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Newspaper
Marshall Messenger
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1876
Page
2
Marser predicts a very large potato harvest this year possibly reaching 2 500 000 bushels worth about 1 000 000 dollars. Aroostook County Starch Mill expects 300 000 to 500 000 bushels. A large volume of potatoes will be exported.
The Charley Ross lookalike in Philadelphia failed identification after arrival from Sanbury. A Rhinebeck suit against Henry Astor for 20000 damages awarded guilty verdict. Cooper King hosiery firm suspends amid nearly 200000 liabilities. Railroad engineers strike disrupts Georgia line. Military mobilization signals seen at Brooklyn Navy Yard with Minnesota outfitted for sea. Ocean freights rise amid war news. Activities of centennial commissioners and Vermont women’s rights bill defeat noted among broader European tensions and Polish unrest.
In the North Atlantic action against the Texas and Beaufort and ten Confederate vessels, a district court decree finds that captains receive half the prize proceeds for lack of proof. The Texas valued at 55 520 and the Beaufort at 12 000.
Reports from Malta and Constantinople discuss reforms in the Ottoman Porte and guarantees to Europe. Poland refugees deny imminent insurrection while Bengal suffers a cyclone killing about 120000. Rothschilds may finance Russia. Havana market fire destroys Mercado de Colon. Beaconsfield returns to London. Ottoman troop dispositions and Danube observation corps funded by the Republican House.
Marshalltown Iowa judge rules damages for delay of two hog cars barred on Sunday by Iowa law though through stock train ran Saturday night. Plus reports on Ohio Mississippi railroad receivership, Illinois cattle disease losses, bank case in Arkansas, long pedestrian walk feats in Des Moines and Louisville, and plans for a new narrow gauge feeder to the Chicago Burlington and Quincy.
A major blaze destroyed the extensive Hamilton properties in Toronto with losses around 370000 dollars, insured for about 30000. Coroner's inquest into James O Briens death in the canal near Fort Wayne indicates robbery and foul play by James Harrigan. A mail coach robbery ten miles north of Las Vegas New Mexico occurred with masked armed men seizing valuables and severing telegraph lines. German Catholic cemetery property at Tax and Boniface in Chicago has been recently desecrated.
Nov. 20 Faribault witnesses three Younger brothers enter guilty pleas for the Haywood Bank cashier murder. Judge rules on death penalty question. trio sentenced to life in state prison. Other items recall McKee pardon, jail escapes, and a Mass. home invasion amid a string of crimes.
The text notes that Adams in 1824, Van Buren in 1836, Polk in 1843, Taylor in 1848, Buchanan in 1856 and Lincoln in 1860 were elected despite the majority popular vote opposing them, with only one electoral vote cast in opposition.
The new Yale College catalogue outlines the Peabody Museum funded by George Peabody of London. A $160000 gift was split into a $100000 building fund, $20000 reserve, and $30000 annual income for operations and expansion. The first wing cost about $140000, with the basement for fossils and storage, first floor for mineralogy, second for geology, third for zoology, and fourth for archaeology and ethnology.
The article reports on the election uncertainty as of midnight the 20th, highlighting Florida Louisiana and South Carolina as pivotal. It lists states backing Hayes Wheeler and Tilden Hendricks with electoral counts and notes remaining states as doubtful, awaiting official results.
A Lawrence county Alabama woman, Lydia Stokes, has repeatedly expelled pins and needles from various body parts over two years. The objects are headless and sometimes emerge in bundles, corroded or fresh, with no clear source. Doctors have failed to explain the phenomenon, and she suspects bewitchment while noting her delicate health.
Three days after Hell Gate explosion work starts at Flood Rock. Two shafts reach over fifty feet as drilling and blasting proceed. If funded, Gen Newton will remove this dangerous obstruction within three years and a half. The submerged reef spans seven acres with Hen and Chickens, Negro Heads, and the Grid iron as hazards to mariners to be blasted away by over 100000 pounds of powerful explosives.
A London report notes rumors of Mahomedan rising in Morocco and a faction urging battle against Christian foes of Turkey. Explorer Gerhardt Rohlfs recalls four years in Morocco as physician general to the army and physician to the emperor, detailing life from Fez to the holy city of Aesan and a fertile, garden-like landscape with Arabs and Berbers.
The passage contrasts the Sahara with the fertile lands near Morocco, noting the desert's barren allure and its poor bases against Morocco's rich wealth. It suggests opening the sea to the desert could raise recognition and cites travelers and explorers as possible beneficiaries of such ventures.
A detailed account of Krupp artillery on display describes the 14 inch largest bore gun with 15 mile range and 55 ton carriage. It explains elevation, recoil, hoisting gear, and sights while noting its overwhelming power to pierce 11 inch iron armor and a ship’s hull.
The Pall Mall Gazelle compares the Russian Peter the Great with the British Dreadnaught and notes speed and armament differences among ironclads. It cites the Devastation’s 48 hour Malta to Smyrna voyage at four knots, the Thunderer’s heavier guns, and the Dreadnaught’s larger size and faster speed. A stray domestic anecdote then depicts a wife lamenting a skipped promise to a new silk.
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