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Newspaper
Marshall Messenger
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1877
Page
6
A fragmentary poem recalls a cavalry squadron riding the plains in pursuit of elusive foes. Soldiers uncover relics of a fallen man as the Wolverines and Company 3 of Twelfth Michigan are named, honoring fallen comrades with a ceremonial salute.
In a small church Saturday, Tom Sawyer trades tickets for color coded Bible prizes as he rises to envy and awe. The Sunday school superintendent, Judge Thatcher, and Amy Lawrence watch as Tom finally claims the Bible prize with nine yellow, red, and blue tickets amid a chaotic scene of rule breaking and showmanship.
A wide tour of legendary athletes and feats from Melancomas under Titus to Milo of Croton and Thomas Topham, plus later famed jumpers Carlos XII and Grimaldi. Descriptions cover defensive pugilism, iron-spun challenges, eccentric stunts, and the daring Seville bell-ringers.
A collage of witty lines and brief anecdotes from a late 19th or early 20th century periodical. It pokes fun at fashion, banking liabilities, art misprints, courtship, and social quirks with quips about ribbones, blue glass chimneys, belted shirts, and laundry list jokes. Notable snippets include misquoted sailors, preachers, and household scenes, plus multimodal gags on gender and manners.
A Bangor resident awoke from a night of paralysis with family and neighbors around in dread, a stranger offering the spoon of medicine, and the sick man declaring he felt better than ever. A neighbor’s friction revived him, a doctor arrived as he rose, and he paid his bill.
A Toledo Commercial report recounts a Blackstone disciple who employed two youths on Summit Street to clean his office. After paying a stipulated sum in cents, he gives a dollar bill to the older boy and tears it in two, claiming the halves for each.
A pious congregation hears a humorous mispronunciation during a Sunday sermon as a pastor reads a phrase about gathering grains and fistles, provoking smiles. The quip ends with a joke about marriage and a wife’s wardrobe, noting a man’s dearest object may be his wife yet her clothing.
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