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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1882
Page
2
A report notes the Mexican national railroad has completed 279 miles of its system, linking with a Texas line of 82 miles and a 74 mile Mexican branch. It laments Mexico's sparse rail facilities and lack of navigable rivers, while praising American enterprise driving regional reform.
The North Star, a New Bedford whaler, met a fate similar to the Jeannette, crushed by Arctic seas about twelve miles from Point Barrow where the old station is set. The crew endured a grim trek over icebergs to safety, dragging their boats and digging through barriers, yet they were fortunate to be near help when disaster struck.
The Princess of Wales, now in her ash year, looks scarcely older than she did when she stood at the altar nineteen years ago. Her enduring regard by the people of England is described as deepening with time. Public discourse centers on her virtue and good taste, which are rarely questioned.
Dr Braz argues the Seniferian warns bad school air and crowded rooms depress intellect and harm children. He likens exposed brains to dwarfed ages, blaming poisoned atmosphere and poor heat and ventilation for disease and potential child mortality in large cities.
German statisticians Behm and Wagner publish an updated world population total of 1,498,857,500, about 22 million less than two years ago. The revision lowers China by 50 million, notes a global rise of about 30 million over ten years, and updates regional figures for Europe at 827,743,400 and Asia at 795,591,000. Africa estimates vary between 100.6 million and 200 million, reflecting wide uncertainty.
A long, garbled list of notes covers divorces, telegraph lines, naval news, political conventions, conjectures on a comet, rail and steamship topics, crimes, trials, and Egypt Britain politics. Names and places are fragmentary but include New York, Milwaukee, Buffalo, Grover Cleveland, H. W. Slocum, and Gladstone with scattered dates and events.
A Nashville officer shot and killed Joseph Ruseett during an attempted arrest. Reports describe a struggle with a suspect and a resisting individual who bit, and there are unspecific claims about an enslaved or unknown assailant and a white woman involved. The incident raises questions about conduct and accountability.
A torrent of clipped notes reports flood losses in Italy and Austria totaling about 2,000,000 dorins, recovery of towns in Tyrol, and mob unrest. It notes naval events near Crete, political exchanges about the Suez canal, mutinous threats in Yokohama, and martial-law extensions around St. Petersburg amid wartime pressures.
The Gurheld monumentels tax board issues circular outlining two exhibit classes for the upcoming fair: donated articles to be disposed of after, and loaned items to be returned to lenders. The note covers governance of display, ownership, and final disposition.
A flood of wrecks and deaths across cities records drownings fires and train crashes. Frederickeon missing after drowning near Das Moines and two youths jailed in Slann ton Virginia died in a clash with a car. A seventeen year old child of George Macl oy perished in a family home fire in St Louis. A collision near Shelbyville Kentucky injured and killed several, including a brakeman. Porter Jorx Strathorn burned in a Cisempati oil explosion and died. Funeral of William Wylie Bishop Wiley followed the same blast. A large Methodist Episcopal gathering attended. A collision in New York funnel near the SGeweelevation between Harlem and New Haven trains caused multiple deaths and injuries.
Reads like a late 19th century dispatch detailing Grand Meadows blaze where nine homes and a block burned, Lovell Grove victims, and a Chicago Alton rail depot loss. Separately, Georgian Bay wrecks include the 404-ton vessel Avalon and the Picton missing near Port Colborne with loss of life and a lifeboat escape, Captains’ reports placing it near Owen Sound.
A scrambled report lists prices and movements for grains and provisions. Flour and wheat figures appear with inconsistent spellings, including bushels and cash values. The piece cites receipts and stock levels, with multiple dated references and varying unit prices.
The fragment lists prices for flour, wheat, corn, oats and barley with various monthly and term notes. It mentions lower rates and cash prices for sellers, and references months September through January, with miscellaneous figures and commodities such as oats, barley and flax. The text remains fragmented and inconsistent in units and naming.
Fragmented health notes discuss delayed remedies and stresses on early treatment. Mentions Upstetvers Bittern as a remedy, praises early use for digestive and malarial issues and warns against delay. emphasizes liver and stomach disorders and the need for discipline in treatment.
The fall term of the North Westar Business College and Academy in Madison Wisconsin begins Monday September 4. Send for College Journal for details.
Geological Survey members report a grove of largent trees in Tulare County reaching up to 676 feet in height with 106 foot base circumference and 76 feet 12 inches above ground. Some trees reach 376 feet tall with three feet diameter, and felled examples suggest ages of 2000 to 2500 years.
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