23 Nov 1878
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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1878
Page
1
The poem urges action over dream and regret. Adelaide Proctor champions abandoning past regrets to seize present strength and duty. It exhorts readers to rise, cast away phantom hopes, and face the stern day with courageous resolve.
Maurice Cameron refuses his father Basil Cameron’s demand to marry a woman of status, Sophie Litchfield. The stubborn heir leaves home to work as a butcher, then returns after his father visits Sophie’s farm and witnesses a genuine match. Mrs Cameron reconciles as Maurice agrees to a business stake instead of being a gentleman.
All members of the forty sixth congress are chosen except four in California. California will hold special elections in September due to a dispensation. If Congress meets in a special session before September, California will have no representation in the House.
A correspondent asks for guidance on kicking cows. The suggested method uses an eleven box-toe boot to strike the cow under the flank eighteen or nineteen times to force her down, after which she may be sold for beef.
A commentary on courtesy and gentleness contrasts harsh public rhetoric with humane behavior. The piece argues restraint over provocation and cites Mephistopheles and Sepherdim as examples. It then reports the Sullivant estate’s collapse, sold to foreclosures, leaving land to be divided into small farms for hundreds of families in Gibson (Ill.) Courier.
The excerpt lists prominent explorers and conquerors with their grim fates, noting deaths in poverty cruelty or execution across figures like Columbus Balboa and Pizarro, and remarks on the perilous life of early expeditions. It closes with an ode referencing a sealskin cloak and distance from success.
An Indianapolis party launches an overland Arctic plan to reach the North Pole via the Red River to Pembina and Hudson Bay. The 50 Eskimos with dogs and reindeer aim to reach 80 degrees north, seeking traces of Sir John Franklin and his crew before winter.
Dr Greene argues that laughter stimulates minute blood vessels and vital forces, suggesting hearty laughter lengthens life. He predicts future medicine will focus more on the mind’s influence than drugs, using laughter as a prescription to boost health.
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