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Newspaper
Marshall Messenger
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1876
Page
2
An old report claims women commit 13 times fewer crimes against persons and four times fewer against property than men and are less burdened as criminals. It notes about 180000 women in New York City work in various jobs at low wages, with many earning only 4 dollars a week or as little as 25 cents a day.
A claim that new flour barrels made from straw will replace wooden ones within five years. The inventors describe air tight waterproof design and lighter weight, with potential for Western flour to be shipped East in straw grown in wheat fields.
Trotter, a condemned murderer and former page in the House of Commons, confesses in 1568 that he killed Thomas D Arcy McGee, not Whelan who was convicted and hanged. McGee had boarded with his mother at the time of the murder.
A forty member society of both sexes meets weekly in Jersey City and West Hoboken. They reject pastors and hold to the Bible as standard, believing Christ will return bodily to earth and that all deceased remains will reunite in exact former forms.
Mr. Jostan Boornsy presents a statistical sketch of South Australia since settlement. It notes 50 000 men for thrice that number of women and children, 200 000 square miles of pastoral land, 6 000 000 sheep, 6 000 000 acres, 12 000 000 bushels of wheat, external commerce of £9 000 000 and revenue of £1 000 000.
The Russian Church lists 55 diocese in the Russian Church proper, 3 in Georgia exarchate, and 1 in America. It counts 40,864 churches, 13,586 chapels, and a church population near 51 million. In 1474 there were 9,033 converts from Catholics Protestants Muslims Armenians and idolaters. Ecclesiastical schools total 242 with 7,722 parochial schools.
A leading maker notes about 300 million paper collars sold annually in the United States. He asserts wearers suffer no physical or financial harm. The collars now have cloth surfaces with paper backing and have been produced for eleven years without any poisonous or injurious substances in their preparation.
W D Marks of Chattanooga found native zinc in Sand Mountain Alabama in loose soil and later in blue limestone. The zinc occurs in small scattered pieces within vein rock. If the ore yields three to five percent zinc, it might be profitably utilized.
A fragmented note lists founders with large fortunes and deaths. GTON left 90 000 estate while John Adams died rich at about 75 000 and Jefferson would have been poor without Congress paying 20 000 for his library. Madison frugal with about 000 left. Monroe died poor at 80 and was buried at his own expense. John Quincy Adams is referenced in passing.
A Bangor Maine Democratic convention nominates John Talbot for governor and eight delegates to the St Louis convention. Delaware and Wisconsin GOP and Democratic actions, resolutions, and adjournments include hard money support and reform calls. International and domestic reports cover presses in Madrid, Servia Montenegro dynamics, and military movements in Europe.
Mrs. Margaret Donaldson Evans, cousin to Andrew Jackson’s wife, dies in Philadelphia June 12 aged 100 years five months. The report notes her relation to Betsy Rosa who made the first American flag of the present pattern and mentions a January birthday celebration for Mrs. Boggs.
Fragmentary telegrams from abroad report a resignation accepted by a representative body and reference tense discussions over a steel ship and town finances. Names and places are garbled in the OCR, but the core notes a political move connected to Gibraltar and unspecified officials.
West Tux Terre Haute Company of Jeffersonville Indiana resumes freight car manufacturing with 400 prisoner workers at the state prison and seeks contracts. Milwaukee dealer Jacos Nunnemacum jailed five months and fined ten thousand dollars for whisky frauds. Christian Gunther fined one thousand and jailed three months. Carson Nevada anti-Coole leaders jailed and threatened jail riot. Bronson Knitting Machine Company authorized in Chicago with 100000 capital and corporators Walker Hawley Shepherd. Illinois Odd Fellows Grand Lodge reports 44 lodges and 2401 members with 686.95 treasury balance.
Augustine's Church in Washington was solemnly dedicated on the 11th by Archbishop Bayley. A choir of one hundred voices performed with the orchestra and organ, marking a significant event for the colored Catholic community.
Judge Swan warns press over Ohio Archaeological display location in Philadelphia exhibit. The Temperance Convention at the Academy of Music chooses officers including Mrs Annie Wittemeyer and Mrs Parker. A tax dispute grows between Centennial Commissioners and Finance Board over salaries and police power. Furpay June 9 closed the first calendar month with about 1,000,000 visitors.
Reports describe Blaine’s sudden illness with nervous excitement and medical treatment including cupping and revulsives. Officials including Bristow Fish and Chandler visited. Burrer denies involvement with Blaine letters. Treasury and banking updates follow with bond figures and a proposed silver coinage bill.
Fragmentary crime and casualty notes describe a fire on the 12th at Ferguson's Block with unclear times and references to victims and suspects. The text is highly garbled with missing names and locations making specifics hard to confirm.
Council Bluffs officials report arrests and charges for forging names on 86 promissory notes totaling 13 000 dollars used by Traders and Union National Banks and H J Farber of Stillman Farber Co. They pled not guilty or bail was denied. A rail wreck at Kansas City and 8 Joe line injures several but no fatalities. Sioux raids near Julesburg reported. Court sentences in Fargo include John White and William Bruguer ten years for killings. Ira Baker five years for larceny. August Wohlgemuth two and a half years for maiming. Fire destroys new City Hall in Newcastle pa with 35000 dollar lossh. James Franxgrr fatally shoots Charles Childs in Richmond after coat theft. E Mizerzap, ex Internal Revenue Collector at Yorktown, Va., jailed two years for embezzlement.
A historic BC legislature scene follows De Cosmos delivering the longest speech to block a land confiscation bill. He persisted from morning until noon the next day, enduring interruptions, exhaustion, and digressions, ultimately saving the settlers their lands as the bill failed.
Riflemen report the Pail Mall Gazette notes a promising instrument by Captain Poste named macrometer. It uses two mirrors like a marine sextant and a movable arm scales distances from twenty to two thousand yards. Two observers form a triangle with the target and use an optical square to estimate angles for distance.
The Senate rejected Mitchells resolution to compensate Pinchback for Louisiana tenure. Gordon reported favorably an army officer increase from 20 to 30. amendment passed and the bill moved. Silver bill postponed to June 20. The House passed the post route bill and straw bid repeal. Blaine controversy and Geneva award bill saw debate. Polk widow aid approved. Eisenhower era tone not relevant. Senate adjourned with various amendments advanced or tabled. Multiple sessions through June 14 saw army, currency, and immigration measures advanced, with adjournments for conventions and guest invitations.
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