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Newspaper
Marshall Messenger
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1869
Page
2
The Messenger reports W Cozard of Town ran 70 yards in 74 seconds to win a $2000 running match against PL Perry. Cozard claims the world’s fastest foot time and challenges any horse to match the distance. The race ended with Cozard ahead by three feet.
A member of Oudda community reports mulching fruit trees with buckwheat straw in adjacent Franconia raspberries and Philadelphia plants. The mulched row stayed green and yielded almost twice as much fruit while the unmulched Franconias scorched in the sun. Philadelphia berries also increased in quantity and size.
Two young misses discuss qualities of young gentlemen overheard by a bystander. One notes Charley is almost girlish and beardless while another claims he sports a beard that is shaved off. The exchange ends with a cheeky quip about facial hair.
The advice explains how to judge young versus old poultry by leg texture and color, breast tenderness, and wing design. It notes yellow legs indicate good young birds, while old fowl show hard worn legs. It adds that young ducks have tender wings with transparent webs, and young geese possess yellow bills with plump breasts and white fat. An old goose is deemed unfit for the human stomach.
A Vermont city scene tells of Shon the Dutchman bamboozled by a Yank who asks for a cigar and a test of a fence blow. Shon knocks a board loose and loses part of his hand while exclaiming in shock. He vows revenge and later suffers a mouth blow in a rural prank.
The text questions proof that twenty million counterfeit five twenty bonds were destroyed and replaced by genuine ones. It suggests a circular ring and probes who held the funds, while noting no arrests or clear suspects amid calls for investigation.
The piece presents a yearly carrier's address praising steadfast service and national prosperity. It celebrates progress, industry, and liberty, urges support for honest leaders, and envisions a stronger United States rising beyond postwar limits with America hailed as a guardian star among nations.
An excerpt extols the United States as a radiant Christian nation advancing politically and economically. It lauds peaceful governance, public works, education, and vast natural resources, arguing the country is miles ahead of England and expanding toward Asia.
The Clark County Illinois Board of Supervisors meets in Marshall on December 11 1868. They appoint committees inspect bills for Coons settlement approve election pay for judges clerks and registering officers and adjourn to the next day. The session lists numerous bills for courthouse jail stationer y and clerical services with per item amounts and adjourns.
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