25 Nov 1875
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Newspaper
Marshall Messenger
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1875
Page
1
A narrative poem recounts Jim Bludso of the Prairie Belle aboard the Moonstar and later the Prairie Belle. He is praised for duty and loyalty to his engine, dies saving passengers as the river boat burns, while others judge his flaws. The tale concludes with Bludso's ghost surviving in the fire's aftermath.
A collage of humorous synopses from Easton Free Press Detroit Free and other papers recounts odd stories, witty exchanges, and social manners. It notes a lone whaler in New Bedford, a Phoenix rising from a worm incident, and theatrical quips about fashion, rent, and clothing lines.
CM Henderson and Co Chicago announces T B Foster has exclusive sale rights for their custom boots in Marshall. They accuse a rival merchant of acquiring stock indirectly to undermine value and misrepresent quality to boost low price, harming Henderson’s reputation.
Money to loan on improved farms at 9 percent interest. For particulars call or address A B Waanem Martinsville. £71 will be in this city at the office of Ryan and Griffith every Monday. Also lists a hardware store stock at Wm T Martins iron front and harness shop goods. Includes bird cages, saddles, and assorted hardware items.
The notice promotes Malarion as a cure for ague sold by Young Whitlock with a cure or pay guarantee. It invites readers to examine WT Martins new coal stove and touts M Grabenheimer’s East visit with a full store of fresh goods, underselling others with Mr Clin handling customers at the door.
Richmond Plow offered at the iron front. Wm. Martin promotes cooking parlor supplies at the iron front. Hardware goods available from Wm. Martin. New York Store No. 9 Commercial Row sells cash every week with new goods at low prices.
The Benedict grocer Daniel Thompson earns praise for persistent industry and untiring energy since starting his business. He is noted for selling quality groceries and provisions at low prices with a fair straight forward approach, gaining many friends.
W H Bradshaw sells watches cheaper than Terre Haute and has the largest Jewelry Clocks Watches Silverware and Spectacles collection in Marshall. Johnsons at No 9 Commercial Row stocks new hats and capes at cost. Marshall Emporium offers 650 shirt styles. Sutton creditors urged to settle at the post.
Since the arrival of J. C. Bryan's new stock of goods customers praise the fine articles kept and the low prices asked for said goods.
Four hundred acres on Parker prairie in Clark County three miles south of Westfield for sale. Well improved and fenced with hedge, a good dwelling, out house, orchard, barn, granary, and ample water. For particulars contact J. J. Hoveuroy, Westfield.
A Vicksburg clerk sells a plug of sole leather to an old country man posing as tobacco. Six days later the buyer claims the chew remains unchanged and jokes that age is catching him. The clerk confirms the plug is still intact while the man laughs at his own gullibility.
A carload is listed at 20 000 pounds with quantities of salt lime flour whiskey and assorted lumber measured in barrels sacks feet and cords. Livestock includes cattle hogs sheep. Grain and produce amounts cover wheat corn oats barley flax and potatoes plus bran and other timbers.
Ned Cloud aims to launch a weekly newspaper and asks local boys to propose a unique title. He rejects common names like Black Thunder Sunset Lightning and Lame Colt as too ordinary.
A Nashville cemetery stone proclaims the departed’s accounts were square to a cent, a remark that provokes skepticism about the veracity of the epitaph and the idea of burial under such a stone.
Fragmentary notes describe an Irish doctor promising to cure a husband before he dies. The text shows garbled dialogue and unclear details about the vow and, possibly, a betrothal or medical claim. No coherent event or names beyond the doctor and a referenced wife or lady are clear.
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