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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1910
Page
7
A traveler details dueling at Heidelberg among five Korps fraternities with swords and strict honor rules, then shifts to Oberammergau. He describes Bayern mountains, the Passion Play, and the village scenery, noting crowd size, emotional performances, and the enduring cultural spectacle.
The article warns that phosphorus, essential for plant and human food, is scarce on the soil surface and rapidly depleted by cropping. It notes Illinois soil holds about 191 pounds of phosphorus per acre to seven inches deep, with a seventy year exhaustion at common cropping rates. It urges restricting exports and boosting domestic phosphate use, citing station analyses and Rockefeller-era figures.
A vivid travelogue notes a royal box beside eager peasants within a crowded hall. Five thousand inside and four thousand outside witness the scene as explorers depart for Switzerland and the mythic lands of William Tell. Bavarian mountains frame the journey amid lively descriptions of Bavarian life and the Ammer gan.
A tall, angular man walking down a icy hill slips and collides with a large woman. They both slide downhill, ending with the man beneath and the woman atop. The man whispers to the woman that she must dislodge herself as this is as far as he goes.
The Rev. Dr William Emerson of Boston, son of Ralph Waldo Emerson, attended a colored church service in the South. After the meeting he overheard parishioners praising a white preacher named George as a favorite. A brief overheard exchange followed with a racial remark implied.
An Irishman asks a passerby for the time late at night. The pedestrian, suspecting a crime, hits him with a stick and declares it one o clock strike. The Irish man rises, vows to avenge the cheating blow, and mutters that the man did not ask him.
Competitive examinations for 1910 legislative positions will be held statewide at county seats on Saturday November 19 1910 with additional tests for cadetships to West Point Annapolis and other posts. A general stenography exam for several legislative roles will start the week of November 21 1910. Applicants should contact the State Civil Service Commission Madison Wis for details and blanks.
A Irish soldier sought a furlough by fabricating a story that his wife was gravely ill and had written him to return home. The ruse was uncovered, exposing the deceit and resulting consequences.
A fragmentary bicycle news item recounts an event with unclear details. Names and places are obscured by garbled text. The only clear point is a mention of May and a striking line about a lady and a treasure tone.
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