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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1895
Page
6
Fragmentary note recalls a Thanksgiving tale linking a colonial kitchen, the famous Cooke house, and a celebrated feast. The source hints at a storyteller’s memory of a legendary bird and a kinship cook, reflecting folklore around early colonial meals.
A sprawling montage of 19th century events includes a triple murder in Oregon, grain shipments, Western baseball league changes, vivisection condemnation, coal miner strikes, a Denver earthquake, Wisconsin railroad displacements, bank troubles in Redwood Falls, and political reshuffles. Notable names include John T. Peak, J. F. Dolliver, and the cruiser Minneapolis bound for Turkish waters. A mix of murders, legislative actions, industrial strikes, and ship movements paints a turbulent regional snapshot.
Reports from Rome note the death of Cardinal Venapade as the Young Turks push reform ideas. Filibustering incidents and ship collisions ripple across ports including Port Antonio Antwerp and Bangkok. Amid turmoil, the Afghan ameer buries subjects, Armenia reforms, and Spanish French claims rise over Venezuela while the Duke of Marlborough clarifies finances around his bride.
A playful line from the Indianapolis Journal notes a scene near the polling place where a suitor asks if his beloved is engaged for the election. The report also states the Superior tax levy has been sized at 266,500 dollars.
Circuit Judge Vinje quashes the mandamus and rules the state law does not override the city charter license provision. The ruling preserves about $30,000 annually for West Superior and blocks any back-payclaims by saloon men. Also lists appointments for normal school visitors across several Wisconsin districts and notes various local civic, educational, and infrastructure actions.
A German paper notes how ethnic behavior shows drinkers’ nationalities. Spaniards and French leave without speaking, Englishmen order another, Russians drink with the fly, a German discreetly finishes, and a Chinese man swallows the fly before discarding the beer.
A fragmented report recounts a woman's suffering from illness and pain, describing a drastic weight loss and reliance on William’s Pink Pills for Pale People. It cites medicinal claims, a doctor’s verdict about blood, and notes the pills’ availability and price through a mail order from Williams’ Medicine Company in Schenectady, NY.
A poem from the Washington Star reflects on meeting a long absent friend who repays five or ten dollars lent in happier days, contrasting current worries with remembered shared joy.
An elderly woman walks through a churchyard and pauses at three graves, noting they belong to a doctor, a parishioner, and an East Indian famed as a whist player. A civilian remark follows as she says, They are there waiting for me to cut in.
Tin foil is now used extensively on gas fixtures in barrooms. It would work well and keeps off files.
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