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Newspaper
Marion Weekly Register
Location
Marion, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1871
Page
2
A long, mixed readable slice from a 19th century paper features a moral reflection on desire and fortune through a carriage scene and a woodcutter, a Mrs Livermore correspondence about gaudy hotel life and gossip, a historical timeline of U.S. state adoptions, a collage of breezy jests about love jealousy and social scenes, plus brief notes on politics, a canny weather of humor and a Buffalo spirit medium.
A short dialogue reveals a master and servant named Pompey discussing a whipping that occurred the previous week. The exchange hints at recognition of past punishment and dynamics of authority.
A historical sketch recounts the Alabama Confederate cruiser, its British links, capture of American ships, and eventual destruction by the Kenmore. It notes British complicity with Semmes, the ship’s renaming, and the broader pattern of Confederate raiders including the Sumter and Florida.
David Simmons steered his locomotive through a dangerous obstruction on a bridge near New Hamburg. He refused to abandon his post while his fireman urged him to jump, saving about a hundred lives as the train narrowly avoided a catastrophe. Simmons perished in the final dash through the obstruction, praised as a heroic engineer in the ensuing obituary.
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