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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1906
Page
8
The document lists Senate actions and committee referrals on investigations into tuberculosis and election bills, along with numerous proposed laws. It records debates, appropriations, and motions, including teacher wages, road and school funding, and various regulatory amendments.
Obituary recounts Marshall Field of Chicago dying at the Hotline House in New York following a bout with a fever and complications from influenza. It details his career from a Conway, Massachusetts farm boy to founder of Marshall Field & Co, noting his rise in wholesale trade, partnerships, and expansion into the mercantile empire. Relatives and physicians were present, with tributes to his business acumen and philanthropy.
A survey of Marshall bail seeks to quantify the enormous fortune of John Field, listing real estate in Cook County worth about 680 million, a flagship goods business at 28 million, and extensive holdings in Chicago area railroads, cotton and wool ventures, with assets across Australia, Europe, and North America. Estimates place total net worth around 125 million, though figures vary by source. Field is portrayed as private and unostentatious, avoiding publicity despite vast holdings.
The obituary details Marshall Field Wilton a craftsman tied to Ishone and Field family. It notes his marriage to Alse Namnle Dintylaan, their children Lewis Fell Marshall Field and Ethel Sewcombs Wigth, and the deaths and marriages of kin. It mentions his winters in Chicago and his devout churchgoing, ending with his son Marshall Bold’s suicide.
An essay by Ray Heary Cope critiques the view that religion exists for profit. It argues true faith is measured by personal righteousness, service, and sacrifice for others, not cash gains. The piece urges living for divine ends, embracing integrity, charity, and spiritual devotion over mere outward pretenses.
Fragmentary OCR reads as a religious treatise by Rev Y Miltonsrott on welfare and life, with garbled phrases about water use and wellbeing. The readable parts mention wellness, moral framing, and guidance.
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