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Newspaper
Marshall Messenger
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1876
Page
6
A dark German poem translated by Ferdinand Freilgrath describes shipwrecked mariners beneath sea foam. Corpses lie on pearly sands as mermaids adorn remains with coral and jewels while worms gnaw the bones. The sea keeps silent vigil with eerie beauty and graveyard undercurrents.
In Antwerp a brutal bargeman Jan Kammerick terrorizes his son until a mother schemes to place the boy with a carving-artist friend. A year later the son's return and a carved miniature pulpit reunite family, soften the father, and crown a hopeful redemption.
In Detroit Free Press style the tale follows Mary Jane Jones and her beau as they plan a frugal future, a June bug drops from above, unintended scandal erupts, the suitor flees, and Mary Jane roams disheveled while neighbors debate the absurdity of the incident.
Eulalie Rudeuil known as the woman of the silver mallet dies at 92. A beauty in early republic Paris she became the mistress of a colonel of hussars and hosted him at Auteuil for years. Later poverty drove her to laundress work aided by a 2000 franc gift from her former lover.
In London Artemus Ward and Tom Robertson visit a Coventry street shop with a wall of paintings and a basket of eggs. Ward feigns sales acumen to the dealer offering three eggs as payment while joking about American art and masters. They then tour Regents Park and the Zoo.
Washington correspondent reports a Revolutionary relic a watch once owned by Major John Andre. The watch, now with Congressman Caswell of Wisconsin, was shown at Centennial events and bears the inscription John Andre Albany 1774. It is an oval delicate mechanism with hours marked by dots and a London maker John Campbell. The piece reportedly passed from Andre after his execution to a New York pawnshop and into private hands via descendants.
A New Orleans Picayune correspondent details plans for Paris 1878 Exposition including the Continental Hotel on the former ministry of finance site costing about 1 million dollars and opening in June 1878. An aeronaut projects a tethered balloon for 50 passengers, a 20 yard diameter sphere. Telescope orders and a new railway from Place de la Bourse to Trocadero Heights are noted with routes via Rue du Quatre Septembre and the Boulevards.
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