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Newspaper
Marshall Messenger
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1876
Page
2
The fragment notes Marshall Wessenger and John Littlefield identified as editor and proprietor. It appears as a newspaper credits line indicating roles within the publication. No further context or actions are provided in the text.
Report notes a five pound potato unearthed in Yosemite Valley soil suggesting remarkable yield. Mentioned across topics is Cuba sugar output and coal shipment plans. An Indiana worker claims record cigar production and future potential.
The California Legislature passed a bill to abandon tuition in languages and music in common schools, a policy change with annual costs around fifty thousand dollars in San Francisco. Patent receipts for March reached eighty thousand four hundred fifty dollars, the highest on record and ten thousand more than the prior year.
Detroit seedsmen defy local borders by mailing samples from across the river. They saved about $2,000 under the law, with all postage paid to the Canadian Government, each government keeping the revenue it collects.
The Captain-General in Cuba recommends $82,000,000 annual expenses and $36,000,000 from direct taxation, with $180,000,000 in eight percent bonds to settle debt, while Havana bears one third of the burden. The report signals extreme fiscal strain in the Cuban administration. Lake Pontchartrain near New Orleans is rapidly silting from the Mississippi, with the lake shrinking four to five inches yearly and fish shifting. A Cape Elizabeth Maine farmer left a sealed will to be opened after 100 years, then died. heirs later found town records lost and property unsettled.
Reports from Washington include Babcock denying Miles’s prison confession story. House Territories committee shifts NM statehood vote to June 1877, delaying presidential participation. River and Harbor bill funds several states. Meigs and Emma mine testimonies face denials. Subpoenas and investigations loom as Custer and Scbenex are named in pending inquiries.
The Fifth Annual Convention of the Woman's Presbyterian Board of Missions met in Indianapolis with about 300 delegates from abroad. Chicago was chosen for the next meeting. Other items include a Texas Pacific Road land grant dispute worth 5 million, a 70,000-strong Chicago civic gathering, Gilman Clinton & Springfield Railroad foreclosure for 3.23 million, and a May 6 sale ordered by Judge Treat.
The Magdeburger Zeitung notes unproven claims of the Czar’s abdication as war looms. Disturbances in Malacca require troops, while Slavic and Austrian bands seize Turkish Croatia from Dalmatia. The Porte arms Mo hamedans, Austria-Constan tinople tensions rise over Bosnia. Special dispatch reports New Laredo captured by revolutionists and US forces holding Mexican prisoners.
Reports state Russia will not permit Austrian troops to seize insurgent land as Turkish forces withdraw. Prince Gortachakoff’s emissary at Suttorina bids farewell to insurgent leaders, delivers gifts, and pledges support for their demands. GaRIDALDI likely accepts 100000 lire from the nation and the King.
The East reports a threatened railroad war among Grand Trunk Michigan Central Erie and New York Central after rate reductions release prior accords. A New York meeting of Chicago Pool Fines Michigan Central Pittsburg Fort Wayne and Lake Shore ended abruptly as Joy of Michigan Central left in protest.
Morning of the 11th bandits against the Missouri Kansas and Texas express at Blue Jacket Station Indian Territory. Two captured at Chetapa Kansas. jailed. Fulton Missouri fire on the 12th destroyed about twenty business houses. total loss 35000, no insurance. Keysville New York fire destroyed eight stores. loss 60000, insurance 30000. Tramps attacked a New Jersey Central train. thirteen prisoners. Henry Litreiz crushed near Jeffersonville Indiana. both legs broken. prognosis fatal. Kensington depot 820 train wreck near Philadelphia. engine and one car upset. fireman injured. passengers burned. treatment in Episcopal Hospital.
The Western Union Telegraph Co is enjoined from prosecuting patent applications for the Edison duplex instrument. The Republican state convention in Columbus South Carolina on April 11 shows strong support for Morton with a pledged delegation to Cincinnati.
The Senate committee reports favorably a tax new territory of Pembina, comprising the Dakota area north of the forty sixth parallel. The Missouri Democratic State Convention will be held at Jefferson City on May 31.
A portrait of Victor Hugo living at 21 Rue de Clichy shows a routine day from 7 am bath to 11 pm retirement. He works alone until late morning then walks or rides, writes after breakfast, hosts dinner guests, and adores his grandchildren, with rare academy attendance.
A storefront at 207 Eighth Avenue advertises a weight loss system claiming to reduce body mass by one pound daily with a vegetable compound. A reporter witnesses a heavy customer and learns sensational claims about rapid fat loss, claims of lasting results, and connections to a Fat Men's Association.
Senate reports amendments to a House bill correcting warrants in extradition cases and a sweep of measures from postage rate changes to currency, with adjournments and debates through April including bills on river and harbor works, capitol grounds funding, and a bridge at Sioux City. The period shows partisan maneuvering, committee actions, and votes on deficits and public works.
Paris report describes a tragic incident near Paris where a poor toy-maker's widow killed her infant after rent seizures and later drowned herself. A party of children found a white parcel lifted by red toy balloons, containing the newborn. The note cited the mother's intent to die and send the baby to Heaven. The balloons likely tied to the deceased husband’s stock in trade.
The Hon. A. T. Stewart, famed New York dry goods merchant born 1795 in Tyrone Ireland, died in New York on the 10th. He started in 1819 teaching, opened a Broadway shop in 1823 with 1500 dollars, built a vast retail and wholesale operation now earning about 40 million annually, and credited education for his success alongside real estate ventures.
The article argues that women in the Bible held prophetic roles alongside men and cites figures like Miriam Deborah Huldah Anna and the four daughters of Philip. It contrasts prophecy with domestic life, notes false prophetesses, and highlights enduring family bonds and tender domestic ties within biblical narratives.
A letter from Jamaica discusses the effects of chewing gumbo tree leaves on animals causing hair loss. It notes the man chenillo tree is highly poisonous and wind and smoke from it provoke severe reactions. The writer recalls a horse affected by rain under the tree and a midday sleeper nearly unconscious.
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