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Newspaper
Marshall Messenger
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1876
Page
6
A fragmentary verse piece mocks male vanity and deceit as a speaker warns that women see through pretensions. The speaker’s moral tone critiques flattery, conscience, and performative virtue, citing scent and appearance as revealing truth. Occasional misspellings suggest a dated origin.
Orphans Clara and Mary Merwin faced a forged mortgage on their late father's estate. Abner Pierce, presenting as a courteous benefactor and banker, uncovers a Tennessee style swindle by Alexander Campbell alias Bell. He exposes the fraud, secures aid, and departs as a trusted ally to the sisters.
A reflective note on accepting one’s place if the surroundings are favorable. The author modestly suggests satisfaction with a humble life when the corner and street life offer a decent environment.
Dobson and his wife struggle to locate a lost depot check for a trunk. After frantic searching and delays, the check is found on the window as they travel. the trunk is eventually retrieved with help, only to suffer further misfortune on the way home. The piece closes with a forest of baobab notes and a brief travel aside.
The baobab is a colossal ancient plant with round woolly leaves of three to seven leaflets and a magnificent white flower. It stands as a monumental witness to Earth's past and ancient deluges, with measured trees reaching seventy to seventy seven feet in circumference and branches sometimes bearing gigantic nets.
The Pall Mall Gazette reports that after years without elephants in the imperial stables Peking receives seven elephants gifted by the King of Burma. The creatures arrive amid revived ties between Peking and Mandalay and follow Burmese envoys who travelled to the Chinese capital in 1884. The story notes prior ritual processions and the use of an elephant carriage, now replaced by a sedan chair.
A shoal of finned whales known as finners approached Dowry Vee near Lerwick. Six boats chased the animals but the whales turned on the fishermen, nearly sinking one boat. Fishermen fled and avoided further engagement as the whales remained in the Vee seeking to stay until forced out.
An Indianapolis Maltese cat played with a turtle, leading to a comic struggle as the turtle latched onto the cat’s tail. The cat writhed in distress while spectators joked of 6000 cats, then the Maltese was freed and later examined its tail wondering how it happened. The turtle returned to water with exclusive tail rights.
A Hartford man claims to have walked in his sleep from his home to Hayden's Station ten miles away. He recalls lighting a cigar at 11 o clock, then waking at the front door with no memory of the journey. He also notes his brother has made similar sleep wandering trips.
A Western Morning News correspondent reports HMS London boats pursuing a Tangata slave dhow near Mazema Island. After a risky chase archer attacks and rifle fire drive natives back. The Sultan orders two villages burned and a dhow destroyed. no slaves found. London boats report 3800 tons captured since last mail. Thetis and Flying Fish slow or inactive.
The London Times editorial reviews Ireland in 1875 and calls progress encouraging. It cites improving landlord tenant relations, rising prices for cattle and provisions, increased exports from Dublin, revival of the linen trade, good credit, few bankruptcies, and growing railway receipts with amalgamations. It also mentions reduced pauperism but warns that drink trade and intoxication rise.
During Schiller's Robbers at the Grand Theatre Vienna an alarm of fire caused a rush for exits. Emile Devrient signaled the curtain and announced a staged search for jewels. The crowd moved orderly, the flames broke through later, and the theatre burned down with no loss of life.
A jumble of quotations and anecdotes covers philosophy, politics, science and manners. Notable items include General Kaufmann's spring command in southern Russia and the American beehive symbol question, plus colorful vignettes about a Chicago marriage license attempt, a nose reconstruction, and a London umbrella lender.
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