21 Oct 1870
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Newspaper
Kokomo Journal
Location
Kokomo, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1870
Page
1
The Kokomo Journal lists Howard Circuit Court and Common Pleas schedule dates with city officials and commissioners. It also details Pittsburg Cincinnati and St. Louis Railway arrival and departure times with through sleep car service and night trains offered by the line.
A long listing of prizes from the Kokomo fair shows premiums for best stallions, mares, colts, cattle, hogs, sheep, and miscellaneous divisions. Named winners include Christier, Miller, Hinton, Burgett, Tobey, Elson, Harris, Colway, Carter, War, Ramsey, Jordan, Busby, Newton, Rodkey, Floyd, Shultz, and many others across horses, cattle, hogs, sheep, and crafts with sums from 2.00 to 10.00 and up to 10 000 for trotting stakes.
The page lists multiple church services with pastors and meeting times including Presbyterian Rev Hutchison at Wilson's Hall Sundays 10 am and 7 pm, Congregational Rev Baldwin 10 am and 7:30 pm, Episcopal Rev Wilson 10 am and 7 pm, and Christian Elder E L Frazier with Bible class. Also notes I O O F meetings, auto songs group, and several Kokomo attorneys including Kroh, Murray, Garrigus, Keen Elliott Robinson with offices and notary roles.
A prudent master tests his drunkard servant asking how much money he saved. The servant replies none, noting it rained yesterday and all was spent. A lady asks about the cook's religion before hiring him, and the cook says he always follows the family's faith.
A deacon jokes to the newly ordained minister that the Lord will keep him humble while the congregation keeps him poor, reflecting a stern social humor about church finances and clerical status.
On a recent trip a loud passenger accused a rough looking man of theft. Captain Tenson questioned both men and revealed the accuser in fact had no claim. The real thief, a grocery clerk, fled as the boat neared the dock.
The passage catalogs famed mnemonists and memory feats. Cyrus recalled every soldier, Athens counted ten thousand citizens, Seneca claimed vast recall, Granville recited the New Testament in Greek, and others like Cook Racine Mirandola Cranmer Euler Leibniz Bossuet are cited for extraordinary retention.
The Globe reports 1 288 000 000 souls with 360 000 000 Caucasian, 2 042 languages, 1 000 religions, and 33 333 323 yearly deaths. Mortality equals 91 514 daily, 5 730 hourly, 62 per minute, with average life 33 years and low survival to old age.
A well known New York broker and a second broker attempted a prank that turned theft as a trick. The second broker stole items from the first including an embroidered handkerchief a cigar case and a silver card case before boarding a ferry. A passerby thief then relieved the second broker of the stolen goods, leaving both men puzzled by the loss.
An old Granite Company ox in Worcester Massachusetts displays unexpected intelligence. Limping to the blacksmith, the animal presents its foot and the smith discovers a small stone under the shoe. The stone is removed and the ox returns to work, praised for its perceptive action.
A Springfield Republican excerpt discusses color blindness, noting many cannot distinguish red from green and other hues. It argues railroad and vessel workers should be tested to ensure eye reliability, citing estimates from Dr. Wilson about defect prevalence.
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