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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1890
Page
3
Molly defies danger to rescue Duke as soldiers raid a church during a colonial confrontation. The escape leads to capture and Molly's marriage to Washington’s cause, while the tale intertwines farming reform and rural resilience in the narrator's voice.
An unreliable rag of text recounts a farmer praising the wheel hoe over the rake for weeding, noting wider rows and repeated passes for a powdery surface. It then shifts to a drunken Bangor man on a Portland train who teases a fellow passenger about fishing, claiming to have caught a 43 pound mammoth cod on the Empire State steamer.
The piece recounts a fatal balloon ascent at a fair where Milton Redin fell to his death as the balloon drifted southward, amid terrified crowds and rescuers. It also notes London's overcrowded cemeteries, with Brompton and Tower Hamlets cited, detailing grave sizes and slow decay.
Special correspondence describes Western Washington around Seattle, its climate, timber wealth, and farming prospects. The region's vast forests, fertile valleys, and rising population drive dreams of sawmills, manufacturing, and agriculture amid mountains and coastal scenery. It notes timber as main wealth and plans for settlers to exploit 160 acre homesteads valued by timber and land.
A long portrait traces J W Mackay from Dublin birth on November 20 1851 to emigration in 1850 1851 and rise in California Nevada and Boston. It highlights his role in the Hale and Norcross and Commercial Bank ventures his fortune from the Nevada mines and his status as a major mine-owner with Southern Pacific ties while noting his family Palaces in London and Varis residence and his Scottish heritage and charitable reputation.
The piece describes meerschaum from Turkey used to make pipes. It notes weights, prices, and rough processing steps from stock to final pipe, including how waste is handled and that chips are reused for imitation pipes. The text covers material appearance and cost ranges.
A historical note describes pipe stem crafting and turning techniques, with details on wax polishing, chisel use, and sizing, followed by reflections on Scottish influence in Canada and Australia. It explains meerschaum dust processing into imitation pipes and how real versus imitation pipes are distinguished by buoyancy and aging color.
A Society of Indy students and graduates under Women's University association operates in Southwark for two years providing evening classes and recreation, aiding holiday care for children, supporting the London Pupil Teachers' Association, and managing Bord schools. It supports the Metropolitan Association for Befriending Young Servants and opened a lodging house for destitute domestic workers. The piece notes German, French, and English women's social conditions, with remarks on beauty standards, dress, and changing hair color trends across nations, including a brief look at public health insurance and pensions in Germany and England.
St Paul Minn Sept 2 The Right Rev John Ireland archbishop of the diocese announced that J C Hinl president of the Northern Railway company will donate 100000 for a grand Catholic college at Groveland a St Paul suburb. The college will educate men for priesthood. Building starts next spring with a 1892 dedication planned. St Bill to endow professorship.
A large fire devastated a block in Arcadia early this morning. Authorities believe an incendiary caused the blaze, with estimates placing damage around 220,000, partly insured. The article also mentions dubious patent medicines and other unrelated items interwoven with the report.
An obscure ad promotes Goonwives to try a renake of Suosring Soap claiming health benefits. It mentions a Statesboro company and a dubious cure for multiple ailments with liquid and topical applications. The misspelled copy reflects low quality OCR and marketing chatter from a bygone era.
An advertisement asserts a $500 reward if Dr Sage’s Remedy fails to cure chronic catarrh, claiming permanent relief and automatic pay if symptoms persist. It declares the remedy cures cold in the head, catarrah headaches, bad breath, impaired senses, watering eyes, and memory issues, sold by druggists for 50 cents.
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