03 Dec 1869
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Newspaper
Dodgeville Chronicle
Location
Dodgeville, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1869
Page
1
A verse piece from Western Railroad Gazette laments a sputtering steam engine. The speaker taunts the old machine as it struggles, praising its brass, fire, and training while hinting at mechanical wear and a looming shadow over the express. The poem blends affection with critique of aging locomotion.
A collage of curiosities from a bygone era reports telegraph mileage in France, a Colorado town named Purgatory, and a Richmond couple’s bridal tour ending in jail for furniture theft. It notes fires in Gorham Maine worked by women, Georgia tall men, Michigan chess plans, and a 95 year old Methodist preacher. Additional items cover Peabody fund aid in Columbus schools, a beggar in England with a physician’s certificate, and various European marvels from tea myths to a talking machine in Berlin.
A Portland correspondent recounts Jimmy the captive at the West Brook Poor-house, found near death and nearly speechless after arrival from Liverpool aboard the Sarah Sands. He lost both feet, never spoke, and lives in a fetid barn-like ward, exhibiting feral habits and fierce outbursts while receiving sparse care and sporadic exercise. He remains a mysterious, brutal figure kept under watchful guard by the keeper.
Readily detailed summary of 1869 foreign news: Cuba’s junta publishes a constitution guaranteeing religious freedom press public meetings education and inalienable rights. Suez Canal fleet of 45 steamers reaches Suez with minor navigational congestion. Haiti insurrection gains ground with Salnave losing generals. English ship Royal Standard wrecked near Rio Janeiro with eight drownings. sugarcane crushing expanding in Cuba. earthquakes hit the Philippines. various political, financial, and colonial developments across Europe Americas and Asia are noted with multiple dates, figures, and regional outcomes.
The examining committee for Captain Washington, linked to the Stonewall incident for not stopping when the steamer burned, reports after weighing the evidence that he committed a great error uncharacteristic of Western boatmen under similar circumstances.
The text notes an adopted 5,000 majority for the Judiciary article of the New York State Constitution while the rest of the constitution is defeated. It lists a 94 seat Republican majority on Kansas joint ballot, announces the Indiana Republican State Convention on February 22, 1870 in Indianapolis, and reports Portsmouth New Hampshire mayoral results with Joseph B. Adams winning 965 votes to 596 for Frank Jones. It mentions South Carolina legislature convening on the 23rd, the governor’s positive financial message, the National Woman's Suffrage Convention in Cleveland on the 24th with Col. T. W. Higginson elected president and Myra Bradwell and Mary F. Davis as secretaries, and W. N. Hudson as treasurer.
The Syracuse Courier prints Dr J T Boynton's November 12 letter defending the Cardiff Giant and outlining plans for a full report. He calls the giant a gypsum statue, notes possible origin, and describes experiments on gypsum solubility and water erosion. He hopes the giant illuminates Onondaga history and declines sensational claims.
A Massachusetts Prison scene recounts two men, John Long and John Hayes, pardoned after four years of mistaken confinement for highway robbery. The Warden announced their discharge, highlighting the grave injustice of wrongful imprisonment and urging society to acknowledge the error. A Boston horticultural school plan follows, detailing a twenty acre site with a five acre flower and vegetable garden and facilities to educate girls in housework.
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