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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1882
Page
3
A haphazard paste of oblique notes and stray quotations mentions political figures, weddings, lectures, and accidents. It references Montana population, Lord Macauley praise, Miss Emily Faithful, and W H Bennett's will, with scattered anecdotes about weddings, crime, and ballots.
In a vivid scene, Assistant Treasurer Thomas C. Acton signs new mold certificates in the sub treasury, clocking seven thousand signatures in three days and thirteen thousand overall, as he faces daily demands and monotony amid a flood of one hundred millions in the house. The Washington dispatches mention the scale of signings and Acton’s resolve to continue.
A lawyer in a town office encounters a man who offers to sell a note for collection. The lawyer collects the 25 note, charges fees, and earns 200 profit after failing to place the note for 1850 with others. The client reveals the scheme and praises the result.
A small woman questions staff at Hackensack Jersey City depot about the Gipster train seeking Croster-O-o-e-ter. An official loses temper. she solves the mystery. Also notes Madame Marian nearing Paris debut and the Tichborne claimant’s wife in a Southampton workhouse with two children.
The article praises Sardou's collection of costumes, prints, and engravings shown at the central art union exhibition in Paris. It highlights his accurate period dress, attention to historical detail, and use of sketches and fashion plates to recreate 1799 era life, while noting the museum-like care and the broad array of props and settings. It also describes a shop practice involving live figures used as window displays and sale aids, including the use of women as dress-figures and their daily routines in the shop.
A morning paper advertises for young ladies to model fashionable forms for a city shop. The shopkeeper says the business relies on women of various shapes to attract attention, using them to fit garments and display items while denying interest in their personal conduct after work. Women come from all city parts, assembling as needed.
An old Boston business leader recalls a candid Irish boy who asked for a position and rose to become a successful merchant. The tale contrasts Jem who left a struggling family to build wealth, with Joe who stayed idle. the lesson is that keen energy and prompt action can transform a boy into a self-made man.
France Bismarck, long a highly decorated Christendom figure, was awarded an additional Order of Chrysanthemum by the Mikado of Japan, bringing his total decorations to forty five.
The woman traveling Western cities as the wife of Mexico’s president is Laura Mantecon Bire. She was known as Mrs Juarez or Mrs Gonzalez, married to President Gonzales, but separated over six years ago.
A collage of practical tips and observations from a rural newspaper page. Topics include cattle movements from Kansas, glucose content in Michigan table crops, feeding stalks to milch cows, washing lisle gloves with ammonia, making heat paste from corn starch for scrapbooks, oleomargarine and its market issues, Nova Scotia forest fires, clover patches as cover crops, a beekeeper reporting 1100 pounds of honey, and recipes and personal health anecdotes.
Father Peter Joan Becks, leader of the Jesuit order, is in a late stage of life with declining health fueling speculation about his successor. He has led the order for nearly thirty years, a notably long tenure as the position typically goes to older individuals.
A famed journalist crafts an editorial with a coy quotation about a noted writer. His wife questions the attribution, prompting a brief exchange where the writer admits the line was his own. The moment highlights self-referential humor in a long career.
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