18 Nov 1875
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Newspaper
Marshall Messenger
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1875
Page
1
In Brooklyn twenty five stylish women filed into court causing a flutter of excitement. They wore black alpaca outfits with elegant ribbons and bonnets and carried linen handkerchiefs, items praised as unique to Lyman Booth & Co, now offered at low prices.
A fragmentary poem by Mary Middlemore describes a maiden in a twilight bower and a narrator who notes her mournful gaze. The text includes archaic phrasing and broken lines mentioning buried love and a hopeful yet dim outlook.
A fragment quotes a poet calling a broken man Tama and another speaker replying that they have seen pieces. The exchange hints at a literary confrontation or meditation on identity and loss within a small, ambiguous scene.
A railway passenger testifies he placed a clock beneath his seat to keep safe time and asserts he traveled on schedule, maintaining his train journey ran promptly and on time.
A new song titled What to Sing appears with a note that the composer may soon release a companion piece called Something Brief possibly aiding the state. The remarks imply a linkage between the compositions and civic interest.
Notice states all business handed to J. P Greenough for final closing and collections. All interested parties must settle with him this summer. Office for the present at store 47f 1. Boot & Co. The odd reliable Richmond Plow available at the iron front 45-tf.
An elderly resident living near a cemetery says the location is not unpleasant. He notes that he has never found fault with a neighborhood more eager to mind its own business than his current neighbors.
A street scene follows a boy kept hungry by a stingy guardian. He meets a lank crayhound and, when asked why the dog is thin, the boy answers that the dog lives with his uncle. The line delivers a dark joke on poverty and guardianship.
An damaged OCR fragment describes a man denouncing a Christian community for allowing a woman to starve while his wife lies sick at home. The torn wording implies a contested scene of blame and neglect as the husband returns to an altered state.
In a wagon outside a Whitehall Street dry goods store a couple quarrels over striped stockings for Mary. The man dodges a merchant’s price while the woman scolds and vows to confront the crowd as they drive away. for further particulars, see small bills funeral notices.
A tramp calling at a Norwich house was fed and asked to see the master. The servant told him the woman of the house was in, fetched an old sword, and he fled in fear.
A Springfield newspaper anecdote recalls Sam Bowles dozing during a sermon then rising to praise Charles Francis Adams as the only man who can stand in the Lord's presence and be nominated for a key position.
A colored man named Nelson owed a butcher five to six dollars. After failed attempts to collect, the butcher and a friend plotted to compel payment. At midnight they roused Nelson, who slept with his family, and threatened to take him to the bottomless pit if he did not pay.
A rough scene on election day unfolds as a challenger questions a woman's residency. She draws a derringer, informs the man she has ten years in the territory, and moves to cast her vote while taunts fade.
Fragmentary report describes rumors about Charley Ross and possible confessions. Source text hints at questionable appearances and theories about where he is and how he arrived there, with names and details obscured in the garbled OCR.
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