serious complications in cases of the disease, urging quick relief for patients. The style mirrors period advertiser copy with emphatic claims.
In West eld Indiana the town elder, Prank McAvoy, longtime L N A G Q employee, declares he has used Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy for over ten years. He says it is the best remedy of its kind and recommends it for all bowel disorders. Henry Horn sells it.
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