Mrs Smith runs sale of bonnets and albums
Tugalls advertises a fine lot of albums and Mrs M Smith promotes popular full bonnet styles for Ladies and Misses with sales beginning on October 7.
18 Nov 1882
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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1882
Page
1
Tugalls advertises a fine lot of albums and Mrs M Smith promotes popular full bonnet styles for Ladies and Misses with sales beginning on October 7.
The article notes a flat week end in November with values around 493.9 dollars versus 379,000 the prior year. It mentions A. Stephens on track to become the next Congressman in the ninth district with a small but high anticipated Democratic majority, a view held by most Democrats.
The Triangial Chronicle compiles earnings of sixty New York railroads for October showing 202 588 020 dollar revenue, a rise over the prior year. Sixteen roads from January to October report 429 295 931 dollars in net earnings, with a substantial year over year increase.
Two vagrants were arrested in Grand Rapids on Wednesday morning after officers found several items stolen from Geo. Ashford’s residence. They were brought before Justice Woodworth for examination. In a separate incident, two freight trains collided near Hersey, forty miles west of Eau Claire, causing extensive damage and a fire that destroyed fifteen cars. One car contained valuable horses, all perished except one, and except for the engine, cars, stock, no other injuries were reported.
County Board fixes salaries for officers including Treasurer at 1200, Clerk at 1000, Clerk of Court at 500, District Attorney at 600. School Superintendent receives 700. Act to take effect January 1, 1882. Change praised as for the best and officers urged to approve.
Governor Jeremiah Rusk of Wisconsin issues a proclamation designating November 30, 1882 as a day of praise and thanksgiving in line with national prayers. The notice urges residents to abstain from work and attend places of worship to express gratitude for divine providence and state prosperity. The proclamation is dated Madison October 30, 1882. At least two train wreck reports describe fatal injuries to Engineer James Flynn and a conductor, brakeman, and passengers, with other injuries and property losses on the same line, totaling under 40,900 dollars for the crashes.
The Stevens Post Journal previews a countywide vote, listing multiple tallies for candidates and groups such as Park 522 and Gardner 437, with others including Bronson 158 and Williams 448. Next week will publish full county results, while the Stevens Post Journal teases a Marshfield puff and asserts the paper’s vitality.
An old advertisement from Milwaukian routes touts land and machinery prospects across Wisconsin and Canada. It lists stations and derwent rates, claiming vast forests with mapler birth basswoods and pines, urging parties to locate manufacturing machinery with company agents.
A fatal railroad accident occurred near Robert Station on the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway this morning about 6:20 AM. Contractor John Gonlin, brakeman FR Garvin, and passenger John Wray from Tinoise were killed.
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