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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1889
Page
2
A compact survey of silver market tensions, government stance on coinage, and calls for policy shifts. It notes Deputy Marshals actions, territorial land issues, and a vivid anecdote about Gen. Jackson, highlighting public interest in politics and finance during the period.
A series of sensational fires and accidents affect manufacturers and transportation from Pearlington to Baltimore. Damages run into thousands and hundreds of thousands with several fatalities and widespread destruction to mills, boats, and rail facilities. Reports mention Port Evant iron works, Cedar Rapids boot factory, North Western Pacific ballast, Elgin worksite collapse, and miners' tensions in Braidwood amid looming strikes.
Reports from Paris, Berlin, Lombardy, and Liege detail labor stoppages and clashes as 6000 Berlin masons strike amid de monde wages promises, with 19000 building workers soon joining. British and German tensions rise while a new society promotes celibacy and life policies for women, amid outbreaks of strikes and unrest in Europe and North America.
Twig estimates 100000 Americans will visit Europe this summer spending about $1000 each. Europe may gain immigration grants totaling around £000000 as people bond. Ralph We Trine of Knox College won a prize for an essay on education to suppress crime. A public case in Ohio favors defendants in a railroad stockholder suit. Falls River company to begin profit sharing at six percent. A large graphite find on a Missouri farm for lead pen store polish and related supplies. The Philadelphia Times analyses Pennsylvania’s constitutional amendment ballot expected to fail by 69000 to 100000 votes. Carter case trial notes and regional fires from Virginia Beach. Rev F Clarke’s family perishes in a midnight house fire. An elderly Georgian farmer plows with one mule for thirty years to support a large family.
The clippings describe a family with elusive sisters, a corpse in Chicago, and a string of local crimes. A Des Moines clerk was arrested for rifling letters, others faced forgery charges in Eau Claire and Atcoona, and physicians faced a prison sentence for a sensational charge. A jewelry store burglary in Cleveland linked to a large theft with no clue to the burglars.
A Washington correspondent reports on Mrs Harrison and her daughter as framed in a private photo exhibition, reflecting courteous sentiment within White House circles. Separately Secretary Tracy states Bowen, a U S envoy in New York, will be sent to Haiti soon to support West India operations amid yellow fever risks. officials deny knowledge of any plan to wind a representative to Port-au-Prince.
A fragmented piece reviews soldiers and officers during campaigns, noting their blunt honesty and occasional gentleness toward comrades. It cites scenes of officers aiding men, a colonel saluting a wife’s portrait, and a roguish captain mocked by a witty private. It closes with a portrait of Mrs. Cleveland’s considerate service to staff and a brief obituary note on Allen Thorndike Rice and other diplomatic appointments.
The body of Dr. Cronin, an Irish-American who disappeared weeks earlier, was found naked in a sewer basin along Evanston Avenue near Lake View. Police believe foul play occurred. detectives seek statements from acquaintances as inquests are planned. A bloody towel wrapped the head and a Catholic emblem was noted.
The Razorblade reports Cronin’s body found in Lake View with signs of foul play. Investigators identify the remains by dental work and tailor, while Woodruff and others face questions. Mrs. Conklin declined to help police with new information.
The fragmentary items recount a near assassination plot against the Czar and a tale of Burrows a notorious liar in a camp, plus reflections on hereditary homes in America by Prof. Charles Eliot Norton and a legal note on the Westinghouse Electric patent case.
Since a government letter about a machine that can extract flux fibre from stalks without wetting was published, the department has received many letters. A northern manufacturer has invested nearly $100,000, signaling national interest in the invention.
The latest confession by Black Alise Woodruff places him at the Cronin murder scene or its disposal route, detailing driving a trunk to a lake, sewer detours, and a cottage near Fullerton Avenue. He names two others connected with the conspiracy, while investigators push toward broader ties among Chicago figures.
A fragmentary view of the Arizona Kicker discusses editorial absence, local feuds, and community growth. It notes a planned jail and new businesses, contrasting neighbor towns’ progress with quiet development and restraint. It praises local enterprise and literary efforts amid regional tensions.
Fragmentary report describes Arab tribesmen and women managing food and water while camels move, including bread making and milk feeding. The piece blends ethnographic notes with a harsh New York Herald critique of contemporaries. It cites presidents, advertising, and a defiant stance on publishing ethics.
Reports from Minnesota describe preparations to combat grasshoppers on Perham prairie with plowing of fields where eggs are found. Captain Chase and state entomologist Otto Lagor plan actions to destroy eggs, with related efforts at Clear the Way and Fergus Fulla coordinating.
American botanist Johannes Bettermaz describes a perilous ascent to a dark sapling he calls the Arbor Diaboli on the Sierra Madre slopes. The tree’s tentaclelike limbs and bloodied nests captivate, with a bird consumed and a cavern-like hollow revealed before Bettermaz’s retreat. He reports Wordenhaut’s note that the Arbor Diaboli and Vangs are rare life forms spanning animal and plant traits, the lone known specimens aside from a Portuguese example.
A garbled monologue urges patience and long suffering in a mixed society, praising patient men and women who endure provocations and violence. It contrasts patient restraint with noisy agitation and emphasizes self control over chaos in public life. The text threads through social tension, urging calm amid confusion.
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