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Newspaper
Marshall Messenger
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1876
Page
6
An old verse depicts a sexton taunting a beggar who offers a penny. The beggar claims the Lord sees the heart, while the sexton mocks the gesture and notes the coin’s worth and honesty in a dim candlelit church setting.
In a Delaware River winter tale, English narrator and miner Mark Bradburn races to rescue Mrs Parnell and her child from an ice gorge menacing Ithaca and Port Adams. He builds a raft from casks and hurdles, guiding it through torrent ice to shore as the farm on Ship Island collapses behind them.
After aiding Polish refugees Lafayette nominated a secret Berlin mission. Dr Howe volunteered for the perilous task and succeeded despite pursuit and capture. He endured prison and assault on a long trek to safety, and eventually won release through Edward Everett. A commemorative poem lauds his charity and steadfastness.
The Abbe visiting Washington meals with John Randolph of Roanoke misreads Virginia, Randolph taunts the Roanoke label, and the Abbe replies with calm humor. The exchange highlights cross Atlantic wit and regional pride amid early American society.
Unusual uproar in Chitre led by two Goaniat friars. They excommunicated a foreigner, urged stoning, and condemned expatriates as Masons. They forced schools to curb religious study and objected to history books, prompting boy relocations and government scrutiny.
In a village ceremony at Reverend John’s Church, the daughter of Phite We Wa geer, Esq., wed Theman H. Jewell after a delayed joining of hands. A clergyman resolved the confusion by placing the prayer book openly, guiding the couple through the rites.
A reflective verse by Richard Watson Gilder contrasts duty and beauty. It portrays a doubter and a believer, linking outward darkness to inner light and passion, culminating in a declaration of love as a true aspirational force.
A jumbled page reports on international appeals for aid in Abyssinia against Mohammedan invaders, church revival critiques by Rev. E. P. Powxma, a Hindu missionary seeking subscriptions, and a Boston meal and lodging ticket system. It notes Sir John Fastolfe’s autograph at the British Museum, butter breed comparisons, and a Philadelphia project to reproduce a century old Pennsylvania Journal. It includes anecdotes about actors, Lord Melbourne, a shoe store encounter, a German exhibition plan for Philadelphia, and notes on butter production and the Pennsylvanian Journal 1776 facsimile project.
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