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Newspaper
Marshall Messenger
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1876
Page
6
Fragmentary verse recounts a tale of spinning and secrets. A narrator recalls a vow of love tested by a harsh mother and a hidden name carved on a stone, while neighbors whisper and the thread of affection seems worn and near done.
The Commandante recalls Antoine Lemoine who, after twenty years in the Maroni wilds, seeks release for the sake of his son whom he never knew. Lemoine refuses freedom to protect the boy, choosing instead to remain hidden as Antoine Gris the convict. A violent past and a deadly encounter with his own son shape a haunting, sacrificial finale.
A description of early form house life highlighting small low frames with tiny windows and large chimneys. The piece details room layouts, furnishings made from native woods, and the duties of the housewife, noting simple, industrious, untarnished morals of the era.
Story reports on a Royal Humane Society reward scheme where two men plan to split rewards. One lad overboard is rescued by the other, who then reveals he cannot swim and fails to act, leading to a fatal outcome. The piece notes author Daniels Deronda expected to earn about £80,000.
New York Tribune photographs from the Palestine Exploration Society show ruins across Moab Gilead and Bashan including Rabbath Ammon the Jerash temple and the Seral Convent of Job. The collection includes 92 negatives for subscribers and notes remarkable Ionic Doric and Corinthian details along with cedar groves and landscape views.
In a tale recounted by Judge Gibson, a murder trial in a wiregrass county faced eleven sworn jurors before a lean, one-shoed juror entered. Questioning revealed indifference to guilt, bias, and capital punishment, yet when asked to look upon the prisoner, he declared, Yes, I think he's guilty.
A narrator hiding under a rock in dim jungle daylight observes a boa constrictor feeding on a young antelope. He fires at the snake to avoid being killed, watching the reptile writhe in its final agony as the bullet ends its life.
London Times Shanghai correspondent reports a foreign run Chinese newspaper expanding its daily circulation to about six thousand at ten cash. A cheaper edition is now offered at half price aimed at educated coolies with simple diction and sentence breaks to aid understanding.
The London Times reports the Mikado of Japan has a state carriage built by Morgan & Co. It is the costliest and largest European style vehicle, with a Spanish mahogany body, ornate gilt metal fittings, and elaborate interior of gold cloth lace and green silk. Japan’s tortoise and dragon emblems crown the roof amid rich green panels and gilded accents.
A fragment from a Chinese treatise on consumption links the five elements to organs and symptoms. It outlines how metal water fire wood earth govern breath skin heart kidneys liver blood and how imbalances cause cough hemoptysis and emaciation with seasonality in spring and autumn.
A Western fat boy named David Navarra from Illinois was transferred last Friday from an Erie broad gauge to a Lehigh Road narrow gauge train at Waterley. At fourteen years and six months and weighing 475 pounds he stands six feet seven inches tall with a three foot four inch chest and six feet seven inch hips. He occupied the entire aisle and was too large for a seat. A flat car with a spring platform wagon would suit his transport. He is bound for Philadelphia for display, with parents accompanying him.
Mrs. Cram, author of John Halifax Gentleman, plans a drinking fountain under a railway arch near her Kent home. A money box and a supply of penny loaves will accompany it so travellers pay for what they take.
The column surveys assorted curiosities and anecdotes from 19th century life. It notes Ajax lode assays and Prentice on woman suffrage, a balloon at the Paris Exhibition 1878, tax and timber quips, and a Dublin patient’s rhetoric. It spots a Pittsfield census amid a river of puns and social vignettes.
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