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Newspaper
Marshall Messenger
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1869
Page
1
A long string of aphorisms and wry observations appears, mixing quotes, jokes, and social commentary. It mentions phrases about debt ambition and manners, with scattered references to literature and public figures, delivered in a fragmentary, humorous tone.
In intense sun after a noon rest, Union soldiers staggered from heat stroke along the road near Frederick. Many collapsed, water ran dry, ambulances gathered the fallen, and seventeen were killed or disabled by the day’s deadly heat before the column reached relief and cheers and cold water from Maryland springs greeted them.
A novel emigrant train of three women and four children walked barefoot through Columbus Ohio led by a stoic man with a fishing pole and knapsack. The group moved in orderly fashion, the mother carrying a stewpan and basket while each child bore some item, described with vivid soldierly imagery. Nearby, three widowed sisters in Three Mile Cross, Reading, aged 81 to 89, all died within a week after meeting. A Texas editor laments the Fourth of July and reflects on equality and memory.
A tale from Tazewell Illinois follows a jilted suitor who finds wealth in New York after a broken engagement. His former betrothed and her cousin marry others, triggering remorse and elopement, while a separate moral anecdote links Seward’s ascent to a drained college fund and later public service.
A traveler asks a boy for the road to Greenville and receives a rambling, comically unreliable set of directions. The boy promises a lane past a slippery log and a plum thicket, but ends with the tease that the traveler will surely get lost.
A shoemaker Jack recalls religious holidays from Easter Sunday to Good Friday and wonders if working Saturday would spoil the week. His wife questions his plan as a friend visits and a humorous exchange about a leg of a calf clarifies a misunderstanding.
A Knoxville paper reports Gov. Senter and Gen. Stokes exchanging threats after a heated pre election clash. A Jefferson Texas trial is blasted as perjured by Grant era officers, with testimony coercion alleged. A Fort Pitt gun piece is shipped to Columbia, to be posted at Charleston Harbor.
Mark Twain delivers a satirical eulogy for the Reliable Contraband at the New York Press Club. He extols the figure as fearless journalist, claiming his myths and powers shaped war news and morale, culminating in a mock lament that blends praise with political digressions.
The Virginia Enterprise quotes unusual lodging charges in Cargoyn City Navada during the recent senatorial contest. Prices include bed in a shop for a yard, a horse blanket in a sugar hogshead, crate with straw, cellar door, roasting on a pole, and pine tree roosts near Camp Nye, with various per night fees listed.
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