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Newspaper
Marshall Messenger
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1875
Page
6
A couple recalls lost infants from a long ago homestead. The speaker laments aging, recalls births, a wedding, a captain son, and final lines about the babies laid to rest in the churchyard as life moves on.
A traveler recalls a village hotel where aristocrats protested a troupe staying there yet a kind hostess befriends a boy performer and a street worker wins respect. The narrative contrasts elitism with shared humanity and questions social pretensions of the era.
In a somber scene a dying child named Jo succumbs as Bill and Jo comfort him. The mother collapses in grief while Mrs Van Arness and the minister reveal quiet charity and spiritual solace amid tragedy. The Rev Van Arness reflects that his wife’s deeds surpass his pulpit work.
Honiton lace is produced mainly by women at home in Buckingham Devon and Bedford. Queen Victoria and royal family boosted its prominence by choosing Honiton for wedding dresses, elevating its status and price. The designs build from separate sprigs attached to ground, with Hopiton guipure noted for richness and originality compared to Belgian lace. British paint imitates lace near London.
The London Times reports ten year and nine decade totals for death sentences and executions in England and Wales. It notes 214 sentences in the last decade with 103 carried out, 1874 saw 26 sentences and 16 executions, and 1836 to 1874 averaged 11 executions yearly, peaking at 22 in 1863 and dipping to 4 in 1871. Earlier records vary, with 1833 to 1835 yielding about 101 executions.
A fragmented Springfield Republican excerpt shows Sam Bowles in a Springfield church audience, then a sermon interruption prompting a dramatic nomination. The scene suggests a public, informal moment during a religious gathering with Bowles as the focal figure.
A nine year old, while gathering nuts near Newtonville in Watervliet, fell and broke his left leg. His Newfoundland dog Jack led rescuers to him after bringing bread to ease his hunger, staying by his side until help arrived and a doctor from Cohoes treated the injury.
An unnamed Cincinnati professional with a theory that all beings are prey to prejudice hosts a squirrel supper. After praising the meal, he reveals the meat was rats fattened in his trap, provoking shock, confusion, and a near melee among guests.
In Chicago Commissioner Hoyne arraigned liquor dealer Nick Perll at No 184 North Halsted. Two barrels of whisky without stamps were admitted. Perll claimed the stamps were chewed off by his woodchuck. The man was discharged. a warrant for the woodchuck was not issued.
Louisville Ledger reports the long neglected tomb of President Zachary Taylor has been repaired by relatives led by Richard H. Taylor. Work includes gate painting, cleared approaches, repointed stones, fresh earth, and marble slabs. Inside, two coffins lie in a masonry chamber beneath a plaster bust with legible inscription.
Notes discuss plans to move the remains of President Taylor and Col Richard Taylor to the Capitol burying grounds at Frankfort. An article on rabies explains that a bite does not always lead to hydrophobia, with factors like immunity, clothing, and bleeding affecting outcomes.
Prof. O P Williams of the School of Mines at Rolla returns from Macon county after sampling seventeen drift points for assay to gauge gold yield. The drift gold lies in three gravel strata over a carboniferous bed with sources traced toward Minnesota. The district, near Kirksville and the Chariton River, shows dispersed gold across a wide area and includes bowlder strewn drifts sixty four feet thick.
A collage of quips and witticisms from a 19th century page recounts wordplay on religion, telegraphy, and social foibles. It touches on jokes about Obeah, faithful friends, advertising gaffes, and provincial banter, including exchanges about mustaches, telegraph operators, and Cratchitlike manners.
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