04 May 1876
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Newspaper
Marshall Messenger
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1876
Page
1
The article recounts experiments on newborn pigs noting rapid search for the mother after birth, recognition of maternal grunts, and quick movement to the sow. It details blindfolded piglets learning to locate the teat and mother, with changes in vision and navigation observed over hours.
A South Sixth Street man, returning home, bumped into three trees in quick succession. He doffed his hat, apologized, and calmly waited against a fence until the procession passed, while a friend watched and asked what he was doing.
Ambiguous OCR fragment mentions Crandall of Providence and a foot race against A J, with a prize listed as 4000 dollars. Details are unclear due to damaged text but indicate a track event yesterday on the West Coast.
The Peoria Transcript notes a Spencer line from President Polk's Navy Secretary, with a 1847 Somers mutiny link, to a Linn Missouri shooting of a brother after marital estrangement. John C. Spencer, a gifted but fiery New Yorker, is cited as a possible patriarchal influence.
Dr. W. A. Washington of Dennison Texas sent a package containing Gen. Washington's court suit of brown silk believed to be the inauguration outfit Ivory's seal in gold presented by Lafayett sword from General Darks knee and shoe buckles and twelve autograph letters from Washington to his brother Samuel dated 1772 to 1783 revealing private views of the war
Clara Puckett a 16 year old girl living with Dr J B Johnson and wife on Main street between Twelfth and Thirteenth attempted death by taking morphine from a mixture given to her sister. She swallowed all the medicine around 5 20 PM and has been unconscious since. Several physicians attended and no reason is known for the act. She is likely to die.
Fragmentary OCR text references John Garner of Beaton and a 1962 execution linked to investigations. The note mentions a section and road, implying a legal or probate context with probes or related actions.
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