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Newspaper
Marshall Messenger
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1876
Page
3
A reflective poem recounts years with the muse as muse and companion through friendship travel and war. It invokes memories of Venice the Tiber and country scenes while praising art over fame and noting loss aging and endurance. The speaker thanks the Muse for gifts of smiles and tears and notes they have only half a life left.
A young postal worker Charles Albro elopes with Annie Rivers the daughter of a wealthy man. After a note reveals their flight, Charles is exposed by a post office detective for robbing the U.S. mail. Annie remains loyal to her husband as he is convicted and sent to prison, while she vows to stand by him.
The 1875 Black Hills expedition led by Prof. Walter P. Jenny surveyed topography geology and mineral wealth. Dr M T McGillycuddy Emil Mahlo and Capt Tuttle contributed mapping astronomy and boundaries while Harney s Peak Crooke s Tower Terry s Peak and Custer s Peak were named. Gold bearing gulches and Red Valley mark the landscape with pine covered slopes and native wildlife noted.
A correspondent to Nature explains popular moonlight fears of moon-stroke in India. He argues clear skies cause rapid heat loss and facial chill, potentially leading to paralysis on one side of the face due to exposure. The author notes personal experience sleeping outdoors on moonless and clear summer nights.
A Springfield Republican humorous sketch on Mr. and Mrs. McNabb of the Second ward, whose mismatched heights and strides spark quarrels and failed attempts at walking together. After months they try syncing every third step, yielding patter patter and thump sounds as they hobble along, unhappy due to leg-length differences.
A collection of light anecdotes and quips about marriage slang and social mishaps. Jocular lines touch on weddings, newsboys, a bequeathed body, sailors and Cape born youths, with pithy exchanges between clerics, ladies, and bystanders. The tone is playful and old fashioned.
A pleasant autumn urged farmers to prepare for winter by storing crops, husking corn, building and repairing fences, raking and burning weeds, hauling wood, securing coal, fixing barns, tidying yards, and making drains and roads to ready homes for winter.
Naches, the Piute Chief, proposes buying 200 acres on Big Meadows to create a farm for tribal youths. The project would use land near a railroad section with instruction from a Santa Clara Valley farmer to teach corn and potato cultivation. The plan awaits railroad talks.
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