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Newspaper
Marshall Messenger
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1877
Page
4
Reports indicate McFerson secures U S Senate seat in New Jersey as Legian withdraws from the Senatorial race. No final result announced by press time.
Adele of Terre Haute Ind writes to the paper reminiscing about past columns that welcomed letters from girls. She asks about old friends daughters and Mr Littlefield who won a prize for a piece on womans proper sphere. She urges more letters and asks readers not to mind saucy male critiques.
Westfield news reports Mr. Watson receiving presses for a weekly Independent in politics named Westfield Weekly Globe or similar and aiming to publish within the month. It notes a shift toward liberal views among faculty and students, praise for honest government, a lack of aristocracy in dress, and mentions local clergy, a death from consumption, a cemetery burial, a town ordinance on interment within limits, and ongoing church revival meetings with broad Negro interest.
The writer notes churches try to compress a year’s work into a few winter weeks. Many engage after weather or sleighing conditions improve, yet overall effort remains limited through the rest of the year. The passage echoes a biblical call to harvest and outreach.
An archaic devotional critique decries liquor and its wreckage. The piece laments deaths caused by alcohol, urges readers to shun drink, and calls on Marshall and nearby youths to resist fashionable intoxication. It contrasts heavenly futures with the ruin of drinkers and social impact on families.
Lost white pointer with liver spotted patches and a large peculiar head. Reward offered to return to the undersigned.
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