12 Oct 1876
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Newspaper
Marshall Messenger
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1876
Page
1
A historical notice lists ailments including hepatitis or liver complaint, dyspepsia, and sick headache. The brief highlights common digestive and liver-related issues observed in medical discussions of the period.
The text lists symptoms of diseased liver including right side pan under ribs, sometimes left side pain, shoulder blade and top shoulder pain, stomach loss of appetite headaches backache memory loss and fatigue. It adds fever ague cures and promotes Dr C M Lane's Liver Pills with imitations warning and purchase details from Fleming Bros Pittsburgh.
The fragment describes a musician who played for various patrons as the sea grew eerie and fatigue set in. Dawn reveals a silent room where a string of his violoncello snaps, ending with a quiet, weary farewell from the performer.
In a Newark Advertiser item a young woman plans to marry on a midnight train. An experienced elder dispenses marriages should avoid rail workers soldiers hoteliers travelers steamboat hands dry goods grocers carpenters machinists and an insurance man recounting multiple spouses with tragic fates.
A New Orleans Bulletin fragment recalls Potter observing children at play when a ball game disrupts him. He jokes about ragamuffins and threatens police attention if kids play ball on the street again, then the moment passes as a woman moves on.
A marble altar will be erected in Trinity Church as a memorial to the late William Essigior. The project is funded by the actor family and requires about one hundred thousand dollars for the work and a new edifice surrounding the altar.
A political parable contrasts Joseph with the Babcock circle and Judah in snare of greed. It recalls Grant, Belknap, and other figures taking spoils, while Saul and Samuel debate sacrifice versus obedience. The piece links biblical themes to party corruption and the Amalehites.
Henry W. Shaw known as Josh Billings describes a varied life from Berkshire County Massachusetts. He left home at fifteen to frontier life then held jobs as tailor, teacher, herdsman, pioneer, preacher, steamboat captain and traveler. He found success in writing and almanacs earning substantial annual income.
A Florence correspondent recalls a clever barrister quoting a married lady as a model of sound mind and wit. A pompous guest at a Yorkshire dinner corrects a hostess misnaming the dish, insisting on keeping the fool while removing the fowl.
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