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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1885
Page
3
A fragmented verse piece portrays a violent scene at a crowded event with danger, fear, and a rescue by a swift volunteer. A child is saved as chaos erupts, while families and bystanders react with horror. The text blends dramatic imagery with chaotic wording.
George Hixson, a recently graduated physician, returns to Sharondale with a four year medical diploma tied with a blue ribbon. Despite honest methods and faith in God, locals resist accepting him as doctor due to poverty and rumors. He seeks to establish himself in his boyhood village, facing prejudice, mockery, and social barriers from neighbors and children who taunt the new title Doctor.
A poor young physician in Sharon, Dr. George H. Arron, battles poverty and neglect while replacing a famed rival. He treats Tommy with smallpox, gains trust, and earns the village’s respect as the outbreak spreads through homes. The town builds his practice with a grateful community around him.
A Rugby settlement review from Glen Mary to Rugby estate, detailing English and American residents. The correspondent notes mixed ancestry, land use, and social dynamics, praising English labor and rector example, criticizing speculative American wealth, and drawing parallels to early Virginia colonization.
A vivid tale follows a young man self conscious of his appearance as he plans portrait photographs with his wife. He convinces the photographer to recreate his whiskers and faces a choice to appear more favorable, hinting at social acceptance and pride. A related notice recalls a half century apart reunion saga and a Long Island journalist reports James Death Ward and Jonathan Death Ward reconnecting after fifty years. The piece notes their ages, marriage, and travel from London to America in 1834 and 1835, with Ward in Lowell and plans for a visit from Salem, New Jersey.
Eri Dinpatch laments the end of bygone crafts as overproduction collapses ramp work. He recalls a cave of gloom, notes hard times force charity or crime, and describes makeshift repairs like mending umbrellas and dishes with string and glue before letting things dry.
A garbled OCR sample blends lines about the Mikado and liver health with stray notices. It includes mock dialogue on liver virtue, a physician’s testimonial for Fly’s Cream Balm, a Texas judge accused of plagiarism, and speculative ads for farming books, hay, and hotel rates in New York City.
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