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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1896
Page
15
A fragmentary verse by William Watson laments nature’s waning charm as clouds, mountains, and lakes lose their vitality. The speaker scorns a soula tale and notes numb apisit, altering shows into strange states. Life’s tedium makes streams dry and the sky impotent as dhoric spheres fade.
In a Parramatta tale from Pearsons Weekly, Aunt Emmelina impersonates a chaperone on a picnic boating trip. When Esther falls overboard a swift rescue by Emmelina and Jack averts disaster, leading to a budding romance between Esther and Jack amid comic boardinghouse manners.
Chicago police bicycle club forms amid society debates over bloomers and female riders. Olga Nethersole and Ida Greeley Ale gain roles, while Minneapolis and Dubuque show strong female cycling participation. Helen Baldwin and Dottie Farnsworth challenge each other to races as critics denounce the sport. Prague Turners debate prizes for bicycle riding.
A fragment notes that Cuban exiles may console themselves about malaria season, suggesting discomfort there, while another hint mentions a bread trust rumored to be formed in New York. The text is sparse and stylistically dated with unclear context.
The May Dun insights note a cautious business mood with little beyond orders and a shift to labor unrest, cotton price stagnation, and few factory gains. Failures rise modestly. iron and steel stay dull. bank clearings fall 12.3 percent YoY. It cites Western labor strife, cautious merchants, and weak wholesale activity amid rising costs and wage pressures.
Notes of the Day reports on immigration figures for Argentina, debt in the Caribbean island, political offices in Willimansett, whist teams, Arbor Day plantings in Nebraska, Irish peers in Parliament, Paris fashion exposition, ice-encased fish ashore, an elk in Aberdeen, germ filter experiments in India, a Hindustani world map, a new London newspaper for tables, ship naming in the English Navy, Lady Londonderry’s centerboard lugger, objections to wives obeying in marriage vows, professional mourners and Luxor outbursts, origins of military titles and ranks.
A severe cyclone hit Sherman and nearby areas on May 16, killing between thirty and forty with many more injured. The western city district was wiped out, captains home demolished, and relief crews mobilized as search efforts continued. Also reported were injuries in Newton and Gribble Springs with multiple fatalities and extensive property damage across the region.
Brooklyn reports a wave of thefts of electricity from trolley lines led by a trolley magnate. At least twenty saloonkeepers and others tapped the railroad company’s power, mostly former company workers. Court testimony described payoffs for twenty lights monthly. Separately, Brooklyn plans new express wagons linked to car houses for trunk and package delivery to offices and residences. Moscow pharmacy rivals the world’s largest with 1200 daily prescriptions, 24 assistants, and a weighers team, dispensing to 293 in wholesale and related departments.
A historical note recounts astonishing Arctic feasts with a young man who reportedly consumed four pounds of frozen sea-horse flesh and other foods within twelve hours. The account mixes exploration lore with early medical symbolism attributing the era to Jupiter and ancient rites.
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