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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1897
Page
2
A long dispatch list covers diverse items from Minnesota butter popularity in London to political campaigns in New York and Georgia. Highlights mention Seth Low for New York mayor, Klondike gold prospects, Klondike rail projects, and various court cases, strikes, and political maneuvers across the United States and abroad.
A chaotic collage reports locust plagues in Argentina, floods in Spain causing severe damage, royal receptions in Paris, a burn death in London, and a papal appeal over Palestine. Notable figures include Empress Carietta, Emperor William, Francis Joseph, and Louise Michel as well as Cannes and Cuba related tensions.
In McKeesport Times recounts a German band playing for drinks before saloons when a boy teased them with a lemon. The lemon incident disrupted the performance as band members dropped out, leaving only the bass horn player who quit after a moment. The scene drew quiet laughter from onlookers as the group left to seek other venues.
A Swedish writer notes at Stockholm’s exposition that sugar beet farming propelled Sweden’s sugar industry since 1882 when raw sugar began to be produced domestically. Cubes illustrating value show farmer earnings around 109000 dollars in 1882 and ABT’s six million dollar impact, with overall growth and protection shaping consumption and prices.
A few weeks ago Disa Eachelssohn was named professor of civil law at the University of Upsala, the first female to hold a university professorship in Sweden.
Dan and Cao summarize a brisk week in the New York trade scene with pig iron and coal activity up, wheat and corn exports surging, sterling gains against imports, and cash markets firming. Strong gains in pastures, textiles, and metal buying reflect consumer strength and improved mercantile collections.
A Cass avenue resident frantically calls his lawyer after an extended midnight encounter with an octopus. The distressed man claims he was promised a transfer for Springweila and Woodmere but never received it. As the ride progressed through muddy country, the conductor demanded a ticket, leaving the traveler in fear and in need of legal help to assess the situation and resist further losses.
Detroit Free Press recounts a frantic, dark nocturnal escape where a defiant man lands kneeling in a swamp while yelling for police. He crawls through paddies and brambles, misidentified as a train robber, and ends up paid to be hauled after a shocking stumble into a brick yard.
A century-old border incident between North Carolina and South Carolina ends with a diplomat's quip. After a heated pension dispute, the South Carolina governor demanded surrender of a fugitive. The North Carolina governor paused, then quipped that it was a long time between drinks, preserving the prisoner and keeping relations cordial.
William Pegtar city marshal and saloonkeeper faced three tramps driven from Yankton who drank beer near the Misgrauri river. Pegtar attempted arrest and was severely beaten, leaving him bloodied and torn. The mob escorted the trio to Hartington for trial after learning Pegtar sold them the beer.
A terse report notes that Heer, Gemt used the case and the hat wag pesged for their benefit. Popular subscription secured enough to send the tramps toward Ogpha, and on a passenger coach at Yanktor, South Dakota, press.
A Boston Globe list shows how towns named after states exist in other states. It catalogues Alabama, Arizona, Alaska, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Texas, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Vermont, and Utah as namesakes in various states, with many cross-listed pairs.
Mrs Hannah Robinson of 621 Went Forty-fifth Street New York sought a divorce from John Robinson and, in a bizarre move, offered to sell him to Mrs Jennie Grey for 825. Grey accepted, a bill of sale was drawn, and money exchanged. The pair fled to New Jersey as Robinson’s wife seeks legal steps toward divorce and the papers are being prepared.
A barroom tale recounts a German accented man describing his wild ride on a bicycle that he could not stop. He explains leaving the curb, riding for hours, crashing near his home, and waking after several weeks of relapse and confusion.
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