27 Aug 1869
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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1869
Page
1
A ruined quatrain-like fragment portrays tall daisies and a rural feast scene. The speaker notes a joyful, careless mood and a pull of spirit amid a subdued afterglow, with unclear references to a maid and hopeful reunions.
A crooked city weights official colludes with small clients to sell cigars at fake prices, gets caught by a Custom House officer, and the haul worth thousands is confiscated. Separate notes describe milk adulteration fights by Westborough farmers, a chemist test exposing burnt sugar added to neighbor’s milk, and a cluttered scene at a Boston Spectator moralizing about churchgoers and a crowded Chinese chapel.
A vivid 19th century reminiscence centers on Ramonnet and Ivernet, master-butchers in Figence. They plot a Drat hoax to steal sheep from a local pound, involve the sexton Jacques, the curate, and a frightened butcher, ending with a chaotic chase and a frightened escape.
A 1869 Columbia Herald item recounts a Shanghai News Letter tale of a coffin weighted by a millstone and a bewitching superstition that leads to a Mandarin inquiry and arrest. It notes the muttered credence among the Chinese and a later scare about a bean shop widow suspected in her husband’s murder. A separate vignette describes two Clinton youths rigging a horse with a wheelbarrow-like device to speed their ride, leading to a dangerous runaway and medical care for injured youths.
A rambling anecdote recalls buying gloves and linen handkerchiefs at a street booth labeled at cost, with a skeptical wife and witnesses teasing the buyer. The piece then shifts to a Governor Stanford private car interaction over wine and a Chicago trader, followed by a long, sprawling mock-news column mixing stock gossip, lightning lore, and a mammoth discovery in Russia.
The item surveys dangerous diving limits, air and pressure constraints, and attempts at safer gear, noting divers in heavy dresses, fatigue at ninety feet, and a dozen hours of work underwater. It cites an Italian armor dress, and remarks on ocean pressures, plus a sea-saga of comet forecasts and public notices about individuals and stock maneuvers.
An OCR mash reports varied items about health advice and domestic concerns. It mentions Baptists in Germany, hygiene, and child care, plus a Stockton landslide, a Washington shooting festival, and diverse notes on public health and society.
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