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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1893
Page
2
A garbled OCR dense with names, places, and events including references to British figures, New York, Joliet, Philadelphia, and Chicago. Notes mention trials, executions, a hospital stone laying, pan American bureau, Bohemian diet, and various incidents in towns like Joliet and Denver with assorted dates and figures.
The text offers a fragmented, old description of human physical features across gender and age, detailing skin color hair, facial structure, eye shape, lip fullness, and general build. It discusses height ranges, facial hair, and attire, reflecting antiquated ethnographic language and observational bias.
An ethnographic sketch describes a remote group with ritual scars and wooden tools, noting their isolation, lack of fire making, and distinctive language traits. It records names used by neighbors, questions cannibalism, and hints at language contact with adjacent tribes.
Mixed scenes of life in a large city hospital wards show patients and workers from diverse social groups and nations. The piece lists occupations and nationalities represented among inmates and notes the range of humanity observed, from poverty to humor, with references to doctors, nurses, and staff.
Rumors say former Milwaukee district collector may reclaim his old post as city officials discuss bond ordinances and city attorney succession. Citizens note tense expressions and speculate on staffing shifts if the figure leaves the attorney’s office.
The Plate Glass Trust based in Kokomo Indiana is forming tangible structure and will claim the largest American factories. The Diamond Works in Kokomo a trust branch at St Elwood Indiana Castlerot in Pennsylvania Crystal City in Missouri are cited as examples of the expansion.
Advices from Australia report a banking crisis with several banks suspended or winding up. The London Chartered Bank of Australasia and the National Bank of Australasia faced adjourned petitions, deposit liabilities run high. Queensland proclaims a one month holiday to allow owners and creditors to regroup after firmer financial turmoil.
New York reports May 17 that revolutions sweep Nicaragua, with every department under rebel control. Citizens join the uprising, much of the fighting done by volunteers lacking arms, and revolutionary leaders enforce discipline while paying for seized property. Prisoners treated humanely. government soldiers guarded.
In 1883 Elias Bennett, sentenced for arson in a Milwaukee cloakroom fire, allegedly set a Third Street building ablaze to burn oil and wood toward the street. Firemen halted spread using chemical apparatus, saving lives and limiting loss to 250 dollars. Bennett faced arson charges amid a divorce suit and insurance claims. The owner was W. W. Walls. Bennett claimed Chicago alibi.
The article recounts a long, troubled marriage beginning in Severn Bridge Canada in 1860, with Bennett marrying a girl 19, moving to Chicago, preempting land, and abusing his wife. It details divorce suits, multiple relocations, and Bennett’s criminal history including imprisonment and alleged bigamy, ending with ongoing divorce actions and uncertain details about his current status.
Chicago May 17 a heated council meeting adopted the committee’s report by a strong vote after debate over Theodore Thomas’s dismissal. St Clair argued Thomas deserves retention citing his work on the music feature of the fair, while others questioned the committee’s findings and authority.
The commission debated a proposed amendment and whether to table it. President Palmer opposed the defeated amendment as unnecessary, while St Clair and DeYoung pressed for a stance. After a lengthy session, Lanai presented the committee report and Thorans’s demand, with the commission voting 39 to 19.
A new sewerage system is planned for Watertown at 3000 dollars. Police stations to be built. several arrests noted for bigamy and illicit practice. Appleton and Oshkosh seeking sewer plans. A cheese factory in Green Bay reports 2600 pounds daily. Robberies loom in Menasha, Neenah. A dentist fined. lumberman from Michigan plans ashland mill. A fatal accident near Merritt. corporate filings show French Granite company capital at 100000. Colt accident near Racine. parole granted in Indian Ford. Firearms, misdeeds, and injuries pepper the column alongside civic projects and road work.
A melodramatic scene unfolds as Tewnit Teh voices distress over a marital clash. The mother pleads with a child to accept a sacrifice for love while the father stays silent, torn between affection and expectations.
August L. Baker, aged 56, died at his Racine home after residing there for nearly 50 years. The notice notes his longtime ties to the city and references a remark from Mackenzie’s Essays about preserving language purity by singers.
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