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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1901
Page
3
A colorful fragment discusses Halloween folklore from mirror gazing to sunflowers as love omens. It surveys wistful rites, such as peering into mirrors for a prince and watching for the first passerby, noting the lighter tone of youth and the playful superstition surrounding romance.
A Cape Times tribute recalls General De La Rey aiding wounded English soldiers. He released captives, supplied ambulance wagons, and checked on prisoners. Witnesses describe his humane acts, including arranging burials and urging comfort for families and prayer for the dead.
The will of W H Smith first engineer on the New York Central disposes of an estate exceeding $100000. The Cala jteria steamer arrived with 60000 boxes of macaroni and a record cargo of thin foods. Vessels report Niagara River conditions at Tonawanda harbor and a dredging appropriation is likely. Peirce School establishes a department for advertisement writers. Automobiles scarce in London due to a speed limit of three miles an hour. Manuscripts for Harpers monthly novels show most chosen writers are men. Suburban Chicago to St Louis railway plan fills gaps in a broader network. North Carolina governor requires petitions for garden of cancrets roast to be prevalidated by local newspapers. The British shift toward temperance dominates religious and political reform discussions. Susan Virginia Field's will would transfer the Capitol District mansion and grounds to the United States for a Supreme Court site. A Philadelphia school advocates including Gyorgosz in a system of mental discipline to mold manhood and meekness. Death penalties blamed on barbarism and condemned by citizens.
A vintage reminiscence recalls Halloween nights of old when lumbermen and free spirits roamed, horns and pranks shaping town mischief. Testimonies describe elevated sidewalks, shifting business fronts, and police crackdowns followed by swift, often overturned justice, ending with milder modern celebrations of Jack o lantern parades and orderly revelry.
Children approve of Halloween and celebrate with playful pet practices. Old verses pass down through generations, including the familiar Shooting, Stay rhyme. The piece notes the enduring South and Southwest tradition and hints at the spooky vibe of the night.
A Halloween party game called elitwoyance is described as a mystery game. One player acts as medium while others arrange taps to spell a word such as horse. The medium returns and guesses the word, with tapping indicating alphabet positions. The article notes it hinges on a misunderstood quantum belief.
A fragmentary Scots verse stanza depicts a guidwife guarding the night as lads and lasses mingle. Some kindle fires side by side while others forget pride and leap high, burning their trimming in celebration as a traditional Halloween scene attributed to Burns.
Colonel Bourbon returns home as his wife and he discuss a $1000 gown advertised that morning. He praises its wine color heavy fabric and silk trim in a playful, mock serious dialogue filled with fashion jargon and satire about absinthe and a dreamlike gown description.
Chicago builders start construction on a modest hotel costing 1500 dollars to serve visitors attending the upcoming World’s Fair event. The project emphasizes practicality and local industry involvement as work progresses in the city.
A. Tigg runs a Topeka hotel and a post office for Point Barrow Alaska will receive mail once yearly. Five o clock morning is the coldest hour each day. Treland claims the first electric railway in the United Kingdom. The Columbus Evening Press plans to remodel a Presbyterian church into its home. Grinnell city decrees no man shall “treat” mothers in public. Harrisburg works on a memorial for founder Lie city. Over one third of manufactured goods rely on female labor. Early printers debate pronunciation of a paint name. Seventy seven tribes represented among 1007 Indian school pupils.
Dr W M T Seifers describes German university dueling practices in Denver lectures. He recounts scars from duels, ritualized weapon play, and rules for facing an opponent’s rapier while noting deaths and brief imprisonment of some combatants. He notes dueling as a test of nerve and principle and mentions beer duels as a lighter, lesser danger pastime.
Text shows incomplete dialogue with a man urging a partner not to find another man after his death. Garbled phrasing hints at emotional conflict, possible jealousy, and a claim of unique partnership. The fragment lacks clear names, places, or events to anchor a full incident.
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