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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1879
Page
1
The text traces recurrent pestilences from ancient times to the 19th century, noting sack-like outbreaks in Constantinople, London, and Europe. It cites mortality figures, shifts in public health, and literary references from Defoe and Dante, linking plagues to cleanliness, ignorance, and religious fervor across eras.
Fragmented historical notes recount medieval and early modern plagues, public fear, quack remedies, and social collapse. Descriptions include dead carts, riots, and clergy versus dissenters, with vivid images of famine, looting, and societal breakdown amid quarantine and riots.
Testimony by Charles Moise of Sumter County before the Teller Committee in South Carolina describes reactions to Republican parade imagery with banners and the United States flag. It notes Democratic distrust of the flag, fears of trouble, and a Democratic stance on symbolism, along with reflections on national unity and religious sentiment.
A Massachusetts clergyman warns that extreme mental exertion has limits like a taut wire. He likens brain strain to a ruptured capillary and stresses the danger of overwork among business people. He urges moderation and honest poverty over collapse of mind or body. A second anecdote recalls a student’s blank essay as the epitome of indolence.
A Philadelphia writer traces the motto E Pluribus Unum from its first appearance on 1786 Newburg copper coins to its use on New Jersey coppers and a Brisheer gollik coin. He notes its varied legal status, adoption on gold and silver coins, and eventual withdrawal by 1831, with later controversial reappearances. The piece then shifts to anecdotes about a humpback researcher, a will in manuscripts, and a strange two-headed story, ending with a note on Afghan gun captures and long-range firing.
A long obituary recounts Assel P. Inman of Utica who chose lifelong silence after 1810. He avoided speech, read character, and performed feats like carrying a cannon with Ezm Grinnell. He lived frugally, preferred wood fuel, and died after a fall at his oat granary. His life and axioms, including Silence is golden, drew neighbors to his funeral.
James Stephens, the Irish revolutionary, landed yesterday in France after rumors of his visit circulated in Irish circles. He was greeted by friends at the wharf and escorted to prepared lodgings. In an interview with a Sun reporter, he said he has lived mainly in Paris for four years, maintains contact with Irish leaders, and that all revolutionary elements in Ireland are united with disciplined, harmonious ranks, though fewer in numbers than in Fenian days.
A collage of jokes, quips, and stray notices about daily life. It pokes fun at printers delays, a Boston firefighter, school discipline, a bank banquet, and rural rents while tossing in cartoonish dialogues, a goatish oyster anecdote, and Diogenes versus modern humor.
A boy named Harry jokes about wealth while his mother cites a vast fortune, suggesting the father values her at three million dollars and him at two billion, before remarking the baby should be sold to buy decent clothes. The passage shifts to a Grand Army address criticizing harsh old English laws and the use of compulsory labor and execution for repeat offenses.
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