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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1872
Page
1
A narrator recalls a sudden gaze shared with a search for a missing pretty babe. They question earth and air but fail to locate the child until a new face appears in a place thought empty. A little girl with yellow curls, named Pompe, awakens in memory and imitates the lost child’s curious, growing self, reading books and asking questions.
The piece argues temperance as a national duty, condemning social pressure to drink. It notes many live in fear of addiction, laments the wine culture at gatherings, and urges leading individuals to declare independence from complicity. It calls for public resolve to minimize temperance compromise by private indulgence.
Dr. J. G. Holland argues in Scribner's for August that ministers must quit endorsing or tolerating wine at dinners and social assemblies. He warns of vulgarity and moral decay, urges the clergy and society to abandon wine forever to protect women, families, and public virtue, and predicts dire consequences if duty declines.
A 1811 letter by Chancellor Livingston, linked to Robert Fulton, argues railways would be costlier than canals. He notes double rails to prevent collisions, deep walls, iron supports, iron coverings, stopping methods, condensation carriage troubles, and overall high expense with limited convenience.
A magazine anecdote describes racial progress in Washington twelve years after slavery. A western visitor asks a Black representative Jim for barber and bootblacking, and the delegate gently corrects him with a polite refusal as the scene highlights changing social status.
Our paper arranges with John ff Car many and Qo publishers of the Overland Monthly to furnish the Monthly in connection with this paper for 5.15 per year for both publications. Subscribers may send their names and those who already paid for our paper can obtain the Monthly for the same price.
An old newspaper fragment advertises a vegetable Castorin substitute for Castor Oil claiming safety and efficacy for constipation stomach ache teething and sleep. It promotes trial bottles at 50 cents and says a doctor tested it for fifteen years. Also pitches a soap and dental products with dainty imagery and glue.
The piece argues renegade Republicans cling to Greeley hoping he will align with Republican doctrine, but Democrats insist he will follow Democratic policy. Richmond Enquirer and party leaders say Greeley’s anti Republican stance is clear and vow to elect him only as Democratic President. They stress unity, southern restoration aims, and a large Democratic victory with Congress and the Supreme Court to follow.
A Chicago traveler recounted in a hotel that he once supported Democrats but now backs Grant. He described 300 Ku Klux riders, raids on Union homes, and severe penalties for rebel offenses, noting how federal justice and harsh fines deterred outrages. He warned that Greeley’s election would revive rebellion while Grant’s victory would bury it.
A 1871 clipping argues the New York election defeat of Democrats boosted national securities. It cites a financial journal noting foreign investment, higher dividends to foreign creditors, and a broad economic stimulus from the Republican win. The piece warns Democratic success would depress war bonds and harm the system underlying securities.
Conceding to a political wind, Germania a longtime Democratic paper in the city pledges support for Grant and Wilson after twenty five years backing Greeley and Brown. The shift sparks excitement and threats against editor John M. Bierman, though no violence has yet occurred.
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