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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1907
Page
4
In a November 1907 issue the newspaper clips jokes and curiosities from wire reports and local chatter. It lampoons taxes on Chinese migrants, Mars speculation, oddities of fashion, labor unrest hints in Japan, and a joke about a San Francisco marriage to a grandmother, all delivered in a breezy, period voice with no single cohesive story.
New York bank clerk Albert Fairfax, twelfth Baron Fairfax of Cameron, born 1876 in Maryland and son of John Contee Fairfax, has naturalized as a British citizen. He now gains potential entitlement to seats in the House of Lords. The Fairfax lineage traces to Virginia estates, Washington ties, and a long clan history with connections to notable colonial figures.
Historic eruption dramatically altered Mount Colima in March 1408, tearing off the crater’s summit and enlarging the crater rim to about a mile around. The crown-like rim now frames an irregular summit as volcanic energy reshaped the mountain.
A vain woman admires a bat described as yellow and white, teasing its meaning before a big man in embroidered blippers who, from his paper, recalls a line about time of a tried cry. The exchange hints at a coded inside joke in a stylish, bustling setting.
Bascom H. Robison of Omaha was elected president and joined the executive committee at the American Life convention in Indianapolis. The gathering drew representatives from 44 companies with policyholders carrying more than $630 million in insurance, spanning major reserve camps from the Alleghenies to the Pacific. Robison's Hawks' Reserve, Ltd. reported over $1 million in cash assets and more than $18 in unknown metrics.
Coverage stands at 100 009 policies while the company projects income exceeding 1 million dollars for the coming year.
A young man in a light hearted scene gazes at a charming girl and asks in a low moving tone if she has ever looked for death, prompting her practical reply. The fragment from Youth's Companion hints at a romantic yet grave mood and dialogue.
A reader asks if any music offerings will be provided this winter. Mr. Cumrox responds that he enjoys them as they give him a chance to stay quiet and avoid criticism from his mother and sisters.
A playful anecdote from Puck notes Clifford praying for a sister and, after a brother is born, he kneels at the bedside and asks politely yet stubbornly for what he asked for. The tone mixes humor with a child’s quick wit.
Grace Johnson alias Smith faces a North Yakima warrant for running a house of ill fame after a Racine niece, enticed with a promised farm life, ends up prisoner for six weeks. A missing-person escape led to police aid and YWCA intervention guiding the case to the prosecutor.
Fire at Jorgen Strommmen’s barn near Caristiana destroys twenty seven cows four horses and machinery worth over two thousand dollars the loss partly covered by insurance. Also reports a fatal gun accident in Northfield Minnesota a 12 year old boy leaves a widow. a coal tar tank explosion in Kenosha injures Antonio Progrimo. Milwaukee experiences a large theft from the express service. dairymaids in Waupeca threaten strikes over doubled wages. a badger is shot in Motro. Eau Claire bills rise to about 215000. Marinette resident Charles Windorf saves three children from a blaze and is badly burned.
Milwaukee announces a general 10 percent cut in meat prices for the middle west. The move aims to ease costs for consumers and retailers amid ongoing market adjustments.
Miss Belle Crouse of Stanhope recounts to police an attempted forced marriage by Ferry C. Bissell fueled by threats with a loaded revolver. After following her to Ocean Grove he challenged her at the parsonage and later forced entry into the Crouse home while police sent him away on a train.
Alfred Fields Rhoades, a Philippine War veteran pardoned by President Roosevelt, arrived in New York only to find his wife remarried and their ten year old son gone. He had endured wounds, imprisonment, and years of wandering from San Francisco to Brooklyn seeking news of his wife and child.
In a dialogue scene a judge questions Ethel's marriage to Mr Guoson noting the man is old enough to be her father while Lawrence counters the match is fine due to wealth, highlighting tensions over age and money in marriage.
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