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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1890
Page
3
A distorted OCR text with numerous garbled phrases and proper nouns. It appears to mention names or places such as Mei fingh Trees and Au abbeystow’r, with scattered references to people and locations, but most of the content is indecipherable and lacks coherent events or dates.
A wartime scene unfolds with a chaplain uncovering a prisoner’s moving pledge to a young girl who braided his memory. The exchange reveals a mother’s letter, a tearful vow, and a later echo as the chaplain relays the haunting tale to General Geary, linking personal sacrifice to public duty.
A garbled account describes a scene with a notorious wire tapping prank, noting audience reaction and a political figure, Randalph Brown, amid a charged crowd of congressmen. It mocks media spectacle and stresses gender roles and domestic life as social theater.
A noisy domestic vignette centers on Freddy misbehaving amid a cluttered home. The boy lunges for a bird, pulls the piano, and argues with adults while clumsy play unsettles everyone. The scene blends erratic action with a broader moral reflection on patience and care.
A collage of household kitchen directions for baking and jelly making, and farm notes on corn cultivation and cabbage growing. Instructions cover flour mixes, cake layers, fish dishes, cookies, and jelly, plus field guidance on plowing, rolling, and clover with oats as soil and crop optimization. Notable advice from a Charlevolx County correspondent emphasizes brains in farming, soil types, and timing for sowing cabbage and clover for year round yields.
A long, fragmented feature discusses woodworking specimens, natural colors, and sample displays inspired by trees such as the lalié poplar magnolia and red maple. It compares local craft methods to foreign art, imagines collaborative wood painting projects, and hints at a community gardening and education theme with a practical narrator. It closes with a human-interest note about Susie Bromley, an eight year old girl in North Stanton, Conn., who lost three fingers in a barn accident but is recovering well with medical care.
Chicago reports a police investigation into the death of James E. Kelley at a hotel. Kelley was found dead in his room after being seen asleep and then unresponsive. Porter Ed Frye is in custody, accused of purchasing morphine at Kelly's request, with authorities suspecting overdose.
Readable passages describe spruce gum as a complementary food and disease remedy, then detail a North American gum-hunter's winter trek in the Adirondacks. It covers gum harvesting methods, stringing resin, and market prices, with anecdotes about a panther skin bounty and the hunter’s family labor.
Jersey City headlines recount a young man about 22 who won a prize in a drawing at a saloon’s front, with mentions of large bets and a 15 000 dollar claim. The report shifts to a separate Jersey City item noting a man around 25 who shot himself in a Wells street saloon after spending time with a risky crowd, reflecting on ill fated choices and despair.
A newly discovered prehistoric village site lies about one and a half miles north of the Ohio city, covering four acres. The area shows burned earth with a reddish hue and abundant pottery fragments, bones, and animal remains. Charcoal veins and ancient hearths yield ornaments and tools including bustives belts knives drills spear and arrow points and ornaments made of bone and slate.
A jumble of crackly advertisements and medical claims spans Vermont lake ice reports to odd cures. Listings tout Dr Pierce and Kemp remedies, Dobbins soap promotion, and a Meron dentist with "strong fingers." Scattered notes reference Royal Arctic Society, university hints, and a moralistic donor tale about corn production as endless commerce.
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