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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1894
Page
2
A sweeping digest of brief items reports fires, deaths, arrests, votes, and disasters across multiple states. The wire summarizes labour disputes, court actions, public notices, accidents, and political developments with numerous named places and people, including labors, governors, and lawmakers.
In Chicago the famous wheel may be shipped to New York to become a giant aerial garden and skating rink at 290 feet high. Four steel columns support a 200 by 200 foot platform with a pyramid observatory tower atop. The plan includes summer and winter closures and potential use as a roof garden with a stage and orchestra. Meanwhile debris from a Cleveland foundry collapse injures workers and New Bedford weavers return to work at a 6 percent wage cut.
The report outlines a week of lower prices across grains pork steel and textiles with corn and wheat retreating, cotton weak, and soy products steady. Exports from both coasts total 3 193 080 bushels vs 2 709 000 last year while bank clearings show improvement offset by softer staple prices and cautious capital flow.
A Stockholm correspondent describes Sweden’s telephone development as leading the globe, with Ericsson equipment and low local rates. The state telegraph system expanded, connecting major cities and even Norway and Denmark, while private networks competed before state control consolidated nationwide interconnections and a pervasive, affordable service.
Osea Tulley of Yardville near New Jersey survived an appendectomy after an extraordinary appetite for oysters led to a rare health crisis. Doctors removed a deadened appendix and a pearl-like oyster in the bowel was found, tied to his legendary craving. Tulley recovered and says his appetite is returning, with questions if he will resume his oyster feasts.
An old notice claims a Mr. A L Thoms offers a free $1.00 NO-TO-BAO package to readers suffering from tobacco withdrawal. It asks readers to mail the notice back in an envelope marked Personal and the paper name, promising cure through the president’s endorsement.
Diners in St Mark's Square report pigeons attacking foreigners for feeding. Bank of France guards tighten security to deter a vault burglary miming a submerged method. A City Press London correspondent cites parochial magazine quips about a vicarage household’s seven cooks and rumors of domestic strife.
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