This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 15 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Marshall Messenger
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1876
Page
2
A survey of scattered reads notes astrological terms, ancient pottery finds at Pearly Museum, a brass ark hatchet in Kentucky, and England printing history 1477. It mentions California grape syrup, silkworms in Louisiana, Harriet Beecher Stowe’s autograph album, and Miss Hindman’s suffrage work. Also city plans to blast Diamond Reef and France’s fish culture in farming schools.
The document records Ulysses S. Grant appointing a national day of Thanksgiving and prayer on November 3rd next, urging public worship and rest from toil. It quotes his appeal to the people to assemble in places of worship, observe the day, and give thanks for divine providence and national blessings.
The document details cash receipts and attendance at a major exposition. It notes total cash admissions around $5.7,000 with a weekly cash intake of $2,688,635 after expenses, and lists items such as loans, specie, deposits, and U S government buildings open to special visitors. It cites visitor totals near four to five thousand on a specific day and references a bank statement for the week ending October 25 with various monetary movements and revenues from concessions.
Reports detail Gen Miles's successful clash with Sioux near Cedar Creek with Sitting Bull fleeing toward Fort Peck. Civilians and troops move as Hazen heads to Peck. Telegraphs sketch a new Sioux treaty stance, while armistice talks and Turkish Russian tensions dominate Europe. Court martial set for St Louis barracks. iron works in San Francisco seek plates. Mississippi river work funded. broader foreign conflicts and arrests noted.
The document itemizes bonds and debts, separating those not due from past-due and outstanding amounts. It lists war loan bonds, internal improvement bonds, canal bonds, revenue deficit bonds and related stock, totaling 1 481 667 74 for undued and past-due liabilities, with an additional 4035 noted as canceled.
The Stern Brog jewelry store in New York was burglarized on October 29. the safe was broken open and $20000 worth of the most valuable stock stolen. Reports from inland Cuba cite disastrous hurricane effects with a severely reduced sugar crop. A glycerine explosion on a lake crib near Port Colborne killed a man named King and damaged homes. Fort Stanwix knitting mill near Rome burned October 28. loss $70000 with $40000 insured. Fire at the New Orleans Fair Grounds Association structures occurred October 29, with $25000 loss. Frank Woory died from a shooting by his brother Solon at Grafton. Solon’s house burned and his wife arrested for arson. Two elderly sisters Broadack and Stoddard murdered in Lawrence County. an axe used. In Perrytown Mississippi, Sturdivant family murdered in bed and house burned to conceal the crime. two Black men captured, one hanged, one shot fleeing, two conspirators still at large.
Dispatches report Yellow Jack Donahue convicted for a Summit Hill 1871 murder. Patrick Hughes alias the Fox jailed for burning the Philadelphia and Reading depot at Inscar dia in 1875. Molies prosecutions continue with incendiary fires reported at the Consolidated Tobacco Factory.
October postal card issues reach 2 3 116000 up nearly 15 percent from last year, the largest monthly total since card use began three years ago. National bank notes processed for circulation and replacements show substantial activity. A fatal Delaware Lackawanna and Western train crash near Lehitz Summit injures and kills multiple passengers.
A humorous piece describes a novice male guest failing at carving a turkey at a dinner. Embarrassed by a stern old maid and a flirtatious girl, he pricks, gouges, and flubs joints, splashing gravy and knocking over a goblet. He leaves dinner in despair, pondering self punishment or lessons learned.
Economic strain from European conflict boosts London press with circulation rising from about 0 to 200,000 copies daily as telegraph demand grows and printing traffic increases across major titles.
Telegraphed summary from Lonpoyx dated October 27 reports Capt Nares and the British Arctic Expedition returning to Valentia after exploring up to 83 20 latitude with sledge journeys and a near-pole reach. It notes ice depths, wintering at 59 degrees below zero, several deaths from frostbite, and limited polar advancement.
The Boston Courier reports that cigarette production rose sharply in 1875 with 27,311,500 taxed at 1.51 per thousand and 13,986,383 taxed at 1.75 for larger lots. Havana shipments flood the market despite high duties as smuggling profits soar amid cheaper imports.
The article surveys cigarette wrappers from French papers to corn husk inner wrappers, noting aromas, burning qualities, and origins. It traces native San Salvador use of palm leaf funnels, describes inhaling tobacco, and cites U S annual consumption around three pounds per person with factory outputs totaling seven million pounds of plug and two million pounds each of smoking and chewing tobacco.
The article recounts Dr Ogle's experiments on color and senses in animals, noting white animals often have reduced smell and hearing, then tells of Herbert the pilot of the Southern Belle who sacrificed himself during a Mississippi River fire, staying at his post to help passengers before dying in a jump to reach the shore.
Evelyn Ashley writes to a London paper explaining a private letter from a consul about the Bulgarian girls and a Turkish misinterpretation. He notes the phrase yakmak means ruin and recalls a village massacre where captives were forced to dance and shot, a dance of death.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.