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Newspaper
Marshall Messenger
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1876
Page
3
A fragmentary poem contrasts winter isolation with a heart frozen by loss and a desire to avoid spring’s bright praise. In winter the speaker’s world is silent, and the garden lies cold and inert. Spring’s arrivals awaken fresh grief, as flowers bloom but cannot lift the sorrow that remains.
A compilation of household tips including recipes for roiled Indian pudding and cherry dumpling, tips on kerosene fire safety, cosmetic vinegar, cotton testing, and cheap curtain ideas. Advice on livestock care, pumps, and economical living appears alongside miscellaneous domestic experiments and flavorings.
A letter cites horses that routinely prepare their beds by drawing racks and bedding. A chestnut three-quarter-bred reportedly eats hay before bedding, even stripping heather to make a bed. The writer notes many horses in loose stalls lie down only after making a nest with mouth and feet.
Private Andreas Eisinger, a Swiss interpreter formerly with the U S Army, asserts that southwestern Indians Cheyenne pahoes and Comanches speak a Granbadenian tongue and that they are wandering children of the Swiss Republic. The article also mentions a Kentucky prison dust causing disease.
The 1875 whale fishery report by Bartlett & Sons notes no fleet disasters, profits and losses across 34 voyages, a 169 vessel fleet, strong Arctic right whale oil and bone yields, varied southern activity, sperm whale catches, and 1876 import and price projections. It also contrasts enduring virtue with new scientific progress and questions the value of progress without virtue.
A Chispelhurst letter to the Paris Figaro portrays the Prince Imperial as average height with fine teeth and a face like his mother, full sonorous voice, and graceful, imaginative French bearing. He studies daily with English tutors, trains in fencing, rides three horses, and occasionally drills with artillery, charming his observer after a thirty five minute interview.
The Newburyport Herald cites New York Expres and Massachusetts data claiming three quarters of births in Massachusetts come from foreign extraction. It argues this signals radical social change from Puritan and Cavalier heritage, warns of declining old families, shifting farms, and westward emigration, framing it as a crisis in a progressive era.
A Siamese court venue hosted a long and monotonous stage display with dancers and a demanding crowd. The governor and party watched as a toddler smoker created disruption, while the crowd endured hours of contorted gestures and a garish lighting setup before a concise finale.
A tall sharp-featured woman arrives on the Grand River road with a load of green oak stove wood. Buyers scoff at the price of three dollars for less than a half cord, debating if the wood is green. A bystander notes his coal habit and the crowd grows, while a local moralizing aside about treating animals as friends appears.
In Galveston on January 22 1876 Judge Cook granted Charles Willis a new trial after an affidavit claimed the jury drew slips marked guilty or not guilty to reach a verdict in a theft case. The judge rejected the claim of verdict by chance saying jurors were understood to perform duties. observers warned such verdicts erode trust in trial by jury.
On Saturday January 22 a mirage appeared over the sea as a vessel at Hatteras Inlet reported inverted lighthouses visible at various distances including Cape Hatteras and Ocracoke. Vessels approaching land saw distant tops before lower features and unusual coast conditions accompanied by low tide and mild east wind.
San Francisco Chronicle notes a case of a Brahma hen cut mid neck by a friend of a man’s father. The hen walked away after liniment, with food fed through the esophagus. The exhibitor sought public proof but was warned it violates law.
Excavations at Pompeii uncover wooden tablets with accounts of banker Lucius Eccilius Jocunda. The charred box holds waxed edges and three tied sets of slips, likely loan records, found near a bronze bust bearing his name. About sixty workers operate under a government subsidy of 60,000 francs.
A collage of jokes and anecdotes including court disputes over a Besthoff in Nevada, remarks on irony and laundry misfits, a Chinese editor’s troubles, a Dublin jab about a champagne bottle, a Lincoln encounter with a Pawnski, and humorous banter about prayers and monuments.
A London room unopened for fifty years holds wedding feast appointments paid for by a disappointed bride at 200 dollars yearly totaling 10 000. A French clerical journal favors old thunder warding methods over lightning rods. Birmingham streetcars reach ten to twelve mph safely. Montreal reports 6 311 deaths last year including 784 smallpox amid rising population. Egyptian Institute cites 3 744 Arab schools with 102 407 pupils and 4 112 teachers. Brazil’s Emperor rents a west Philadelphia house for summer at 50 000. Panis pickpockets note cold weather. Parisian humor mocks fashion and society.
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