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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1882
Page
3
A lyrical, archaic verse piece recalls lovers walking through rain and sun, clinging through long days. It dwells on companionship, nature, and enduring affection, with imagery of gates, meadows, and distant hills. The speaker vows to stay by a beloved side despite storms and sorrow.
Mrs Daye expects a visit from Fiora Lee to cheer up Eric Hale and the household. Flora appears unannounced at a rainy April morning, joins the cleaning effort, and proves fully capable, even managing the coffee and waffles while Eric confronts a shifted plan and playful romance.
The text describes Dove, her head tied, discovering her nephew and Flora Lee playing cards by a fire by a moat. A passerby voice quotes Mrs. Dove and Mrs. Hale. It notes a Reverend Eric remarking on finding a genuine helpmate, contrasting with ornate dress or jewels.
A Davenport tornado on October 23 caused extensive damage along an eighteen to twenty mile track from the east to Princeton. One person died and several were injured as farms and homes were leveled or damaged, with total property loss estimated at 60 000 to 75 000 dollars. Residents sought shelter in cellars as the funnel clouds passed, sparing some families while others faced severe destruction.
The Jersey Lily, Lill Langtry, widow of Upurch and famed actress, speaks in New York about her English origins and rise from society to stage. She describes her intent to earn money through acting, her reception in America, and her readiness to work hard despite stage fright, noting praise from Fanny Davenport and her desire to establish a theatre.
Congressman George D. Tillman arrived by night train at Beech Island Station to address a local club. A planter promised transport to his home for the night but was delayed by wedding plans, leaving Tillman to walk to a nearby farmhouse. A ferocious dog attacked him, biting him twice. Tillman repelled the animal with a knife, a wound deemed potentially fatal by local reports.
The Laboring Women's league dissolves into discord as Dr. Mary Walker defends Teller’s refusal to appoint women clerks while Mrs. Charlotte Smith attacks the Department of the Interior. Joslyn defuses but insults and threats persist, with the group accusing government officials of corruption. Blood may be shed if this business isn’t stopped.
A report notes a man going about Laramie streets claiming to be John the Baptist. He is described as stout with light hair and chin whiskers. The paper warns readers not to trust him, asserting John the Baptist is dead after its research.
A reader writes of attending nightly concerts in London with notes on actors Mary Anderson Glara Morris and Miex Davenport. The letter recalls a dramatic recital The Knight and the Lady and A Fair Encounter, mentions Liverpool and New York charity totals, and describes Langtry’s travel from the Guion Line Pier to the Albermarle and the room once used by Bernhardt.
A local report notes that devices forbidden by law are tolerated and protected by congressmen in Waterxctox. It cites a June Comigne Theater can can show and warns raids face political interference. Several gambling houses on FE sirens near Thirteenth and Fourteenth are named as long running.
An old term sewer gas is debated as accurate. The piece explains sewer emanations are a varying mix of air vapor gases, plus microorganisms and particles from sewage. It notes odors can be absent while dangerous microbes travel in odorless air and argues against a fixed composition.
A youths portraited as a graceful Ottoman-leaning boy under 11 dies after being shot while fleeing on a camel near Maxahamsh. A guard, his friend, urged the ride unknowingly and delivered the fatal wound from shoulder through bone. He dies after care with flowers, ice, and linen, his gratitude noted. son of an officer Our Manchezr Courien.
A garbled OCR snippet shows a lawyer and a plaintiff discussing a trial. The text includes partial quotes about acting and swearing, with no clear names, dates, or entities. The fragment is unreadable for concrete facts but indicates a court-related dialogue.
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