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Newspaper
Marshall Messenger
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1875
Page
6
A fragmentary lyric poem describes moonlit confusion and longing aboard a boat. The speaker notices a companion’s downcast eyes and lingering light as the night deepens. The text shifts to reflections on love, bread, and distant banners, ending with a wistful note about October poetry.
Harold Vincent, condemned for Pollock's murder, is saved when Charley Lawrence and Jack Holby bribe the sheriff to weaken the rope and stage a cave escape. Vincent flees, is later revealed to be innocent, and in time marries Mary Holby while Lawrence weds Nellie Vincent, as the trio celebrate outwitting the gallows.
In 1778 a Copenhagen merchant left two thirds of 3000 rix dollars to his descendants with no draw until 1878. A lawyer rediscovered the will, tracing heirs across Western Europe, including Mrs. Jakne Klinochenduppul in New York. Her husband, waiter Ochenduppul of Movguin’s on Fulton Street, learned she is due 80 000, prompting their move to Copenhagen for the claim.
A Behar native writes to the Friend of India arguing education brings misfortune. He recalls a nephew who died of small pox after being deemed learned and cites a family saying learning harms our clan and reduces men to uselessness. He notes educated men often starve while the ignorant prosper.
The Chronicle recounts a night scene where Mr Joblink is sent from the house after his wife confronts him. He mutters about a newspaper note claiming the English language is most spoken, then retreats to a lounge bed amid scattered museum clippings and odd items.
A New York Tribunepost details autumn outerwear and dress trends for men. Overcoats gain length with surtouts and sacks in dark grays, blues, and beavers. winter pieces use heavier cloths. Business and reception suits feature double breasted reefing sacks, knickerbocker cuts, and plaid or striped pantaloons in iron gray and dark brown.
A sad elderly man visits a Detroit store on Jefferson Avenue seeking advice about dying. He cites meeting Daniel Webster and Henry Clay, proclaims himself above others, argues with the merchant and is escorted out by clerks as he declares he is ready to die and claims Webster is calling him.
The San Francisco Bulletin reports an incident near North Point as the French corvette La Volta departed for Tahiti. A romance led a love-sick sailor to leap from the ship, prompting a quick response with a boat and guard, and he was captured upon reaching the dock amid a scene of despair on shore.
Poem fragment voices a mysterious call from marshy land. A lone bird’s cry is compared to the speaker’s own feeling of isolation. The verse presents a nature motif and introspective mood.
A collage of curiosities and notices includes tornoued anecdotes, a burial in Chicago with odd tokens, the fastest England to Australia voyage by the St Osyth, a pumpkin exhibition in Paris, a device recording vocal movements, political currency talk, humorous exchanges, a singer from North Adams, a pork stand poet, damages from a Spanish Cuba incident, a boxing match in New York, a German soldier nose blowing incident in Lorraine, eight Prince of Wales fire engines for India, and a nitro glycerin accident in Hydeville Vermont.
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