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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1905
Page
7
Rural Free Delivery reports from carriers and farmers show roads determine mail routes and service. Carriers praise farmers who provide boats and passable bridges, noting floods, washed bridges, and bad fords strain routes yet loyal locals keep mail moving.
The Kaiser’s court recounts a revived medieval custom at the German royal wedding. Crown Prince Frederick William and Duchess Creslin reportedly engaged in a card game ritual, with other royals observing, followed by a later garter presentation to a guest. The event echoes Prussian traditions from two centuries past amid the wedding festivities.
Treasury Secretary Leslie M. Shaw urges young men to work for achievement not pay. He cites years of self made effort from farm work to college and law, and warns that competition has grown fiercer as one becomes the best worker commands higher compensation.
Europeans flood American industries with seasonal work while returning home each year. The piece argues immigration challenges, noting laborers fill jobs at low wages, crowd urban centers, and strain prosperity, urging law amendments or enforcement to moderate arrivals and protect native workers.
A critique argues steerage entry fills New York and Pennsylvania with migrants while inland states stay underpopulated. It notes widespread violations of immigration laws and questions the system’s fairness and economic impact, urging managed dispersal and stricter enforcement.
An incomplete line describes dispersed southern European settlers spreading across sparsely settled regions. It notes these groups would be welcomed and, within generations, largely become part of the local population.
A historical note extols English as the most widespread tongue, citing population totals for English, Russian, German, Spanish, French, and other languages. It mentions Britain’s past insignificance and marks a shift as the City States grow and English spreads globally.
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