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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1901
Page
3
A verse sketch depicts a farmer’s boy skipping with a lamb and playfully tending the animals while distant echoes speak of men who suffer and die for wealth and power. The lambs frolic, the bossy calf nudges, and a girl in the scene sighs as the farm humbles human greed and sorrow.
Philadelphia North American reports a government surplus sale at 106 South Second Street. The event featured 108 lots with cotton paper and lanterns among items, drawing diverse buyers including clerks, furniture dealers, and agents for larger firms. Custodian David Dahnes supervised bidding amid a busy warehouse crowd.
A tale urges mothers to instruct daughters and seek medical guidance from Lydia E. Pinkham of Lynn Massachusetts. It cites a Jan 1899 letter from a South Byron mother about irregular menstruation and headache, and a March 1900 update praising Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for restoring regularity.
Auction totals varied as bidders snapped up lots from Sumatra tobacco to silver pipes and embroidered handkerchiefs. Among oddities were a Bible leaf, a pink shirt with green vest, and Kronen amid a lively crowd with overbid flurries.
Kennedy recalls a strange tip from a hunchback that led to a big win in a Zaro game on Madison Street. A customer boasts a night’s lodging debt and explains how a single dollar pulled from a stranger’s effort transformed into a sequence of wins and changing wagers.
A fragmentary dialogue describes winnings from a pot and nightly gains totaling 1490 while a speaker keeps one dollar. Kennedy comments on imagination and a newspaper job, then farewell. The text is incomplete and lacks clear dates or places.
Poem excerpt recounts a pair of lovers kept apart by circumstance and stern parents. After a half year, they attend a social gathering to reunite emotionally, each anxious and scrupulous, yet fate keeps them distant as their nerves and routines clash.
A London Chronicle excerpt critiques popular phrases such as the “sage of Chel” and the “Wizard of the North” as candidates for old age pension. It lampoons labels like “the great lexicographer” and the “succulent bivalve” while pondering shrinking terms and a fading doctor’s pronouncements.
Fragmentary note discusses grand opera and comic operas with women in boxes and a reference to a slave. Language is tangled and unclear, but hints at performance types and social seating. No decisive event or names are identifiable.
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FP C Foster died by his own actions during arrest for suspected dynamite explosion at Cambridgeport National Bank aimed at destroying evidence of a Triad. The incident follows alleged ties to organized crime and raises questions about motive and culpability.
An old reader from Yorkton Assiniboia writes urging friends to move to Saskatchewan and Assiniboia Western Canada. He extols cheap land and mills, urging prompt action and promising favorable prices and government notices available through a Dominion agency in Canada.
A flood in Elizabethtown Tong causes loss of lives and widespread property damage. Officials report severed lines and scattered debris across affected neighborhoods as rescue teams respond to the disaster. Local residents brace for continued cleanup and recovery efforts.
A man named William Part attempted to kill a court witness at Central in New Mexico and was later shot dead by the witness. The incident followed a prior order of Dr. Brieniors and occurred amid courtroom proceedings.
An unsigned letter cites Miss Liey Amite and Amanda Shumaker praising a remedy called Penuna for curing long standing ailments. The text attacks medical professionals and urges women to heed these claims, alleging wide harm from backache to weakness.
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