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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1899
Page
19
A fragment discussing informal luncheon gatherings as affordable entertainment, outlining table decor, menu ideas, and service tips. It notes that afternoon gatherings suit many but mainly involve women, with advice on scheduling, keeping the meal simple, and ensuring proper preparation of hot dishes. It also touches on legal tax details in a distant, abrupt aside.
A Hungarian hospital tale recounts a young female doctor seeking access to operations. Denied by a surgeon for illness, she protests, prompting a beard debate among staff. Another surgeon’s beard sparks a question of appearance versus science, leading her to leave the hospital. The episode is framed as a parable on gender and authority.
Georgia's tax rate for 1899 shows mills as the levy while 1884 figures and last year's rate are discussed. County digests fall short of expectations, Puliton County's loss near 4,000,000 undermining gains from 114 counties. The first General Assembly set the tax fund for state government and school support.
A quirky piece asks how many know the uses of snuff jars after their original purpose. It describes colorful fired jars with bands of bats, orange hues, and decorative potential as vases or containers for ashes, matches, or seaside keepsakes, noting their beauty increases after firing.
A St Louis Post Dispatch excerpt argues the domestic servant question reveals class bias. It claims the maid’s status as a luxury fuels respectability claims by both mistress and maid, while noting a future where mistress serves the maid may seem impractical.
The article surveys wedding gown styles from gray cloth looks with satin trim and mother’s-mission details to pale gray French cloth tunics, pale checked suits, gray tangas, pale blue taffeta gowns, and a striking white serge ensemble with daisy embroidery. It notes conservative tastes versus departures like bright florals and lace accents.
A Balti mora resident recalls a Lafayette visit in 1824 when autograph mania shifted to hair specimens. A timid girl asked for a piece of his wig, and General Lafayette quickly offered the coburn wig, prompting fright among onlookers in a crowded seminary setting.
A child narrates riding the engine with her father aboard a long moving train. She delights in the engine's sound and silver banner across the sky while the father guides the ride and promises safety. A tender goodbye from the mother closes the scene with a somber tone.
Dr William P Wilson director of the Philadelphia Conacreral Museum and director general of the national export exposition is praised for unusual intelligence and executive ability. In 1893 he conceived founding a commercial museum using raw products as its nucleus to showcase trade potential.
The article notes multiple nations at the Chicago World’s Fair with authority from Philadelphia, praising donations to a proposed museum and large natural history collections on display. It mentions plans for organizing the exhibition and the museum’s role in aiding U S commercial interests and expanding trade under the Commercial Museum’s auspices.
A fragment discusses excess and restlessness in American life, noting unhealthy traits and a gambling phrase. It references a Congregationalist minister who received champagne from a parishioner and a minister's son asked about Lake Champlain, with a boy answering about having some water.
A fragmented account recalls Jose Rizal as a Laguna native and Manila graduate who studied medicine in Europe, earned multiple degrees, learned languages, and held a post with a renowned Vienna specialist. It notes his poetry, marriage to Josephine Bracken, exile in Mindanao, and later urged to renounce Masonry by Jesuit teachers to obtain a final outcome.
In the early dawn he was led to the Bagumbayan field where the carriages Wheel near the bandstand and there, refusing to kneel, he was shot to death as a traitor. Details from Harper's Magazine note a dramatic execution witnessed at the scene.
In the New York World commentary on Lady Randolph Churchill the article argues middle aged women hold advantages in today’s marriage market versus earlier eras. It notes her age as about forty five and cites Lynn Linton’s celebrated portrayal of mature Englishwomen in a London Spectator piece.
A humorous glimpse at wedding processions and preposterous wedding day antics. The piece imagines a reluctant bridegroom and a comically staged ceremony with breakfast eggs and a mock parade, reflecting satirical tone from the Atchison Globe.
A Paris newspaper recounts a mysterious incident involving a lady identified only as P living at Vices zensae. She dropped a large ruby earring during a public event. four days later the jewel was found, but gastric juices damaged part of it and the remainder was swallowed to test if it could be recovered.
A mosaic of clipped quotes from Florida to Indiana reflecting casual talk on romance money and social chatter. Snippets touch on courtship promises fashion plans political remarks and a dismissive line about men and women.
A fragmentary verse by Robert G. Ingersoll from August 19, 1873, venerates Burns birthplace. The poem compares the humble thatch and clay dwelling to royal halls, declaring Burns the noblest figure beyond kings and peers.
Dr Karl Peters forwards to the London Times an account of fading Cyclopean ruins near the River Maira a southern Zambesi tributary. The gold bearing site is linked to a Semitic race of gold workers with walls still standing feet high. Mines here reportedly traced to Mashonaland workers farther south. location hinted by a 1705 Atias Historique passage.
Poem exhortation urging the reader to abandon despair and idle thought. It emphasizes work today, resilience in loneliness, and trust in God’s guidance. The speaker calls the reader to action, courage, and steadfast faith, promising divine support.
The piece portrays Mabori a Paris bar member praised for oratory yet flawed in skill who used legal prowess in the Zola affair. It notes a bout of typhoid weakened him and his wife an Australian pianist who married Labor, had two children, and later divorced Pachmann before marrying Mabori. The narrative highlights her beauty a striking blonde and public Rennes court appearances.
An account of Sandhill cranes on prairies and their dramatic courtship dances. A male crane courts the female with flamboyant, derisive displays, while a sentinel-like female guards the group. Observations describe the birds’ antics, fights, and the female’s selection of a mate based on performance and endurance.
An 1870s note describes sandhill cranes performing elaborate courtship in a chaotic dance. Cranes rifle their fathers, spread wings, and contort necks in intricate positions while moving in synchronized groups. They whirl on one leg, then switch legs, leap, somersault, and clash in feints as females observe. Fights between rivals can be savage, sometimes fatal, until the victor wins a mate. The piece notes cranes now decline in Illinois but remain common on Dakota plains, much to farmers’ chagrin.
A satirical column surveys social foibles and manners with biting asides on women, marriage, fashion, dentistry and jewelry. It riffs on ink stained pens, ivory vs silver trinkets, and the aging heroine trope while lampooning pretentious talk and domesticities.
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