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Newspaper
Marshall Messenger
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1876
Page
6
A fragmentary verse passage calls for a sweeping pursuit across cities and countryside to gather links for the Devil's Chain. The exhortation repeats drink and drain as it urges relentless collection of links, framing a dark, obsessive quest.
Geoffry Dacres Mildmay sec ond son of Hardivanute Mildmay of Jaughton Hall leaves Leighton for London to join Theatre Royal Puddlewick. He rises as a promising actor but tragedy hits when Sleeping Beauty Frances Western falls to a fatal onstage accident, ending his romance and dream.
Berlin correspondence notes the Crown Princess often wears worn shoes and unfashionable attire. The writer claims she never looks elegant and mocks her skating outfit as ungraceful, suggesting American suitors seek fortune amid Berlin gossip.
Clarence Frisby of Cohoes New York has not slept for fifteen years after a fortuneteller advised a hospital bed rat and snake trick. A reporter describes Frisby's daily routine his health his wife and two children and the unusual household scene near Cedar Grove beside the Erie Canal.
The article surveys a wealthy Japanese lady's dressing rituals with ornate kimono and hair styling details, noting the cost and elegance of her toilette. It then describes Washington's tomb near the river, detailing the architecture, inscriptions, and marble sarcophagi of George and Martha Washington, urging reverent reflection.
The contract for erecting the Penn sylvania State building has been awarded. The clock for Memorial Hall is finished and will be placed soon. About 800 Indians from 53 tribes will participate in the Centennial show. The Mexican exhibit of 228 cases, including 63 works of art, has arrived. The Authors' Carnival in Philadelphia raised 8 060 21 for the women’s department. Bavarian exhibitors display in Nuremburg articles bound for Philadelphia. Main building exhibitors work hard with no confusion. Philadelphia insurers expect about 50 000 dollars of risk in each of five main buildings. James Aitcheson, famed Edinburgh jeweller, displays goods worth 100 000 dollars in Philadelphia. The Dublin University crew prepares for the August Schuylkill regatta. A trophy of twenty four government flag patterns is installed. The New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals shows tools used in cruelty cases. Mrs Sarah E. Bonney of Sterling Mass sends twenty five birds mounted for the Centennial. An excerpted verse describes a sunset scene and a Beuville girl by a riverbank writing in the sand.
A discussion on humor as a virtue, questioning whether anyone truly admits a lack of sense of humor. It contrasts Kant and Aristotle with Shakespeare and Lamb, noting that real understanding of humor remains elusive and that readers read Mark Twain and Artemus Ward to gauge its meaning.
A collage of quips and anecdotes ranging from marriages and pastors to poets and earthquakes. The piece jests at social foibles with puns about letters, tariffs, eyes, clothing, and human vanity, ending with moralizing reflections on idleness.
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