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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1888
Page
4
Government directory entries mix with church notices for a 19th century November page. The document lists officials such as ward representatives and clerical appointments, with scattered ads and notices reflecting civic life in a midwestern town during 1888.
A tumultuous page extols Senator Sherman and Gen Heatison as pivotal financiers and contemplates placing Senator Quay at the Treasury. It laments Democrats plotting to steal the House majority, touting Quay’s leadership as central to a GOP victory while noting public rallies and vigorous partisan rhetoric.
Notes warn of winter cholera spreading in the Northweath region with remedies sold by Henry Efoon. County election results show Republicans edging Democrats in presidential and gubernatorial contests, with minor third-party and labor votes. Special efforts shifted support in Centralia and Grand Rapids for Early and Richards, while Cleveland trails Morgan in county plurality.
The Enpress Court ruled against the plaintiffs in the Wood County bridge rebuilding case, a ruling later confirmed. The Enterprise Tribune notes the debate shifts to funding options between a toll bridge via stock company and a free bridge funded by bonds or county assistance, with urgency to decide and proceed.
A fragmented report details a national truck race with a $200,000 purse paid in four installments, including a $10,000 presidential addition. It mentions numerous entrants and political party labels, with scattered names and affiliations, and references the national capital and a broader political backdrop.
Fragmented OCR text mentions voting and national events with many garbled names and phrases. Core ideas about elections and potential costs appear, but specifics are unreadable. The piece resembles a stray notebook of names, places, and phrases rather than a coherent report.
Governor J M Ress of Wiseba State issues a Thanksgiving Proclamation dated November 12 1888 appointing Thursday November 29 1886 as a day of thanks and praise urging abstention from labor and worship with charity to the poor, attested at the state capitol in Madison.
Fragmentary OCR text shows a garbled remark about someone named Dr. aAvkes Nag Ramey and an attempt to see Caliatis. The readable portion hints at a winter scene and a request for aid or action, but the incomplete material prevents clear reporting of event, date, or outcome.
Property listing notes forties of farming lands in Towns of Lincoln Rock and Richfield for sale by PLN. Cownersiry Nasca nvle Wis.
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