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Newspaper
Marshall Messenger
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1876
Page
6
The poem follows Waska Singto Wee, a belles maiden in Japan, as a Turkish man woos her with wealth and a plan for a widow's third. The Mikado and English law courts weigh the offer, ending with the Turkish beau left bereft and Waska returning to her homeland.
A battered narrative recalls Mary Beech’s ruinous marriage to Oliver Marbury Involving debt crime a brutal incident and a prodigal husband who vanishes Then years later she rebuilds life in Chester and Redditch while caring for Launcelot and fearing the return of her past All ends with the loss of her son at sea aboard the Rosicrucian and her remaining anonymity
A Cologne Gazette correspondent reports Japan's new military law requiring all men aged twenty to twenty three to serve three years in the standing army. A yearly quota is set by lot, with a kobigun reserve of four years and a kokumingun national guard from seventeen to forty called only in invasion.
The Emperor of Brazil Dom Pedro II arrived in New York Harbor aboard the Hevelius and was taken to the Fifth Avenue Hotel. He declined to visit the city with the Secretaries aboard and remained on the steamer while a reception was held, then appeared at the hotel for a private viewing of rooms and suites lavishly described. The royal party was met by local officials and Brazilian dignitaries, with extensive interior fittings and a daily rate of five dollars per person expected.
The St. Joseph Herald reports work on a Kansas City rail line well near Exposition grounds progressing with heavy curbing at 42 feet. Quicksand pressure, water surges, and floating tree limbs indicate a former forest and river whip up to 50 feet beneath the surface. The find sparks theories of prehistoric activity and new natural history interest.
The article details London's gas system with eight city suppliers and a total capital of $00,000,000. It notes winter gas throughput of 17,000,000 cubic feet nightly, and annual consumption near 14,000,000,000 cubic feet. It covers coal use, coke production, costs, and the $15,000,000 gas rental with about $13,750,000 for supply, plus street infrastructure and lighting expenses.
The late Countess Danner left property for an orphan and deserted girls institution in Denmark. Estimated at 7,000,000 crowns, it may house 600 to 800 children. Jagorspris Castle in North Zealand is the central building with a museum for King’s collections. Houses around the castle will hold up to twenty children each. Already 100 children are housed, with 240 expected next year.
A vivid fragment describes a bobolink trapped in a wire cage and pawing at ink with mournful thoughts of sunny streams, leaves, and dreaming of freedom. The bird sighs for liberty and laments its captivity with a hopeful ache.
A collage of quips, verses, and snippets. Jests on grave disturbance and a lamp post injury, a Canadian shower of flies, Sappho in Congress, a Texas mule, a Free Masons initiation, and a Paris stage fire scene with quick wit. Various humorous items and anecdotes from the era.
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