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Newspaper
Marshall Messenger
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1876
Page
6
Poem about a wind harp responding to gentle south winds and harsh northern storms. The speaker seeks a heart that remains tuned and true through joy and sorrow, wishing life could rise to a harmonious symphony.
Miriam Holly hides Capt. Tem pest a Continental officer wounded in Florida. Col Campbell and Major Guilford suspect a rebel, while Miriam plots a rescue. In a stormy night she defies the British, protects the captive, and ensures escape for the patriot under guard.
In a dramatic confrontation Miriam Holly outwits Colonel Campbell and his staff as her lover’s sickness becomes a turning point. Captain Tempest escapes to Savannah leading a regiment and returns with a claim to a bride, ending a tense standoff as British power wanes.
A portrait of a moderate, well proportioned man with calm health, steady digestion, and a serene temper. He enjoys meals as daily festivity, avoids excess, and remains optimistic, fond of nature, home life, and thoughtful contemplation.
A report by M. de Tastes to the French Bulletin International describes a waterspout near Tours on May 25. It formed from whitish vapor into an inverted cone with a long sinuous band and a rising whitish column, culminating in two cones uniting at the tops. The lower cone darkened as sand and mud drew toward the spout while a jet of water spray rose, clouds of sand pulled toward the column, and spray drew inward along the axis.
Reports claim rich gold deposits in Cobb and Paulding counties Georgia within five miles of Burritt Hickory with ordinary tools yielding valuable pay. Two men reportedly recovered fifty-two pennyweights in two days selling for fifty-two dollars in Ackworth. Nearby surface finds near a mine ten miles from Ackworth show a thirty-two pennyweight four grain piece. A frontiersman at the Central Hotel discusses travel safely with firearms while a traveler imagines Californian and Australian fever returning as new discoveries arise.
The account profiles Marie Duchemin a woman who disguised as a soldier under the name Joseph Duchemin and served the French army during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars. She fought at Toulon La Vendée Lod Arcola Rivoli and Marengo earning stripes and a pension, later receiving the St Helena medal with her son.
A Bor senzeittung letter from Yokohama says the Efikado was received with great enthusiasm during a tour of northern provinces once ruled by a daimio. In Mikado’s absence Prime Minister Sant cho served as regent, an unprecedented move in Japanese history. Cabinet planned to rebuild Nondseki, Buddhism’s headquarters, after its four year former blaze.
A Boston Transcript essay critiques how intellectuals and geniuses borrowing and spending lead to personal ruin. Cites Lord Bacon Pitt Webster Sheridan Fox as examples of lavish finances. Warns against imitating such extravagance and the harm to families and honor.
A salmon bite on a fisherman’s finger led to rapid inflammation and ulceration. Doctors amputated the finger near the base to save the hand, a drastic action the patient sought after delay threatened more extensive loss.
Prof Konig of a German pharmaceutical authority claims adding bicarbonate of soda before use increases narcotic power of chloral hydrate while reducing prejudicial effects. He notes one part chloral hydrate can be replaced by one part bicarbonate of soda for equal effect. More than 100000 daily users are cited as potential testers of this conclusion.
A dog from a steamer plying between Huntington Long Island and New York City reportedly swam or rode unseen, ending up forty miles from the dock. Spectators watched the vessel and later found the dog on deck of the smaller craft, astonished by the distance covered.
Poem fragment describing climbing upward beyond night and toil to reach peace and Heaven. The speaker aims for bliss, freedom from sin, and eternal life, longing for reunion with loved ones in a heavenly home above.
A collage of quips and anecdotes features a Minnesota juror's address, a witty Frenchman's proverb, medal satire from Bayreuth, a Troy smoke house sign, a Mansfield bride's poisoning test, a treasury messenger tale, a New York wedding cake irony, Martha's Vineyard eloquence advice, and comic exchanges about shaving, lawyering, and ministerial praise, all framed in a dated, humorous tone.
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