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Newspaper
Marshall Messenger
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1876
Page
6
A short poem by LOOSE GUANDLER MOULTON reflects on death and rest with lines about waking to weep or sleep forever. It contemplates love, death, and a Christian union as the speaker submits to divine will and eventual rest.
Virginia Gale pleads with her drunken husband Charles to restrain himself for a five mile ride to a Christmas Eve gathering at Uncle Logan's. Across rough roads and swollen Maple river they cross in peril, and a sleeping baby is lost to the raging current when Charles stumbles.
An elderly Swiss born man named Lorenz Daniels recounted a maritime survival at a Detroit police station. He claimed to have left Europe in 1865 aboard the William Nelson, survived a shipboard fire, rode a wash tub to safety aboard the Mercury, and later arrived in New York where P. T. Barnum exhibited him and his tub. He provided no corroborating details.
A man named Walter Schmidt killed himself at 170 East Houston Street after writing a letter to a married woman named Dora accusing her of false promises and betrayal. The letter reveals accusations of illicit meetings and a plea for a divorce, while Schmidt’s rage ends in his death.
The Goosebone prophecy, watched in Kentucky, uses a goose breastbone divided into three parts to forecast winter. Cloudy blots indicate cold spells with December and January cold snaps followed by a warmer period, but the end of winter may be harsh as winter returns after mid February with the coldest days near the end of the bone.
A tale from Brady's Bend details John D Schoonmaker of Ulster County New York who wed a Gillespie daughter despite religious objections. They lived sixteen years and had six children before a separation. Schoonmaker disappeared four months after a son Francis Xavier was born and later died in an accident near Manitou Quebec. The son grew to manhood amid unresolved questions.
A Boston shopper asks for the Venus of high low in a large store and examines bronzes while teasing the clerk. He jokes about price quotes of 150 dollars for a small Venus replica and declares the piece would nearly mortgage his brother’s farm before leaving for the Eastern Railroad station.
A letter from Madrid to the St. Louis Globe-Democrat describes Mrs. BR as a young pretty German wife beloved by a husband who cherishes her as the universe. The couple share idyllic love, keeping romance alive while managing home, children, and social ambitions without neglect.
The Rev Dr Ritchie of Edinburgh tests a student about classes attended and sparks a laugh with a circle question and a clever inside outside remark. The doctor then shifts to philosophy and cause and effect with a wheeling barrow example. The British government expects six 1 ton guns ready for service before year end.
A Chicago Tribune item recalls Delmonico’s lavish feast laid by Wall Street broker Charles Jo Osborn after a Lake Shore stock bet, and a prior 1000-guest celebration by two daughters of a noted financier. It includes quirky notes on auctions, a temperance pledge, and various odd happenings in New York and beyond.
Miss Seward arranges a Derbyshire pleasure ride with Major Andre and guests including Mr Newton and Mr Cunningham. Cunningham recounts a striking dream of a forest and a stranger seized, then a city crowd and a gallows. Miss Seward introduces the handsome stranger. Cunningham identifies him as the dream figure. The Galaxy for February.
Report from a Nebraska reservation describes Pawgees moving to an Indian Territory camp with their dogs. Indians reluctantly bring pets as the dam and many dogs trail behind, then drift back to the old camp. Locals recount hundreds of dogs howling and yelping while camping and hunting for food.
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