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Newspaper
Marshall Messenger
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1875
Page
6
A reflective poem by Benjamin F. Taylor contemplates a deserted homestead and absent love. The speaker recalls meetings with schoolteachers, seasonal landscapes, and the faded grandeur of past farm life, ending with a tribute to the dead and a toast to memory.
In a smoky B town foundry, a half wit worker named Mopus guards a giant furnace as a mold cracks and fire erupts. The master blames foreman George for distraction but the Bell of St John’s is cast by the inventor. The laboring crowd learns the boy’s rescued brain forged the bell.
The Cincinnati Commercial reports ongoing construction of Schroeder's aerial ship a 85 by 9 by 8 foot craft with dual propellers ropes and netted balloon 265 919 cubic feet lifting around 15 tons. Two masts and parachute recovery designed for controlled ascent and photography for Topographical Corps. First test flight planned in about two weeks.
The London Scottish Review surveys proverbs on money and wealth, noting lines like Money one's gear is money one's death and A penny in my purse will gae me drink when frien's winna. It moves to fine things, beauty, and social folly with cautions about appearance versus reality and human frailty.
The Bank of England weighs every light sovereign at speed, handling about 3,000 coins per hour. Last year the bank weighed £23,100,000 in coin and rejected £840,000 as light, with 3d to 4d average deduction per coin.
The piece recalls Henry Ward Beecher’s humorous experiment with Japan quince fruit. It describes gathering quinces and cooking them with sugar, claiming the fruit can be stewed for days and reciting a playful receipt that ends with burying the quince and a warning against betting large sugar bets.
Professor John Le Conte argues in the American Journal of Science and Arts that Lake Tahoe may have been wholly ice filled in ancient times despite its great size and depth. He notes Sierra lakes often formed by glaciers, while Tahoe's origin remains uncertain.
Fragmented text fragment mentions an item called the Fast Mail and shows garbled numbers and phrases. The readable parts hint at a question about why the fast mail leaves and include scattered digits. No clear event or names emerge.
A collage of brief items with quirky facts and anecdotes. Notes on fruits, farming, and misprints reveal prices like fifteen cents a bushel for apples in Pennsylvania, cranberry storage advice, and a lone tale of a 400 pound girl in Delta Michigan playing with flour. Random quips, city reports, and snippets from newspapers add local color and humor.
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