31 May 1871
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Newspaper
Elyria Lorain Constitutionalist
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1871
Page
1
Fragmented OCR text presents a surreal poem with garbled lines about a tiny being, dancing dimples, a kiss, a kingdon, and a golden blossom of truth. The readable portions suggest a lyrical, archaic style. entities and concrete facts are minimal or obscured by errors.
Mark Twain style reminiscence describes the pony rider delivering mail nineteen hundred miles in eight days across the plains from St. Joseph to Sacramento. The vivid rider, gear, and racing horse endure harsh conditions while mass transit details and mail efficiency are recounted. The piece also notes Elizabeth Cady Stanton at the Omate Suffrage Convention criticizing Grant and cites recent U S Treasury rulings on small coin payments.
A World excerpt recounts Sumner defending federal power as a safeguard of national rights, opposing imperialism with a claim for equal rights and liberty. The prose lampoons the era’s political rhetoric and includes an aside about a Buffalo veteran, John Wagner, aged 104, famed for voting for Grant and awaiting marriage to a 102 year old fiancée.
Dispatches from Paris report fierce cannon and musket fire from dawn near Montmartre as Prussian forces tighten grip. Paris assembly gains. General Dombrowski wounded while attempting escape. Barricades blaze at Place de la Concorde and Boulevards Des Buignolles clashes continue. Versailles troops hold Saint Owen. fire warnings limit insurgent advance. News also notes Bismarck and German authorities planning bombardment threats near Washington’s envoy residence.
A roundup of anecdotes on Mrs Stanton and a counterpoint titled Why Not with Oh because mocking widowhood and marriage trades across cities. Scattered scenes from Indianapolis St Louis Chicago and New York describe breaches of promise cases, romantic schemes, and women’s suffrage efforts with humor and cautionary tone.
A New York Sea report claims prominent Virginians urged Larry Thi to fight Coburn and Mace in Virginia promising support and no interference. Coburn agrees. Maco and Cusick must consent. If Maco backs referee Frank Queen’s ruling, dispute may end. A tale of old war boasting and Grant habeas corpus aside closes with a ham theft anecdote.
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